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Andy Moore @ Gallery 400

Last Saturday University of Illinois at Chicago’s Gallery 400 closed its late spring show, which had featured Eun Hyung Kim‘s wall paintings and drawn sculptures in the main space, a video by Erin Cosgrove, and, nestled between the two, paintings and a monumental artist’s book by Andy Moore titled John’s Luv. I’m not throwing that work […]

Weekend Preview – WWChuYunD

This week’s weekend picks for this weekend. I’m leaving a lot out, so check out the additional listings here and here. Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Daniel Albrigo / The Power of Selection, part 2 @ Western Exhibitions Big titles mean big events and this month’s pairing (and pairing within a pairing) at Western Exhibitions seems […]

Seven Artists of the Week – one less of us

This week’s picks from Ryan. generation sext

Justin B. Williams @ Monument 2

Despite what you may have read, Justin B. Williams is not dead. The lengthy and entertaining accompanying text for his latest exhibition Justin B. Williams: The last paintings (1985-2010) at Monument 2 describes the art-heroic discovery by Nevin Thomlison of the last paintings Justin executed before his equally heroic death saving a child from an […]

Weekend Preview – who shows there

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 […]

Seven Artists of the Week – bravo work of art direct download torrent

This week’s picks from Ryan. Also remember not to forget to miss out on tonight’s debut of Bravo’s Work of Art, the contemporary art reality show featuring Western Exhibition’s John Parot and a few other Chicago artists. for shame

Weekend Preview – look to others for validation

This week’s picks for what’s around and opening. This is one of those hard weeks when there aren’t that many shows opening, but all of them are worth checking out, so to see everything I skipped, get to here. Deborah Boardman @ The Gahlberg Gallery With an install including paintings, hand crank operated canvas loop […]

Seven Artists of the Week – cop town

This week’s picks from Ryan with some vacation subs from me. Hey, its been a busy week! are you kid rock?

Weekend Preview – cock handed painters

My picks for this weekend, though the pickings are slim. Check out other listings here and here. Trew Schriefer and Joanna Goss @ ebersmoore This month ebersmoore opens double solos from Trew Schriefer and Joanna Goss. When I saw Trew’s work last a few years ago, it was tiny acrylic on wood topographic cute abstractions. Grad school […]

Seven Artists of the Week – daily thickening

This week’s picks from Ryan. oh come on!

Weekend Preview – late edition

What day is it? Friday’s gone, but hopefully you found other listings and caught something good. Here are my picks for the what’s left of the weekend: Jason Middlebrook @ moniquemeloche I’m usually not a fan of artists using reclaimed materials for site specific installations within a gallery space (as opposed to permanent installations, or architectural […]

Seven Artists of the Week – a pool on wheels

This week’s picks from Ryan…! just keep driving

Weekend Preview – harmless formalism

This week’s picks for what to look at. This is another bumper weekend, so make sure to check the other listings to see what I skipped here to make room for friends and people who I owe money to. she went back to where she began & she sat with her back to me @ Attic […]

Seven Artists of the Week – stop snitchin

This week’s picks from Ryan. Thanks, Ryan! Apartment gallery? What apartment gallery? The gang and me are just having a little fun back there, aren’t we boys? See? Ain’t no apartment gallery here, no sir, no art a’tall. Maybe down the block, maybe by the brickrows – I hear they’ve got apartment galleries goin’ all […]

Studio Visit – Heidi Norton

If you stopped by the Swimming Pool Project Space booth at NEXT, or if you were lucky enough to catch the landscape | portrait | still life exhibition curated by Philip von Zweck at Hungry Man, or even if you visit Swimming Pool Project Space’s Irving Park location this weekend for their mother’s day show (Mom’s and Mimosas), you […]

Weekend Preview – hold your arms up

Here and my picks for this weekend. For many more listings of art events this weekend, go here and or here. Alphabetization @ Noble and Superior Projects Guest curator Ania Szremski put together Alphabetization as a show of artists who work variously with language and experience. It’ll feature projects by Brandon Alvendia, Scott Carter, Eric Fleischauer, Brookhart Jonquil […]

Seven Artists of the Week – getting two birds stoned at once

This week’s picks from Ryan, with a bonus one from Ryan. bake me in a pie

Weekend Preview – freebies and kickbacks

Has it been a year already? It has, and the proof is going down all weekend at the Merchandise mart with Art Chicago and NEXT and that other antique fair thing and a host of other integrated events at other locations. Here are my picks for what to see: Art Chicago / NEXT @ Merchandise Mart Included […]

Seven Artists of the Week – sweat blood and tears

This week’s picks from Ryan and one from me: I”m sitting on my sofa, eating pizza, drinking coffee, listening to cds, and no, I haven’t gotten dressed yet.

Weekend Preview – virgin fest

The festival season kicks off with Versionfest 2010 tonight and this weekend, an eleven day continuum of art and music which will have many more events and sub-events than I can feature here. I’d check out the itinerary at their website (the calendar at the top of the page) for the details, and show up at the opening […]