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Arts & Culture
The ‘Future is Feminine,’ the Present is Pesce
Prolific architect and designer Gaetano Pesce was as candid and controversial as we hoped in a recent talk at the Art Institute of Chicago.
SAIC
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. On His Roots and Beyond
The famed Harvard scholar delivers the keynote at the Diversity Action Group’s Reframing Visibility Symposium.
Arts & Culture
Joseph Grigely: Beauty Is Difficult
The artist lectures as part of SAIC's Low-Residency Masters Program, discussing conversational exchange as a creative process, how fishing is related to conceptual art, and more.
Arts & Culture
From Doors and Authors to Porn and Smudges
In a society where the ghosts of slavery and racism still haunt our politics and our interactions, conceptual artist Glenn Ligon tackles these issues by appropriating African American history into work focusing on text, voice and noise.
Arts & Culture
It’s Okay To Be Wrong
Revelations on painting and art criticism in Terry Myer's sabbatical lecture.
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A visit from the Toledos
A lecture from the Cuban designers kicks off SAIC's Fashion Resource Center anniversary programming
Arts & Culture
Happening this Weekend in Chicago: Processing.Android: Open Source for Mobile Innovation
This weekend is the art and tech symposium weekend in Chicago.
Arts & Culture
SAIC hosts science panel, “Cosmic Images: Beyond Beauty”
SAIC professor Kathryn Schaffer and the discussion’s panelists rally for the aesthetic value of science
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Liberal Arts and Visual and Critical Studies Undergraduate Symposium
In April, graduating VCS and BFA undergrads spoke of their memories, frustrations, fears and that which makes them euphoric.
Arts & Culture
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, May 19 at the MCA
Tomorrow Wednesday May 19th we have the great opportunity of listening live to Ilya and Emilia Kabakov talking about their work at the MCA
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Noteworthy in May
Exhibitions, Lectures, and Clearence Sales. Everything you need to keep busy
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Norman Finkelstein
The controversial scholar and author who swore he’d never return to Chicago, was back in town on Friday, April 16th, focusing on the issue of Gaza as a human rights violation.
Arts & Culture
A New Perspective on the Avant-Garde
Over the past 30 years Hal Foster has become a household name in the art world, thanks to publications like “Design and Crime,” “Return of the Real” and “Art Since 1900”
Arts & Culture
The Hidden Drama
Yuri Norstein, a celebrated animation master from Moscow, examines master paintings with a magnifying glass when visiting museums. Literally.
Arts & Culture
Noteworthy in March
In its usual ahead-of-the-pack form, The Renaissance Society is presenting Chicago with Matt Saunders’ first solo museum show. This and other news
