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5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions with Temporary Services
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions with Temporary Services
Art21 is pleased to announce our latest column: 5 Questions (for Contemporary Practice), written by guest blog alum Thom Donovan (bio here). 5 Questions showcases the work of contemporary practitioners …
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Four for Fall
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Four for Fall
Traditionally, fall is the time when galleries launch their new slate of exhibitions after a relatively slow-paced couple of summer months. Galleries tend to highlight some of the most prominent …
Inside the Artist's Studio
Inside the Artist’s Studio: The Studio Reader and the SAIC Summer Studio
Inside the Artist's Studio
Inside the Artist’s Studio: The Studio Reader and the SAIC Summer Studio
The Studio Reader: On the Space of Artists is the kind of book an artist would eat up in a single sitting. It is about the STUDIO — the spaces …
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Frances Whitehead, Embedded Artist
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Frances Whitehead, Embedded Artist
What do artists know? A few weeks ago, I spent an afternoon at the Chicago home of Frances Whitehead talking about the philosophical and pragmatic underpinnings of this question. To …
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Go West | Roger Brown: California U.S.A
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Go West | Roger Brown: California U.S.A
After passing away in 1997, painter, sculptor, and notorious collector, Roger Brown bequeathed his homes and collections to his alma mater, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). …
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Printed Matter | Martine Syms and Marco Kane Braunschweiler of Golden Age
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Printed Matter | Martine Syms and Marco Kane Braunschweiler of Golden Age
Walking around Chicago-based concept shop Golden Age has become a rather dangerous activity for me. After setting a monthly budget for artists’ books, I often find myself going over that …
Open Enrollment
Art Journalism in the Twenty-First Century: Where Is It Headed?
Open Enrollment
Art Journalism in the Twenty-First Century: Where Is It Headed?
This fall, I will be beginning my final year as a Masters candidate in New Arts Journalism (NAJ) at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). According to …
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
The Suburban: A Space for Contemporary Art in Oak Park, Illinois
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
The Suburban: A Space for Contemporary Art in Oak Park, Illinois
Oak Park, Illinois is a very pretty and historically significant suburb that lies just outside of Chicago. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple is located here, along with a number of …
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
The Green Lantern | Caroline Picard
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
The Green Lantern | Caroline Picard
During the golden age of comic books, All-American Comics debuted Alan Scott as the Green Lantern in 1940. At the time, Scott was a railroad engineer who, when in possession …
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Alison Ruttan’s “The Four Year War at Gombe”
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Alison Ruttan’s “The Four Year War at Gombe”
I’ve been reading with great interest some of the posts and friendly debates that have taken place recently on this site concerning the relationship between art and science. As I …
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Archiving Soul | Ken Shipley of Numero Group
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Archiving Soul | Ken Shipley of Numero Group
While sitting in his office listening to some soon to be released albums, Ken Shipley quickly noted, “we have found a way as a record label to be like a …
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Exhibiting the Intangible
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Exhibiting the Intangible
Recently, Bad at Sports was invited to exhibit at apexart, an alternative gallery space in New York known for presenting innovative thematic exhibitions and public programs. In order to take …
Open Enrollment
The Radical Workshop: For Students, By Students
Open Enrollment
The Radical Workshop: For Students, By Students
by Lily Rossebo and Carrie McGath Lily and Carrie add their two cents about the significance of radical workshops in art school programs. Lily Rossebo: Without student protests, what would …
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Center Field | Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports: Interview with Jacob Meehan
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Center Field | Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports: Interview with Jacob Meehan
Art21 is proud to present another new column, Center Field | Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports. Since 2005, Bad at Sports’s podcast and blog have acted as …
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