F Newsmagazine - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Art, Culture, and Politics

Annette Lepique

Public Housing Personal Stories

First Person Accounts from Chicago's Demolished High Rises   According to the Red Eye’s Tracking Homicides in Chicago website, there were 23 homicides in January 2014....

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.

Artist / As Writer / As Critic

An interview with Jason Lazarus and Sofia Leiby of Chicago Artist Writers


Chicago's diverse and active art community ensures a rich spectrum of projects and shows, but it can be a Darwinian fight for recognition. F Newsmagazine spoke with the co-founders of an online platform that facilitates written criticism to serve under-recognized Chicago arts venues.

Blaxploitation or Revolutionary?

1970s Film (now at Flaxman) Exceeds Genre Stereotypes   To the uninitiated and uninformed, the term “blaxploitation” may conjure up images of Pam Greer kicking ass...

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