Dirt Palace : The Early Years

Dirt Palace : The Early Years

There are many things to say about the Dirt Palace — an impossible many. It started in 2000 as an artist-run performance space in Olneyville, the same neighborhood that used Fort Thunder used to be in. The building is old. It used to have many more floors (as you...
TODAY – Live, Live, Live

TODAY – Live, Live, Live

Tomorrow Tonight Richard Holland and Duncan MacKenzie host a live discussion with some amazing folks at the De Paul Art Museum… Come check it out!!! Making it in Chicago: Building an Art Career in the Second City September 19, 2011 Panelists include: Monique...
Top 5 Weekend Picks! (10/7-10/9)

Top 5 Weekend Picks! (10/7-10/9)

1. Sightlines at The Graham Foundation Work by Nancy Holt. Graham Foundation, Madlener House, 4 West Burton Pl. Reception Friday (tonight) 6-8pm. 2. LIPSTICK ZOMBIES IN CANDYLAND at FM*Gallery Work by Robert Lucy. FM*Gallery, 310 N. Peoria St. Reception Friday...
The Search

The Search

GUEST POST BY HEATHER MCSHANE I arrived late in the evening to the opening of Jason Lazarus’s The Search at Andrew Rafacz Gallery. Left were the previous climbers’ footprints on the white-painted steps of The Search, which resembles a pyramid. Wearing a skirt and...