Before graduating, I was lamenting loosing my access to the Art Institute's Museum. But good news came in the mail yesterday

Elia Bryan, an SAIC student, passed away on March 26, 2010 from alcohol-related injuries.

Over this past weekend, we had the pleasure of working with Paul Chan, a terrific artist who happens to also be an alum of the school. Chan's discussions with us were framed around three points which he finds necessary for his work: A mockery of meaning, betrayal, and pleasure.

It was noted that critics themselves are in fact relational artists by definition; criticism itself is a “relational machine.”

Last monday, graffiti blasting crews were hurried in to clean up what seemed intended to be a little institutional critique sprayed on the Columbus side wall of the Modern Wing.

Weigh in!

Mr. Soymilk and Ms. Donut travel through time in their honeymoon.

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.