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Art & Design
Edited by Lauren Weinberg
New in Art and Design
U. of C. hosts an all-star comics conference
Speakers include Art Spiegelman, Joe Sacco + Alison Bechdel.
Roy Lichtenstein at the Art Institute of Chicago
The Pop star gets a massive retrospective.
Dawoud Bey at the Art Institute + Renaissance Society
Two shows revisit the photographer's career.
Hull-House Museum opens an Art Lending Library
Borrow one of 12 artworks for free.
New reviews
Critic's picks
U. of C. hosts an all-star comics conference
Speakers include Art Spiegelman, Joe Sacco + Alison Bechdel.
Reviews
"Entre Nous: The Art of Claude Cahun"
Art Institute of Chicago, through Jun 3.
"Snarkitecture: Funiture"
Volume Gallery, through Jun 13.
"This Will Have Been"
Museum of Contemporary Art, through Jun 3.
"Studio Malick"
DePaul Museum of Art, through Jun 3.
"Morbid Curiosity"
Chicago Cultural Center, through Jul 8.
"Pulled Pressed and Printed, Chicago"
Expo 72, through May 21.
Featured stories
University of Chicago opens Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects designed the new Hyde Park building.
New galleries Manifold and 22 bridge design and art
Berwyn and Ravenswood designers launch exhibition spaces.
DCASE launches a new Chicago Cultural Plan
The City of Chicago + Lord Cultural Resources ask locals how to strengthen the arts.
New Arts Club of Chicago director Janine Mileaf considers the future
Arts Club hopes to expand public access, strengthen membership.
Can't-miss stories
This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s
A new MCA exhibition reveals the 80s as a very queer decade.
Chicago Cultural Advisory Council begins bracing for G-8/NATO
Cultural Affairs and Special Events heavyweights express anxiety at first meeting.
Chicago bars and restaurants curating art shows
Eateries and cocktail lounges take an interest in gallery-caliber art.
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