The Dancing Dead
Each year the National Museum of Mexican Art mounts a thematic exhibit to coincide with Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). This year’s exhibit commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Tlatelolco Massacre.
November 26th, 2008
Uteruses Can Wander?
F Newsmagazine sat down with Terri Kapsalis to find out just what the SAIC class “The Wandering Uterus,” is about.
November 26th, 2008
Taking a slow look at Omer Fast
Every once in a while we are confronted with a work of art that is arrestingly beautiful but are unable to comprehend how it creates its appeal.
November 26th, 2008
You Can’t Study Illustration
Does SAIC alienate illustrators?
November 25th, 2008
(Crisis of) Democracy in America
An Interview with Abigail Satinsky of InCUBATE on Democracy in America: the National Campaign.
November 4th, 2008
Cultural Confessions
If Jeff Koons’ success is symptomatic of slack-jawed consumers eager to gobble up shiny, uncomplicated objects, Roberto Sifuentes is the anti-Koons.
November 4th, 2008
Jenny Holzer
“THE FUTURE IS STUPID,” Jenny Holzer proclaimed in 1985, and although this wasn’t one of her Truisms, she certainly wasn’t wrong.
November 4th, 2008
Nature, Closely Curated
“The Leaf and the Page,” curated by Douglas Stapleton at the Illinois State Museum, strikes me as an exhibition done right.
November 4th, 2008
Halloween rats set loose in Old Town
Are you stumped for an idea for your Halloween costume, but relish the chance to partake in a bit of public spectacle?
September 30th, 2008
Smokers targeted at Sharp Building
Campus security recently issued a statement banning smokers from the sidewalk outside the Sharp Building on Michigan Avenue. Many students have few thoughts to offer about the ban.
September 30th, 2008
Gay days a week
Here is a week’s worth of queer activities.
August 25th, 2008
Arts & Culture · Commentary · School
BROWN BAG IT?
A guide to eating respectable meals near the Art Institute.
August 25th, 2008
Horoscopes - September 2008
Outlaw astrology you can trust
August 25th, 2008
Why Wafaa?
F Newsmagazine interviews faculty Wafaa Bilal as he prepares to leave SAIC for NYU this fall.
July 22nd, 2008
Boys of Summer: A Review
As demonstrated in Monique Meloche Gallery’s new show, Boys of Summer, being a man today does not necessarily mean a jock or an suit, but connotes a much more flexible array of options.
July 22nd, 2008
Ren Faire: Theatre Review
Factory Theater’s Ren Faire entertains with swordfights and gunshots.
July 16th, 2008
Transportation Needs: A Review of Zipcar
You don’t need a car to get around Chicago, but it helps when you buy something heavier than you can carry. This is my experience with Zipcar, a car sharing service.
July 14th, 2008
LADYLIKE
“My goal,” asserts curator and SAIC alumna Joanne Hinkle, “was to show how diverse, varied, and rich the landscape of feminist art is today, and I think LADYLIKE accomplishes that.”
June 30th, 2008
Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future
Throughout his brief yet prolific career, Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) reimagined the college campus, the corporate office park, mobile homes, and furniture.
June 24th, 2008
Reworking the Canon
“What if instead demanding that ‘other’ art be admitted into the halls of modernism, we were to ask different kinds of conceptual questions about Art History’s epistemology?”
