News of an event early next year: Nicolas Collins + Oscillatorial Binnage + Paul B. Davis + Resonance Radio Orchestra Sunday 31st January 2010 Cafe Oto, 18 - 22 Ashwin Street, E8 3DL Time: 8.00pm Tickets: £6 available on the door or from www.wegottickets.com/event/65050 Nicolas Collins makes his first UK concert appearance since 2004's epic Feedback: Order from Noise tour. He performs three typically...
German designer Konstantin Grcic is subject of a new exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago (which has been doing a lovely job titillating those of use with decorative arts and furniture interests lately). Known for logical design, honest treatment of material and simple solutions, Grcic has never before been examined within an American institution. [...] This article originally appeared on Selectism.com...
Edward Francis Paschke (June 22, 1939 - November 25, 2004) was an American painter. He was born in Chicago, where he spent most of his life. His childhood interest in animation and cartoons led him toward a career in art. As a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago he was influenced by many artists featured in the Museum's special exhibitions, in particular the work of Gauguin, Picasso...
I can't avoid Oprah anymore. I don't click with most pop-cultural phenomenons. Though you might find this amazing, I somehow get through life without Dr. Phil, a shamwow, Lady GaGa, a slap chop, Cesar Millan or a snuggie. Just call me a clueless Neanderthal, but I just have no need to waste my time or money on such schlock.
Frederick Carl Frieseke (April 7, 1874 – August 24, 1939) was an American Impressionist painter. He was born in Owosso, Michigan and studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Académie Julian in Paris. Frieseke and his family resided for fourteen years in Giverny, which was also home to Monet. He had a great influence on the Americans at the colony there, many of whom...
Brilliant American painter with a vivid palette – and an affection for animals The exhibition of contemporary painting, 15 Americans, has remained almost as famous in New York since the Museum of Modern Art organised it in 1952 as it has in Europe, where it visited, among other galleries, the Tate. It included a group of painters whose work took Europe by storm – Jackson Pollock, of course,...
Call it organized chaos. Designers run around, grabbing last minute accessories. Steps away, clothes fly as models disrobe and get dressed, trying not to bump into each other. Hairspray fills the air. Makeup artists stand at the ready for emergency touch-ups. Lenny Kravitz's "Are You Gonna Go My Way" thumps in the background.Welcome backstage under the white tent at Chicago's Millennium Park--the...
1. On what date did the Great Chicago Fire begin? ANSWER: October 8, 1871 2. True or False: The Great Chicago Fire was started when a cow kicked over a lantern in a barn owned by Patrick and Catherine O’Leary ANSWER: False. A newspaper reporter made up the story. 3. What is the name used to describe the events of February 14, 1929—events that contributed to a decline in public opinion...
CHICAGO, IL.- Italian born, Berlin-based artist Monica Bonvicini (b. 1965) creates videos, sculptures, installations, and drawings that explore the physical and psychological effects of institutional, particularly museum, architecture. The first focus contemporary art exhibition presented in the Art Institute of Chicago 's Modern Wing, Monica Bonvicini: Light Me Black--on view November 20, 2009 through...
[ November 20, 2009 to January 24, 2010. ] Monica Bonvicini: Light Me Black Art Institute of Chicago November 20, 2009 through January 24, 2010 [ad#lb] Italian born, Berlin-based artist Monica Bonvicini (b. 1965) creates videos, sculptures, installations, and drawings that explore the physical and psychological effects of institutional, particularly museum, architecture. The first focus contemporary...
By Tom Ryan, Kansas City Star Reader Advisory Panel Perhaps it’s a good time to make a change and forego entertainment and alcohol, clear out the merchants and insert a university in downtown…call it Kansas City University. We could turn this looming lemon into some sweet lemonade for the youth of this great city and the nation in fact. read more
Real talk, people: With this dizzyingly great fourth episode of the season, it’s time to step up and call Friday Night Lights what it is: the Best Show (Almost) on (Network) TV. Mad Men and Breaking Bad are gone ‘till 2010, Lost is still months away. And don’t even get us started on Glee . Nothing currently on the air comes close to matching our friends in Dillon, Texas — we’re...
Forget about that bumper-to-bumper winter-weekend drive to and from the high country. Today, Rocky Mountain region pro-am boarders will be riding the rails right here in the heart of Denver — in the street, no less — as part of the Backyard Bang Rail Jam , hosted by the Art Institute...
Original works by Mary Cassatt available for purchase at art galleries worldwide This survey of Mary Cassatt's work included 46 paintings and 10 color prints. It was the first comprehensive showing of Cassatt's work since the National Gallery's 1970 exhibition. The showing in Washington included works from the Chester Dale collection, which, by terms of the Dale gift, can only be shown at the National
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