Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago)
The Pioneer Woman (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
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...
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
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...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
A new wing is giving the Art Institute of Chicago room to breathe.
Art (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
[ 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...
The Wooden Spoon (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
A new Art Institute of Chicago lecture by Helen Vendler on the late- or post-Modernist poet — who also happens to be one of my favorite poets — Robert Lowell, made available from The Poetry Foundation . Her lecture is, as her talks and writing always are, learned and thoroughly researched, giving it authority where it lacks some aspect of daring originality. She says, in contrast to the...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
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...
Fast Company (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
ArtCal (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Envoy Enterprises 131 Chrystie Street, 212-226-4555 East Village / Lower East Side November 12 - December 12, 2009 Opening: Thursday, November 12, 6 - 8 PM Web Site Elise Ferguson’s work is a series of reflections on the flexible nature of perception, abstraction and interior space. Continually referring to the creation and/or definition of space, the patterns and color choices encourage a fluidity...
THE METHODS REPORTER (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Time Out Chicago interviews curator Zoë Ryan about the Art Institute of Chicago's retrospective of German designer Konstantin Grcic. chicago.timeout.com read more (Like this story? Click the headline to vote it up on WindyCitizen.com)
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Mr. Kriesberg was an American painter whose work combined the intense colors of Abstract Expressionism with haunting images of human and animal forms.
LisNews (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Article in the NYT that discusses who owns antiquities. For library relevance there is a portion of the article that has a rip, mix, burn meme in it. There is also interesting discussion of the Rosetta stone. Excerpt from article: As the director of the Art Institute of Chicago, Dr. Cuno has his own obvious motives for acquiring foreign antiquities, and he makes no apology for wanting to display Middle...
ricklibrarian (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Last Friday I was lucky enough to join other reference librarians from Zone 1 of the Metropolitan Library System for a tour of the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries at the Art Institute of Chicago . Susan Augustine, head of user services at the Ryerson Art Library was our guide, taking us behind the scenes to see the conservation lab, the pamphlet files, technical services, the stacks, and the archives....
core77.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Chris Reilly and Taylor Hokanson , two Chicago-based artists who teach at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, have just completed the DIYLILCNC , an open-source set of plans to make a fully functional CNC mill for around $700. This lil' guy is perfect for doing highly detailed three dimensional work on smaller scale objects like mechanical parts, circuitboards, and small sculptures. The machine...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Rare works from Arts and Crafts innovators are on display at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More than 1,000 fitness enthusiasts from 38 states and five countries converged on Chicago to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Jazzercise. The event, titled “Jazz in the City,” featured three mega group fitness classes at Chicago’s Union Station followed by an exquisite reception at the Art Institute of Chicago’s new Modern Wing. Jazzercise...
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sonupt5@gmail.com | 05/23/2009
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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