Editor's Letter: December 2022 As we end this year, we want to thank all of you for your continuing readership and support. You're the engine fueling us.
This Week in the Culture: December 30, 2020 ART Fiber artist Shari Urquhart, 1920-2020 Fellow artist and lifelong friend John Fritsch reports the death of Wisconsin native Shari Urquhart on November 21 and shares highlights from her career as well as a pair of images of her tapestries: B.S. (1962), M.S. (1966) and M.F.A. (1967) – University of Wisconsin-Madison. Urquhart taught in the Department of Painting & Printmaking,…
This Week in the Culture: December 16, 2020 Catherine Edelman Gallery is closing One of the Chicago's art world's stalwarts for thirty-three years, Catherine Edelman announced she's closing her physical space at 1637 West Chicago effective January 1, in response to the "unsustainable reality" brought on by the pandemic. A national force in photography, Edelman hosted 245 exhibitions featuring more than 200 artists in spaces ranging from River…
Editor's Letter: December 2020 We're committed to championing Chicago design, and this issue bears testament to that commitment.
This Week in the Culture: December 18, 2020 DESIGN The Reed rises soon In a rare burst of good—or at least normal—news, plans for The Reed, the condo building in the Southbank along the Chicago River, were unveiled. “There is always migration to the suburbs, but we’re very bullish on the urban downtown market,” the developer told the Tribune. “People love and thrive on the nightlife and the…
