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Robert Middaugh -- What Remains Beautifully constructed mixed-media creations join displays reminiscent of Joseph Cornell boxes and scientific curios. A made-up language paired with images of eclipses, moon, planet and sun phases, and other artifacts make illustrations to an unseen, mystical, ancient and foreign dissertation. At Printworks, through February 13, 2010.

Gregory Jacobsen -- Prostrate Grotesque, imaginary vegetable and quasi-biological constructions stand in for mutilated bodies, animals, and other body parts. The small to medium paintings are immediately surrealist though not as patently offensive or sexual as some of Gregory Jacobsen's work can often be. Although it's still difficult to think of hanging one of these works in one's house unless you really like horror films and gore, the old adage "you are what you eat" does come to mind as it did for many critics looking at Arcimboldo's work. At Zg Gallery, through February 20, 2010.

Lauren E. Simonutti -- 8 Rooms, 7 Mirrors, 6 Clocks, 2 Minds & 199 Panes of Glass Lauren Simonutti explores her own mental illness in this deeply personal yet surrealist exhibit of small photographs. Obsessively examining and analyzing, these haunting images give us a glimpse into Ms. Simonutti's psychosis without losing our attention. Dark, lightly hand-painted images go where the surrealists wanted to but couldn't, can't, and probably shouldn't. They show that our dreams and the deepest, darkest areas of our mind are not as profane as they would have us believe, but may be just as confusing or puzzling. At Catherine Edelman Gallery, through March 6, 2010.


 

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Monday, February 8, 2010

Chicago

Sculpture sells for $104M -- has twin at Art Institute -- Chicago Sun-Times - IL

A Chicago mural tells a story of a recent past, but will the future accept it? -- Medill Reports: Chicago - IL

 

National

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Raises $250 Million for Expansion and Endowment -- ArtDaily - ArtDaily.org

Fargo Museum Getting $1.2 Million Mural -- KQCD-TV Dickinson

Grand Avenue Museum Plan Sparks Excitement -- Los Angeles Downtown News - CA

SFMOMA raises $250 million in 6 months -- San Francisco Chronicle - CA

Grosz heirs vs MoMA case dismissed - three-year statute of limitations has run out -- The Art Newspaper - UK

Las Vegas Art Museum: A Cure Worse Than The Disease? -- ArtsJournal - USA

 

International

First Bilingual, Collaboratively Authored Guide to Chinese Contemporary Art ... -- ArtDaily - ArtDaily.org

Museum's visitor numbers hailed -- BBC News - UK

Artspeak? It's complicated -- Guardian - UK


 

-- Announcement for The Museum of Contemporary Photography  2/8/2010
-- Announcement for Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago  2/8/2010
-- Announcement for Hyde Park Art Center  2/8/2010
-- Announcement for Gene Siskel Film Center  2/8/2010
-- Announcement for A+D Gallery  2/5/2010
-- Announcement for ARTExhibionLink.com  2/5/2010
-- Announcement for Gallery 400 UIC  2/3/2010
-- Announcement for Andrew Rafacz Gallery  2/2/2010
-- Announcement for Museum of Contemporary Art  2/1/2010
-- Announcement for Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago  2/1/2010

 

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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Chicago

Art supplier Pearl closes Chicago store -- Chicago Tribune- IL

 

National

Reuters -- Heir eyes fortune as "lost" Klimt comes to auction

LACMA's art harvest -- Los Angeles Times - CA

Stephen Huneck, Artist of Dogs, Dies at 61 -- New York Times - NY

New Orleans, Indianapolis art museums make a Super Bowl bet -- USA Today - USA

 

International

Christie's London Sale Hits Target as Unseen Picasso Sells for $13 Million -- ArtDaily - ArtDaily.org

Energetic Bidding Drives Sale of Impressionist and Modern Masters -- New York Times - NY

Giacometti Sculpture Fetches Record $103.4 Million -- BusinessWeek - USA

Entrance fee proposal for gallery -- BBC News - UK


Monday, February 1, 2010

Chicago

Chicago museum attendance rises 7% in '09 -- Chicago Tribune - IL

State rep. to return statue to Chicago university -- ABC7Chicago.com - IL

 

National

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art turns 75 with a splash -- Los Angeles Times - CA

Preventing accidents is an art form -- Boston Globe - MA

Will Damaged Picasso Be Worth As Much? -- NPR - USA

Recovery after annus horribilis -- The Art Newspaper - UK

Balance sheets -- The Art Newspaper - UK

The Art World's Gordon Gekko -- Wall Street Journal - USA

 

International

Quake's toll on Haitian art, heritage and income -- CNN - USA

The art market: Indians in trouble -- Financial Times

Christie's 2009 art sales down 24 percent from 2008 -- Reuters - USA

Chinese Loom as Art-Sale Players -- Wall Street Journal - USA

Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture Sale at Sotheby's Brings $61.6 Million -- ArtDaily - ArtDaily.org



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