Multimedia artist Mickalene Thomas has been an incredible force in the contemporary art world, using her work to challenge traditional representations of women in art.  Through photography and painting, she refashions the concept of the…

Titus Kaphar was recently featured in The New Haven Register, where he discussed his current project NXTHVN, set to open in New Haven, Connecticut in 2019.  An arts incubator with studios, gallery space and a…

For many artists, their lives and experiences shape the kind of work they create.  Nowhere is this more true than for sculptor and painter Kennedy Yanko, who is redefining the field of metalworking through her…

AFRICOBRA 50 opened last week at our 219 N. Elizabeth Street location in Chicago’s West Loop.  The retrospective exhibition features the work of the original founders and members of the African Commune of Bad Relevant…

Last week, “The Time Is Now! Art Worlds of Chicago’s South Side, 1960-1980” opened at the Smart Museum of Art.  Celebrating the pioneering artists living and working in Chicago’s South Side during the Black Arts…

Chicago-born sculptor Richard Hunt was recently featured in an article by UGA Today in anticipation of the Georgia Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibition on the artist.  The show, “Richard Hunt: Synthesis,” opens October 20th and…

Last week, the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, opened “I Can’t See You Without Me,” a show of work by New York-based painter, photographer and multimedia artist Mikalene Thomas.  The exhibition focuses…

Fall is an exciting time for contemporary art!  In a recent article, The New York Times highlighted some of this season’s most anticipated shows, including four museum exhibitions featuring works by Jeffrey Gibson, Glenn Kaino,…

This fall is all about AfriCOBRA! AfriCOBRA 50, a retrospective, will open at Kavi Gupta Gallery at the end of September and celebrate the group’s fifty years of global influence.  Meanwhile works from members of…