TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (5/9-5/15)
1. Kim Piotrowski: Wall to Wall May 11, 6-9PM boundary: 2334 W 111th Pl 2. Esau McGhee: Less Than You Desire More Than You Deserve (Exhibit C) May 10, 6-9PM Cleaner Gallery + Projects: 1856 N Richmond St 3. Perennial (traces) May 10, 6-9PM Strata...
Episode: 870 Hilma’s Ghost
The artists of Hilma’s Ghost join us from the inside of Secrist Beach Gallery, Chicago’s newly opened and probably most gorgeous gallery, Dannielle Tegeder and Sharmistha Ray, treat us to magic, haunting and an introduction to tarot. Beyond that, they revel in the radical feminist histories of art and witchcraft looking for knowledge beyond the rationally conceived.
Episode 869: Nato Thompson and the Alternative
This week Bad at Sports favorite art world wanderer, Nato Thompson. We chat through all of Nato’s current diversions such as independent curating, building the 21st Century Museum and AI’s role in that work, the Alternative Art School and the value proposition of contemporary arts education, and Dreaming in Public.
Episode 868: EXPO 2024
Kate Sierzputowski for EXPO and the Barely Fair! Holy smokes the Art circus is in town. Time to get on board! WE HAVE ALL THE PREVIEW YOU NEED!
Episode 867: Gary Cannone
Compound Yellow’s featured artist Gary Cannone dominates every part of the compound with his LA from Chicago brand of conceptual art. Fun name drops include Bernini and Maritizo Catalan. Tune in for the rest.
bio:
Gary Cannone (Guerino Giovanni Cannone) was born in 1964 to Italian immigrants working factory jobs in Chicago. He learned english from American 70s television and was obsessed with Norm Crosby, Carol Burnett, the Three Stooges, Mad Magazine, Wacky Packages, and the Marx Brothers. His grandfather (and namesake) was crushed to death by a pool table the day before Cannone’s eighth birthday in a warehouse accident.
Episode 866: Sharon Louden and Vinson Valega!
Live for WY! The return of art world mega force Sharon Louden and music empresario Vinson Valega! We talk Sustaining your Creative Life and the Institute for it! Always working to better your artistic life! Get your Art World hustle on.
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (5/2-5/8)
1. Natalia Villanueva Linares: Lands of Dual 11 May 3, 7-11PM Heaven Gallery: 1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago 2. Meg Eastwood and Mitchell Bueno: Necessary Illusions May 3, 7-10PM Parlour and Ramp: 2130 W 21st St, Chicago 3. Emmy Star Brown: Familiar...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (4/25-5/1)
1. Autumn Ramsey April 26, 8-11PM Soccer Club Club: 2923 N Cicero Ave 2. Gericault De La Rose: Moon Healing Escalation April 26, 7-9PM Co-Prosperity: 3219 S Morgan St 3. PERFECT DAY April 27, 7-9PM Ohklahomo: 2518 W Iowa St Work by: Brianna Perry, Caesar...
Sub-Rural #37, Do No Harm Month
"Comin' in from London, from over the pole Flyin' in a big airliner Chickens flyin' everywhere around the plane Could we ever feel much finer?" * Madison, Wisconsin isn't London but It’s a point in an archipelago of Great Lake cities running from Minneapolis to...
TOP V FROM BARELY FAIR 2024
Welcome to this week’s TOP V from BARELY FAIR at the Color Club. Also, don’t forget to check out this week’s TOP V for a selection of provocative programs being exhibited in spaces both large and small around Chicago this weekend. 1. ILY2 Work by: Amanda Ross-Ho 2. ...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (4/18-4/24)
1. The BLACK Domestic Living Roomscape | Game Time April 21, 1-3:30PM The GREYSTONE Collective: 4733 S Forrestville Ave Work by: Schetauna Powell 2. Joseph Josue Mora: CONDITION REPORT April 19, 7-10PM Yes Project Space: 1029 W 35th St 3. Laurel Hauge:...
TOP V FROM EXPO CHICAGO 2024
Welcome to this week’s TOP V from EXPO CHICAGO at Navy Pier. Also, don’t forget to check out this week’s TOP V for a selection of provocative programs being exhibited in spaces both large and small around Chicago this weekend. 1. Galerie Myrtis Booth 405 Work...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (4/11-4/17)
1. Sandra Binion: Autobiography of Looking April 12, 6-7PM Experimental Sound Studio: 5925 N Ravenswood Ave 2. Judith Geichman: The Floor, The Wall, The Space In-between April 13, 2-5PM Regards: 2216 W Chicago Ave 3. Tala Inaugural Exhibition April 12,...
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (4/4-4/10)
1. Maeve Coughlin: Someone Who Isn’t Me April 5, 7-10PM SULK CHICAGO: 525 S Dearborn St, Apt 209 2. Lawrence Agyei: DRILL April 5, 6-8PM Blanc Gallery: 4445 S King Dr 3. Shinique Smith: METAMORPH April 6, 4-7PM moniquemeloche: 451 N Paulina St 4....
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/28-4/3)
1. Liz Martino: BLAMM-O: moments of seeing more March 29, 7-10PM Firecat Projects: 2019 N Damen Ave 2. Rocio “Chio” Cabrera-Coz: A Time and Place for Everything March 30, 8PM Agitator Gallery: 3851 W Fullerton Ave 3. Materialized Visions: Black...