Chicago’s Recent MFA Graduates on View in Hyde Park Art Center’s Biennial Exhibit, “Ground Floor”
Hyde Park Art Center, the renowned non-profit hub for contemporary art located on Chicago’s South Side, has announced Ground Floor,
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Hyde Park Art Center Announces Collaboration with the Hyde Park Jazz Festival and other Dynamic Public Programming for Fall 2024
Hyde Park Art Center, the renowned non-profit hub for contemporary art located on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, is proud to announce its Fall 2024 programming. The free, vibrant offerings showcase artists at every stage in their career, via solo and group exhibitions, artist talks, residencies, a new program for seniors, and more.
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Cleve Carney Museum of Art Announces Retro Gaming Exhibition, “Insert Coin: Inside Midway’s Arcade Revolution”
The Cleve Carney Museum of Art (CCMA), located on the College of DuPage campus (425 Fawell Blvd.), announces its upcoming fall exhibition, “INSERT COIN: Inside Midway’s Arcade Revolution.”
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Millennium Park Foundation and City of Chicago Announce New Public Art Coming to Millennium Park for 20th Anniversary Season
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and the Millennium Park Foundation announced today new temporary public art installations coming to Millennium Park during its milestone 20th Anniversary season, including physical works by one of the world’s most recognized sculptors, Franz West, and innovative augmented reality works by Chicago-based artists Claire Ashley, Faheem Majeed, Yvette Mayorga and Carlos Rolón. The augmented reality works are on view throughout Millennium Park now through November 2025. West’s sculptures will be on view in the South Boeing Gallery starting the week of July 22nd through November 2025.
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Art Institute of Chicago’s Groundbreaking Retrospective Celebrates Feminist Painter Paula Modersohn-Becker
Paula Modersohn-Becker. Girl Blowing a Flute in the Birch Forest, 1905. Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen. © Paula-Modersohn-Becker-Stiftung, Bremen.
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A Sound Inspiration
Music has, for centuries, inspired design across the spectrum of art creation. Have you ever thought about the kind of visual output the music of jazz legedn John Coltrane might inspire? Well, Norman Teague has, and his visionary exhibition on the subject is set to launch at the the Elmhurst Art Museum this January. Entitled A Love Supreme, this solo exhibition inspired byColtrane will accompnayan adjoining group exhibition in the famed Mies van der Rohe’s McCormick House featuring over 30 Chicago-based artists who identify as Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC). The companion show is entitled A Love Supreme: McCormick House Reimagined.
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Picasso 50 Years Later, A View to a Legacy
Any artist, poet or musician worth their weight in salt aims to do much more than just create. Certainly, expression is a passionate part of their journeys, but if meaningful expression is to come to its greatest fruition, it must leave an impression. Every artist understands that. A lasting impression is really the point of that expression. That lasting impression is likely a touchstone for the most iconic artists. It certainly is the case for Pablo Picasso. After his death a half century earlier, his legacy leaves an indelible mark today.
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Museum of Contemporary Art to Present “Garry Simmons: Public Enemy”
This summer, The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago will present Gary Simmons: Public Enemy, a survey of artist Gary Simmons’s work, organized by James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator René Morales and assistant curator Jadine Collingwood on view from June 10, 2023, through October 1, 2023. It will be presented in the Griffin Galleries of Contemporary Art. The exhibition is the most comprehensive look at Simmons’s work to date, covering 30 years of Simmons’s career and featuring approximately 70 works.
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Elmhurst Art Museum Bringing the “Marvelocity” of Artist Alex Ross to Life this Summer
The Elmhurst Art Museum announces the summer blockbuster exhibition Marvelocity: The Art of Alex Ross, celebrating one of the most renowned artists in the field of comic books. From his home in the Chicago area, Ross has revitalized classic superheroes into works of fine art for 30-plus years, illustrating iconic characters like Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man, Storm from the X-Men, the Avengers, Black Panther, and many more. Appealing to families and fans alike, the dynamic and richly engaging Marvelocity: The Art of Alex Ross will be on view at Elmhurst Art Museum from June 3 – Aug 20, 2023.
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Elmhurst Art Museum to Present Art in Wilder Park This Spring
In partnership with the Elmhurst Park District and consulting by RGL Marketing for the Arts, Elmhurst Art Museum has announced the return of Art in Wilder Park to the heart of Elmhurst this spring. The first outdoor festival of the season, Art in Wilder Park features over 125 exhibitors including local artists, food vendors, a designated Kids Court for family activities, and more. The free-to-the-public event regularly attracts over 8,000 people to the museum campus and takes place May 6-7, from 10 am to 5 pm, at 175 S. Cottage Hill Ave in Elmhurst.
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