'Stuff of Legends', presented by Kantor Gallery and Madison Gallery, opens a satellite exhibition of paintings and installations by artist Elijah Blue. 'Stuff of Legends' follows the success of Blue's sold out inaugural exhibition 'Step-and-Repeat 'at Kantor Gallery, with the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art acquiring the final piece.
The first-ever exhibition of work by Isamu Noguchi to be presented in Greece openson June 27, 2010, at the Museum of Contemporary Art on the island of Andros. Isamu Noguchi: Between East and West, which is on viewthrough September 26, 2010, has been organized by theMuseum of Contemporary Art of the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation in collaboration with The NoguchiMuseum in New York City. Isamu Noguchi: Between East and West includes sculpture, drawings, models, and photographs, illuminating the diversity of Noguchi's body of work.
The July 2010 National Jazz Museum in Harlem schedule puts particular focus on the visual side of the jazz genre, as we feature classic films in our Jazz for Curious Listeners series (inaugurating a new collaboration with The Maysles Institute), interview one of the premier jazz photographers in the nation, Frank Stewart, for our flagship Harlem Speaks public program, and screen a rare film of 'The High Priestess of Soul,' Nina Simone.
Joe Deal passed away Friday, June 18, 2010 in Providence, Rhode Island following an eight year battle against cancer. Over the course of a 40-year career, he developed one of the signature bodies of work in American post-war photography.
'Stuff of Legends', presented by Kantor Gallery and Madison Gallery, opens a satellite exhibition of paintings and installations by artist Elijah Blue. 'Stuff of Legends' follows the success of Blue's sold out inaugural exhibition 'Step-and-Repeat 'at Kantor Gallery, with the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art acquiring the final piece.
Artistic Director Bonnie Metzgar and Executive Director Jason Held are pleased to announce the world premiere of QUEERTOPIA: The Anti-Violence Project, by Paula Gilovich and the About Face Youth Theatre Ensemble, directed by Sara Kerastas. The press openings are Saturday, July 17 and Sunday, July 18 at 3:00pm at the Center on Halsted (3656 N Halsted).
Prominent artist T.V. Santhosh requires little introduction having seen much success over the last decade featuring in a number of key exhibitions and collections, including 'India Xianzai' Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China, 2009; 'Passage to India, Parts I and II New Indian Art from the Frank Cohen Collection', at Initial Access, Wolverhampton, UK, 2008 and 2009; 'GSK Contemporary' at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 2008 and 'The Empire Strikes Back' at the Saatchi Gallery, London, UK, 2010 amongst many.
GERING & LóPEZ GALLERY is pleased to present Placebo Effect, an exhibition of new paintings on linen by New York based artist Michael Bevilacqua. This will be Bevilacqua's second solo exhibit with the gallery. This exhibition, radically different from his last at the gallery, is much more minimal, starkly showcasing his technical and conceptual skill as a painter.
Redmoon, the Chicago based, civic-focused theater company is planning to launch the outdoor festival J.O.E., set for Labor day weekend, and is beginning city-wide guerilla performances that will lead up to the spectacle collaboration THE ASTRONAUT'S BIRTHDAY with the Museum of Contemporary Art, scheduled for September 2010.
Artistic Director Robert Falls announced two exciting mainstage additions plus an unprecedented partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art to Goodman Theatre's upcoming 2010/2011 season (begins September 2010), completing the season schedule.
GERING & LóPEZ GALLERY is pleased to present Placebo Effect, an exhibition of new paintings on linen by New York based artist Michael Bevilacqua. This will be Bevilacqua's second solo exhibit with the gallery. This exhibition, radically different from his last at the gallery, is much more minimal, starkly showcasing his technical and conceptual skill as a painter.
Thatcher Projects is proud to present Look Again an exhibition of new paintings by Belgian artist Jus Juchtmans. This is the artist's second solo exhibition at the gallery.
GERING & LóPEZ GALLERY is pleased to present WILLIAM ANASTASI: Drawings. This will be Anastasi's first exhibition with the gallery, and his fifth solo exhibition with Sandra Gering.
About Face Theatre Board President Bill Michel today announced the appointment of Jason Held as AFT's new Executive Director. Held brings his experience as a lawyer, political fundraiser and advocate for LGBTQ youth to AFT, most recently working for the Illinois Safe Schools Alliance.
Thatcher Projects presents Look Again, an exhibition of new paintings by Belgian artist Jus Juchtmans, opening April 22 and showing trhough May 29, 2010.
Jane M. Saks, Executive Director of the Ellen Stone Belic Institute, and About Face Theatre Artistic Director, Bonnie Metzgar, announce the world premiere of a new one-person play, SWEET TEA: Black Gay Men of the South, written and performed by E. Patrick Johnson, and directed by award-winning artist Daniel Alexander Jones.
Westwood Gallery will present a solo exhibition by New York artist Will Insley. ONECITY, envisioned by Insley, is a 675 mile square architectural labyrinth of mythology buried in the central North American plains. Through drawings, paintings, and photomontage the artists created a civilization based on his written manuscript leading to the concept of ONECITY. For over forty years, Insley created this ongoing project which was exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum, NYC in 1984.