{"article":{"id":1878,"title":"EXPO Chicago Announces 2022 Art Week Programming","excerpt":"","body":"<html><head></head><body><p>By CGN Staff via PR</p><p>EXPO CHICAGO is almost here, and in advance of the fair's opening on April 7, organizers have shared plans for the upcoming EXPO ART WEEK, April 4–10. Programming takes place throughout the city in many different partner arts organizations and institutions&nbsp;and features a robust calendar of art openings, exhibitions, performances, large-scale installations, and other special events taking place throughout Chicago.</p><p>Following are some of the featured alignments for 2022. A full list of programs may be <a href=\"https://www.expochicago.com/expo-art-week\">viewed online</a>.&nbsp;</p><h1>&nbsp;</h1><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3776/standard/AFRICOBRA_PENINSULA.jpg?1647019149\"><figcaption>Gerald Williams, <i>Take It</i>, 1971. Acrylic on Masonite.Courtesy of the artist and Kavi Gupta.</figcaption></figure><p>&nbsp;</p><p class=\"lead\">THE PENINSULA CHICAGO X AFRICOBRA: I AM SOMEBODY</p><p><strong>April 7&nbsp;– Mid- May, 2022</strong><br><a href=\"https://www.peninsula.com/en/chicago/art-in-resonance\">The Peninsula Chicago</a></p><p><strong>The Peninsula Chicago</strong> is proud to present an exhibition of works by AFRICOBRA founders Jae Jarrell, Wadsworth Jarrell, Sherman Beck, Jeff Donaldson&nbsp;and Gerald Williams, along with additional early members of the pioneering collective. AFRICOBRA was an artist collective founded on the South Side of Chicago in 1968. Known for creating art to address social and cultural challenges affecting the Black community, AFRICOBRA is one of the most significant arts movements of the second half of the twentieth century. The exhibition will feature a selection of works from the AFRICOBRA group's groundbreaking early exhibitions of the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as key insights into their aesthetic explorations before the group came together, and subsequent developments in the following decades. AFRICOBRA's incredible contributions to the history of art have been highlighted in such exhibitions as the 2019 Venice Biennale and the critically-acclaimed Soul of a Nation, which debuted at the Tate Modern in 2017, and traveled to five further museums. This exhibition is in partnership with Kavi Gupta, EXPO CHICAGO and The Peninsula Chicago.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419036/v3pubi54d61pw2wlxxy2.jpg\"><figcaption>Zohra Opoku,&nbsp;<i>To me belongs yesterday...,&nbsp;</i>2020. Screenprint on linen, thread. Courtesy of Mariane Ibrahim.<br>&nbsp;</figcaption></figure><p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"https://www.expochicago.com/art-after-hours\">ART AFTER HOURS</a></p><p>A citywide open gallery night inviting EXPO CHICAGO visitors and the Chicago community to experience the city’s vibrant art scene during extended hours from 6:00 – 9:00pm on Friday, April 8, 2022.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3777/standard/Nick_Cave_still_drive_by.jpeg.jpg?1647019980\" srcset=\"https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3777/retina/Nick_Cave_still_drive_by.jpeg.jpg?1647019980 2x\" sizes=\"100vw\"><figcaption>Nick Cave, <i>Drive-By</i>, 2011, film still.</figcaption></figure><p>&nbsp;</p><p class=\"lead\">NICK CAVE&nbsp;PREVIEW AT ART ON THEMART</p><p><strong>April 8, 2022&nbsp;| 8:00–10:00am</strong><br><a href=\"https://artonthemart.com/\">Art on theMART</a></p><p>Viewable along the Chicago Riverwalk, between Wells and Franklin Streets</p><p>In partnership with Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, <strong>Art on theMART</strong> is presenting a brand-new projection by acclaimed American artist Nick Cave. A preview of this projection will be viewable as a pop-up installment at Art on theMART during EXPO CHICAGO on Friday, April 8 from 8:00 – 10:00pm. The projection of Cave’s video work, made specifically for Art on theMART, is a remix of Cave’s original film&nbsp;<i>Drive-By</i>&nbsp;(2011) with new footage as part of the Summer 2022 programming to be shown twice nightly from May 5 through September 7, 2022. Cave’s projection will coincide with his first career-spanning retrospective,&nbsp;<i>Forothermore</i>,&nbsp;at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3779/standard/SENJU.jpeg?1647020208\" srcset=\"https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3779/retina/SENJU.jpeg?1647020208 2x\" sizes=\"100vw\"><figcaption>Installation view of Senju’s <i>Waterfall</i> for Chicago at the Art Institute of Chicago, 2021.