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Monthly Archives: October, 2013

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Designing Fast & Slow

SAIC hosts first annual Chicago Design Education Symposium.

Raining on Halloween

Some ways to stay in this year.

Posthumous Aesthetics

A review of the 27th annual Day of the Dead Celebration at the National Museum of Mexican Art


The ongoing legacy of José Guadalupe Posada's work continues to influence artists across the globe and the tradition of the Day of the Dead.

Jazz for Beginners

A review of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival with director Kate Dumbleton


Chicago's jazz scene remains vibrant, innovative and affordable, offering a wonderland for newcomers.

Radioactive Girl Scout

What do we really know about the ground we walk on?

The Internet is Cats

A dispatch from the Chicago Internet Cat Video Festival.

Sun Sets on the Golden Dawn

The murder of an artist spurred the Greek government to arrests

Driftwood

Fiction from the editor's desk.

Califorina City Sues Sriracha Plant for Chili Fumes

If you can't take the heat, you may need to move out of Irwingdale, Califorina

You Can Take the Man Out of the Culture, But…

Ahmed Khawaja and the Dilemmas of Multicultural Fluency


The diary films of the Abu Dhabi-based filmmaker reflect two contrasting ways of life and a cathartic exercise in self-reflection.

Murals for the Masses

Canadian street art movement comes to SAIC.

Everyday Myths

Hands Together: An Icon Incarnate at The Roger Brown Study Collection


Exclusive curator interviews examine how an iconic image casts an intimate and odd gaze upon the role and importance of mythos and story.

Art For A Future Utopia

A Conversation With Artists Moon Kyungwon and Jeon Joonho.

Letter to a Jelly

The subtle wisdom of the dreamy jellyfish.

Fair Enough

A Report from EXPO Chicago


The efforts of this year's EXPO to reach out to the greater Chicago community, in part to attract collectors, also exposed the emerging and international art world to more than just art buyers and sellers.