The Making of Fear No ART Chicago So many people who watch Fear No ART Chicago on WTTW or the webisodes on www.fearnoartchicago.com say to me, “ Wow, it seems you just plopped into their studio to have a chat!” It seems this way, but it isn’t – – not even remotely close. So much Read more…
A Typical Conversation “Oh, you mean you expect me to pay for the artwork?” Up until that point in the conversation, I though things had been going pretty well. It was my 52nd call of the day and I got right through to the business owner – in this case we’ll say it was was Read more…
I remember the first piece of art I ever bought. I was in Montreal with a friend, frolicking in a new city for a long weekend, escaping from the horrors of my first real job after business school. From Montreal we darted to Quebec City and walked the charming streets, indulging in Raclette and drinking Read more…
Photographers Battle Painters on Basketball Court on Friday, Artist Reception to Follow Someone mentioned this upcoming event in an editorial meeting and it so quickly and absolutely trumped everything else on the schedule that our “News of the Week” or “Pick of the Weekend” simply comes down to this one, simple, totally unknown gem of Read more…
Baldessari is a well-known and respected name in the art world, but I never had a chance to see his work firsthand until recently. I visited the retrospective show at Columbia’s Museum of Contemporary Photography, titled “John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective From The Collections Of Jordan D. Schnitzer And His Family Foundation,” and it became Read more…
A Typical Situation “But just think of the great exposure you will get by having your artwork in here,” the cafe owner smiled and spread his arms, to indicate the poorly lit and somewhat dingy walls around us. To what I’m sure was his dismay, I did actually stop and consider the exposure. What exactly Read more…
Paul Klein has been a monumental figure in the Chicago art world for decades. He has long been a part of the artistic community, as a gallery owner, curator, writer, art consultant and was recognized by the Chicago Society of Artists as their 2006 Man of the Year. He will now be adding teacher to Read more…
For the last year there has been one word spoken in the press releases of Chicago’s art institutions more than any other: Studio. The MCA wanted to do it as their theme, and the City and SAIC wanted it as their theme as well, so they came together like the league of super heroes and Read more…
Heavens on Earth: Sabina Ott at The Poor Farm I’m not sure where to begin. There’s Sabina Ott, there’s Sabina Ott’s sculpture at Poor Farm, there’s Poor Farm, there’s Michelle Grabner, the founder of Poor Farm and at some point I’m going to mention Donald Judd, Wisconsin’s agrarian destitute and the Bible. And I write Read more…
An associate of mine asked me an interesting question – what led me to become an innovator? I was pretty flattered by this, since I’m not sure I’ve really earned the right to that title and if I have, it almost certainly has more to do with luck than with special powers or knowledge on Read more…