</figcaption></figure><p class=\"lead\">SENJU’S WATERFALL&nbsp;FOR CHICAGO</p><p><strong>On view now through June 26</strong><br><a href=\"https://www.artic.edu/\">The Art Institute of Chicago</a></p><p>Under a combination of white light and UV lighting, the works evocatively express the force and motion of falling water.&nbsp;These enchanting painted screens are the work and a gift of Senju (b. 1958), a contemporary proponent of Nihonga, traditional Japanese painting. Known for his signature&nbsp;Waterfall&nbsp;works, Senju created the panels on view at the Art Institute specifically for the museum’s Gallery 109, the space designed by architect Andō Tadao. Thinking of the exhibition as a collaboration between himself and the architect through time, Senju tailored the scale and lighting to best suit this distinctive space.</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3780/standard/Barely_Fair.jpg?1647021085\" srcset=\"https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3780/retina/Barely_Fair.jpg?1647021085 2x\" sizes=\"100vw\"><figcaption>Barely Fair, Odd Ark LA—Brian Randolph. Photo: Roland Miller</figcaption></figure><p class=\"lead\">BARELY FAIR</p><p><strong>April 8&nbsp;– 10, 2022 | 6:00 </strong>–&nbsp;<strong>10:00 pm</strong><br>Color Club | 4146 N Elston Ave.</p><p>Barely Fair&nbsp;is a miniature art fair operated by the artist-run project space&nbsp;Julius Caesar. The invitational fair presents a tiny peek inside the programming of 30 contemporary art galleries, project spaces, and curatorial projects from around the world. Included spaces exhibit works in 1:12 scale booths built to mimic the design of a standard fair.&nbsp;Barely Fair opens with a vernissage&nbsp;on April 8 and runs through April 24. Located at the arts and events space Color Club, the fair will run with daily hours through the first weekend, and be open for weekly gallery hours and by appointment&nbsp;through April 24th.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3781/standard/Hank_Willis_Thomas_for_21_C_Alignment.jpg?1647021394\" srcset=\"https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3781/retina/Hank_Willis_Thomas_for_21_C_Alignment.jpg?1647021394 2x\" sizes=\"100vw\"><figcaption>Hank Willis Thomas, <i>Faith</i>, 2017. Fiberglass, chameleon auto paint finish © Hank Willis Thomas. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Courtesy of Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson, 21c Museum Hotels.</figcaption></figure><p>&nbsp;</p><p class=\"lead\">POP STARS! POPULAR CULTURE AND CONTEMPORARY ART</p><p><strong>March 21, 2022 –&nbsp;March 1, 2023</strong><br>21c Museum Hotel Chicago</p><p>The multi-media exhibition illuminates the intersection of celebrity, commerce, technology and the media, including notable works by Nick Cave, Titus Kaphar, Hank Willis Thomas and Kehinde Wiley, among others. Spanning all 10,000+ square feet of the 21c Museum Hotel Chicago’s gallery space,&nbsp;<i>Pop Stars!&nbsp;</i>features over 90 works of art by 55 artists from around the world. The artists exhibited in&nbsp;<i>Pop Stars!</i>&nbsp;examine recent shifts in how culture is being created and consumed, demonstrating the dominance of the popular as today’s ubiquitous culture. Curated by Museum Director and Chief Curator Alice Gray Stites.&nbsp;</p><p><i>A guided docent tour will be available on Friday, April 8 from 5:00 – 6:00pm.</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3782/standard/Theodora_Allen.jpg?1647021687\" srcset=\"https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3782/retina/Theodora_Allen.jpg?1647021687 2x\" sizes=\"100vw\"><figcaption>Theodora Allen, <i>Struck</i> (2021).Courtesy of Kasmin (New York). Photo: Jenalee Harmon.</figcaption></figure><p class=\"lead\">&nbsp;</p><p class=\"lead\">THEODORA ALLEN: SATURNINE</p><p><strong>March 29&nbsp;–&nbsp;July 10, 2022</strong><br><a href=\"https://driehausmuseum.org/\">The Richard H. Driehaus Museum</a></p><p>The Driehaus Museum presents&nbsp;<i><strong>Theodora Allen: Saturnine</strong></i>&nbsp;as part of their 2022 contemporary exhibition program&nbsp;<i>A Tale of Today</i>.&nbsp;Drawing upon the museum’s focus on ornamentation and exquisite craft, the exhibition—previously on view at the Kunsthal Aarhus (Denmark), curated by Stephanie Cristello—resonates with specific histories and motifs within the Nickerson Mansion and Driehaus collection, and installed within select period rooms of the Gilded Age mansion. A monograph published by Motto Books in Berlin accompanies the traveling exhibition.&nbsp;</p><p><i>An opening reception will take place April 6, 7:00 – 9:00pm.