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NewsAugusta Read Thomas' bold new venture at the University of ChicagoWhen composer and University of Chicago professor Augusta Read Thomas launched the well-titled Ear Taxi Festival here, in 2016, she appeared to have reached a personal high point. Read more.
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Event2018 Logan BluesfestThe second annual Logan Center Bluesfest, October 19-21, 2018, honors the South Side roots of the blues tradition with concerts, workshops, film, food, and conversation. Read more.
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NewsUChicago Arts Magazine Fall 2018The Arts Guide is now the UChicago Arts Magazine. You'll find all the listings for exciting (and usually free) Arts events on campus, now with articles, interviews, and more. Read the UChicago Arts Magazine Fall 2018 here.
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News'Radio Golf' was never considered August Wilson's best — then it came to Court TheatreRahm, Serena, Lincoln Yards, Amazon, crime, the police, the trade-offs required for economic opportunity. It’s all there in “Radio Golf,” fellow Chicagoans. And explored with complexity. Read more.
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NewsNo Artists Outshine Others in This Egalitarian CollectionCollector commitment levels vary widely: There’s the casual art purchaser; the informed and systematic acquirer; and then, at the top of the pyramid, the fully committed zealot. UChicago alumni Patric McCoy easily qualifies in the last category. Read more.
Events
Event
Rosellen Brown - "The Lake on Fire" - Bernardine Dohrn
Monday, October 22, 2018
6:00 PM
Event
Gaël Faye - "Small Country" with Natacha Nsabimana
Monday, October 22, 2018
6:00 PM
Event
En tête-à-tête: Gaël Faye - "Small Country" - Natacha Nsabimana
Monday, October 22, 2018
6:30 PM
Event
Tom Ginsburg and Aziz Huq - "How to Save a Constitutional Democracy" - William Howell
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
6:00 PM
Event
Pillars of Thought: Audrius Plioplys Exhibit & Reception
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
5:00 PM
Event
Keith Makoto Woodhouse - "The Ecocentrists" - Benjamin H. Johnson
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
6:00 PM
Exhibitions
EXHIBITION
Jason Dodge with Ishion Hutchinson: The Broad Church of Night
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 to Friday, December 21, 2018
EXHIBITION
The Time is Now! Art Worlds of Chicago's South Side, 1960–1980
Thursday, September 13, 2018 to Sunday, December 30, 2018
EXHIBITION
Candice Lin: A Hard White Body, a Porous Slip
Friday, September 14, 2018 to Sunday, October 28, 2018
EXHIBITION
Expanding Narratives: The Figure and the Ground
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 to Sunday, December 16, 2018
News
News
A monster-sized theatrical homage celebrates Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’
Chicago Sun Times
October 17, 2018
News
Shadi Habib Allah Reveals the Socioeconomic Structures of Underprivileged Communities
Frieze
October 17, 2018
News
Interrogating Histories with an Ecosystem of Porcelain and Piss
Chicago Magazine
October 12, 2018
News
Theaster Gates Turning Shuttered School Into An Art Incubator In Grand Crossing
Block Club Chicago
October 10, 2018
News
Artist, Planner Theaster Gates Is 2018 Recipient of ULI J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development
Urban Land Magazine
October 9, 2018
News
Conceptual Artist Theaster Gates’s Favorite Things Celebrate the Artists He Admires
Wall Street Journal Magazine
October 8, 2018
Around Chicago
Around Chicago
It’s Expo Chicago Week. Here Are Three Must-See Attractions
Grab an espresso and gear up for a full day of local creative giants — including Jeanne Gang, Theaster Gates, and Cauleen Smith — chatting in an intimate setting.
AROUND CHICAGO
75 exciting openings in Chicago in September
Learn about the Wall of Respect, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, AfriCOBRA and the various artists that made an impact on Chicago's art scene during the ‘60s and ‘70s at the Smart Museum.
AROUND CHICAGO
The Chicago Architecture Foundation has a new name and a new home.
The oversized skyscraper models in the window, one of them 38 feet tall, are the undisputed stars of the show, but they’re not the only reason to visit the Chicago Architecture Center, the engaging new home of the organization previously known as the Chicago Architecture Foundation.
AROUND CHICAGO
Culture Lab Detroit announces 2018 line-up, featuring Peter Weller
Yesomi Umolu, artistic director of the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial and exhibitions curator at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago, is a moderator for Culture Lab Detroit this year.
Around Chicago
Expo Chicago Announces 2018 Dialogues Program, Including Symposium on Art and Design
Expo Chicago has detailed its 2018 “/Dialogues” talks program, which will be held throughout the fair’s run, from September 27 to 30.
AROUND CHICAGO
Historic Mecca Flats apartment building unearthed in Chicago
The Mecca Flats was built in 1892 and was expected to house visitors to the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893. The vibrancy of the building inspired musician Jimmy Blythe to write “Mecca Flats Blues” (1924) and, later on, Gwendolyn Brooks to write “In the Mecca,” (1968).
AROUND CHICAGO
Abstraction, explained
“Out of Easy Reach,” guest curated by Allison M. Glenn, seems determined to eschew singularity. Rather than one location, there are three: the DePaul Art Museum in Lincoln Park, Gallery 400 in the West Loop and Stony Island Arts Bank in Greater Grand Crossing.
AROUND CHICAGO
Respect, and $21 million, for a portrait of black Chicago
The deeper meaning of Marshall’s rise to art star is that he succeeded in his goal of giving black art and the black experience celebrated stature. African-American art deserves respect and appreciation. Kerry James Marshall has both.