Spinning likes into gold with NO Space

Spinning likes into gold with NO Space

I met Debora Delmar and Andrew Birk, co-runners of NO Space, at Cantina Riviera, on Chiapas in Colonia Roma. I recommend the lechon and the taco de pulpo asado, if they have it. We drank Dos Equis lager exclusively. In early February, in the midst of the Material Art...
Top 5 Weekend Picks!

Top 5 Weekend Picks!

1. The Latest Sun is Sinking Fast at Hyde Park Art Center Work by Melika Bass. Hyde Park Art Center is located at 5020 S. Cornell Ave. Reception Sunday, 3-5pm. 2. Visibility Machines at Gallery 400 Work by Harun Farocki and Trevor Paglen. Gallery 400 is located at 400...
Media Theater

Media Theater

When reporting has become about shock, ratings and theatrics, and less about accurately and responsibly relaying news, reports like Steven Emerson’s completely fictitious account of “no-go zones” are able to air as solid facts. Fortunately, since it was on Fox, no one...
Emotional Landscapes.

Emotional Landscapes.

Guest post by Lise Haller Baggesen.   Jetlag is the Devil’s work! Or is it a First World problem? First World problems are the Devil’s work and jetlag is the hands-on reminder that in this day and age it is never really enough, if at all possible, to be in one...
Hilton Als on Writing

Hilton Als on Writing

This month I turn to Hilton Als, a novelist, theater critic at The New Yorker since 2002, and arts writer who most recently contributed to Robert Gober’s MoMA museum catalogue with his essay I Don’t Remember. Novels, reviews, essays – all writings form his...
Top 5 Weekend Picks! (1/9-1/11)

Top 5 Weekend Picks! (1/9-1/11)

1. Outliers at The Mission Work by Erica Bohm, Natalia Cacchiarelli, Gustavo Díaz, Susan Giles, Adam Gondek, Larassa Kabel, Jeroen Nelemans, Michelle Prazak, and Missy Weimer. The Mission is located at 1431 W. Chicago Ave. Reception Friday, 6-8pm. 2. Lands End at...