visual arts
A multisensory sculpture of life and death
Sara Black, Samantha Frost, Marc Downie, and Amber Ginsburg discuss Untidy Objects, a living sculpture on the University of Chicago campus.
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Artist Rufina Bazlova uses embroidery as a form of ‘gentle protest’
The Belarusian artist brings her work to the Hyde Park Art Center.
How much plastic is in Lake Michigan?
“The Blue Paradox” shines a light on plastic pollution in our waterways.
Te quiero para siempre / I love you forever
Jose Luis Benavides and Amanda Cervantes activate and respond to the Amigas Latinas archive.
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craft work
The stories behind Cherylle Booker’s sculptures
The Project Onward artist on invisible disabilities and the importance of empathy
Small batches
Father-son team Ron and Jameel Bridgewater launch a line of sustainable soaps.
Sydnie Jimenez sculpts a new vision of beauty
The artist’s ceramic figures are meant to embody the essence of Black and Brown youth.
The art of preserving newspaper boxes
Artist Horace Nowell helps old newspaper boxes cheat death.
‘I didn’t come here to make blankets’
Local designer Chelsea B makes crochetwear cool.
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ART features
New gadgets, old problems
Wrightwood 659’s “Difference Machines” exhibition confirms what we already know—technology does not solve human problems.
Discover five new Chicagoland artists
The Cleve Carney Museum of Art’s Emerging Artist Exhibit highlights the city’s rising artists.
My love affair with rats
The way a rat moves through the city—surreptitious and calculated—resonated for me early in my transition.
An art project visualizes the migrant crisis
Over the past year, Oscar B. Castillo and Wil Sands have documented people fleeing Venezuela and other South American countries for the U.S
Making waves
In the past two years, Chicago’s cultural organizations have welcomed 3,000 new union members.
Fall in love with Chicago’s visual arts scene
Our picks for must-see exhibitions
Biennial as experimentation
At the helm of this year’s Chicago Architecture Biennial, the Floating Museum invites us all to be participants.
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art reviews
Desire lines
At the Arts Club of Chicago, Rathin Barman investigates the migrant experience through sculpture.
Jackson Junge Gallery’s fix for an insatiable visual appetite
The second annual “TEN by TEN” exhibition offers something for every kind of visitor.
Abstract language and sacred knowing
Using her body as a writing instrument, Kameelah Janan Rasheed devises a new language.
Del principio hasta el final/From the beginning to the end
Louis De Guzman’s “Along the Way” takes viewers on a journey.
Jimmy DeSana’s luscious suburban wastelands
The artist’s first solo exhibition in Chicago raises questions about how queer people want or are allowed to exist in certain spaces.
Soft light
Scott Wolniak’s hallucinatory, layered paintings
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The room where it happens, again
Hamilton holds up in the latest tour.
Fall Theater & arts preview
‘125 is feeling very good’
Celebrating Chicago’s cultural past and present at the Fine Arts Building
The quest for Eleven
A young theater artist searches for Gary Tucker and the Godzilla Rainbow Troupe.
Setting the stage for queer stories
A seasonal preview of LGBTQ+ theater
You won’t be my neighbor
Class and internalized racism explode in WELCOME TO MATTESON!
best of chicago 2022
Best art show on the southeast side’s ecology
Norman W. Long at Glass Curtain Gallery
Best art show that flexed on Chicago’s place in the new media landscape
“Local Legend” at Co-Prosperity