The threat of climate change can seem overwhelming. Existential in its ramifications. It’s no wonder, then, that many School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) artists, designers, and scholars—who regularly tackle the pressing issues of our time—have made humanity’s environmental footprint central to their work.
Growing up in the gray, industrial expanse of Milan during the 1970s, he’d spend summers in Southern Italy where his senses would come alive from the colorful, lush natural environment.
ArtReview has announced this year’s Power 100 list, an “annual ranking of the most influential people in art.” The 2021 Power 100 list recognizes three School of the Art Institute of Chicago community members.
Borderless Magazine speaks to painter Bassim Al-Shaker (MFA 2021) about his internationally recognized paintings, his upcoming group show at Zolla/Lieberman gallery, and his immigration experience from Iraq to the United States.
On March 4, Lecturer Sonya Bogdanova will perform “Hog Butcher of the World” a Syracuse University. It will be broadcast on Zoom.
Bani Abidi (MFA 1999) has had a big year. Her mid-career retrospective, Bani Abidi: The Man Who Talked Until He Disappeared, opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago in September 2021.
Art and travel have always been important to Vílchez and Rose’s lives. “I started writing songs when I was seven,” Rose shared.
For her latest solo exhibition at JTT Gallery, Point of View, alum Diane Simpson (MFA 1978) draws influence from many architectural sources as well as her own collection of photographs and drawings.
When Hai-Wen Lin (MDes 2023) arrived at Ox-Bow, where they had been awarded the LeRoy Neiman Summer Fellowship, they weren’t immediately sure what to do with themselves.
In the March 2022 issue of Art in America, Professor Claire Pentecost wrote a feature on bio art and its importance in the world today.
