Back in the USSA: Zach Cahill’s final frontier

Back in the USSA: Zach Cahill’s final frontier

Two years after the first iteration of his epic USSA 2012 project opened at threewalls in 2011 in the form of the hyper-conceptual “orphanage project” (after a controversial Bad at Sports podcast about an orphanage the artist had allegedly proposed on the...
Top 4 Weekend Picks! (8/30-8/31)

Top 4 Weekend Picks! (8/30-8/31)

1. Self-Mythology at Roman Susan Work by Vincent Troia. Roman Susan is located at 1224 W. Loyola Ave. Reception Saturday, 7-10pm. 2. Boulevard Dreamers at The Franklin Work by Lise Baggesen and Kirsten Leenaars. The Franklin is located at 3522 W. Franklin Blvd....
Artist Profile: Chris Stain

Artist Profile: Chris Stain

Baltimore-born, and now, New York City-based, artist Chris Stain has been making use of the built environment as his canvas since the 1980s. His work stems from the simple printmaking method of hand-cut stencils, reflecting inner-city and working class themes, and...
The Greatest Op-Ed of All: The Dobrzynski-Durston Proposal

The Greatest Op-Ed of All: The Dobrzynski-Durston Proposal

Guest Post by James Pepper Kelly Imagine that a writer named Judith H. Dobrzynski boards a plane. She’s ambivalent about her recent op-ed for the New York Times, “High Culture Goes Hands-On,” in which she mourned the loss of a classic, passive museum experience....