Sub-Rural # 34, 2023 Distanced

Sub-Rural # 34, 2023 Distanced

As curatorial trends power themselves into into the Janus stage of 2024 I remember how much new art was once about finding justifications for change and building a coherent narrative out of real life – if possible folding oneself into, or talking back to, a...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (12/14-12/20)

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (12/14-12/20)

1. Jose Luis Benavides: Letters to Lost Loved Ones December 15, 6-8PM International Museum of Surgical Science: 1524 N Lake Shore Dr   2. Laura Catherwood: Hearsay December 16, 12-5PM Vertical Gallery: 2006 W Chicago Ave, #1r, Chicago   3. Nocturne  December...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (12/7-12/13)

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (12/7-12/13)

1. Good Grief December 9, 6-9PM Co-Prosperity: 3219-21 S Morgan St Work by: Jade Williams, Cristabel Reynosa-Martinez, and The Black Bloom Project   2. Jonathan Michael Castillo: Immigrant Owned December 8, 6-10PM Chicago Art Department: 1926 S Halsted St  ...
Sub-Rural # 33, 50 Paintings

Sub-Rural # 33, 50 Paintings

One has to appreciate the soft-landing easel painting made after fending off a characterization as an elitist commodity a decade or so ago. The breadth of painting’s identity has benefited from its desirability in both professional and lay contexts, as well as...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (11/30-12/6)

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (11/30-12/6)

1. Vince Phan and Serena JV Elston: A Devil And A Witch Make A Nail  December 2, 2-7PM Watershed Art & Ecology: 1821 S Racine Ave   2. Jenny Åkerlund: Vitreous bodies December 1, 6-8PM International Museum of Surgical Science: 1524 N Lake Shore Dr   3....
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (11/16-11/22)

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (11/16-11/22)

1. Chloe Seibert: Psychoangels November 16, 6-9PM MICKEY: 1635 W Grand Ave   2. Louise LeBourgeois & Karen Reimer: Boundless & Disorderly November 17, 6-9PM Epiphany Center for the Arts: 201 S Ashland Ave   3. Every house has a door: Characters with...