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Chicago Smartypants Answers and Winners

1. On what date did the Great Chicago Fire begin? ANSWER: October 8, 1871 2. True or False: The Great Chicago Fire was started when a cow kicked over a lantern in a barn owned by Patrick and Catherine O’Leary ANSWER: False. A newspaper reporter made up the story. 3. What is the name used to describe the events of February 14, 1929—events that contributed to a decline in public opinion...

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Art Institute Examines the Psychological Effects of Architecture through Exhibition

CHICAGO, IL.- Italian born, Berlin-based artist Monica Bonvicini (b. 1965) creates videos, sculptures, installations, and drawings that explore the physical and psychological effects of institutional, particularly museum, architecture. The first focus contemporary art exhibition presented in the Art Institute of Chicago 's Modern Wing, Monica Bonvicini: Light Me Black--on view November 20, 2009 through...

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Monica Bonvicini: Light Me Black

[ November 20, 2009 to January 24, 2010. ] Monica Bonvicini: Light Me Black Art Institute of Chicago November 20, 2009 through January 24, 2010 [ad#lb] Italian born, Berlin-based artist Monica Bonvicini (b. 1965) creates videos, sculptures, installations, and drawings that explore the physical and psychological effects of institutional, particularly museum, architecture. The first focus contemporary...

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Vendler on Robert Lowell

A new Art Institute of Chicago lecture by Helen Vendler on the late- or post-Modernist poet — who also happens to be one of my favorite poets — Robert Lowell, made available from The Poetry Foundation . Her lecture is, as her talks and writing always are, learned and thoroughly researched, giving it authority where it lacks some aspect of daring originality. She says, in contrast to the...

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Elise Ferguson, Capital X

Envoy Enterprises 131 Chrystie Street, 212-226-4555 East Village / Lower East Side November 12 - December 12, 2009 Opening: Thursday, November 12, 6 - 8 PM Web Site Elise Ferguson’s work is a series of reflections on the flexible nature of perception, abstraction and interior space. Continually referring to the creation and/or definition of space, the patterns and color choices encourage a fluidity...

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Art Institute highlights Konstantin Grcic

Time Out Chicago interviews curator Zoë Ryan about the Art Institute of Chicago's retrospective of German designer Konstantin Grcic. chicago.timeout.com read more (Like this story? Click the headline to vote it up on WindyCitizen.com)

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Ryerson and Burnham Libraries at the Art Institute of Chicago

Last Friday I was lucky enough to join other reference librarians from Zone 1 of the Metropolitan Library System for a tour of the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries at the Art Institute of Chicago . Susan Augustine, head of user services at the Ryerson Art Library was our guide, taking us behind the scenes to see the conservation lab, the pamphlet files, technical services, the stacks, and the archives....

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Thursday Plans: John Adams, Fulcrum Point

John Adams (Photo by Deborah O'Grady ) We've timed the walk between the Art Institute and the Harris Theater, and you can definitely attend both of these events. You'll even have enough time to grab a cup of coffee in between ( unless you go to Intelligentsia , of course). John Adams John Adams , one of the most renowned living composers, makes an appearance at the Chicago Humanities Festival , giving...

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Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago

Assembling 187 handcrafted, organic works the Art Institute of Chicago traces the origins of the Arts and Crafts Movement to its ripening against the reform movement in Chicago. A wide range of objects, from ceramic to metal, highlights the full scope of the Arts and Crafts aesthetic. Forming as a response to modern life and mass-production, [...] This article originally appeared on Selectism.com ....

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Lecturing Wright

The Art Institute of Chicago has some exciting lectures lined-up in conjunction with the new Arts and Crafts Movement exhibit. Read about the "Wright" one after the jump... Lecture: On Frank Lloyd Wright 12/17, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Fullerton Hall Free Donald Hallmark examines architect Frank Lloyd Wright's Dana-Thomas House in Springfield, Illinois. In 1902 Wright was engaged with the...

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Calendar. 11.10.09.

The Lay of the Land, 2009, by Michael Vasquez. (Image courtesy of Fredric Snitzer.) In Miami: Michael Vasquez at Fred Snitzer, opens Nov. 14. In Miami: Raymond Pettibon, Repeater Pencil, and Silvy Flury, Girls Just Wanna…, at World Class Boxing, opens Nov. 14. In Durham, N.C.: Andy Warhol: Polaroids at the Nasher Museum at Duke Unversity, opens Thursday. In [...]

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Vivian Norris de Montaigu: Art Brut Goes Mainstream

For me, that is true art. The artist becomes a kind of healer/shaman; and we who finally have access to these miraculous pieces, become initiated into worlds which take us places we have never been before.

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Apostles Of Beauty

The new must-see exhibit "Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts From Britain to Chicago" just opened at the Art Institute of Chicago this weekend. Check out the details here.Image copyright Art Institute of Chicago

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Barbara Crane: Challenging Vision

Age 81 and still taking pictures every day, Barbara Crane’s career retrospective, Challenging Vision, at the Chicago Cultural Center (CCC), hardly scratches the surface of her incredible body of work. She has shown in 170 group exhibitions, 75 solo exhibitions, and her work is included in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, [...]

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Roommates turn Logan Square apartment into art gallery

Art Institute graduate students Katherine Pill, 26 (right), and Francesca Wilmott, 24, operate the Concertina Gallery out of their own apartment. Brian J. Morowczynski for RedEyeBy Ryan SmithFor RedEyeMost curators don't make a habit of sleeping next to their exhibits,...