For a few weeks in late 2021 and early 2022, the fourth floor of Cobb Hall was transformed into an elemental space suffused with haze, purple light, and the amplified music of an audio jammer.
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This Valentine’s Day, we asked 2017 MFA Graduated and Interim Exhibitions Manager Jan Brugger to share works she felt embodied the different ways in which visual art represents love.
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Current PhD student Baldwin Giang has been nominated for the 2022 Gaudeamus Award for his piece songs after sufjan.
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Professor Jacqueline Stewart interviews on UChicago’s Big Brains podcast.
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When we look at old photographs, we often feel a sense of distance from the people pictured in them. Not only are the images in black and white but the people in them often stand or sit stiffly staring grimly ahead, giving us no sense of what their actual lives must have been like. On the other hand, the work of Antoin Sevruguin shows us how photography can create photographs that still resonate with us today.
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Mike Schuh, Assistant Director, Fellowships and Operations at the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, is quick to inform you that he is not a skateboarder—as you’ll read below.
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What makes Candyman one of the greats of the genre has as much to do with the stories surrounding the films as with the psychological terror and blood-and-guts within them…As you settle in this Halloween weekend to marathon your favorite horror films, put Candyman (both of them) on the list, and read our short list of facts and production stories that we find interesting or illuminating. We hope your thrills and chills are enhanced a little by this information.
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$625,000 grant recognizes work that illuminates contributions of Black filmmakers.
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Ashlyn Sparrow has been obsessed with gaming for years. When she was about 10, her dad bought her a PlayStation—sparking a passion that has grown from a game-filled childhood to a career creating games of her own.
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Professor William Pope.L shares his notes on being both teacher and student.
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Sun. Rain. Wind. Clouds. Dawn. Dusk. Night. Late Night. Helicopters. Cars. Diesel engines. Children’s parties. The calm that has its own sound.
Attunement.
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The first show at the Smart Museum dedicated to the art of the early modern period in over a decade, Lust, Love, and Loss in Renaissance Europe examines the role and implications of domestic art created between 1400 and 1700.
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Extended, postponed, reopened—three words commonly heard by any artist who attempted to exhibit work during the COVID-19 pandemic. As safety protocols and gallery policies fluctuated over the last year, the Department of Visual Arts (DoVA)’s 2021 BA class persevered with their thesis exhibition, mounting a stunning group show amidst the challenges of creating art in relative isolation. UChicago Arts sat down with a handful of the 2021 BA exhibitors for a brief chat on how the pandemic impacted them and their practice, and where they think they’ll be in five years.
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The generational impact of the arts has been a key focus for Logan CenterCommunity Arts under Emily Hooper Lansana’s leadership. Recently appointed to the role of Senior Director of Community Arts, we take a look at just some of the collaborative programs and projects she’s brought to the Logan Center.
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Julie Marie Lemon has always been interested in revealing what cannot be seen at first glance. While working on her Master’s thesis at The University of Chicago, she examined how images from the Hubble Space Telescope mirror the conventions of oil paintings from the neo-Baroque period. In both the Hubble composites and the paintings, Lemon found, tiny details were made visible. “Deep down,” she says, “There are these connections.” These connections—invisible, powerful, and potentially field-altering—formed the basis for Lemon’s brainchild: the Arts, Science + Culture Initiative (ASCI).
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Dieter Roelstraete, Curator at the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society and Lecturer, Division of the Humanities, Contemporary Art, doesn’t restrain his curatorial skills to the gallery. On his Instagram account, Roelstraete shares selections of his favorite book covers with his followers, treating what could be an endless scroll in an app as an opportunity for sharing personal reflections and aesthetic musings.
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While 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.
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Architecture and monuments hold space and attention, projecting myth, legend, and authority into the public sphere. Yet, recent uprisings and protests across the world suggest a rejection of what these structures represent.
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This Valentine's Day, we at UChicago Arts thought we'd virtually explore the collections to find some, shall we say, vintage options for readers in search of a sweet—and historical—way to celebrate Valentine's Day.
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