Logan Center Exhibitions presents “Makes Me Wanna Holla: Art, Death & Imprisonment,” open through Sept. 10 at the Logan Center for the Arts. The exhibition explores the injustices of the carceral system through the voices and art of those who have experienced them firsthand.
Read MoreThen the resulting work, Clouds Over Lake Michigan, is installed in its new home in the first-floor reading room of the Joseph Regenstein Library on the University of Chicago’s campus in 2023, the acquisition will be a homecoming of sorts: while the piece hasn’t been seen at UChicago before, its creator spent many years on campus, making important contributions to her field and the University. The mural comes to UChicago thanks to a generous gift from Cboe Global Markets.
Read More“I’m going to show you a whole sequence of things that people now think of as art,” Canice Prendergast says to a group of staff, students, faculty, and arts appreciators in the lobby of the Harper Center. The regular tour led by the W. Allen Wallis Distinguished Service Professor of Economics is so well-attended that spots are raffled off, and with good reason—it’s a rare opportunity to explore the world-renowned art on display at the Booth School with the person perhaps most responsible for its presence in the building.
Read MoreA group of students sit in a white room filled with white art. The class clusters around a piece by Robert Ryman, who painted almost exclusively white paintings. Seated beneath the painting, co-teachers, Prof. Christine Mehring and Orianna Cacchione, gesture upward, prompting students to look closely. Look at the brush strokes. Is this really all white? What does the white allow you to see more of?
Read MoreAll That Light celebrates the AIRs program. Originally conceived by Prof. Theaster Gates—himself an acclaimed artist—the Artists-in-Residence program is a joint effort between UChicago’s Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture (CSRPC) and Arts + Public Life (APL), a community-centered arts organization based in Washington Park.
Read MoreThe legacy of artist Ruth Duckworth receives a well deserved revision, thanks to work by UChicago students.
Read MoreWhile the public health consequences of the pandemic have been among the most acute, the novel coronavirus has left no domain untouched: The arts have pivoted to virtual performances and programs, religious communities have found new ways to offer services, and lawyers have had to think differently about the government’s role in mitigating the crisis.
Read More“I'm a potter in the morning, a painter in the noon, I’m a bureaucrat in the night time, and I am a lover when the moon is bright, whoa de whoa de whoa.”
On July 31, interdisciplinary sculptor and DoVA Professor Theaster Gates delivered a performance that marked the conclusion of the Gray Center’s online exhibition, Another Idea, as well as their Gray Sound Sessions series.
Read More"Yes. The vaccine is incomplete. I share these books in the hopes that through study and conversation exchange occurs. Germs are swapped. Maybe we need more than one vaccine. Maybe I need your vaccine and you need mine. The thing is resistance. Resistance is the thing.”
-Human_3.0 Reading List Manifesto, Cauleen Smith
Read MoreThe Moon has long been a muse for artists, poets, and lovers. Yet, might we also find the Moon a site for temporary retreat and respite away from the cruelties of Earth? Away from COVID-19? Away from capitalism? Perhaps the Moon’s frozen terrain offers fertile ground for revolutionary ideas to sprout and new ways of being to blossom.
Read MoreAs museums across the world transfer their programming efforts onto virtual platforms, museum “goers” are finding themselves in online viewing rooms, watching video tours, and downloading coloring book pages. Some conceptual art forms do not need to undergo this transformation and are more presciently suited to this moment.
Read MoreMarissa Fenley is a PhD candidate in English and TAPS (Theater and Performance Studies), as well as an ASCI Graduate Fellow. Lee Jasperse, a PhD candidate in English Language and Literature, as well as ASCI’s Graduate Management Fellow, interviewed Marissa on what puppets teach us about intimacy, how play and silliness enter into her scholarly process, and how a lifelong engagement with puppets inspired her dissertation project.
Read MoreWe spoke with second year MFA student Madeline Gallucci about the effect that the pandemic has had on her practice as an artist and art student.
Read MoreIn early March, Hubbard Street Pro (HS Pro) collaborated with the Logan Center to present moving installations a stairway and a corridor, a site-specific performance that stretched from the ninth floor to the courtyard.
Read MoreIn ‘The Allure of Matter,’ Professor Wu Hung traces the concept of “material art," or caizhi yishu, through four decades of artistic development in China.
Read MoreVarying in intensity and commitment, Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) provide opportunities for students to pursue a dream, let out their creativity, build job skills,or just have fun.
Read MoreA new exhibition of artist Martha Rosler’s work at the Neubauer Collegium reveals pretty pictures of flowers are anything but innocent.
Read MoreDownload a map to your phone to lead you around the Chicago Sound Show on UChicago’s campus.
Read MoreKent Lambert, Assistant Director of Hack Arts Lab, talks about the lab’s new home in MADD, its impact on the UChicago community, and more.
Read MoreLocal poet and actor Spencer Diaz Tootle responds with a poem to Cross Currents / Intercambio Cultural at the Smart Museum.
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