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NewsAngel Ysaguirre appointed executive director of Court TheatreAngel Ysaguirre, a cultural leader in Chicago, has been appointed executive director of the University of Chicago’s Court Theatre, effective Sept. 4. Read more.
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PodcastBig Brains podcast dives into the creative process of renowned UChicago composerTo say Prof. Augusta Read Thomas is prolific feels like an understatement. Read more.
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NewsJill Sterrett appointed Deputy Director of the Smart MuseumThe Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago today announced the appointment of Jill Sterrett as Deputy Director for Museum Affairs and Strategic Impact. Read more.
Events
Event
Dan Egan - "The Death and Life of the Great Lakes" - Monica Metzler
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
6:00 PM
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Carrying A Place Called Home: Artist-in-Residence Exhibition
Friday, July 20, 2018
6:00 PM
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Aaron Leonard - "A Threat of the First Magnitude" - Micah Uetricht
Thursday, July 26, 2018
6:00 PM
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Dan Kaufman - "The Fall of Wisconsin" - Rick Perlstein
Friday, July 27, 2018
6:00 PM
Exhibitions
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: Theme and Variations—The Multiple Sorceries of Felix Buhot
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 to Sunday, July 22, 2018
EXHIBITION
Expanding Narratives: The Figure and the Ground
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 to Sunday, December 30, 2018
EXHIBITION
Richard Rezac: Address
Saturday, April 21, 2018 - 12:00 PM to Sunday, June 17, 2018 - 5:00 PM
EXHIBITION
Emmanuel Pratt: Radical [Re]Constructions
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 to Sunday, June 10, 2018
News
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UChicago Child Development Center Stony Island / Wheeler Kearns Architects
Arch Daily
July 17, 2018
News
Stony Island Arts Bank: Reclaiming community and black history, through the arts
The Chicago Sun-Times
July 13, 2018
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'Johnson Publishing' exhibit shows off company's design flair — without a plexiglass museum case
The Chicago Tribune
July 5, 2018
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Theaster Gates salutes the spaces where Ebony and Jet happened
The Chicago Sun-Times
July 2, 2018
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Kerry James Marshall turns AIC conversation on Charles White into a deeply personal art history lesson
The Chicago Tribune
June 22, 2018
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Theaster Gates at Kunstmuseum Basel — an opulent web of words and imagery
The Financial Times
June 15, 2018
Around Chicago
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.
Around Chicago
Jamila Woods uses poetry and song to reflect on her native Chicago
"Learning about Gwendolyn Brooks and other poets from Chicago really taught me that my story is valid and worth telling." - Jamila Woods
News
It’s World Book Day. Have You Read an Exhibition Catalog in the Past Year?
“Theaster Gates: Black Archives” complements an exhibition the Chicago-based artist presented in 2016 at Kunsthaus Bregenz in Austria.
Around Chicago
'Cost of Living' Wins 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
"Cost of Living" playwright Martyna Majok, AB'07, has been named the winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play "Cost of Living."
Around Chicago
Guidebook maps the legacy of black women on Chicago’s South Side
“It has bothered me that black women’s intellectual contributions … have been marginalized or always connected to forces of suffering,” said Mariame Kaba, one of the authors of "Lifting as they Climbed: Mapping a History of Black Women on Chicago's South Side - A Self-Guided Tour."
AROUND CHICAGO
Waterworld - Glass Curtain Gallery at Columbia College Chicago
Curator of the Gray Center, Zachary Cahill, curates an exhibition at the Glass Curtain Gallery at Columbia College Chicago. Exhibitors include Arts, Science, and Culture Initiative program head Julie Marie Lemon.
Around Chicago
DePaul Art Museum Showcases Powerful Work of Chicago Artist and Activist Barbara Jones-Hogu
The DePaul Art Museum presents the first solo museum exhibition by Barbara Jones-Hogu (1938-2017) who was a Chicago-based artist, filmmaker and educator.