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An untitled exhibition at The Renaissance Society, Chicago, explores the friction between the artworld’s emphasis on in-person experience and its dependence on mediation 

BY Lisa Yin Zhang | 30 JUN 23

During Frieze New York, catch solo shows by Allana Clarke and Esmaa Mohamoud at Kavi Gupta, Chicago, and Xiyadie's queer papercuts at The Drawing Center, New York

11 MAY 23

From a group show of Black artists at Johnson Lowe to Ignacio Gatica’s multi-media sculptures, here are the best shows to see across the US right now

BY frieze | 14 APR 23

At Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, the lauded musician shows artwork that reveals his decades-long experimentation in each discipline through the practice of the other

BY Dmitry Samarov | 21 FEB 23

An exhibition at the Smart Art Museum, Chicago, questions the role of the market and the possibility of pure aesthetics in single-coloured works

BY Alex Jen | 29 DEC 22

At Kavi Gupta, Chicago, the artist debuts meditative paintings that are about their own making

BY Dmitry Samarov | 29 NOV 22

At Monique Meloche, Chicago, the artist subverts the worst of American racial stereotyping in briskly emotive figurative paintings

BY Jackson Arn | 27 OCT 22

From Meriem Bennani’s supernatural film at Renaissance Society to Devan Shimoyama’s transformative paintings and sculptures at Kavi Gupta, these are the must-see shows in Chicago

BY Marko Gluhaich | 07 APR 22

An exhibition at Goldfinch Gallery, Chicago, showcases the painter’s unfussy yet intimate studies of behaviour and mundanity

BY Alex Jen | 06 DEC 21

Andrea Emelife talks to patron Ralph Segreti about the artists he champions, including Theaster Gates

BY Aindrea Emelife AND Ralph Segreti | 03 OCT 21

Just ahead of her 80th birthday, an interview with the pioneering painter and highlight of the Chicago Tribute section

BY Matthew McLean | 19 APR 20

The recently named 'Chicagoan of the Year' will curate a tribute section to women artists of Chicago, marking 100 years since American women gained the right to vote 

15 JAN 20

Ahead of the openings of EXPO Chicago and the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial, a guide to the most moving, relevant and astonishing shows around town

BY B. David Zarley | 18 SEP 19

Drawing from Martian landscapes and the notebooks of a closeted lesbian science fiction writer, the artist shows us how far we humans have yet to go

BY Lauren DeLand | 22 AUG 19

The artist’s public sculpture was spray-painted with graffiti

BY Frieze News Desk | 03 JUL 19

At Richard Gray Gallery, sociological statistics meet medieval sculpture in a powerful commentary on black life in the US 

BY Joel Kuennen | 21 JUN 19

A survey of the artist’s paintings and sculptures at Chicago’s Kavi Gupta skewers drug companies’ marketing tactics in the midst of the US opioid crisis

BY B. David Zarley | 12 JUN 19

‘Sculpture is the best way to ask a question’

In Collaboration with Gray

A new book catalogues ephemera from Chicago’s Southside and its greatest musical export

BY Frieze News Desk | 31 JAN 19

With a show running at Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, the legendary British artist talks painting, photography and joining the two together

In Collaboration with Gray