by Claudine Isé | Oct 19, 2010 | Blog
The Propeller Fund has announced the 15 winners of its first round of awards aimed at building “the small, self-organized operations that constitute a large catalyst for the creative activity and vitality of the Chicago visual art world.” The 15 winners of...
by Claudine Isé | Oct 11, 2010 | Blog
Art:21’s new “Calling from Canada” blogger Raji Sohal has written a great piece on the curatorial decisions made by the Vancouver Art Gallery’s director Kathleen S. Bartels and artist Jeff Wall in organizing Kerry James Marshall’s first...
by Claudine Isé | Mar 17, 2010 | Blog
Meg emailed me about this forthcoming Ed Paschke exhibition, curated by Jeff Koons, a few months ago. I can’t remember if WTF?? was actually stated in the email or just implied, but we both kind of rolled our eyes and thought, whatever. I replied that the Koons...
by Claudine Isé | Aug 22, 2009 | Blog
The Chicago Tribune’s Sunday edition includes a lengthy article by Mark Caro and Lauren Viera on on how Chicago’s art galleries are weathering the recession. According to the Trib, many gallery owners in the River North area are reporting that business...
by Claudine Isé | Jul 6, 2009 | Blog
If Don Colley’s drawings were movies, I’d be first in line to see them. The Chicago-based artist’s noirish, grab-you-by-the-throat depictions of evil clowns, brawling boxcar hobos, and flamboyant carnie types are intensely cinematic, evoking angsty...
