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For and Against Modern Art: The Armory Show + 100
Through 6/16:Museums
A gallery consisting of 20 selections from the original Armory Show, better known as the International Exhibition of Modern Art. Reception Fri 4/5, 5:30-7:30 PM.
Kaleidoscope: India and Beyond
Thursdays-Saturdays. Continues through June 16Galleries
Group show feature multidisciplinary work from Indian artists, including Anatoliy Khmara and Parveer Singh Sohal. Reception Fri 5/17, 5-9 PM.
The Third Expedition
5/3-6/15Galleries
Photographic work by Erica Bohm, which fuse imagery captured by NASA satellite cameras with pop culture and science fiction references. Reception Fri 5/3, 6-9 PM.
James R. Thompson Center, 100 W. Randolph
Loop
312-814-5322Ghost: Rhythms
4/6-6/22Galleries
Memory lives in our bodies as well as our minds—something to consider when you look at McArthur Binion's solo show "Ghost: Rhythms" at Kavi Gupta. The paintings were made in New York in the 1970s, when the artist was in his 30s, but what's on view here feels like the work of a much older man. Born in 1946 in Mississippi, Binion spent his earliest years on his family's farm, where he started picking cotton at the age of four. He became the first African-American person to earn an MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art; after graduate school he headed to New York City, where he designed sets for the feminist playwright Ntozake Shange and collaborated with the artist David Hammons. Binion's own work was enough in tune with the times that reigning minimalists Sol LeWitt and Carl Andre included several of his paintings in a group show they curated for Artists Space. Continue Reading >>
All Myths Are True
5/17-6/22:Museums
New drawings by Jasmine Justice, inspired by Philip K. Dick's novel The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. Viewing by appointment. Reception Fri 5/17, 6-9 PM.
Chicago Six
Through 6/22:Galleries
Multimedia group show, featuring photographs, sculptures, and paintings by local artists. Reception Thu 4/4, 5-8 PM.
Chicago Six
Through 6/22:Galleries
Multimedia exhibit featuring works from six Chicago artists. Reception Thu 4/4, 5-8 PM.
Cradle of Filth
5/4-6/22:Galleries
Amanda Ross-Ho presents new paintings as well as a site-specific, wall-bound sculpture. Reception 5/4, 6-8 PM.
The Reason for the Unreason
5/17-6/22.Galleries
Gina Litherland presents new magical realist oil paintings. Reception Fri 5/17, 5-8 PM.
Clownflâneur
5/3-6/23Galleries
Multidisciplinary group show featuring MFA candidates in Northwestern's Department of Art Theory and Practice. Subjects range from gridlocked urbanity to ethnographies of digital communities. Reception Thu 5/2, 5-7 PM.
1968: Vanished Realities
4/20-6/24.Galleries
Photos by Stan Rosenstock of a tumultuous time, including the '68 Democratic National Convention. Reception Sat 4/20, 6-9 PM.
