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NewsPhD student’s debut poetry collection earns rave reviewsEmily Jungmin Yoon’s poetry is not meant to be pretty. Read more.
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NewsSilent film of black couple’s kiss added to National Film RegistryUChicago scholar helps identify 1898 film as earliest depiction of African-American affection. Read more.
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NewsSociologist Eve Ewing authors Marvel comic IronheartEve L. Ewing, an assistant professor at the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration, brings to life a superhero from Chicago’s South Side in the new Marvel comic Ironheart, which debuts Nov 28. Read more.
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ExhibitionExhibition from Venice Architecture Biennale coming to Chicago in 2019An exhibition from the recently concluded Venice Architecture Bienniale that was co-commissioned by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago is coming to Chicago early next year. Read more.
Events
Event
Timuel D. Black - "Sacred Ground" - Susan Klonsky & Bart Schultz
Saturday, January 19, 2019
4:00 PM
Event
CANCELLED - James D. Montgomery, Sr. - "Full Circle: Race, Law, and Justice"
Sunday, January 20, 2019
3:00 PM
Event
Elliott J. Gorn - "Let the People See" - Timothy Gilfoyle
Monday, January 21, 2019
6:00 PM
Exhibitions
EXHIBITION
Nikko Washington: 53 'til Infinity
Friday, January 11, 2019 to Sunday, March 31, 2019
EXHIBITION
Let me consider it from here
Saturday, November 17, 2018 to Sunday, January 27, 2019
Event
The Fetus in Utero: From Mystery to Social Media
Wednesday, January 2, 2019 - 9:00 AM to Friday, April 12, 2019 - 4:45 PM
Event
Karthik Pandian & Andros Zins-Browne: Atlas Unlimited (Acts V-VI)
Friday, February 1, 2019 - 9:00 AM to Sunday, March 17, 2019 - 9:00 PM
News
News
Chicago author Ling Ma never thought she'd write a zombie apocalypse novel. Here's what changed her mind.
Chicago Tribune
January 15, 2019
News
Marvel Comics’ Ironheart writer Eve L. Ewing is ultimate Chicago sports homer
The Undefeated
January 4, 2019
News
Ancient urban villa with shrine for ancestor worship discovered in Egypt
UChicago News
January 4, 2019
News
Chicagoans of the Year: Directors of Manual Cinema have created a whole new art form
Chicago Tribune
December 27, 2018
Around Chicago
AROUND CHICAGO
The Wild World of the Hairy Who
The Chicago version of Pop Art, embodied in the work of the Hairy Who, is sweaty, nervous, sometimes giggly or goofy.
AROUND CHICAGO
The Top Creative Cities and Countries of 2018 According to Airbnb
"The home of the skyscraper, Chicago tops Airbnb’s list as the city for creative experiences. Playing host to the works of famous architects past and present"
AROUND CHICAGO
Nick Cave Uses His Capital to Help Aspiring Creators
Based for more than 20 years on Chicago’s South Loop, this 59-year-old artist has recently consolidated his studio, the couple’s home and his partner’s design studio in this 20,000-square-foot former mason’s workshop in South Old Irving Park, a largely working-class neighborhood across town.
AROUND CHICAGO
Chicago Architecture Biennial team inspired by city’s geography, history, and civic role
Artistic director Yesomi Umolu and her curatorial team are still in the research phase for the 2019 edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, but the ideas and themes taking shape for next year’s program are refreshing and use architecture as a way to examine issues beyond the built world.
AROUND CHICAGO
Kerry James Marshall Paints for Chicago. His Mural Should Stay There.
The painting is “Knowledge and Wonder,” a dreamlike frieze that the artist completed in 1995 for the Legler branch of the Chicago Public Library — on the city’s poorer West Side, where African-Americans make up about 44 percent of the population.
AROUND CHICAGO
THEASTER GATES’S REBUILD FOUNDATION RECEIVES $300,000 FROM JPMORGAN CHASE
JPMorgan Chase has awarded $300,000 to artist Theaster Gates’s nonprofit the Rebuild Foundation—an arts, education, and cultural development initiative that aims to transform urban communities—in support of the final phase of its renovation of St. Laurence Catholic elementary school on Chicago’s South Side. Gates bought the school, which shuttered sixteen years ago, for $451,500 in 2014. It will serve as the new home for his foundation’s Arts and Innovation Incubator, which is currently housed at the Stony Island Arts Bank.
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.
