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NewsDavid Bevington, preeminent Shakespeare scholar, 1931–2019Prof. Emeritus David Bevington, the extraordinarily prolific editor of Shakespeare’s full canon and author of seminal books about English Renaissance playwrights, died peacefully at home in Chicago on Aug. 2. He was 88 years old. Read more.
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NewsUniversity of Chicago’s Department of Art History Announces $1 Million Endowment for Art Conservation CoursesGift from activist and philanthropist Suzanne Deal Booth brings conservation science to the forefront at UChicago. Read more.
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NewsAn Alternate Reality Game That Takes Freshman Orientation to a New LevelA massive ARG became an obsession at the University of Chicago. It also taught students how to handle not getting along. Read more.
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NewsTamir Rice memorial rebuilt at Chicago artist's spaceThe gazebo in which the 12 year-old-boy was fatally shot by police has been reconstructed on the lawn of Theaster Gates's Stony Island Arts Bank. Read more.
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NewsSmart Museum to Organize Multi-Site Exhibition Featuring Art by MacArthur FellowsUniversity of Chicago art museum awarded $1 million MacArthur grant, appoints Abigail Winograd curator. Read more.
Events
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The Bells of Summer: Jeremy Chesman (Missouri State University)
Sunday, August 18, 2019
5:00 PM
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Jonathan Foiles - "This City Is Killing Me" - Shannon Heffernan
Monday, August 19, 2019
6:00 PM
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Ocean Vuong - "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" - Emily Jungmin Yoon
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
6:00 PM
Exhibitions
EXHIBITION
Spirit of Africa: African Festival of the Arts @30
Friday, August 16, 2019 - 11:00 AM to Monday, September 16, 2019 - 11:00 AM
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Cross Currents / Intercambio Cultural
Thursday, July 11, 2019 to Sunday, August 18, 2019
EXHIBITION
The Adaptations of Augie March
Monday, April 29, 2019 - 9:00 AM to Friday, August 30, 2019 - 4:45 PM
News
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Theaster Gates Will Stage Chicago Show of Works by Black Artists From Beth Rudin DeWoody’s Collection
Art News
August 6, 2019
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‘What would Chicago be like with no jails?’: New SAIC exhibit challenges artists and Chicagoans to reimagine criminal justice
Chicago Tribune
August 5, 2019
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‘Amid Kinship,’ culminating exhibition of U. of C. artists-in-residence, is open through end of August
Hyde Park Herald
July 31, 2019
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‘The Killing Floor’ co-writer Elsa Rassbach talks about the significance of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919
Timeout Chicago
July 23, 2019
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Eve Ewing Reflects On 1919 Chicago Race Riot In New Poetry Collection
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago
July 18, 2019
Around Chicago
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.
AROUND CHICAGO
Obama birthday party on South Side features thousands of paintings of former president
The exhibit — which includes a painting of former President Barack Obama for every day he was in office — graces the halls of the Stony Island Arts Bank, where a 58th birthday party was held Sunday in Obama’s honor.
AROUND CHICAGO
Chicago murals and mosaics: Where to find public art in city, suburbs
A Sun-Times series aims to capture, catalog and celebrate the beauty of our streets.
AROUND CHICAGO
Metaphysical Pop: A Review of Rob Pruitt’s “The Obama Paintings”
“The Obama Paintings” is on view at Stony Island Arts Bank, located one mile from the future Obama Presidential Center.
AROUND CHICAGO
How global designers will collaborate with locals at the Chicago biennial
A preliminary lineup was announced in March and included Theaster Gates, MASS Design Group, Wolff Architects, and Invisible Institute. In addition to releasing the full lineup, Artistic Director Yesomi Umolu also revealed that a number of contributors will be working with Chicago communities and students through residencies and collaborations. “This edition, we’ve placed a larger focus on supporting new commissions and original research, which allows contributors to expand on their work and explore future possibilities for the practice of architecture in Chicago and beyond,” Umolu wrote in an email.
AROUND CHICAGO
Lit 50: Who Really Books In Chicago 2019: avery r. young
Newcity Magazine has named avery r. young as one of the top 50 figures of Chicago's literary community.
AROUND CHICAGO
TIME's 100 Most Influential People of 2019: Jeanne Gang
TIME Magazine has named architect Jeanne Gang as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2019.
AROUND CHICAGO
Assyrian Kitchen’s classes, meals offer food for thought on ancient civilization
Atorina Zorina, who taught her first Assyrian cooking class at the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute, has opened the Assyrian Kitchen in Jefferson Park to share the history and cuisine of her often persecuted people.