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Chicago Gallery Snack Report: Friday, February 5th, 2010

by Jeriah Hildwine This Friday we checked out photography at Stephen Daiter, glass at Ken Saunders, and then headed over to First Fridays at the MCA for the opening of Aspen Mays’ UBS 12×12.  Check out the snack report slideshow for Jeriah’s thoughts on absinthe, snacks, and the yuppie meat market. Jeriah is an artist... Read more »
By ArtTalkGuest,
February 6, 2010 at 1:04 pm
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MCA Stage Series: videos and fall schedule

Text by Monica LaBelle Videos captured and embedded by Kathryn Born The Museum of Contemporary Art unveiled its upcoming stage season Wednesday, presenting a mélange of performances from theater to dance to film. Those expecting much programming of the straight-up performance art variety might be disappointed. But fear not! The programming of the season is... Read more »
By ArtTalkGuest,
September 3, 2009 at 3:12 pm
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Squelching the rumor of an exodus from the MCA

Editors Note: Ahhh, the fresh smell of overblown internet rumors. The art website Art Fag City mused over an “exodus” from the MCA, citing Director Robert Fitzpatrick leaving eighteen months ago, and also mentions Kate Kraczon, who is listed in the 2008 Annual Report as a Curatorial Administrative Assistant.  What? Turnover among the administrative assistants? It’s empirical evidence that the... Read more »
By KathrynBorn,
August 11, 2009 at 7:20 pm
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Justin Cooper - final MCA performance dialogue within the comments of this post

Editor’s Note: I think all this interactive performance art has “gotten” to Gretchen. She’s going off the rails by using the comments section and audience response as a part of her written piece. It will start as preview, which over the course of the week will turn into a review, and ultimately a group dialogue with the artist.   Colonial... Read more »
By KathrynBorn,
July 27, 2009 at 8:22 pm
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Gallery Reviews - Weekend of 7/3-7/5

This past weekend was light on art, but we covered what was there, and we covered it well. The Friday Night Army sallied fourth to bring you: This is 606 at Architrouve Hear Here at Julius Caesar RUSE at Ben Russell Gallery Jen & Ira & You at the MCA Meet Buckminster Fuller Meeting the Hippies... Read more »
By Stephanie Burke,
July 8, 2009 at 1:03 pm
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Scandal Alert: Olafur Eliasson Creates Second Exhibit at Competing Museum

  Breaking News!   This is an Art Talk Chicago exclusive. It’s come to the attention of our crackerjack staff that Olafur Eliasson, currently on exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art, has signed a secret deal with the Kohl Children’s Museum and is doing a nearly-identical exhibit that is clearly a breach of contract with... Read more »
By KathrynBorn,
June 5, 2009 at 11:48 am
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