Hi Everyone, it’s Kathryn from Chicago Art Magazine, starting off with breaking news we haven’t put on the site yet – NEA dollars are coming into Chicago. In this instance, $250,000 of NEA money will go to “initiate the Cermak Creative Industries District, where four historic industrial buildings will be converted into an arts district, providing Read more…

The Ox-Bow, Incidentally This past weekend I was fortunate enough to stumble into an invitation to the 100th anniversary gala for Ox-Bow school of art and artists’ residencies in that greatest of Chicago suburbs: Michigan. Located ‘round the horn in Saugatuck, Ox-Bow was founded by artists Frederick Fursman and Walter M. Clute of the Art Read more…

Though trained as a painter and sculptor, Tony Tasset works in a variety of media: photography, film, video, bronze, wax, even taxidermy. This catholic approach is shaped by the conceptual foundation of his art. With intelligence and wit, Tasset engages the legacy of modernism, postmodern practice and theory, popular culture, loss, love, and ideals of Read more…

Tony Tasset unveiled his Eye to Chicago last week, and it has been attracting plenty of attention ever since. Eye is hard to miss, a 30-foot fiberglass eyeball that now gazes out over Pritzker Park at the corner of State and Van Buren. The installation is a part of Art Loop 2010, an art initiative Read more…

Title: Pacifica Quartet Location: Music Institute of Chicago, Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, EvanstonDescription: Recognized as one of the world’s great string quartets, Pacifica returns for this highly anticipated concert. All concerts occur in Nichols Concert Hall, a venue lauded by John von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune as “a visual and sonic gem.” Read more…

Title: Concerto ExtravaganzaLocation: Music Institute of Chicago, Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, EvanstonDescription: This unique concert features MIC’s “Concerto Divas” Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Wendy Warner, cello; and Marta Aznavoorian, piano. The program will be the top three concertos of the season as voted on by the audience. Ballots will be distributed at each Read more…

Title: WarnerNuzovaLocation: Music Institute of Chicago, Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, EvanstonDescription: Combining legendary training and artistry from Moscow and America, cellist Wendy Warner and pianist Irina Nuzova bring to their duo performances a rare artistic synergy that has been described as so effortless and riveting, it is as though they are playing with Read more…

Title: Alexander Djordjevic, pianoLocation: Music Institute of Chicago, Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, EvanstonDescription: Described by Gramophone Magazine as “a fine pianist…[whose] mastery and commitment are never in doubt,” award-winning pianist Alexander Djordjevic delivers a tour-de-force program that includes works by Schumann, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Liszt’s iconic Sonata in B Minor. All concerts occur Read more…

Title: Ryan McKinny, bass-baritone and Elizabeth Buccheri, pianoLocation: Music Institute of Chicago, Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, EvanstonDescription: An elegant voice that “drips with gold” (Opera News) has made Ryan McKinny one of the most sought-after lieder artists in America. He performs Schubert’s stunning 24-song cycle masterpiece Winterreise. All concerts occur in Nichols Concert Read more…

Title: Corinah DuoLocation: Music Institute of Chicago, Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, EvanstonDescription: Chicago Symphony Orchestra first violinist Cornelius Chiu teams up with his wife, MIC piano faculty member Inah Chiu, for a program of classical favorites by Beethoven, Strauss, and Prokofiev. All concerts occur in Nichols Concert Hall, a venue lauded by John Read more…