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NewsUChicago scholar Mitchell S. Jackson wins Pulitzer Prize for essay on Ahmaud Arberysst. Prof. Mitchell S. Jackson of the University of Chicago was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for feature writing for his essay in Runner’s World about the life and death of Ahmaud Arbery. Read more.
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News“It’s About Wonder” - Ten Years at ASCIThe Arts, Science + Culture initiative celebrates 10 years. Explore this exciting program's trans-disciplinary history.
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News‘Titanic’ at Court Theatre review: ‘Nightmarish recollections’ speak volumesCourt Theatre’s pre-filmed, streamed staging of Owen McCafferty’s “Titanic (Scenes from the British Wreck Commissioner’s Inquiry, 1912)” shows the human tragedies of the Titanic. Read more.
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NewsInspiring Creativity in the Next GenerationEmily Hooper Lansana appointed Senior Director of Logan Center Community ArtsThe generational impact of the arts has been a key focus for Logan CenterCommunity Arts under Emily Hooper Lansana’s leadership. Recently appointed to the role of Senior Director of Community Arts, we take a look at just some of the collaborative programs and projects she’s brought to the Logan Center.
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NewsThe hidden history of ‘guerrilla television’: UChicago scholars preserve decades-old videosOnline archival project will create and share ‘a new wealth of cultural knowledge’ of 1970s. Read more.
Events
EVENTS
Virtual Visits to the Arts at UChicago
Visit the arts at UChicago virtually. Explore live and archived events, talks, performances and more at our Virtual Visits page.
Exhibitions
Event
K. Kofi Moyo and FESTAC ’77: The Activation of a Black Archive
Friday, February 12, 2021 to Sunday, March 21, 2021
EXHIBITION
Apsáalooke Women and Warriors
Thursday, March 12, 2020 to Friday, August 21, 2020
News
News
THEASTER GATES ‘HOW TO SELL HARDWARE’ IS THE ARTIST’S LATEST INSTALLATION IN CHICAGO.
FADMagazine
Jun, 14, 2021
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Multiplayer Mode: The Map of Now Gamifies the Virtual Performance Festival
NewCityStage
Jun, 01, 2021
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ÉSSO collect their pandemic output on one funky LP of Afro-Latin fusion beats
Chicago Reader
May, 25, 2021
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US urban planner-turned-artist lined up for 2022 Serpentine Pavilion
Architect's Journal
May, 18, 2021
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Artist Theaster Gates will design the 2022 Serpentine Pavilion
The Architect's Newspaper
May, 18, 2021
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Twelve African American Artists Commissioned to Ruminate on the Great Migration
Hyperallergic
May, 12, 2021
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Lucky Plush Announces THE MAP OF NOW An Interdisciplinary Digital Festival
Broadway World Chicago
May, 7, 2021
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Hyde Park museums, Jazz Festival included in city's 'Open Culture' initiative
Hyde Park Herald
May, 5, 2021
Around Chicago
Around Chicago
Artist Brandon Breaux’s ‘Everyday Black Heroes’ Honors A Modern Hero Each Day
Black artists, activists and educators are recognized this month in the South Side artist's nod to living history at the Stony Island Arts Bank and on Instagram.
Around Chicago
12 immersive art spaces that champion Black creativity
Theaster Gates’s Rebuild Foundation transformed the Stony Island Arts Bank – a defunct 1923 neoclassical bank in Chicago’s South Side – into a hybrid gallery, library and community space for neighbourhood residents to share their heritage.
Around Chicago
How Chicago’s Rebuild Foundation Is Reaching Locals During Covid-19
UChicago Professor Theaster Gates' Rebuild Foundation has set up a food repository intended to meet the needs of its surrounding community.
News
Designer Duro Olowu Sees Chicago Through Art
“[Featured in the exhibition] are artists who made things in isolation, with love and integrity and passion, under so many circumstances. Even if the work is political, dealing with AIDS or oppression or subjugation, you feel the need and the passion of all these artists, the idea of leaving something behind, something meaningful and yet very familiar.”
News
Fifth Third to invest $20 million in South and West side opportunity zones
Such private investments are “critical to our mission of transforming our communities,” the mayor said at an event today to announce the Fifth Third funding.
Around Chicago
Where to Find Free Art in Chicago Every Day of the Week
The Smart Museum of Art is free and open to the public every day of the week, writes Urban Matter.
AROUND CHICAGO
The 5 Best Design Destinations for September 2019
September is a big month for Chicago as well. On September 19, the Chicago Architecture Biennial will return for its third edition, with free public exhibitions, full-scale installations, and other programming. Expo Chicago—the city’s most important art fair—will take place concurrently at Navy Pier. Architecture fans should plan to visit the Chicago Architecture Center at its new home in a Mies van der Rohe building overlooking the Chicago River. The CAC is offering discounted joint passes to the Architecture Biennial and Expo Chicago with the option to add one of its acclaimed walking tours. If you go, make time to visit Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House and Unity Temple, which were just designated UNESCO World Heritage sites.
AROUND CHICAGO
Facing Mass Incarceration One Stitch at a Time
"Life Without the Possibility of Parole" depicts Alice Kim, the director of the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights at the University of Chicago, protesting the life-without-parole sentence of Renaldo Hudson, by Bronzeville artist Dorothy Burge, 64.