Premiering Tuesday, May 26 at @mcachicago.bsky.social — DEB SOKOLOW in “Beneath the Surface of the Everyday” (dir. Alex Morelli)

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A few years ago, I put together a website showcasing architectural terra cotta in Chicago. It's far from complete and never will be. Take a look, though. This city has some amazing stuff. (It's not speedy.) chiterracottatours.com

An institution I wish I got over to more often, there have been some remarkable exhibits at The Arts Club - Duchamp, anyone? A nice look at how it stays relevant after so many years. . chttps://art.newcity.com/2026/05/06/how-the-arts-club-of-chicago-stays-contemporary-in-its-second-century/ #art

Great exhibition opportunity at ARC Gallery, Chicago!

I'm off this week, but the architecture beat doesn't sleep. Will be talking about the architecture of the West Side (and showing images on that subject from my next book), 7:00pm – 8:30pm, Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, Riverside, IL

CHANGE MY MIND! Quimby’s Bookstore in Chicago has the world’s largest retail collection of zines. You can’t get this sh!t at Barnes & Noble! 🤘🏽

Chicago folks - Hosting an open studio tonight with a few artists in my building. 5-8pm, 350 N Ogden Ave. (West Loop)

/mæn-ʌs/ A Chicago Art Zine is now available at Chicago's Revolution Brewing, through Good Things Vending! Go grab a drink and. copy of the zine, support two local entrepreneurs. #chicagoart #zine #art

Intuit solo show is a dream come true for self-taught Morgan Park artist Marvin Young. blockclubchi.co/48fqOVW

/mæn-ʌs/ A Chicago Art Zine is now available at Chicago Comics (@chicagocomics.bsky.social)! This store is chock full of amazing items, so really great to be added to their inventory! #chicagocomics #chicagoart #chicagoartists #chicagoartzine #zine #menasgallerychicago #menasgallery #art

The New City Breakout Artists 2026: Chicago’s Next Generation of Image Makers art.newcity.com/2026/04/03/b... #chicagoart #art #blueskyart

Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas is on display at Chicago's Smart Museum of Art from March 24, 2026 - July 5, 2026. . www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/compo... #chicagoart #art #blueskyart

Go check out the spring edition of Chicago Gallery News, my first piece ever published in print!

EXPO CHICAGO returns to Navy Pier April 9-12, 2026 - galleries, programs, lounges, and more. And lots of art . press.frieze.com/expo-chicago... #chicagoart #art #blueskyart

What y'all doing next Friday? Join @ridgehistorical.bsky.social April 10th at the Beverly Arts Center as @leebey1.bsky.social tells us why the South Side is the Best Side. Oh wait... I'm being told the formal title is "The Architectural Beauty of the Far South & Southwest Side." Link in next post.

This is so pure and good

/mæn-ʌs/ A Chicago Art Zine April 2026 is available in the webshop and all the finest establishments. Meet Collector Susan Gescheidle; Poems by Kevin Coval; Chicago artists Daniel Wilson and David Alton; Pullman Arts www.menasgallerychicago.com/shop/p/menas... #art #chicagoart #blueskyart

Bodock Gallery’s Group Show Considers the American Shift “From Porch to Patio.” “From Porch to Patio” was on view at Bodock through March 21. . art.newcity.com/2026/03/19/b... #chicagoart #art #blueskyart

Travel a little for the opportunity to see the Gertrude Abercrombie retrospective at the Milwaukee Art Museum . art.newcity.com/2026/03/24/t... #chicagoart #art #blueskyart

Chicago artists Third Coast Percussion continues to push its sound in new directions . www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga... #chicagoart #chicagoarthistory #art #blueskyart

The last one?! Dutch Auction featuring Chicago artist Penny Pinch at VSG Contemporary - buy now or wait for prices to drop? Only through tomorrow, Sunday March 29th!! . shop.vsgcontemporary.com/collections/... #chicagoart #art #blueskyart

Are you excited? Only 6 days until the April issue of /mæn-ʌs/ A Chicago Art Zine is published! This month check out more Chicago art history, ephemera, poetry, and artists, like Daniel Wilson, Frank Piatek (RIP) Mia Lee, and the Chicago Roller Skate Company (what?!). Also, You Weren't There.

Diasporal Rhythms Artist Studio Tours Presents Chicago artist Cleveland Dean . www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qUD... #chicagoart #chicagoarthistory #art #blueskyart

Notes for String Theory by artist Candace Hicks.

