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Chicagoans Find Use for Awful Marilyn Monroe Statue After All
Remember that gigantic statue of Marilyn Monroe getting her dress blown up by artist Seward Johnson that landed in Chicago not too long ago? Hint: we called it sexist, kitschy, and irrelevant. Well, as...
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Jessica Stockholder Unleashes Tornado of Color on Windy City Streets
Chicago may have become the butt of a great number of jokes since it unveiled J. Seward Johnson’s “Forever Marilyn” last summer, but America’s former livestock capital is looking to beef up its public...
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Chicago’s Giant Marilyn Monroe Statue is Moving to California
Almost as soon as we learned that Chicago’s oft-ridiculed giant statue of Marilyn Monroe would be leaving Pioneer Court on Monday following a tumultuous ten-month tenure, we began to wonder where it...
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Jessica Stockholder’s Enormous “Color Jam” Installation in Chicago Nearly...
For her first major public art installation since she turned Madison Square Park into a giant, bright playground, Jessica Stockholder is giving a similarly primary-hued makeover to a busy intersection...
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Expo Chicago Kicks Off With Hot Dogs, Rahm Emanuel, and Tentative Sales
Civic pride is not a feeling one normally associates with art fairs, but it informed almost every element of the inaugural Expo Chicago’s vernissage last night at Navy Pier. From the Chicago...
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Chicago’s Struggling Field Museum Makes Major Cuts to Scientific Research
With little left to cut after years of difficult finances, the Field Museum in Chicago is massively reducing its spending on scientific operations. Last week museum president Richard Lariviere...
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New Jersey’s Mana Contemporary to Open 300,000-Square-Foot Chicago Outpost
The rapidly expanding Jersey City arts complex Mana Contemporary — one of ARTINFO’s top 20 art day trips near New York City — has crossed state lines and opened a Chicago outpost. The new facility,...
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Theaster Gates-Commissioned Mural Whitewashed in Chicago
Just one month after it was created, a mural commissioned by Theaster Gates has been whitewashed by the city of Chicago, according to a Chicago Magazine story that Artforum drew our attention to....
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