Summer Quarter (July/August/September) 2023
Marissa Jezak examines the art made by individuals currently or previously incarcerated in Michigan prisons.
Mickey Gallery: Five Years of Experimentation
MICHEL SéGARD reviews this gallery's summer show that featured works exhibited in the past five years.
"Dear Louise: A Tribute to Louise Fishman"
PAUL MORENO reviews this posthumous exhibition of the late Louise Fishman's work and its ties to Abstract Expressionism.
"No Words Spoken: The Ordinary in the Works of Kyungwoo Chun"
Leandré D'Sousa chronicles the recent work of Kyungwoo Chun in Goa and Mumbai and how he enrolls communities into participation in his projects.
Worth a Thousand Words—Graphic Biographies of Artists’ Lives
Sean Bieri give us a overview of biographies of well known artists done in the form of graphic novels.
"Richard Haines
Paradise Lost"
PAUL MORENOexamines the work of this artist's images of men in various life activities—a flâneur’s observations.
"There Are Many Ways to Hold Water Without Being Called a Vase"
Michel Ségard ponders the work of Antonius-Tín Bui, Chinese paper cutting pieces of exceptional technical skill and deep social content.
"Then Is Now: Contemporary Black Art
in America"
D. Dominick Lombardi reviews the Bruce Museum's exhibition of significant Black art from the mid 20th century to the present.
"Gordon Parks
The Early Years: 1942–1963"
TOM MULLANEY analyzes this famous Black photographer's early works of street photography with an emphasis on children.
"Degenerate! Hitler's War on Modern Art"
Diane Thodos ct of Hitler’s DEGENERATE! art exhibition on the lives of early 20th century European artists.
They Exists in the Multi-verse: {\}() {\}∆‡!(){\} (No Nation) at Comfort Station
John Thomure reviews an evening of performance at by
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of Comfort Station’s “Force & Motion” series.
Tom Robinson & Loralyn Kumlin at Gallery SoNa
Annette LePique reviews “Paintings, Miniatures, Wood Mosaics, and Imagery Boxes—Creative Emergence from the Pandemic,” works by Tom Robinson and LoryLyn Kumlin at SoNa Gallery, Chicago.
Spring Quarter Reviews (April/May/June) 2023
K.A. LETTS examines the work of the three finalists in this competition.
SEAN ROBERTS looks at Lonnie Holley's art and music that was featured at Knoxville’s Big Ears festival on March 30, 2023.%20rgbjpg192x144.jpg?crc=175854131)
Winter Quarter Reviews (Jan/Feb/March) 2023
PAUL MORENO reviews this two-person show at Chapter NY in New York City and the contrasting aspects of their practice.
"Antonio Obá: Outras águas/ Other Waters"
PAUL MORENO examines the deeply personal work of this artist from Brazil with African heritage.
"Lavar Munroe: Sometime Come to Someplace"
ANNETTE LEPIQUE reviews Lavar Monroe'sshow that examines the interplay between race and class.
K.A. LETTS reviews this salon style show at Reyes | Finn featuring more than 120 artists from Detroit.
DOMINICK LOMBARDI examines the work of this Afghan artistand how she coped with Taliban censorship.
JOHN THOMURE responds to this show of artists influenced by Lawrence Steger at Gallery 400.
TROY SHERMAN reviews this uneven exhibition at an artist-run gallery in St. Louis.
MICHEL SÉGARD observes the contrasting approaches to feminism between Jean Frater
and Margaret Welsh.
Benny Andrew and Deborah Roberts
CHRISTINE ZAPPELLA reviews the work of two African-American artists at the McNay Art Museum.
EVAN CARTER evaluates the recent work of this well-known Chicago post-imagist artist at Western Exhibitions.
Autumn Quarter Reviews (Oct/Nov/Dec) 2022
Scott Hocking at Cranbrook Art Museum
K.A. LETTS reviews the work of this seminal Detroit sculpture and installation artist.
Joe Brainard: a box of hearts and other works
PAUL MORENO looks at a selection of work by this late, beloved New York artist and poet at Tibor de Nagy Gallery.
Celestial Stage: Michiko Itatani at Wrightwood 659
ANNETTE LEPIQUE studies Itatani's current work influenced both by science and Japanese culture.
Jason Revok: Now You See Him, Now You Don't
K.A. LETTS looks at this artist’s move from graffiti artist to gallery artist in his new show at MOCAD.
REBECCA MEMOLI looks at Neil Goodman's latest bronzes at Chicago's Carl Hammer Gallery and his connection to the Midwest.
D. DOMIMICK LOMBARDI reviews an intriguing show about recollection at a gallery in Millerton, NY.
PAUL MORENO reviews this novel but well-hidden show at Marian Goodman Gallery.
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EVAN CARTER reviews "The Arrival of Spring" at the Art Institute of Chicago, featuring Hockney's latest work using an iPad.
"The First Homosexuals" at Wrightwood 659
MICHEL SÉGARD analyzes this exhibition about the evolution of art since the word "homosexual" was coined.
