Wandering SF: The Mission

Wandering SF: The Mission

  I recently saw the trailer for Woody Allen’s new movie Blue Jasmine starring Cate Blanchett.  There was an exterior shot of a cafe on the block I live on in the Mission neighborhood of San Francisco.  I pass that cafe almost everyday and I never...
Chicago Art in Pictures: Summer of 2013

Chicago Art in Pictures: Summer of 2013

A graphic, editorial overview of art, artists, and visual art events, found in and around Chicago over the course of the preceding months. All artwork copyright original artists; all photography copyright Paul Germanos. CourtneyBlades Above: CourtneyBlades’...
Dusk is Dawn is Day

Dusk is Dawn is Day

As I was walking through the Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago not long ago, I noticed a late Donald Judd, Untitled, 1989, on view. A wall-mounted, boxy, red and black sculpture, vacillating between image and object, I found myself walking around it, going...
Top 5 Weekend Picks! (8/16-8/18)

Top 5 Weekend Picks! (8/16-8/18)

1. LA INTRUSA DANZA at Defibrillator Performance by Delta Victor, Rojo Manso, Sara Holwerda and Sara Zalek. Presented by Spain Arts and Culture and Defibrillator. Defibrillator is located at 1136 N. Milwaukee Ave. Performance Saturday & Sunday, 8-11pm. 2. Think...