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Inspired by the actions and tropes of the HALFLIFERS’ extensive body of work on video, Loophole Limbo delves deep into the archives of the Video Data Bank collection in order to expose, interrogate, and investigate the performative in artists’ video. Featuring work produced across every decade of video’s relatively short history, the investigation reveals that artists’ video is obsessed, alien...   [more]

Chicago artist Doug Ischar gives a presentation about his work, sponsored by Northwestern's Department of Art Theory & Practice.   [more]

In conjunction with Beyond Influence: The Art of Little City, join co-curators Matthew Arient and Frank Tumino as they offer insight into each of the 11 featured artists, their practices and their art.   [more]

The MCA presents live jazz concerts every Tuesday this summer during Tuesdays on the Terrace. On June 4, jazz trumpet player Corey Wilkes performs. A local musician, Wilkes is celebrated for his creative improvisation and skillful interplay with contemporary hip-hop beats. Each week Puck’s Café serves a different, internationally-themed barbeque dinner buffet with dishes made of locally-grown p...   [more]

In a series of 18 striking images, the words of Jewish luminaries from Maimonides to Susan Sontag are newly interpreted and graphically transformed by renowned artists and designers including Milton Glaser, Carin Goldberg, Seymour Chwast, and Chicago's Art Paul. An initiative of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, Voices & Visions elicits the power of art to communicate great ideas and inspire reflection and conversati...   [more]

There will be a Closing reception on Saturday, June 29 from 5–8 pm, with an Artist’s talk by Robb Stone at 6 pm.   [more]