Opening Reception for Black Light and Make Room Photo: Photo: Gallery 400/Facebook A handful of galleries show promising artists but don’t represent them, meaning there’s no commission added into the price of the works. ACRE, in Pilsen, has curated group shows with up-and-comers such as painter Carris Adams and experimental artist Sofia Córdova. 1345 W. … Read more
Restaurants, cafés, and bars have become legitimate springboards for emerging artists—and good places to buy their work at attractive prices.
Many first-time buyers are taken aback by the prices, even for pieces from emerging artists who are not in great demand. But making art costs money. This expense breakdown for a recent work by Chicago sculptor Alex Chitty puts things in perspective.
You can’t be an expert on everything. So rooting yourself chiefly in a single style is a smart way to begin collecting. To get you started, here are some artists doing bold work in major genres.
The painter’s new exhibit, Nothing’s Funny, renders comedy icons in his signature disjointed style.
United Flight 232 Photo: Michael Brosilow Sept. 1 Rock Kevin Morby Lincoln Park This Texas-born singer has never made straight country music, but there’s always been a twang to his sound. Last year’s Singing Saw—his third release, named for and featuring the distinctly rural musical instrument—was a work of evocative songwriting, rooted in the tradition … Read more
The Chicago Onscreen Local Film Showcase, Chicago Fringe Festival, Chicago Jazz Festival, Mount Eerie, Alias Grace, and more
Ahead of his Chicago Jazz Festival performance, Mitchell expounds on growing up in the jazz age, staying inspired, and how improvisation mixes with composition.
Once a bastion of jazz greats, many grand venues in and around Bronzeville have shuttered. These buildings hold on to some of that history.
