MCA Screen: David Hartt

Art: Multimedia

David Hartt

Today @ MCA Chicago

With new curators, new approaches to regionalism, and new methods of stagecraft, the MCA has a serious (and commendable) case of... 

Laura Letinsky

Art: Photography

Laura Letinsky

Today @ MCA Chicago

BMO Harris Bank Chicago Works: Laura Letinsky debuts the artist's newest body of work, a photographic series titled "Ill Form and... 

<em>Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe</em>

Art

Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe

Today @ Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema

Currently scientists must be highly specialized in their own respective fields, so much so that it is becoming a problem since... 

Limits of Photography

Art: Photography

Limits of Photography

Today @ Columbia College Chicago

Limits of Photography explores the area where the viewer loses faith in the veracity of photography.  ... 

ASCENT

Art: Installation

ASCENT

Today @ Chicago Artists' Coalition

Homa Shojaie presents ASCENT, an installation that investigates the material space of canvas to explore archetypal personas. Shojaie's new work creates... 

<em>The Language of Less (Now)</em>

Art: Group Show

The Language of Less (Now)

Today @ MCA Chicago

The contemporary complement to Minimalist art-focused exhibition The Language of Less (Then and Now), the titular Now galleries feature work from... 

<em>The World Finder: A Pocket Guide to Hell</em>

Art

The World Finder: A Pocket Guide to Hell

Today @ Gallery 400

A logical complement to Global Cities, Model Worlds, the Pocket Guide to Hell collective has created a multimedia exploration for the... 

<em>MCA DNA: Dieter Roth</em>

Art: Multimedia

Dieter Roth

Today @ MCA Chicago

Still craving text art or book art after Write Now at the Cultural Center? Head to the MCA's exhibition of Dieter... 

David Leggett: <em>Coco River Fudge Street</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

David Leggett: Coco River Fudge Street

Today @ Hyde Park Art Center

Pulled from his yearlong drawing-a-day blog Coco River Fudge Street, the Hyde Park Art Center presents the work of David Leggett.... 

<em>The Language of Less (Then)</em>

Art: Group Show

The Language of Less (Then)

Today @ MCA Chicago

Split into two exhibitions (with two different closing dates, take note), The Language of Less (Then and Now) looks at the... 

<em>Global Cities, Model Worlds</em>

Art: Design

Global Cities, Model Worlds

Today @ Gallery 400

With all the pageantry and pride accompanying major world events like the Olympics it's easy to overlook the... 

<em>MCA DNA: Gordon Matta-Clark</em>

Art: Multimedia

Gordon Matta-Clark

Today @ MCA Chicago

In February of 1978, Gordon Matta-Clark created "Circus, or the Carribean Orange" in what would be his last major work before... 

Sketching at the Smart

Art: Painting & Drawing

Sketching at the Smart

Today @ Smart Museum of Art

Draw and sketch the a live (clothed) model in front of the Smart’s massive rainbow-and-waterfall installation Uppers and Downers. University of... 

Northwestern Student Docent Exhibition Tours

Art

Northwestern Student Docent Exhibition Tours

Today @ Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema

How could a folded piece of paper tell the time in multiple countries in 1512? Find out the amazing answer to... 

<em>My Piece of the Pie</em>

Film: Independent

My Piece of the Pie

Today @ Gene Siskel Film Center

Totally timely in its semi-humorous focus on class warfare and the human toll exacted by the financial crisis, My Piece of...