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Looptopia Tonight! Freebies Abound!
Looptopia 2008 is tonight, the downtown’s free arts festival. Whether or not it is also intended to show people downtown is safe and not scary is another issue. Freebies abound and the arts are in the...
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Derby, Looptopia, Horses
So like I said below, check out Looptopia but be aware of the weather, don’t take risks. That said go out and have fun downtown! The Kentucky Derby is tomorrow and equestrian art is a long standing...
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Interviews with MCA Director, AIC Curator
Past interviews for anyone interested in our cultural institutions: Alan Artner for the Chicago Tribune interviewed the new director of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Madeleine Grynsztejn about...
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What’s that in the Sky? A Bird? A Plane? Renzo Piano’s Addition to the Art...
For everyone that doesn’t live here in Chicago or does live here but can’t make it downtown to see the progress on the addition at the Art Institute, here are some pictures of the progress. The big...
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Art Institute to Raise Admissions
With the addition of Renzo Piano’s Modern Wing to the Art Institute of Chicago soon to open, it should come as little surprise that they are announcing an admission hike. To get into the museum it’s...
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Sun-Times Gets it Wrong Too
Looks like Reuters is not alone in its editing woes. Dave Newbart of the Chicago Sun-Times reports that the Art Institute of Chicago is raising its rates to $18 and introduces the topic like this,...
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More Confusion in Chicago’s Newspapers
And not to be left out, the Chicago Tribune is also confused about the Art Institute and its Free Days. Spurred on by public outcry over the Art Institute raising its fees, two Chicago Alderpeople,...
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Chicago’s Mainstream Art Coverage Reduced to Zero
On April 22nd the Chicago Tribune announced it was cutting 53 positions in its newsroom. And according to the Chicago Reader blog “News Bites” one of those let go is the Tribune‘s only art critic,...
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This Week’s Words
This week on ArtSlant I review the Buckminster Fuller show at the MCA, Kathryn Born critiques the critics: http://tr.im/l9Ut
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Fantasies of the East at the Art Institute
From Abraham Ritchie, the ArtSlant: Chicago City Editor : In this week’s Gallery Hop for ArtSlant: Chicago, Robyn Roulo mentions the art history behind Lalla Essaydi’s solo exhibition at Schneider...
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