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- Blogs, Bleader Sep 29, 2018
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Expo Chicago 2018: See it now
Kerry James Marshall, the Hairy Who, and more at Expo Chicago 2018, this weekend only, at Navy Pier.
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Sep 26, 2018
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Looking back at the Hairy Who, the 1960s Chicago art world’s greatest branding exercise
On the eve of the collective’s Art Institute retrospective, Suellen Rocca tells all. (Well, some.)
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature Jan 29, 2018
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Chris Ware talks about higher education, creating art as a Chicagoan, and making peace with self-doubt
In Monograph, the artist looks back on his life in comics.
- Arts & Culture, Art Feature May 3, 2017
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Karl Wirsum is still the mayor of Hairy Whoville
The seminal Chicago Imagist artist talks about his encounters with Howlin' Wolf, Maxwell Street memories, and what inspires him to keep drawing and painting.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 21, 2016
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Karl Wirsum, a film about one of the founding members of the Hairy Who and the Chicago Imagists, has been restored
The short by Suzanne Simpson offers a rare glimpse into the artist’s early creative process.
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Mar 15, 2016
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'Chicago and Vicinity' is a semi-comprehensive account of the local art scene
Shane Campbell Gallery revives the Art Institute's defunct survey of the Chicago art community, but there’s a bigger story to tell.
- Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 9, 2015
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Hairy Who members Art Green, Gladys Nilsson, and Karl Wirsum look back 50 years after the collective's first exhibition
- Film, Movie Review May 14, 2014
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The where and why of the Hairy Who
A new documentary revisits the art and times of the Chicago imagists.