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NewsCOVID-19 Relief & Support Resources for Chicago ArtistsThe COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented strain on the arts and cultural community. Listed below is a selection of initiatives offering support at the University and state level. Read more.
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NewsVirtual Visits to the Arts at UChicagoAlthough the academic programs and organizations of UChicago Arts have canceled or postponed programming through the spring, we are committed to amplifying the ongoing and archived artistic work of our community. Read more.
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NewsOn the Limits of Care and Knowledge: 15 Points Museums Must Understand to Dismantle Structural InjusticeYesomi Umolu, Logan Center Exhibitions Curator and the artistic director of the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial, explores what museums must internalize before moving forward with equity work. Read more.
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NewsAlternate reality game A Labyrinth offers a model for new media in a distanced ageAssembling a transmedia story played and built by multi-generational teams, the group behind A Labyrinth is harnessing new media’s capacity as a potent social facilitator. 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
EXHIBITION
The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China
Friday, February 7, 2020 to Sunday, May 3, 2020
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Harold Mendez: The years now
Friday, January 24, 2020 - 6:00 PM to Sunday, March 8, 2020 - 9:00 PM
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Snow City Arts Exhibition
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 to Wednesday, February 26, 2020
EXHIBITION
S is for Soul Sister Exhibition
Friday, January 17, 2020 - 6:00 PM to Friday, March 20, 2020 - 5:00 PM
EXHIBITION
Edo: Memories Museum
Thursday, January 9, 2020 - 6:00 PM to Friday, March 13, 2020 - 12:00 PM
EXHIBITION
Temporarily Closed: Exhibit--Expanding Sources: Recent Additions to Special Collections
Monday, January 6, 2020 - 9:00 AM to Friday, April 24, 2020 - 4:45 PM
News
NEWS
Why It’s Time To Confront Cinema’s History Of Whitewashing Once And For All
June 28, 2020
Vogue
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Influential black artists that confront race and systemic oppression within their work
June 5, 2020
Luxury London
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With 'Spinning Home Movies,' DJs bring Chicagoans a weekly dose of history
Hyde Park Herald
April 30, 2020
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American Writers Museum exhibit goes online: Dive into the modern immigrant and refugee experience in America
Chicago Tribune
Apr 22, 2020
Around Chicago
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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.
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.