Ori Gersht
Metaphorically, Ori Geshi's decompositions suggest the detritus left over from the material tendency to obsolescence. More...
Petra Cortright, “sapphine cinnamon viper fairy”
Petra Cortright emerged as a net artist in 2007, segued into showing videos and installations, and has now transitioned to creating printed images filled with fragments of appropriated imagery, and her own digital/drawn gestures. More...
Alfred Conteh
Alfred Conteh paints larger-than-life portraits of people he gets to know, seeking to represent their lives without telling explicit narratives. More...
Bruton Sisters
The popularity of the three Bruton sisters ran from the 1920s through the War. After that they gradually faded into obscurity, until now. More...
Leslie Martinez, "The Secrecy of Water"
Masses of manipulated paint emerge from the surface of Leslie Martinez' canvas as though thrust up by the force of nature. Formal use of color and texture are directed into emotions that are intensely visceral. More...
“From the Ground Up: Black Architects and Designers”
“From the Ground Up: Black Architects and Designers” chronicles the legacy of architecture built by slave labor through the rise of a professional class that has a growing track record of distinguished achievement. More...
Henry Jackson-Spieker
Henry Jackson-Spieker's “Interstitial Volume” comprises three distinct installations. Each stands alone, while designed to be experienced together. More...
Daniel Nez, “Fractal Lineage”
Daniel Nez uses geometric forms in his “Fractal Lineage” exhibition to embody elements of Navajo cosmology centered around the Four Worlds. Oral traditions passed down from Navajo elders are transformed into expressive visual narratives. More...
Jud Bergeron
Jud Bergeron's cast bronze and resin wall reliefs called “Cyclopean Runways” fuses the archaic with the modern. More...
Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero's stylized figures, done in large, exaggerated forms, are among the most recognizable artworks in the world. More...
Michiko Itatani, “Celestial Stage”
"Celestial Stage" traces Mickijo Itatani's path from cool monochromatic geometric imagery to a colorful inner space that draws on cosmology, sci-fi, and storybook illustration. More...
Shahzia Sikander
Shahzia Sikander combines Hindu, Muslim, and Western imagery, injecting her fusion with humor, ambiguity, and eroticism. More...
Jack Chevalier, “Memorial Exhibition”
After first drawing critical attention for abstractions calling to mind Native America artifacts., Jack Chevalier shifted to a figuration merging it with abstract symbol. More...
Jiyoung Chung
As stark and formal as Jiyoung Chung's mixed media works appear, each is subject to breezes, flutters of air, with open space between each layer. More...
Fair Use: What's Mine is Yours
The legal phrase “fair use” allows conditions for the creative re-use of copyrighted materials without permission. This show addresses that. More...
Roberta Harris
Roberta Harris applies blood-red paint to canvas with expressionistic brushstrokes that evoke emotional and physical pain. More...
Cannupa Hanska Luger
In Cannupa Hanska Luger's "Something to Hold Onto," strands of unfired clay beads hang suspended in a circular form, each one symbolizing a person who died in the southwest borderlands. More...
Omar Velázquez
In a jewel box of an exhibition Omar Velazquez combines a lush surrealism with a philosophic agenda. More...
Bisa Butler: A Jubilation of Candy-Colored Quilts
Bisa Butler calls them Kool-Aid colors. She’s speaking of her bright palette, not a tray of paint but a wonderland of cloth. From these materials, she renders larger-than-life portraits of Black Americans. More...
Looking Ahead 15 Years
In 2004, James Wood resigned as Director of the Art Institute of Chicago, succeeded by James Cuno, who was succeeded in turn in 2011 by Douglas Druick, who has now been succeeded by James Rondeau. James Yood thanks them all. More...