</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3842/standard/EP_CHRIS_LARSON_Thread_Room_.jpg?1647904802\" srcset=\"https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3842/retina/EP_CHRIS_LARSON_Thread_Room_.jpg?1647904802 2x\" sizes=\"100vw\"><figcaption>Chris Larson, <i>Thread Room</i>. Courtesy of the artist and ENGAGE Projects.</figcaption></figure><p class=\"lead\">&nbsp;</p><p class=\"lead\">CHRIS LARSON: THE RESIDUE OF LABOR</p><p><strong>April 8–May 21, 2022</strong><br>Opening reception April 8, 6:00–8:00pm |&nbsp;401 N Paulina St.</p><p>ENGAGE Projects is pleased to announce <i>The Residue of Labor</i>, a site-specific exhibition by St. Paul-based multimedia artist Chris Larson. The exhibition will be presented across two locations: Larson will debut a primary, large-scale installation at an offsite warehouse in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood (401 N Paulina St), in addition to a small presentation of works at ENGAGE Projects (864 N Ashland Ave). At the offsite location — a 10,000 square-foot warehouse in Chicago’s West Town neighborhood — Larson’s large-scale, site specific installation will include 55 recent works ranging from sculpture, video, drawing, painting, and photography, as well as an immersive work titled <i>Thread Room</i>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://d3ohkie937yx5f.cloudfront.net/system/scrapbook/placements/files/3793/standard/Screen_Shot_2022-03-11_at_2.58.43_PM.png?1647032373\"><figcaption>Bob Faust, <i>Logan Square/Englewood</i>, 2021. 12-color, digitally printed canvas, flash paint, gold and silver leaf. Image courtesy ofThe Peninsula Chicago and the artist.</figcaption></figure><p class=\"lead\">&nbsp;</p><p class=\"lead\">BOB FAUST:&nbsp;<i>WITH ALL, AND STILL…</i></p><p><strong>On view now through May&nbsp;2022</strong><br><a href=\"https://www.peninsula.com/en/newsroom/chicago/news/art-in-resonance-2021\">The Peninsula Chicago</a></p><p><i>with all, and still…</i>&nbsp;is a series of layered, billboard-scaled works created from photographic details captured by local Chicago artist Bob Faust from several of Chicago’s 77 neighborhoods. The vibrant, digital images are used as the main medium to create new artworks with unique reads from differing vantage points. The result is a colorful and immersive experience that feels as if the vernacular panels of distant canvas billboards have been transformed and transported to The Peninsula Chicago lobby, providing an urban and industrial counterpoint to the elegance of the surrounding hotel spaces.</p><p>&nbsp;</p></body></html>","published_at":"2022-03-23 10:00:00","state":"published","slug":"expo-chicago-announces-2022-art-week-programming","type":"NewsPost","meta_description":"","text":null,"created_at":"2022-03-24 15:32:15.67988","updated_at":"2022-03-29 22:33:26.754756","category_id":1,"highlighted":true,"searchable":"'00':350B,377B,448B,664B,666B,943B,1060B,1090B '000':865B,1173B '00am':379B '00pm':352B,450B,945B,1062B,1092B '1':720B,825B '10':41B,378B,449B,661B,665B,864B,964B,1172B '109':613B '12':721B,1219B '1958':582B '1960s':224B '1968':173B '1970s':227B '1971':100B '2011':363B,475B '2017':285B,784B '2019':266B '2020':312B '2021':532B,949B,1218B 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The reopening is timed to coincide with Veterans Day. Active military personnel, veterans and their families will receive free admission that day.</p><p><br></p><p>The project includes a redesigned Lillian &amp; Larry Goodman Auditorium and Gallery, an enlarged lobby in the Shapiro Family Foundation Welcome Center, and a refreshed Resilience Hall with an expanded stage for presentations and public programs.</p><p><br></p><p>Updates to the Zev &amp; Shifra Karkomi Holocaust Exhibition include additional material on the roots of antisemitism, the story of Chicago resident Leo Edelman, and the experiences of other groups targeted by the Nazis. A new reflection gallery, accessible from the exhibition, offers visitors a quiet space during and after their visit.</p><p><br></p><p>“Every visitor’s experience now begins differently and runs deeper,” said Kelley Szany, the Museum’s senior vice president of education and exhibitions. “The new welcome center sets the tone from the moment people arrive, the enhanced core Holocaust exhibition brings the history and the voices of survivors into sharper focus, and our new auditorium gives us a place to gather, listen, and talk about what it means for our communities today.”