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

Margot Brody

Live at the Empty Bottle — Grass Widow

No formulaic gimmicks, necessary— for Grass Widow it’s all about a naturally working group dynamic.

Jerry Saltz, Art Fairs, and EXPO Chicago

This is Chicago, and like those stubborn New Yorkers, we have our own midwestern way of doing art. Or do we?

More Than a Clothes Fetish — “Fashioning the Object” at AIC

“Fashioning the Object” brings together three very different studios whose designers, through their critical approaches and experimental practices, elucidate the ways in which fashion can enable us to examine societal norms and transform our environment in creative and diverse ways. Closing Sunday September 16.

LeRoy Neiman — Life, Inspiration, and Controversial Legacy

Sketchbook in tow, Neiman could at any given moment see reality through rainbow-tinted glasses.

Capture the Light

Luftwerk’s “Luminous Field” enhances Millennium Park.

Consider Your Bubble Burst

Does college education cost more than it’s worth?

Noteworthy: November 2011

Noteworthy in November.

Comics Rising

CAUTION: White-walled daydreams ahead.

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