by Bryce Dwyer | Jan 16, 2012 | Blog
By 1979, Tom Marioni had been gathering with friends, drinking beer, and calling it art for almost a decade. It began in 1970 when Marioni invited friends to the Oakland Musem of Art on a Monday, the day it was closed, to hang out and drink beer. The gathering’s...
by stephanieburke | Jan 12, 2012 | Blog
1. NEW FORMALISMS 2 at 65GRAND Work by Samantha Bittman, Todd Chilton, Steven Husby, and Melissa Oresky. 65GRAND is located at 1369 W Grand Ave. Reception is Friday from 7-10pm. 2. I’M HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS at Happy Collaborationists Exhibition Space Work by Aay...
by Caroline Picard | Jan 11, 2012 | Blog
Given that these weekly discussions address the subject of hybridity, it seemed worthwhile to expand the conversation beyond the bounds of art practice per se and foray into those scientific, philosophical landscapes which so often inform the art one makes. In this...
by Abigail Satinsky | Jan 10, 2012 | Blog
We lost one of the good ones this week. Actually, one of the best ones. Dara Greenwald, artist, activist, thinker, organizer, and all-around inspirational person passed away this week from cancer at the age of 40. She lived in Chicago between 1995-2005, worked at the...
by Christopher Hudgens | Jan 9, 2012 | Podcast
http://traffic.libsyn.com/badatsports/Bad_at_Sports_Episode_332-Beckwith-Darling.mp3 download This week: The second installment of our pirate radio sessions, recorded live from NADA 2011! We are joined by local heroes The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago curators...