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’...

You Down With OPP?: A Primer on Artist Websites

** A response to this post can be found here. Enjoy!** A few weeks ago I asked the Chicago Art Community (#chiart) for a moratorium on OtherPeoplesPixels websites. One too many poorly worded artist statements had greeted me on the homepage. I’d inadvertently...
Sorry I Can’t Cry For Annie Leibovitz

Sorry I Can’t Cry For Annie Leibovitz

I wish Annie Leibovitz well and hope she gets her financial situation back on track and doesn’t suffer the pain shared by The Beatles and Stones which is the never ending chase to put the genie (rights to your own work) back in the bottle once you have sold it....
“Ferris Bueller” at BelieveInn

“Ferris Bueller” at BelieveInn

I recently had a chance to check out part of BelieveInn’s “Out of Towners” lineup, their current show, Ferris Bueller, featuring work from Porous Walker, with Gabe Levinson and Timothy Pigott. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was, coincidentally, the...