THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF THE VISUAL ARTS
Posted 5/23/2020
“Desmadre Berlin”
Norbert Bisky
At Galerie Templon, Paris
(online exhibition review)
Posted 5/22/2020
“Legacy of Decency. Rembrandt, the Jews and the Danes”
At Elverhøj Museum of History and Art, Solvang, CA. (review)
Posted 4/28/2020
Human or Man-Made Material: “The Allure of Matter” Visits Chicago
At Wrightwood 659 and the Smart Museum, Chicago. (review)
Posted 4/12/2020
“Chicago Streets and Ways”
At Hofheimer Gallery, Chicago, through April 25, 2020. William Dolan and Karen Perl. (review)
Posted 4/9/2020
Artoma: The Art of Cancer
At Chicago Art Department, Chicago. Michael Gallagher, Eileen Powers, Nancy VanKanegan, Barbara Youngquist,, Richard Zeid. (review)
Posted 4/52020
Different for Girls: “Touch Your Mirror” Reflects on Female Adolescence
At EXTRA Projects, Chicago. Jessica Frances Martin and Taylor Morgan.
Posted 4/5//2020
Walls of Prophecy and Protest: William Walker and the Roots of a Revolutionary Public Art Movement
by Jeff W. Hubner, Northwestern University Press. Book Review. (review)
Posted 1/29/2020
“Decorientations”
At Siblings, Chicago, from December 13, 2019 through January 18, 2020. Matt Morris, curator. (review)
IN PRINT REVIEWS
March/April 2020
Point, Line, and Plane: Andrea Zittel's Spatial Investigations
At Carnegie Mellon's Miller Institute of Contemporary Art, Pittsburgh
"Stolen Sisters"
At Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Crossman Gallery, Whitewater, Wisconsin
Rumor Gives It: Encountering the Museum of Jurassic Technology in the Capitalocene
At the Museum of Jurassic Technology, Culver City, California
Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts—Faculty Showcase
At Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago
Recent Online Reviews and Features
Posted 5/27/2020
Virtual Visual Culture
Emelia Lehmann examines the effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on three major chicago institutions. (feature)
Posted 6/5/2020
Covid-19 vs. The Art Field
Phil Barcio examines the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the the alternative arts scene in Chicago. (feature)
Posted6/12/2020
Culture in Quarantine: Seven Interviews from Chicago
Evan Carter interviewed seven Chicago art world members about being confined due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are the first three. the next four will appear next quarter.
Posted 6/16/2020
The Plague Review
K.A. Letts examines the first issue of The Plague Review, an online publication by Rotland Press devoted to the artistic response to the cornavirs pandemic.
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