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The First Homosexuals extended at Wrightwood 659 by popular demand
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-- From a press release
- (CHICAGO, IL — Dec. 1, 2022) It was announced today that the crowd-pleasing pair of exhibitions currently selling out at Wrightwood 659 will extend into the new year, now closing Saturday, January 28, 2023. The two ...
SHOWBIZ Elton John, Leslie Jordan, Joel Kim Booster, Janelle Monae
- Elton John gave Los Angeles concluded a three-show run on Nov. 20 back inside Dodger Stadium, taking a final bow as part of his "Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The concert ...
Queer Art announces 2023 Queer Art Mentorship Fellow
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- Queer|Art, NYC's home for the creative and professional development of LGBTQ+ artists, is pleased to announce the new Fellows for the 2023 Queer|Art|Mentorship (QAM) program cycle. The Mentorship program is ...
School of the Art Institute auction on Nov. 1-14, auction party on Nov. 11
- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is inviting all art collectors and enthusiasts to an online auction taking place Nov. 1-14 on Artsy.net, where a diverse group of SAIC alums and faculty will ...
Chicago mural of Kanye West painted over in wake of antisemitic remarks
- A West Loop mural image of Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, was painted over on Oct. 27, as fallout continued over the Chicago native's recent controversial and antisemitic public statements, The Chicago-Sun Times ...
Ginsburg, Morrison, women's soccer to be honored with stamps
- The U.S. Postal Service announced that the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the late author Toni Morrison (Beloved; The Bluest Eye) will be honored with new postage stamps next year. The sport of ...
Chicago Artists Coalition announces departure of executive director
- Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC) announced that Teresa Silva, CAC's executive and artistic director, will leave the organization on Wed., Oct. 26. CAC Board Chair J. Gibran Villalobos will serve as interim executive director during the executiv ...
ART McAninch Arts Center announces 'Warhol Public Pop Art Challenge'
- Following the success of the summer 2021 exhibition, "Frida Kahlo: Timeless," the Cleve Carney Museum of Art (CCMA) and the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) at the College of DuPage (COD) will present "Warhol: Featuring Andy Warhol ...
Art Institute revises Gonzales-Torres placard to include HIV-related details
- Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) has revised the label accompanying the Felix Gonzalez-Torres' installation "Untitled (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)" to reinstate references both to Gonzalez-Torres' partner Ross Laycock and ...
21c Museum Hotel Chicago launches art-centered series
- The spot 21c Museum Hotel Chicago, 55 E. Ontario St.which blurs the line between a contemporary art museum and a boutique hotelannounced plans for its fall/winter 2022 season and 2023 edition of the "Art of" a ...
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ART Chicago artist part of German exhibit 'Queering the Crip'
- "Queering the Crip, Cripping the Queer"—called the first international exhibit exploring the multiple historical, cultural and political intersections of queerness and disability—will take place through Jan. 30, 2023 at Berlin's ...
Future Galerie to hold Oct. 1 event ahead of historic digital-art exhibit
- Future Galeriea contemporary, immersive and digital-art exhibition that explores methodologies for how art is being created and how culture is being experiencedwill hold a preview event Saturday, Oct. 1, at the 900 N. Michigan Ave. Shops. ...
Andersonville Arts Weekend to take place Sept. 30 - Oct. 2
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-- From a press release
- CHICAGO—The Andersonville Chamber of Commerce (ACC), in partnership with The Bramble Arts Loft and Connect Gallery, is welcoming back its 18th annual Andersonville Arts Weekend, with the neighborhood transformed into ...
ART Jonathan D. Katz previews his upcoming 'First Homosexuals' exhibit
- Activist, art historian, educator and writer Jonathan D. Katz's new exhibit, "The First Homosexuals: Global Depictions of a New Identity, 1869-1930," will be available to see at Wrightwood 659, 659 W. Wrightwood Ave., on Fridays and ...
ART Nick Cave retrospective 'Forothermore' to close at MCA on Oct. 2
- The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA) and celebrated Chicago artist Nick Cave announced that the blockbuster exhibition, Forothermore, must close at the MCA on Sunday, Oct. 2. The most comprehensive survey of Cave's work to ...
