Janine Mileaf

3Arts, the Chicago-based nonprofit grantmaking organization, announced the inaugural 3Arts Next Level/Spare Room Award—a $50,000 unrestricted cash award given to three women visual artists who are past awardees—during its 13th annual 3Arts Awards Celebration hosted October 19 via livestream on YouTube.

On May 22, 2015, the Art Institute of Chicago joins forces with the Arts Club of Chicago to host a pair of exhibitions featuring the work of world-renowned photographer Jean-Luc Mylayne (French, born 1946). The exhibitions, entitled Jean-Luc Mylayne: Mutual Regard, unite inside and outside, nature and culture, and bring together again two Chicago institutions that have deep historical ties. A third venue, a Chapel pavilion in the Millennium Park Lurie Garden, is a key realization of the exhibition themes in public space. Mutual Regard runs through August 23, 2015 at The Art Institute of Chicago's Bucksbaum Gallery in the Modern Wing; through August 13 at the Arts Club of Chicago (201 East Ontario), and through December 31 in the Lurie Garden in Millennium Park.

Skarstedt presents David Salle: Ghost Paintings, featuring 13 works made in 1992, but never exhibited before this year. The exhibition travels from the Arts Club of Chicago, where it was seen in summer 2013. It will be on view at Skarstedt (20 East 79th Street) from November 8 through December 21, 2013.

This year's Snap Gala, benefiting the Photography Gala Fund—the largest single source of acquisitions support for photography at the Art Institute—was a record-breaking success. On Saturday, October 19, guests were awed by the elegant, glowing centerpieces featuring vintage slides, as well as a curtain of slides hanging from the second floor balcony made by INDO (http://theindoprojects.com/). Attendees posed in sets of classic photographs from the Art Institute's acclaimed permanent collection during cocktail hour, as well as photo booths during dessert. Alexander Gilkes—Chief Auctioneer, Phillips and Founder, Paddle 8—ran a lively and theatrical auction that capped off the evening.