This weekend’s got some art great events, and if you’re like me, you’re still reeling from the icy finger jabbed by reality television into the heart of your passion for contemporary art which cooled the molten core of belief in the cultural importance and historical significance of art making and pulled aside the folds of academic and community galvanization just long enough to want to give it all up in disgust and get into sensible and tangibly rewarding careers like civil engineering or bait farming so great art events are exactly what you need. Here are my picks for what to see, with additional and much more broad listings available at such fine links as this one and this one.

Cory Arcangel @ The Art Institute

Forward slashes are titular jewels, and no one knows this better than performer/musician/artist/composer/subversive Cory Arcangel, who’s composition/performance Music for Stereos will be performed/installed/recited this Friday, June 11th from 6-7:30PM @ The Art Institute of Chicago‘s Fullerton Hall, 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603.

Cory Arcangel

The First Five Years @ 65GRAND

Thanks to a silly license issue (and a tip to the cops from Deb Sokolow’s CIA tails), 65GRAND is going to be closing its doors and relocating after five years and thirty three exhibitions at the third floor apartment of director Bill Gross. Thanks, Bill!

65GRAND

I’ll be your Mirror @ Spoke

Anni Holm is no Nico, but she’s certainly the busiest artist/director/curator/organizer of Danish origin living in West Chicago that I’ve met so far. For her latest project, Holm has collaborated with artists Lise Haller Baggesen , Gitte Bog, Gudrun Hasle, and Berit Nørgaardon a show exploring social relationships and connections titled I’ll be your Mirror, which has an opening reception this Friday, June 11th from 5-8PM @ Spoke, 119 N Peoria St, 3D.

Anni Holm (bucharest, romania)

Justin B. Williams @ Monument2

While many are still grieving the loss of artist Justin B. Williams, who was killed last May in a tragic accident in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood, friends and family can observe a memorial exhibition of his final paintings rediscovered and on display this Saturday, June 12th from 6-10PM @ Monument 2, 2007 N Point St. Keep drinks inside.

Justin B. Williams

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