Meanwhile. . . Anya Davidson

Meanwhile. . . Anya Davidson

Chicago-based artist and musician, Anya Davidson, has recently debuted her first full-length comic book, School Spirits. Up until now, her modest print editions make her work difficult to come by outside of the defiantly small world of alternative comics. Davidson is...
Book Review: Beethoven’s Shadow

Book Review: Beethoven’s Shadow

If we are lucky, our work becomes larger than we are and takes on a life of its own. Sometimes we know this at the outset and sometimes we come to know as the work moves forward. I’m thinking here of Walt Whitman and his Leaves of Grass, which started as a slim and...
Bringing art to Birmingham with curator Stuart Tulloch

Bringing art to Birmingham with curator Stuart Tulloch

Guest Post by Mark Sheerin Mark Sheerin is a writer and critic from Brighton, England. He is a regular contributor to Culture24, Frame & Reference and Hyperallergic. There are at least a million differences between Chicago, USA, and Birmingham, UK, but surely the...
Top 5 Weekend Picks! (10/11-10/13)

Top 5 Weekend Picks! (10/11-10/13)

1. Unfortunately, It Was Paradise at City Gallery in the Historic Water Tower Work by Regina Mamou. City Gallery in the Historic Water Tower is located at 806 N. Michigan Ave. Reception Friday, 5:30-7:30pm. 2. Your Everyday Art World Book Release Party at threewalls...
Call of the Wild: One View of Twin Cities

Call of the Wild: One View of Twin Cities

The days have been warm recently. The last heat of summer is slowly entering the trees. The nights are growing longer, and when the wind is suddenly filled with the smell of decomposing leaves, I feel the call to be outside, to experience the changes and vibrancy of...