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contemporary art

A Night of the Senses

SAIC artist group //sense organizes experimental theater event that dazzles and mystifies

Inside EXPO Chicago 2023

Gallerists and artists at Chicago international art fair discuss the meaning behind their work and the future of contemporary art

You Are Not Alone in the “Beautiful Diaspora”

An exhibition that reimagines bitter history across geographic boundaries.

Low-Residency, High Impact

The 2019 Low-Res MFA show invokes questions of place and belonging.

Windchill Factor

Some proposals for art critic Ruslana Lichtzier.

Material World

Liz Magor elevates the transitory and mundane.

Big Laurie / Little Laurie

The Laurie Simmons retrospective at the MCA covers all the photographer's highlights and lowlights.

Night Documents

Dawoud Bey's dark, monumental images recall stops on the Underground Railroad.

Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth

Hans Haacke’s ‘Gift Horse’ has taken up residence on the roof of the Art Institute, but has it lost its edge?

EXPO-NENTIAL

EXPO Chicago 2017 saw record attendance numbers. Aren't you glad you went and got your free ticket?

‘Andy Warhol. Dark Star’ and Institutional Responsibility

An Andy Warhol retrospective in Mexico City lacks cultural context, and forces us to examine art institutions' responsibility to the public.

Takashi Murakami’s Feast for the Eyes

The renowned Japanese pop artist is at the center of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago summer survey exhibition.

Classically Beautiful

"Beauty" exhibition at Jackson Junge Gallery borrows forms of the past to explore contemporary issues.

High Concept Labs 5th Anniversary Open House

Halloween open house mixes media at High Concept Labs.

A Path to Embodiment: Carrie Brownstein’s Modern Fangirls

Brownstein speaks at the Museum of Contemporary Art about how music fandom figures into her first memoir, and how her first memoir figures into her search for embodiment.