/mæn-ʌs/ A Chicago Art Zine is now available at Chicago's Revolution Brewing, through Good Things Vending! Go grab a drink and. copy of the zine, support two local entrepreneurs. #chicagoart #zine #art

Chicago's Obama Presidential Center is taking a big swing at contemporary art chicago.suntimes.com/art/2026/03/... #chicagoart #art #blueskyart #chicagoarchitecture

Are you excited? Only 15 days until the April issue of /mæn-ʌs/ A Chicago Art Zine is published! This month check out more Chicago art history, ephemera, poetry, and artists, like Daniel Wilson, Frank Piatek (RIP) Mia Lee, and the Chicago Roller Skate Company (what?!). Also, You Weren't There.

Bloodshot Records co-founder Rob Miller writes about when punk met country in Chicago music's indie scene in this excerpt from "The Hours Are Long, But the Pay Is Low: A Curious Life in Independent Music." . www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga... #chicagoart #chicagoarthistory #art #blueskyart

Are you excited? Only 15 days until the April issue of /mæn-ʌs/ A Chicago Art Zine is published! This month check out more Chicago art history, ephemera, poetry, and artists, like Daniel Wilson, Frank Piatek (RIP) Mia Lee, and the Chicago Roller Skate Company (what?!). Also, You Weren't There.

Chicago Art History: Midway Vignette #90 - Kevin Coval and The Story of Chicago Hip-Hop . www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LXs... #chicagoart #chicagoarthistory #art #blueskyart

Motörhead covers David Bowie www.youtube.com/watch?v=J06y...

Growing up in SoCal, it was always amazing to see what one could see open the street - cool to see it being celebrated store.usps.com/store/produc...

Chicago art history: In episode 1 of The Madness of Art, artist Tony Fitzpatrick drops by and tries to explain the old adage "time is money." . www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcQv... #chicagoart #chicagoarthistory #art #blueskyart

Are you excited? Only 22 days until the April issue of /mæn-ʌs/ A Chicago Art Zine is published! This month check out more Chicago art history, ephemera, poetry, and artists, like Daniel Wilson, Frank Piatek (RIP) Mia Lee, and the Chicago Roller Skate Company (what?!). Also, You Weren't There.

The scary thing about getting older is the reminder that none of us, not even the orneriest punk ever, is safe. Speedy recovery to Jello Biafra after having a stroke Saturday.

Check out zinemap.com. This international map of zine shops, libraries and events is a stellar resource - lots of community input and some interviews too. Thanks to its creator CJ for telling me about it this morning. Happy to boost this, as it's filled with useful information.

Chicago artists Bob Faust and Nick Cave talk about how special Chicago's Intuit Art Museum is . www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO_r... #chicagoart #chicagoarthistory #art #blueskyart

/mæn-ʌs/ A Chicago Art Zine is now available at Chicago's Revolution Brewing, through Good Things Vending! Go grab a drink and. copy of the zine, support two local entrepreneurs. #chicagoart #zine #art

Chicago art History: Chicago artist Liz Flores profiled by 18th Street Distillery . www.youtube.com/watch?v=31np... #chicagoart #chicagoarthistory #art #blueskyart

Designed in 1893 by architects Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler, the Chicago Stock Exchange Building was celebrated as an architectural masterpiece. And its crown jewel was the breathtaking Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room. change.org/SaveTheTradingRoom

Great Chicago band - find them on Bandcamp lowgroundchi.bandcamp.com/album/good-l...

The "Lines and Language" zine show is up at Prism Spaces in Chicago! TOMORROW NIGHT: Artist Reception on March 6th, from 6-8pm - there will be music, drinks, and snacks, come check out all the zines! . #chicagozines #artzine #menasartzine #artexhibition #prismspaces #chicagoart #chicagoartists

Join us next Friday (the 13th) for our 13-Year Anniversary Show! See you soon.

/mæn-ʌs/ A Chicago Art Zine is now available at Chicago Comics (@chicagocomics.bsky.social)! This store is chock full of amazing items, so really great to be added to their inventory! #chicagocomics #chicagoart #chicagoartists #chicagoartzine #zine #menasgallerychicago #menasgallery #art

Tom Billings, Whore Skull, 2026 #chicagoart #art #blueskyart

Kurt Cobain would have been 59 today - has it really been 31 years since he left us? Hug your friends and family, let them know they are not alone

Send lawyers, guns, and money

An Introduction to Outsider Artist Henry Darger and His Bizarre 15,000-Page Illustrated Masterwork www.openculture.com/2026/02/an-i... #chicagoart #art #blueskyart

Now available in the shop The second issue of /mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine! RIP Tony Fitzpatrick, Maxwell Volkman mask, public art, and more - 40 pages this time, printed on 60lb stock, edition of 100. #chicagoart #art #chicagoartzine #zine #blueskyart

Richard Hull (American, b. 1955) - this Chicago artist is a graduate of the School of the Art Institute Chicago, where many of Chicago’s legendary Imagist painters showed and taught in the late-1970’s, and their influence on his work is clear. Now, 1990 lithograph #art #chicagoart #blueskyart