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Manuel López was born in 1983 in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. His father encouraged him and his sisters to draw and create art. López recalled drawing cereal mascots such as Trix the Rabbit and selling his first work, a drawing of The Rocketeer, to a neighbor. [5]
In addition to the world-renown Art Institute of Chicago, which houses nearly 300,000 works of art alone, there are countless independent spaces to explore—which is exactly why we did a deep ...
Chicago Art Review, which ran from 2009-2011 and is currently in hiatus, began in 2009 as well. [68] In 2010, Sixty Inches From Center was established and includes The Chicago Arts Archive, a web publication focusing on visual art in Chicago. [69]
Michael Rakowitz (Arabic: مايكل راكويتز; born Long Island, New York, 22 October 1973) is an Iraqi-American artist living and working in Chicago.He is best known for his conceptual art shown in non-gallery contexts.
Womanhouse (January 30 – February 28, 1972) was a feminist art installation and performance space organized by Judy Chicago and Miriam Schapiro, co-founders of the California Institute of the Arts Feminist Art Program, and was the first public exhibition of art centered upon female empowerment. Chicago, Schapiro, their students, and women ...
Kavi Gupta is a contemporary art gallery owned by gallerist Kavi Gupta. Headquartered in the West Loop neighborhood of Chicago, the gallery operates multiple exhibition spaces as well as Kavi Gupta Editions, a publishing imprint and bookstore.
The Three Arts Club of Chicago was a Chicago home and club for women in the "three arts" of music, painting and drama. [2] The club, modeled on the Three Arts Club of New York, was founded in 1912. [3] Today, the Three Arts Club building is owned by Restoration Hardware Chicago, featuring an art gallery and restaurant (Three Arts Café). The ...
Laura L. Letinsky [1] (born 1962) [2] is an artist and a professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago. [1] She is currently based in Chicago, Illinois where she lives and works.