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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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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.
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NewsA bold first season for U. of C.'s contemporary music centerOn paper, the first season of the emerging Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition looks quite significant for new music in this city.
Formed last year at the University of Chicago, the CCCC on Tuesday unveiled an inaugural lineup of remarkable breadth, depth and ambition. Read more.
Events
Event
Trudi Trueit - "Explorer Academy" - Zoltan Takacs
Sunday, September 23, 2018
3:00 PM
Event
Fresh Ayers: Mark Warren, Jitu Brown, Brandon Johnson - "Lift Us Up!" - Bill Ayers
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
6:00 PM
Event
RECEPTION & ARTIST TOUR | Candice Lin: A Hard White Body, a Porous Slip
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
6:00 PM
Exhibitions
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
Anna Daučíková & Assaf Evron: FOR
Monday, June 11, 2018 to Sunday, September 16, 2018
EXHIBITION
Exhibition: War, Trauma, Memory
Monday, April 30, 2018 - 9:00 AM to Friday, August 31, 2018 - 4:45 PM
EXHIBITION
Expanding Narratives: The Figure and the Ground
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 to Sunday, December 16, 2018
EXHIBITION
Emmanuel Pratt: Radical [Re]Constructions
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 to Sunday, June 10, 2018
News
News
‘Art Worlds of Chicago’s South Side’ sheds light on overlooked art, design
The Chicago Sun-Times
September 14, 2018
News
A fall full of theater: 30 shows, from classics to 'Legally Blonde' to 'Frankenstein'
The Chicago Tribune
September 11, 2018
News
Author Eve Ewing talks about changing the narrative on education
The Chicago Tribune
September 10, 2018
News
In Wilson’s ‘Radio Golf,’ gentrifiers tempted by the gold in that there Hill
The Chicago Sun-Times
September 10, 2018
News
Photo Flash: First Look at RADIO GOLF at Court Theatre
Broadway World Chicago
September 7, 2018
News
Miguel Zenon, Ahmad Jamal launch a brisk jazz season this fall
The Chicago Tribune
September 7, 2018
News
Here's How the Stony Island Arts Bank is Honoring the History of Johnson Publishing Company
Michigan Avenue Magazine
September 6, 2018
News
Collectivity As Form: "The Time is Now!" and the Legacy of South Side Art Worlds | Newcity Art
Newcity
September 4, 2018
Around Chicago
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.
AROUND CHICAGO
Art Exhibit Celebrating Johnson Publishing Company to Open in Chicago This Summer
Theaster Gates, who founded the Rebuild Foundation, an organization that promotes Black art and artists while promoting community development, will launch A Johnson Publishing Story. The exhibit, part of Art Design Chicago’s yearlong celebration of the city’s art and design history, will look at the role the company has played in defining Black culture for global audiences in the 20th century.