News - Art Design Chicago

Oct 18, 2018

Open Air Art: Bringing the Museum to the People through “Art Moves”

Sixty Inches from Center traces the development and impact of the Museum of Vernacular Arts and Knowledge’s “Art Moves” project.

Oct 18, 2018

A View of Chicago’s Urban Spaces through the Photography of Yasuhiro Ishimoto and Others

Sixty Inches from Center looks at juxtapositions of Chicago’s spatial poetics and politics through the exhibition Yasuhiro Ishimoto: Someday, Chicago and contemporary work by today’s artists.

Oct 17, 2018

A Closer Look at Chicago’s Disability Arts Movement

Sixty Inches from Center examines the exhibiiton Chicago Disability Activism, Arts, and Design: 1970s to Today with interdisciplinary artist and designer Bri Beck.

Oct 15, 2018

The World's Fair, 125 Years Later

How we’re remembering Chicago's grandest spectacle this season.

Oct 11, 2018

"Hand of an Angel, Eye of a Sage" — The New York Times Reviews Charles White: A Retrospective at MoMA

Times critic Holland Carter explores the life and work of Charles White as seen through the exhibition Charles White: A Retrospective.

Oct 11, 2018

Photography and Film Programming this Season

Explore Chicago’s unique character through the lenses of photographers and filmmakers.

Oct 04, 2018

Announcing Our Scholarly Symposia Series

The Terra Foundation for American Art has announced a roster of scholarly symposia being organized by partners in Chicago and beyond as part of Art Design Chicago this fall and winter.

Sep 26, 2018

Meet the Chicago Imagists This Fall

It’s Imagists season. Our partners have five new exhibitions and a variety of programming available about the dynamic, fantastical group of representational artists.

Sep 24, 2018

Two Chicago Curators Explore Each Other's Exhibitions

Two curators of Chicago artists working outside the mainstream take in each other’s exhibitions, in the second video profile produced between Art Design Chicago and Sixty Inches from Center.

Sep 19, 2018

Who Are Your Teachers? A Series of Personal Essays Inspired by Richard Hunt

In tribute to this summer’s exhibition Sculpting a Chicago Artist, Tempestt Hazel, Sixty’s founding editor and director, reflects on her own teachers and mentors, and talks to them about their greatest influences and motivators.

Sep 18, 2018

EXPO CHICAGO 2018 Launches in Alignment with Art Design Chicago

In conjunction with Art Design Chicago, EXPO CHICAGO 2018 features multiple events and installations exploring Chicago’s art and design legacy, including presenting multimedia installations, artist talks, live performances, and more with many of Chicago’s leading creative forces.

Sep 18, 2018

Newcity Previews Creative Chicago: An Interview Marathon

Newcity provides a sneak peek at the upcoming five-hour interview series with Chicago’s leading artists, authors, architects and others, taking place at EXPO CHICAGO on September 29.

Sep 14, 2018

Seven Must-See Art Design Chicago Activities in October

Mid-century commercial film. African American design. Photocollage. October in Chicago promises a schedule full of Art Design Chicago activities on all these topics and more.

Sep 14, 2018

Chicago Sun-Times: Art Worlds of Chicago’s South Side Sheds Light on Overworked Art, Design

The Chicago Sun-Times looks at the Smart Museum of Art’s exhibition The Time Is Now!: Art Words of Chicago’s South Side, 1960-1980, with an eye on the Black Arts Movement and contributions related to the AFRICOBRA collective.

Sep 13, 2018

Locating Your Practice in ‘A Johnson Publishing Story’

Continuing the editorial partnership between Sixty Inches from Center and Art Design Chicago, Sixty takes an in-depth look at Rebuild Foundation’s exhibition A Johnson Publishing Story, through the eyes of the artists and archivists inspired by the company’s legacy.

Sep 13, 2018

Announcing Art Design Chicago’s Fall Tour Calendar

Take an insider’s look at rarely seen artworks, and meet the collectors and experts housing them, through these unique guided tours.

Sep 06, 2018

Chicago Tribune: 10 museum exhibitions to look forward to this fall

Art Design Chicago programming is featured heavily as part of the Chicago Tribune’s annual Fall Arts Preview.

Aug 31, 2018

WBEZ’s “Worldview” Interviews Terra CEO Elizabeth Glassman and Artist Jan Tichy

In this Labor Day radio segment, Worldview host Jerome McDonnell sits down with Terra Foundation President and CEO Elizabeth Glassman and immigrant artist Jan Tichy.

Aug 30, 2018

Youth Artists Create Videos Inspired by Art Design Chicago Programming

Free Spirit Media and the Terra Foundation are teaming up to support youth artists responding to Art Design Chicago.

Aug 30, 2018

Terra Foundation Commissions Work for Inaugural Art on theMART Installation

As Chicago prepares to launch the world’s largest digital art installation, the Terra Foundation has commissioned two pioneering Chicago artists to create new work for its inaugural display.

Aug 28, 2018

Crain’s Previews Art Design Chicago Imagists Exhibitions

Crain’s provides a snapshot of three Art Design Chicago exhibitions related to the Chicago Imagists on view this fall.

Aug 28, 2018

The Art Newspaper Reviews Art in Chicago: A Fire from the History to Now

In one of the first reviews of the new publication Art in Chicago: A Fire from the History to Now, The Art Newspaper provides a snapshot of the book’s structure and narrative form.

Aug 17, 2018

Seven Must-See Art Design Chicago Activities in September

September promises to be the busiest month yet with dozens of exhibitions and even more events from which to choose. Need a little help deciding what to see and do this month?