TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (1/25-1/31)

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (1/25-1/31)

1. Artist Talk: Noelle Garcia, CfNF Artist-in-Residence January 27, 1PM Center for Native Futures: 56 W Adams St   2. Larissa Borteh: Deep End January 26, 5-8PM Cuff and Post: 355 N Laflin St, #507   3. Faith Humphrey Hill: Knitfinity January 26, 6-9PM...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (1/18-1/24)

TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (1/18-1/24)

1. Olya Salimov: The cyborgs undone, the ghosts came to light, the ancestors control the future January 19, 5-8PM Chicago Artists Coalition: 2130 W Fulton St   2. Jade Thiraswas: Young Cash Karen: Closing Event January 20, 11AM-12:30PM Filter Photo: 1821 W...
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...