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- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Nov 11, 2020
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Bisa Butler stitches together portraits of Black American life
Her quilts draw upon historic photos and family albums for inspiration.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Feb 18, 2020
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The audacity of art
A new book celebrates the National Portrait Gallery paintings of the Obamas.
- City Life, Staycation Jul 10, 2019
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I just need a minute!
Get away from the rest of us at these secluded Chicago spots.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Dec 21, 2018
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Tired of solicitations from big nonprofits? We have just the solution for you!
With the Executive Pay Test, it’s easier than ever to decide which group deserves your hard-earned cash!
- Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Nov 9, 2018
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Art in Chicago may not be able to distill 150 years of history into one volume, but it sure looks good trying
Anyone involved in that history may be distracted by the gaps and omissions.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Jul 3, 2018
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Charles White finally gets his due with a retrospective at the Art Institute
His work was a corrective to the rampant misrepresentation of African-Americans in art and history.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Jun 5, 2018
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Roseland’s transformation captured in 1970 student film
The footage of Old Fashioned Days on South Michigan Avenue will become the centerpiece of a new documentary.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature May 18, 2018
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Ivan Albright’s meticulous attention to the human body continues to be an inspiration to young artists
“Flesh” celebrates the centennial of the Chicago artist’s first exhibition at the Art Institute.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 16, 2018
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The four-star film You Were Never Really Here and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
The new Second City E.T.C. revue and more goings-on 4/16-4/19.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 16, 2018
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Sorry Chicago, you can't use the Google selfie app to find your fine-art lookalike
It appears that Chicago is one of the regions unable to access the museum-selfie app that's gone viral this week.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 27, 2017
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Bill T. Jones, Chicago Restaurant Week, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Young Playwrights Festival, Forward Motion Activist Fundraiser, and more things to do this weekend.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 26, 2017
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Trump signs executive order to end federal funding of sanctuary cities, including Chicago, and other news
Also, CPD Chief Eddie Johnson hopes Trump won't send National Guard troops to Chicago.
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Sep 1, 2016
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Are the Art Institute’s drawings masterly? It doesn’t matter.
“Master Drawings Unveiled” is a welcome downscaled exhibition for the museum.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 23, 2016
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The Frequency Festival kicks off six days of top-shelf contemporary classical tonight at the MCA
Reader writer Peter Margasak celebrates three years of his Frequency Series with a festival of adventurous new music.
- Blogs, Bleader May 21, 2015
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In 'Mutual Regard,' Jean-Luc Mylayne and birds take a good, long look at each other
The new exhibit is a collaboration between the Art Institute and the Arts Club of Chicago.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Mar 17, 2015
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A touring exhibit of work by Archibald Motley is a visual feast—and a revelation
The African-American painter is Chicago's own Jazz Age modernist.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 1, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Wed 10/1: That Belongs in a Museum, Saul Steinberg, and Perfume Genius
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, October 1
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 21, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Mon 7/21: "Architecture to Scale," Pizza Time, and Getting to Know Harper Lee
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, July 21
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 24, 2014
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The Art Institute wants you to 'unthink' Magritte
But is that even possible?
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 7, 2014
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Street View 198: The yin and yang of style
Isa Giallorenzo's Street View 198
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Mar 25, 2014
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'Factual Abstractions' resurrects the art of Tristan Meinecke
The late artist's sons organized the show in their father's former studio.
- News & Politics, Chicagoans Feb 7, 2014
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This week's Chicagoan: Angie Morrow, collection manager at the Art Institute
"I spent most of my time on the floor, removing the parrot, so we would not crash and die."
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Feb 3, 2014
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The anti-Vivian Maier
In "To Perform, To Conceal," Paul-David Young curates an abandoned trove of art-school photographs.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 20, 2013
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Sort of almost famous: How Chris Shoup got his art into a museum
If a museum won't take your art, take your art to a museum.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 28, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Fri 6/28: After Dark at the Art Institute, Summer Music Film Festival, and Naked Raygun.
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, June 28
