by Caroline Picard | Mar 28, 2012 | Blog
Moon Goose Colony – episode 4: HATCHING from Agnes Meyer-Brandis on Vimeo. Yesterday I posted something in Art21’s “Centerfield” column about some of Katie Paterson’s work. One of the works discussed centers on a Morse code...
by Claudine Isé | May 9, 2011 | Blog
James Cuno has been named President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust, it was announced today. He will leave his post as Eloise W. Martin Director of the Art Institute of Chicago at the end of June and assume his new position on August 1st. An excerpt from the press...
by Claudine Isé | Jan 6, 2011 | Blog
The Art Institute of Chicago’s Free Thursday evenings (sponsored by Target) will end after May 26th. I read about the change earlier this week in a post by Time Out Chicago’s arts writer, Lauren Weinberg. I didn’t link to her post here at the time...
by Claudine Isé | May 26, 2010 | Blog
There’s been a second round of layoffs at the Art Institute of about 65 employees, the Chicago Tribune reported yesterday. The first round of layoffs occurred approximately one year ago, when 22 employees lost their jobs. According to the Tribune, of the 65...
by Claudine Isé | Jan 13, 2010 | Blog
Not acquainted with the work of Robert Overby? Here’s a chance to start. If you live in Chicago you can currently see two stunning examples of this still under-appreciated artist’s work (which isn’t surprising, since not only did Overby die in 1993,...