“The nineties were a vibrant arts era that was the genesis of Heaven Gallery—beginning as an experimental DIY space, cementing itself as a Chicago arts institution, and reaching its ultimate destiny ...

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In Zen Buddhism, satoris are sudden flashes of illumination that are fun and clarifying. I’m happy to tell you that you’re in a phase when these sweet breakthroughs are ...

Get Chicago & Great Lakes culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. ART. Kerry James Marshall On Making “The Paintings Nobody Else ...

Chicago’s free citywide World Music Festival runs Friday, September 26 through Sunday, October 5. Participants include the Cultural Center, Old Town School, Constellation, The Promontory, The Rhapsody ...

The Chicago Architecture Biennial’s first Latina curator, Florencia Rodriguez, “said her vision for the festival, which spans multiple venues across the city, is to explore designs that are a response ...

Kerry James Marshall’s London Retrospective Offers Lesson In Art History Kerry James Marshall’s “paintings that nod knowingly to the past will be joined by new works in a vast survey at the Royal ...

A monumental new body of work by Chicago-based artist Nick Cave will make its world premiere at the Smithsonian American Art Museum on February 13, 2026. “Nick Cave: Mammoth” marks Cave’s first solo ...

“Surprisingly, [Theaster’s] exhibition this fall at the Smart, titled ‘Unto Thee,’ is Gates’ first solo museum show in his hometown. For a local artist of his renown, whose fascinating and hard-to-pin ...

“Jasleen Kaur, Michael Rakowitz [Newcity Art 50], Jeremy Deller and Massive Attack among seventy-seven creatives to join Gaza fundraiser poster campaign,” reports The Art Newspaper. “The posters, ...

Sotheby’s Plans November Auction For Cindy and Jay Pritzker’s Art Collection “Artworks from the collection of the late Cindy and Jay Pritzker, thirty-seven pieces worth an estimated $120 million but ...