[open in new window] Yolanda Green The best way to find out who’s making a good impression in the art community is to look towards the artists themselves. I asked painter and assistant professor of art and design at UIC Pamela Fraser about some of the artists she likes and who we might need to [...]
[open in new window] Marissa Perel How would it be possible to tell that 35 years ago there was a deli on Grand Ave. in Streeterville run by a maniac that would yell at customers like a drill sergeant? Surrounded by cops, hippies, businessmen, laborers, Jerry would grab a customer by the arm and scream, [...]
[open in new window] Be in Charge of Your Career – Enable your art to take care of you Get information directly from Experts Learn how the art world functions Appreciate the essence of the artist as a business Discover why collectors collect Know what museum curators are looking for Find out what art dealers [...]
[open in new window] -Sponsored Post- <!– <!– ABOUT WET PAINT 2011 Under the watchful eye of a technology driven society, online social networking and cyber interaction communities, a group of young artists have been evolving and redefining one of the oldest mediums of art. The National Wet Paint MFA Exhibition is an outlook and [...]
[open in new window] “Best of Chicago Art Magazine” series. Originally appeared on the site 9/01/2010 Roxanne Samer Intro This article is not a roundup of Puerto Rican artists. It’s not about Puerto Rican identity art. This article is about prominent, talented artists that exhibit art in self-identified Puero Rican exhibition spaces, or in similarly themed [...]
[open in new window] Everyone is doing it, so I’ll jump in and just pick one piece that stood out about the rest. I forced myself to not dig through the archives, I had to go by memory. Charles Steffen (American, 1927-1995), The White Rose Garden, 1994, 17 x 23 inches, on paper grocery bag.
[open in new window] “Best of Chicago Art Magazine” re-post. Originally published on 9/29/2010 Jeff Huebner Now 30 years old, Prevent World War III might be seen as a relic of the Chicago-born community mural movement, but it is a vintage guerilla “People’s Art” piece whose powerful message about the threat of nuclear, environmental, and [...]
[open in new window] Gallery Spotlights are posts about randomly selected* art venues in Chicago Rina Steinberg Art Institute of Chicago by E.J. Paprocki Within the walls of the historic Tree Studios Complex is a charming family-owned gallery known as the Hildt Gallery, which specializes in 19th and early 20th century oil and watercolor paintings. [...]
[open in new window] -Sponsored Post- Mark Dickson, Untitled, 64×62, oil on canvas. Chicago, IL- November 5, 2010 – January 4, 2011 – Gallery KH Mark Dickson & Richard Taylor: Layers & Dimensions Opening cocktail reception: Friday, November 5, 2010 5-8PM Gallery KH is pleased to present Layers & Dimensions, a new collection of abstract [...]
