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NewsArt by black artists forces a new look at art history in a must-see show at the Smart MuseumWhy do collectors collect? “Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection,” a knockout show at the Smart Museum of Art, offers a distinctive opportunity to consider this question. Read more.
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NewsVisual arts BA thesis exhibition stretches across UChicago campusThe Department of Visual Arts annually holds a BA thesis exhibition like this one in partnership with Logan Center Exhibitions, with an MFA show following soon after. “for an easier recipe, sear pork shoulder,” named after an inside joke among the BA students, opened April 5 and runs through April 28. Read more.
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EventZachary Cahill - "The Black Flame of Paradise" ReleaseZachary Cahill, Director of Programs and Fellowships at the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry at the University of Chicago and Editor-in-chief of Portable Gray, the Gray Center's biannual magazine, discusses his new book "The Black Flame of Paradise.' He will be joined in conversation by Matthew Jesse Jackson. A Q&A and signing will follow the discussion May 6. Join us.
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News"In Practice," the UChicago Arts Blog, launchesWe're excited to announce In Practice, the new UChicago Arts Blog! In Practice is a space for short- and long-form writing, photo essays, profiles and interviews, videos, and audio content, as well as revisiting some of the best stories in our expansive archives. Visit In Practice.
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NewsA New Adventure for ‘Augie March’: A Chicago StagePulitzer Prize-winning playwright and UChicago Alumni David Auburn brings his adaptation of Saul Bellow's “Augie March” to stage at The Court Theater May 18th. Read more.
Events
Event
Literature for Justice: Exploring America's Carceral System
Thursday, May 16, 2019
6:00 PM
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Robin Scheffler - "A Contagious Cause" - James T. Sparrow
Friday, May 17, 2019
6:10 PM
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still/here and Other Geographies with Christopher Harris
Friday, May 17, 2019
7:00 PM
Exhibitions
EXHIBITIONS
Between Vision + Principle
Friday, May 17, 2019 - 6:00 PM to Friday, June 21, 2019 - 6:00 PM
EXHIBITION
Department of Visual Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition | Part I
Friday, May 10, 2019 - 9:00 AM to Sunday, May 26, 2019 - 9:00 PM
EXHIBITION
The Adaptations of Augie March
Monday, April 29, 2019 - 9:00 AM to Friday, August 30, 2019 - 4:45 PM
EXHIBITION
Incommunicable: A Student Exhibition
Monday, April 8, 2019 - 8:00 AM to Saturday, June 8, 2019 - 8:00 AM
News
News
Staging the unstageable: Alum gives Saul Bellow novel its theatrical debut
UChicago News
May 14, 2019
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Arts + Public Life, Court Theatre, and others received one of 57 National Endowment for the Arts Our Town Grants
National Endowment for the Arts
May 15, 2019
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The U. of C.'s architectural oddball, by the designer of the Aon Center, gets a vibrant, energy-saving remake
Chicago Tribune
May 10, 2019
News
The Secret Life of Philosophers Revealed at the Neubauer Collegium
The Chicago Maroon
May 6, 2019
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Students, scholar turn shipping container into innovative space for ceramics
UChicago News
May 7, 2019
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New exhibition connects contemporary art to UChicago’s Core curriculum
UChicago News
May 6, 2019
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Mayor Emanuel Interviews Artist Theaster Gates on “Chicago Stories” Podcast
Office of the Mayor
April 26, 2019
Around Chicago
AROUND CHICAGO
With Chicago’s Art Scene Gathering Steam, NADA Will Launch a New Fair in the Windy City This Fall
The Chicago Invitational will take place this September at the same time as EXPO Chicago.
AROUND CHICAGO
Meet the Artist Behind ‘The Obama Paintings’ As They Debut in Chicago
Less than one mile from the site of the future Barack Obama Presidential Center, an epic tribute to the 44th president has just been installed. It is a massive work of art consisting of nearly 3,000 paintings – one for each day of the Obama presidency.
AROUND CHICAGO
Millennium Park Summer Film Series includes 'Black Panther,' 'Music Man' and Chicago theater partnerships
The Court Theatre helped with programming this year's Millennium Park Summer Film Series.
AROUND CHICAGO
After cancer diagnosis, Oak Park man surprises U. of C. with treasure trove of rare books
This week, the university honored Connors in a ceremony at the library, officially recognizing the Robert S. Connors Basic Program Collection as a part of its Special Collections Research Center. The collection, a group of around 400 rare volumes with a monetary value that he estimates in the hundreds of thousands, represents the result of Connors’ book collecting — now, his gift to the university.
AROUND CHICAGO
Artist Michael Rakowitz on counter-histories and drawing inspiration from fragments
On February 13th, 2019 the Block Museum welcomed Rakowitz for an artist talk. Drawing upon the exhibition Caravans of Gold, Rakowitz considered questions of cultural loss and removal as well as counter-histories and narratives in artistic practice. He was joined in conversation by Kiersten Neumann, Curator at the Oriental Institute and Ann Gunter, Bertha and Max Dressler Professor in the Humanities, whose work addresses the visual and material culture of the ancient Near East and its Eastern Mediterranean neighbors.
AROUND CHICAGO
From Housing to Activism, the Next Chicago Architecture Biennial Will Bring Global Issues to Chicago
Yesomi Umolu, the artistic director of the upcoming Chicago Architecture Biennial, discusses the themes and narratives to be explored at this year’s event.
AROUND CHICAGO
‘Coffee With Langston’ Series At Kusyana Cafe Brings People Together For Part Conversation, Part Therapy
The cultural coffee klatch is the creation of Erika Dudley, Senior Program Manager with the University of Chicago’s Office of Civic Engagement.
AROUND CHICAGO
Hyde Park Art Center’s "Health Club" Exhibition Is Not Just for Pre-Meds
In "Health Club", the relationship between space and the human condition is far from unidirectional: space shapes humans as much as humans carve out space.
AROUND CHICAGO
The Wild World of the Hairy Who
The Chicago version of Pop Art, embodied in the work of the Hairy Who, is sweaty, nervous, sometimes giggly or goofy.