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Posts tagged "@artsfront"

Aspen Mays: Interview and Review

Last week I had the chance to sit down and have a conversation with artist Aspen Mays.  I first encountered her work last year in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s MFA show, where she was a clear standout.  With her upcoming and current exhibitions I was excited to talk to her. Aspen... Read more »
By Abraham Ritchie,
February 10, 2010 at 1:22 pm
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February Means Free!

This February has been cold and snowy so far and according to the predictions of a certain groundhog we can expect six more weeks of the same.  But one of the premier cultural institutions in Chicago is free all month, a perfect escape from the cold. I am, of course, talking about the Art Institute... Read more »
By Abraham Ritchie,
February 3, 2010 at 11:11 am
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Met Visitor Damages Picasso and Other Expensive Mishaps

The news broke this morning that on Friday, January 22, a visitor to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art fell into The Actor, a 1904-05 painting by Pablo Picasso, causing a six-inch tear in the lower right-hand corner. According the Metropolitan Museum the incident occurred when “a visitor attending a class lost her balance. ... Read more »
By Abraham Ritchie,
January 25, 2010 at 5:25 pm
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Winter and Chicago Art

Winter and the Christmas season are here, so I thought that I would venture out into the snow so everyone could enjoy the wintery wonderland from the comfort of their own home.  Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from the Chicago Art Blog... Read more »
By Abraham Ritchie,
December 22, 2009 at 3:51 pm
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Sculpture Controversy, Pt. 2

Last entry, the Chicago Art Blog revisited the unexpected controversy surrounding a most traditional public sculpture in Chicago.  Chicago Tribune pop culture critic Steve Johnson wrote a feature article on J. Seward Johnson’s God Bless America, a sculpture that is, in his words, a “25-foot-tall knockoff of American Gothic,” that is, the painting by Grant... Read more »
By Abraham Ritchie,
December 6, 2009 at 5:40 pm
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Glenn Beck as Art Critic, Continued

Before the holiday season set in, we looked at the unlikely emergence of Glenn Beck as an art critic or art historian during a segment on his show on Fox.  He purported to expose fascist and communist symbols that were hiding “in plain sight” on public art installations, particularly on the property of business rival... Read more »
By Abraham Ritchie,
December 4, 2009 at 4:58 pm
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Launch of The Chicago Art Blog

This is the debut of The Chicago Art Blog in its new home on ChicagoNow. I’m Abraham Ritchie and I have been writing the Chicago Art Blog since early 2008.   Like its predecessor, I plan on covering art in a similar way. I’ll be looking primarily at visual art, sculpture and architecture.  But that won’t... Read more »
By Abraham Ritchie,
November 27, 2009 at 11:45 am
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