Chicago Art Review

Brennan McGaffey quietly maintains one of the most interesting art practices in the city of Chicago, creating interactive, mysterious urban interjections with his Intermod Series. Enjoy the interview, a Chicago Art Review first.

Western Exhibitions, Concertina Gallery, Chicago Cultural Center, and Co-Prosperity Sphere.

This week's picks: Bernard Frize, William Cordova, Luis Gispert, Imi Knoebel, Wes Lang, Neil Krug, Rashid Johnson.

With a new address, coat racks, a paneledceilingand a floor covered in tiny stones, Old Gold has opened again with a one night show featuring the work of Aline Cautis, Josh Mannis and Andy Roche. Check out the great video documentation too!

Still clearing out the backlogs and drafts. Remember this show?

Site specificity and belief in River Forest?

Old Gold, Home Gallery, Happy Collaborationist Exhibition Space.

This week's picks: Chris Ballantyne, Wesley Kimler, Jeff Ladouceur, Laffoley Orgone, Karen Sargsyan, Eric Sall, Ryan Shaffer, Matt Greene

Austin Eddy @ Golden Gallery, DEATHPARTY @ MONUMENT2, and Ghosting @ Roots and Culture.

Featuring Matt Volla, Urs Fischer, Peter Saul, Brian Belott, Eric Beltz, Anish Kapoor, and Barkley L. Hendricks.

Having hosed the Paul Nudd paintings off the walls and sterilized the studio to prevent any more from growing along the base boards, the good people of Western Exhibitions have made here a much more specific install instead.

Even with two halves and a thick catalog too, attempting to describe anything as complex, geographically expansive, and nuanced as a “mid-western aesthetic” just might be an exercise of well illustrated curatorial hubris.

Why am I getting 100 Hits a day from Liu Bolin google searches?

Jonathan Runcio, Robert Colescott, Dana Dart-McLean, John Copeland, Gianna Commito, Thomas Bayrle, Brennan McGaffey.