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Fall in Love with Chicago's visual arts scene
Our picks for must-see exhibitions September 28, 2023 'Back to the Stars' For Sanford Biggers’s fourth solo show with Monique Meloche Gallery, the New York-based artist will show... Read more -
2024 Bermuda Biennial Jurors Revealed
September 20, 2023 April sees the opening of the 2024 Bermuda Biennial , sponsored by Bacardi Limited – BNG’s flagship exhibition and a... Read more -
September Art Picks
September 12, 2023 September 14-October 28, 2023 Sanford Biggers: Back to the Stars moniquemeloche: 451 N Paulina St, Chicago Free Read more -
Alums Sanford Biggers, Steffani Jemison, Clifford Owens, and Patricia Treib Named Guggenheim Fellows
Guggenheim Fellowships are grants made for between six to twelve months. They aim to help provide fellows with blocks of time in which they can work with as much creative freedom as possible. July 13, 2023 Read More Read more -
Brooklyn artist Layo Bright receives the 2023 Pittsburgh Glass Center's Ron Desmett Award
July 13, 2023 Brooklyn-based artist Layo Bright has been named as the 2023 recipient of the Ron Desmett Memorial Award celebrating artists 'who... Read more -
Wandering Eyes: Can't-Miss Art Shows to See This Summer, and Beyond
Stateside and abroad, artists are bringing fresh perspectives to familiar paths. July 11, 2023 Elsewhere, others are sifting the sands of time: At Monique Meloche Gallery in Chicago, Sanford Biggers will soon turn his... Read more -
ADAA Names Exhibitors for 35th Anniversary Art Show in November
June 22, 2023 The Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) has lined up 78 exhibitors from its membership for the 35th edition of... Read more -
New York's 'El Museo del Barrio' reinvents itself with new permanent collection
May 24, 2023 If there is a museum in New York that is a breeding ground for concepts, proposals and political demands, it... Read more -
Plant Talk: Endangered Plants Find New Life in Ebony G. Patterson's Coming Exhibition
May 24, 2023 The Earth is in a constant process of turning over from old to new. This summer’s art exhibition of Ebony... Read more -
A Conversation with Layo Bright
May 19, 2023 Ep.151 features Layo Bright. Mining personal archives and collective experiences, her sculptural practice interrogates how materials shape perception, culture, and... Read more -
A Conversation with Maia Cruz Palileo
May 19, 2023 Ep.152 features Maia Cruz Palileo (they/them), a multidisciplinary artist whose paintings, installations, sculptures, and drawings navigate themes of migration and... Read more -
Chicago Oomph Powered by EXPO CHICAGO is a curated roundup of the best contemporary art exhibitions and events held by galleries, museums, and institutions in town during the international exposition, April 2023.
May 19, 2023 The works on view map an archival, geological, and spiritual topography of the Palileo family’s homeland—the Philippines—and are inspired by... Read more -
Ruth Foundation Gives $1.25 M. to 56 Arts Organizations Selected by Artists
May 19, 2023 The Ruth Foundation for the Arts has announced the 56 arts and cultural organizations that have been selected for its... Read more -
Summer Art Preview
May 19, 2023 Just as flowers take root in graveyards, the lavish, colorful installations of the Jamaican artist Ebony G. Patterson reflect nature’s... Read more -
High Museum announces Driskell Prize winner: Ebony G. Patterson
January 31, 2023 Multi-media artist Ebony G. Patterson is the winner of the David C. Driskell Prize, the High Museum of Art announced... Read more -
A Cheerleader for Artists
How Monique Meloche's Intelligent Optimism Helped Her Become a Master of Discovery January 1, 2023 Talking Art with Chicago Gallerist Monique Meloche is an excercise in keeping up. Walking me arounf her exhibition with Arvie... Read more -
Two Story Mural by Candida Alvarez To Be Unveiled at Fashion Outlets in January 2023
December 16, 2022 Next month THE COLLECTION: Where Art Meets Fashion, the multifaceted contemporary art program located within Fashion Outlets of Chicago in... Read more -
Work In Progress: CAC Annual Fundraiser
September 22, 2022 September 22, 2022 Chicago Artists Coalition is thrilled to present WORK IN PROGRESS 2022, Radiance + Reunion, in-person on Thursday, September 22 at... Read more -
Brendan Fernandes Featured in the Arts Newspaper
July 29, 2022 The Chicago-based multimedia artist Brendan Fernandes recently released his book Re/Form with Milan-based publisher Skira Editore to chronicle his Noguchi... Read more -
Ebony G. Patterson | Revival: Materials and Monumental Forms | ICA Watershed
May 26 – Sep 5, 2022 at ICA Watershed May 25, 2022 In summer 2022, the ICA Watershed presents Revival: Materials and Monumental Forms, an exhibition of large-scale installations by six international... Read more -
Dan Gunn in The Regional at CAC Cincinnati
February 15, 2022 The Regional is the first major multi-museum survey dedicated to contemporary artists based in the Midwest and will feature new... Read more -
