In charcoal drawings and oil paintings, the self-taught Brazilian artist spotlights religion, drawing inspiration from personal narratives, fables, religious tales and cultural histories.
My photographs tell me that the first work I began living with, at the end of July, was a quilt collage by Jeffrey Gibson (Mississippi Band of Choctaw, Cherokee).
Chicago is home to some of the world鈥檚 greatest museums. Use our guide to find events and activities happening at the city鈥檚 many galleries and exhibits.
With Art for People鈥檚 Sake: Artists and Community in Black Chicago, 1965鈥1975, Rebecca Zorach makes a valuable intervention in art historical discourse.
Chicago is home to some of the world鈥檚 greatest museums. Use our guide to find events and activities happening at the city鈥檚 many galleries and exhibits.
Here鈥檚 a look at some of the exhibits waiting to be discovered (or rediscovered) by you, your friends, your family. If it seems like forever since you visited any of Chicago鈥檚 many museums and cultural arts attractions.
鈥淭rue reconciliation is never cheap, for it relies on forgiveness which is costly. Forgiveness in turn depends on repentance, which has to be based on acknowledgement of what one has done wrong and therefore, on disclosure of truth. You cannot forgive what you do not know.鈥
The mayor made the announcement at the DuSable Museum, 740 E 56th Pl., along with the founders of Paint the City 鈥 an art initiative born in the wake of the riots
He鈥檚 created portraits of Chicago figures such as the late Mayor Harold Washington and the museum鈥檚 founders, using refurbished plastic and fluorescent light coverings.
Building a new museum to honor, commemorate or simply exhibit something that seemingly hasn鈥檛 received any or enough attention always sounds like a good idea.
Today Expo Chicago announced details of the talks program that will accompany its 2017 fair, which runs from September 13 to 17, the same time as the opening of the Chicago Architecture Biennial.