Why doesn’t anyone blogroll anymore? Why do some blogs expire quicker than those brown bananas I’m staring at? So here, fresh to your RSS, pulling back the curtain of how I get the scoop (when I surf the web in lieu of collapsing), is the ultimate visual art blogroll. A Journey Round My Skull ArtLetter by Read more…
I’ll tell you one thing: it’s not easy to find any information on the Chicago Artists Coalition’s Work on Paper Residency at the Merchandise Mart. The CAC posted a press release with no address, floor numbers or times. The Merch Mart put forth no better effort. At first this was slightly maddening, but with a Read more…
Art on Track is an incredibly ambitious project. Not only does it involve installing a variety of art exhibits in a CTA train, it also has the potential to reach people who might not otherwise visit an art exhibit by bringing the art to them. Any project of this magnitude takes a huge amount of Read more…
When I set out to purchase my first piece of art after moving to the city, it never occurred to me to look outside the art gallery scene. That first fine art buy, as it just so happened, was not bought but won in a west loop auction house. It didn’t hurt that I worked Read more…
This week in Chicago’s Art Scene… not a whole lot happened. The closest thing I have to news is that Dominic Molone, the MCA curator, is leaving for the St. Louis Art Museum. So when things really start to grind to halt in these dog days of summer, I turn to the most valiant gallery Read more…
The Forever Party I was at the Hard Rock Hotel last weekend as a precursor to Lollapalooza. The Hotel’s “Music Lounge” was more like two floors of free food, booze, and a maze of rooms hawking everything from sneakers to haircuts to Café Bustelo. A certain sort of animal order prevailed, with VIP lanyards outranking Read more…
The Chicago Artists’ Coalition (CAC) has been a fixture in lives of Chicago’s artists for thirty-five years. The most successful artists are those who know how to adapt, and as an arts advocacy organization, the CAC is no exception. Historically, they have promoted initiatives such as Percent for Art, and also helped to establish what Read more…
The street art scene in Chicago has grown to such an extent that this monthly feature has become necessary. Without further ado, here are the top street art picks for the month of July: 10. Baby Head on Rat, artist unknown (Photo by flickr user theres no way home) There is no explanation for this Read more…
Living Brushstroke I’ve never met Maria Scileppi, but we are, of course, friends on Facebook. As goes my social life, so goes the art. As far as I’m concerned, technological development ceased around 1850 when synthetic binders let chemists concoct colors that weren’t sourced from what you could grow on the village green. (I’ll give Read more…
It’s been two weeks, and that means it’s time for another Art Scene webisode. This time around, we at Fear No Art Chicago have been getting the inside story on Art on Track, a mobile art exhibition installed on a CTA train. Art on Track takes place this Saturday, August 7th, and will feature the Read more…