</p><p><br></p><p>Existing attractions, including the virtual reality theater, the interactive Survivor Stories Experience holographic theater, the Take A Stand Center and the Voices of Genocide Exhibition, will remain part of the Museum’s offerings.</p><p><br></p><p>Following the reopening,&nbsp;<em>Blacklist: The Hollywood Red Scare</em>&nbsp;will open November 15 in the special exhibition gallery. Created by and on loan from Jewish Museum Milwaukee, the exhibition examines the intersections of politics, antisemitism, freedom of speech and national security during the Red Scare of the 1940s and 1950s. It will remain on view through March 2027.</p><p><br></p><p>The Museum’s satellite location in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, <span style=\"color: rgb(13, 13, 13);\">Experience360, </span>will remain open through December 31, 2026. The downtown space opened during the Skokie renovation to provide continued access to the Museum’s immersive exhibitions.</p><p><br></p><p>For information and ticket reservations, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ilholocaustmuseum.org</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><span style=\"color: rgb(136, 136, 136);\">Image: Museum exterior. 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Partners include the Richard Hunt Legacy Foundation, Adler University, CAI Designs, Chicago Public Art Group, Chicago Sculpture Exhibit and Diasporal Rhythms.</p><p><br></p><p>Born and raised on Chicago’s South Side, Hunt developed an internationally recognized practice while continuing to live and work in his hometown. His welded metal sculptures brought together abstract forms, references to the natural world and an enduring interest in freedom and social justice.</p><p><br></p><p>Hunt identified attending Emmett Till’s funeral in 1955 as a turning point in his artistic life. Till had lived just two blocks from Hunt’s home. Decades later, Hunt’s public commissions would honor figures including Martin Luther King Jr., Mary McLeod Bethune, Jesse Owens and Ida B. Wells, while also addressing the Middle Passage and the Great Migration.</p><p>In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson appointed Hunt to the National Council on the Arts, where he became its first African American member. In 1971, at age 35, he became the first African American sculptor to receive a retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. His career encompassed more than 150 solo exhibitions and more than 160 public art installations.</p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791479104/lltcodkx39gd8sbhtus1.png\"></p><p><em style=\"color: rgb(136, 136, 136);\">Richard Hunt with artist Chris Devins, who recently completed a mural honoring the sculptor in Hyde Park. Photo courtesy of Chris Devins.</em></p><p><br></p><p>Recent projects in Chicago offer new ways to encounter Hunt’s work and history. This fall, the Logan Center opened the Hunt, a café honoring the artist. Created and designed by Little Black Pearl founder and executive director Monica Haslip, the space incorporates two Hunt sculptures, African art, archival materials and photographs by Sandro Miller.</p><p>In Hyde Park, artist Chris Devins and historian Michelle Duster have brought a mural of Hunt to 1515–19 E. 54th Street. The portrait is based on photographs Devins took in Hunt’s studio before the sculptor’s death.</p><p><br></p><p>“Richard Hunt was a giant in the arts world and people need to see what he looked like and be inspired by his legacy,” Devins said.</p><p><br></p><p>Pigment International’s dedication also reflects its own relationship with Hunt. The organization featured him in its magazine in 2020, and he welcomed its Black Fine Art Month programming into his studio in October 2021.</p><p><br></p><p>#</p><p><br></p><p>Two events take place this month:</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Pigment International at SPECTRUM Chicago Art Fair</strong></p><p><br></p><p>October 7–10, 2026.</p><p>Chicago Merchandise Mart, seventh floor, booth #3091.</p><p>Wednesday, October 7, 5–8 pm, with a champagne toast in the booth and an artist meet-and-greet.</p><p>Thursday, October 8, 6-8pm with Diasporal Rhythms</p><p>Featured artists:&nbsp;Jesse Howard, Howard Simmons, Edo, Candace Hunter, Sura DuPart and Max Sansing.</p><p>Additional events are taking place during the fair</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Chicago to the World: A Black Fine Art Month Convening</strong></p><p>Presented by Pigment International as part of Black Fine Art Month, which the organization has dedicated this year to Richard Hunt.</p><p>Friday, October 23, 2026, 11:30 am–5 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