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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.

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.

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.

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.

It’s Okay To Be Wrong

Revelations on painting and art criticism in Terry Myer's sabbatical lecture.

A visit from the Toledos

A lecture from the Cuban designers kicks off SAIC's Fashion Resource Center anniversary programming

Happening this Weekend in Chicago: Processing.Android: Open Source for Mobile Innovation

This weekend is the art and tech symposium weekend in Chicago.

SAIC hosts science panel, “Cosmic Images: Beyond Beauty”

SAIC professor Kathryn Schaffer and the discussion’s panelists rally for the aesthetic value of science

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.

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

Noteworthy in May

Exhibitions, Lectures, and Clearence Sales. Everything you need to keep busy

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.

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”

The Hidden Drama

Yuri Norstein, a celebrated animation master from Moscow, examines master paintings with a magnifying glass when visiting museums. Literally.

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