Art
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What’s the Deal with This Creepy, Beloved Statue at the Art Institute?
It’s a Chicago treasure and a favorite of museum-goers… but what does it even mean?
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How Charles White Rewrote the Black Narrative
Four decades after his death, a son of Chicago’s Black Renaissance gets a well-deserved survey at the Art Institute.
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Q&A: Ann Lui on the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale
The architect and SAIC prof is part of a big contingent of Chicagoans exploring the theme Dimensions of Citizenship at the prestigious exhibition.
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There’s a Big Fat Rager in the Loop Tonight
You’re invited—so long as you can find it.
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Heritage Auctions Is Offering Rare and Pricey Comics This Weekend
It’s too late to get Frank Frazetta’s ‘Death Dealer 6’ painting, which went for nearly $1.8 million, but there’s still plenty to bid on (or just gawk at).
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Legendary Outsider Artist Lee Godie’s Work Is for Sale—at a State Unclaimed Property Auction
The late, beloved Chicago outsider artist has been featured in the Art Institute and the Smithsonian, and now she headlines an auction by the Illinois State Treasurer.
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Ivan Albright’s ‘Seductive and Repellent’ Art Draws Viewers In
A new exhibit of the late artist’s work opens at the Art Institute this month.
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Jessica Campbell Turns High-Tech Moments into Carpet Paintings
The Humboldt Park artist’s new solo show opens this week.
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The Key to Virgil Abloh’s Cool? Architecture.
Before he was a consultant to Kanye West, a collaborator with Nike and Ikea, and now art director of menswear at Louis Vuitton, he was getting his master’s degree in architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. And he’s carried that education into the peak of high fashion.
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