Salina Art Center: Sanford Biggers and Karen Reimer
February 15, 2022 The Map vs. The Walk February 9 – April 24, 2022 Karen Reimer The Salina Art Center is pleased to... Read more -
Antonius Bui: QUEER ART MENTORSHIP 2022
January 17, 2022 Queer|Art is pleased to announce the twelve Fellows accepted for the 2022 Queer|Art|Mentorship program cycle, and the Mentors with whom... Read more -
Conversation@PAM: Artist Gallery Talk with Antonius-Tín Bui and Jennifer Ling Datchuk
January 11, 2022 Join exhibited artists Antonius-Tín Bui and Jennifer Ling Datchuk from Intervention: Fresh Perspectives after 50 Years as they discuss their... Read more -
Sanford Biggers Moon Medicin: Mosaic
January 8th, 2022, 6:30 PM January 6, 2022 Moon Medicin: Mosaic January 8th, 2022, 6:30 PM The Phillips Collection presents Moon Medicin: Mosaic Performance, a Centennial commission combining... Read more -
Cerebral Woman Art Talk's Podcast with Phyllis Hollis
A Conversation with David Shrobe October 29, 2021 Episode 76 features New York based David Shrobe. He creates multi-layered portraits and assemblage paintings made in part from everyday... Read more -
Curator-Led Tour of Ebony G. Patterson at the ICA San José
by Institute of Contemporary Art San José July 22, 2021 On August 21st at 11am, join curators Wassan Al-Khudhairi (Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Chief Curator) and Christine Koppes (Institute... Read more -
Free Fall 49 at Bemis Center for Contemporary Art
For two hours a collective body of dancers will fall 49 times July 22, 2021 Free Fall 49 by Brendan Fernandes is an ongoing series of live, dance-based performances and installations responding to the... Read more -
Virtual Conversation Moderated by Curator Karen Patterson
July 17, 2021 July 17, 2021 Karen Reimer (American, b. 1958, lives Chicago) is a conceptual craft artist based in Chicago, IL. She has a BA... Read more -
The Whitney Museum of American Art Acquires an Ebony G. Patterson
…a possum rises…a black bear falls...a pattoo takes watch…as children whisper through the leaves (2019) by Ebony G. Patterson June 18, 2021 Monique Meloche and Hales are pleased to announce that the Whitney Museum of American Art have acquired …a possum rises…a... Read more -
MAD Moments: Craft Front & Center
Online Lab May 19, 2021 In these MAD Moments, chief curator Elissa Auther is joined by the Museum’s curatorial staff—Barbara Paris Gifford, Samantha De Tillio,... Read more -
ARTADIA 2021 New York Finalists
Maia Cruz Palileo May 3, 2021 The Finalists will each receive virtual studio visits with second-round jurors, who will ultimately select three artists to receive $10,000... Read more -
ARTADIA 2021 Chicago Awardees
NATE YOUNG April 15, 2021 Artadia is honored to partner with three foundations who have committed to supporting exceptional artists in Chicago with these $10,000... Read more -
Ebony G. Patterson: Art Against the World Podcast
The Liverpool Biennial “Art Against the World” podcast is hosted by Vid Simoniti. It is a University of Liverpool / Liverpool Biennial co-production. March 25, 2021 How can artists show violence with sensitivity? Painter Ebony G Patterson discusses her portraits of gang members in Jamaica. Photographer... Read more -
LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL: Ebony G. Patterson
March 20 - June 20 March 17, 2021 Liverpool Biennial is the largest festival of contemporary art in the UK, with free exhibitions taking place across the city’s... Read more -
Exhibition Catalogue: A Tale of Today: Nate Young and Mika Horibuchi
March 10, 2021 The second iteration in a series of contemporary interventions at the Driehaus Museum – presents the work of two Chicago-based... Read more -
A Tale of Today: Nate Young and Mika Horibuchi a two person show at Driehaus Museum Chicago
Re-opening March 6 March 6, 2021 The second iteration in a series of contemporary interventions at the Driehaus Museum – presents the work of two Chicago-based... Read more -
Sanford Biggers: SCAD deFINE ART 2021 honoree
Walter O. Evans Center for African American Studies at SCAD Museum of Art March 2, 2021 Sanford Biggers (b. 1970, Los Angeles) is the recipient of numerous awards and honors: in 2020 he was awarded a... Read more -
Candida Alvarez: The second ever recipient of THE HELEN FRANKENTHALER AWARD FOR PAINTING
January 29, 2021 The Foundation for Contemporary Arts presents Candida this award for demonstrating Frankenthaler’s passion for innovation and experimentation in the medium. Read more -
BLACK FUTURES
Brendan Fernandes December 20, 2020 NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • An archive of collective memory and exuberant testimony. A luminous map to navigate an... Read more -
Maia Cruz Palileo: Becoming the Moon
American Masters PBS October 20, 2020 Filmmaker Ligaiya Romero amplifies the life and work of Maia Cruz Palileo, the multi-disciplinary, Brooklyn-based artist who explores themes of... Read more