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Weekend Preview – marginally less terrible than what everyone else is making

This week’s what to see this weekend. More info here and here. INDESTRUCTIBLE YOUTH @ Kunz,Vis,Gonzalez. Sounding even bigger and less destructible than last year’s Big Youth, this hot young artist show at the Kunz,Vis,Gonzalez. garage space will include the work of Chicago or New York artists Brad Hoffman, Dan Jarvis, Elena Ballara, Peter Clodfelter, Scott […]

Seven Artists of the Week – on a last chance pile drive

This week’s picks from Ryan. (removed at artist’s request) teach it to fuck

New Icon @ LUMA

New Icon was the Contemporary Arts Council annual show for 2010, located this year in the very nice and spacious Loyola University Museum of Art. The show was curated by Britton Bertran (well known for directing Gallery 40,000 and for many other projects since its closing) and included seven artists: Zachary Buchner, Pamela Fraser, Carrie Gundersdorf, Dan Gunn, Diana […]

Erik Wenzel @ DOVA Temporary

Here’s a late run review written earlier this summer by Paul Germanos. Thanks, Paul! Break a beverage bottle’s tamper-evident seal and a plastic ring falls free from the cap. According to the chosen brand’s marketing scheme including the improving of the website with the use of a SEO company, this Gilbert SEO Expert that can […]

Weekend Preview – embrace it

Here are my picks for what to see this weekend. Its the end of summer and there isn’t much, but more listings can be found here and here. B.C. MacEachran @ ebersmoore It was only 14 months ago that ebersmoore (then ebersb9) opened its first show, an exhibition of B.C. MacEachran‘s paintings titled Shooting Stars. […]

Seven Artist of the Week – back to june

This week’s picks from Ryan. Arielle Falk you can ruin your eyes

Weekend Preview – there must be some mistake

This week’s weekend picks. There aren’t that many other listings, but for more check out this link and also this one. Carrie Gundersdorf @ MCA I can’t be the only one surprised that Carrie Gundersdorf hasn’t already taken part in the UBS 12×12 series at the Museum of Contemporary Art, but I guess she hasn’t since […]

Seven Artists of the Week – i want to be a miles but i think im just a ryan

This week’s picks from Ryan. thank god im not a peregrine

Weekend Preview – go see New Icon before it closes

Hey, this is the weekly post where I usually put up my picks for the weekend, but since the city is taking it easy on art openings for the next few days (though there still are a few), I thought I’ll dedicate this post to suggesting that you check out New Icon @ Loyola University Museum of […]

Seven Artists of the Week – morlock don draper

This week’s picks from Ryan. Super good set. you leave her out of it

Weekend Preview – i dont care much for art however

This week’s picks. Check out more listings here and here. Danny Think Tank Danny Think Tank is a space and show going up this weekend for the Milwaukee Ave Arts Festival, and will feature work by Curt Bozif, Derek Chan, Ryan Fenchel, Dan Gunn, Roxane Hopper, Lisa Majer, Stephen Nyktas, Cole Pierce, Julie Rudder, Kendrick Shackleford and Craig Yu. Come see the opening this Friday, July 23rd […]

Seven Artists of the Week – play your old shit!

This week’s picks from Ryan and some from me. science of style includes adventurous avant garde cuts with painstaking precision and dramatic designs that predict the future of fashion and draw you into his captivating carnival of couture

Weekend Preview – a brief introduction

This week’s picks. Check out more here and here. Terence Hannum @ PEREGRINEPROGRAM Terence Hannum is a pretty metal dude, performing (along with André Foisy) in Chicago’s intensely metal experimental duo LOCRIAN and making comparatively heavy paintings in low-end monochrome. Check out some of his new work on display this month in Negative Altars, opening this Friday, July 16th from […]

Seven Artists of the Week – RECOMMENDED

This week’s picks from Ryan. deadening ubiquity

Weekend Preview – how do i

Here are my quick picks for this week’s openings. Do yourself a favor and check out broader listings here and here. ACRE Summer Benefit @ Johalla Projects This Friday Johalla Projects will be hosting a fundraising event for ACRE‘s summer residency program, complete with drinks from my favorite Chicago art group, The Hornswaggler Bar. Work by the residency’s […]

Seven Artists of the Week – great ape

This week’s picks from Ryan and me. better head than red

Weekend Preview – tell that guy from vvaves to stop calling me

Quiet scene this weekend, but here’s whats going on. Check out other listings here and here. Gregg Evans and Jeroen Nelemans @ ebersmoore Documentary photographer Gregg Evans and digital film artist Jeroen Nelemans put on double solos at ebersmoore this month. You can catch the opening Friday, July 2nd from 6-9PM @ ebersmoore, 213 N Morgan St, 3C. This […]

Seven Artists of the Week – who are the melvins

This week’s picks from Ryan. ughhh fack namsayin

Weekend Preview – intensely live-tweeting this beautiful weather

Summer’s here, check it out. Also check out my picks for this weekends art events, and also also check out full listings between here and here. Peter Hoffman and Dick Dermody @ Heaven Gallery Come back ghosts Old Gold present a double showing of painter Peter Hoffman and photographer Dick Dermody, with shows respectively titled Painting with Peter and INVINCIBLE. […]

Seven Artists of the Week – troy duffy

This week’s picks from Ryan. We’re we looking for a hot, nude research person.  Now, just someone who would work from home, doing a short project for pay. Craig’s list