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Book Launch and Panel Discussion: Beyond Patronage: Reconsidering Models of Practice

Sullivan Galleries 33 S. State St., 7th Floor, Chicago , IL, United States

Beyond Patronage: Reconsidering Models of Practice is a book of essays, projects, and interviews that examine emerging forms of architecture and design sponsorship. Throughout the twentieth century, private clients enabled architects to develop and realize their most significant work. While the role of private clients is still central to the profession, an increasing number of

Danh Vo in Conversation with Hendrik Folkerts

Rubloff Auditorium 230 S Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL, United States

Vietnamese-born Danish artist Danh Vo draws upon his and others’ biographies and aspects of political history and social memory to dissect the forces that affect our lives in overt and unexamined ways. He analyzes the structures and processes that shape our identities, such as the American dream, capitalist culture, civic bureaucracy, colonial history, migration, and

Tomma Abts

Art Institute of Chicago 111 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, United States

London-based artist Tomma Abts (German, born 1967) has a remarkably singular and rigorous approach to contemporary painting. Since 1998, she has remained committed to producing acrylic and oil-on-canvas works, mainly in the same 19.8 x 15 inch (48 x 38 centimeter) portrait format. Abts’s works are powerfully magnetic—simultaneously muted and charged, offbeat and rich. This

Learning to Love: Chicago Preservation Stories

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Ballroom 112 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States

Free and open to the public Click here to RSVP Lost, forgotten and saved — Chicago’s historic buildings encounter various fates in their lifetime and their stories are constantly evolving. This panel discussion, moderated by Anne Sullivan (School of the Art Institute Chair of Historic Preservation), revisits key moments of success and failure in the history of

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