The National Hellenic Museum to exhibit 'Chicago Street Photography,' 'Cloth and Light'
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-- From a press release
- CHICAGO (Sept. 8, 2022)The National Hellenic Museum (NHM)a Greektown museum dedicated to sharing Greek history, art, culture and the Greek American storyannounced two additional exhibitions as part of its grand ...
Black Excellence Award nominations announced; gala on Nov. 14
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-- From a press release
- Chicago—The Board of Directors of the African American Arts Alliance (AAAA), and the Black Excellence Awards Committee announce the nominations for the 22nd Annual Black Excellence ...
Local LGBTQ+ icon Dr. C.C. Carter returns to Chicago in a new position
- Dr. Carla "C.C." Carter is back. After being away for a few years and embarking on a few adventures (like graduating from seminary school), Carteran acclaimed writer, poet, and performeris back in Chicago as managing director ...
SHOWBIZ 'Umbrella Academy,' HBO Max, Patti LaBelle, Richard Simmons
- The Umbrella Academy has been renewed for a fourth—and last—season at Netflix, Variety noted. Cast members Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castaneda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Justin H. Min, Ritu Arya and Colm Feore ...
Windy City Performing Arts welcomes Dr. Eric Esparza back as interim conductor
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-- From a press release
- CHICAGO - Windy City Performing Arts is announcing that Dr. Eric Esparza will be stepping into the position of Interim Conductor for the Windy City Gay Chorus and Windy City Treble Quire this upcoming season. Esparza ...
ART DuPage County museum, MAC to host Warhol exhibition in 2023
- Following the success of the summer 2021 exhibition, "Frida Kahlo: Timeless," the Cleve Carney Museum of Art (CCMA) and the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) at the College of DuPage (COD) will present an exhibition of Andy ...
Chicago's WNDR Museum announces national expansion
- WNDR Museuma Chicago immersive art and technology experienceannounced an expansion plan to include several additional locations across the United States, with San Diego, Boston and Seattle locations scheduled to open ...
The Art Institute of Chicago to present works of David Hockney
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- Chicago—The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to announce David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020—an exhibition of new work by a man considered one of England's most versatile and inventive artists of the post-war ...
ART MdW fair taking place Sept. 9-11 at Mana Contemporary
- MdWan artist-run art fair founded a decade agois returning in 2022 with a renewed mission to convene alternative artist platforms in Chicago from across the Midwest. The all-ages, free event will take place Sept. 9-11 at ...
Queer Chicago rapper Psalm One to perform Aug. 19 at Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest
- Psalm One—a queer rapper from Chicago—will take the stage at the annual Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest on Friday, Aug. 19, at 8:15 p.m. "I'm really, really excited to perform," she told Windy City Times. "I'm nervous, ...
MCA to show 'Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s to Today'
- The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago will run "Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s—Today," organized by Marilyn and Larry Fields Curator Carla Acevedo-Yates, on Nov. 19, 2022-April 23, 2023. According to a press release, ...
StoryStudio Chicago's LGBTQ+ nonfiction writing class starting Aug. 17
- StoryStudio Chicago is offering a unique writing class titled "June Is Not Enough: An LGBTQ+ Nonfiction Writing Class." The idea behind the class is to promote and foster the work of LGBTQ+ people. Writers who register ...
Haven Chicago presenting first-ever Festival Au Cinema on Aug. 26-28
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-- From a press release
- CHICAGO (August 8, 2022) — Haven Chicago is pleased to present its first annual Festival au CinĂ©ma, the company's new platform for visionary and innovative filmmakers and media artists staking their claim in the future of ...
Kinsey Institute exhibiting iconic Tom Fox HIV/AIDS photo series
- An exhibition of 60 iconic photographs documenting Indiana University alumnus Tom Fox's battle with AIDS in the late 1980s will hang in the Grand Hall of Maxwell Hall on the Indiana University-Bloomington campus. "Wild Horse Running: ...
ART Wrightwood 659 to show 'The First Homosexuals,' 'Michiko Itatani'
- The Lincoln Park space Wrightwood 659, 659 W. Wrightwood Ave., will show two exhibits"The First Homosexuals: Global Depictions of a New Identity, 1869-1930" and "Michiko Itatani: Celestial Stage"on Fridays and ...
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