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	Immigrant Nation, at the Chicago Latino Film Festival The upcoming Chicago Latino Film Festival is going to be filled with great works from around the world, but one of the most anticipated Chicago debuts will be very local. Esaú Meléndez, a local... more
	Drift over to Fill In the Blank My first visit to Fill In the Blank {FIB} gallery yielded a great evening, with a wonderful variety of artwork from two artists. FIB is an artist run gallery in Lincoln Square whose tag line is "... more
	A New Op Shop As spring settles in, I have been drawn outside more and more, this week I headed to Hyde Park, where Laura Schaeffer is preparing to open her second Op Shop. Laura's Op Shops start as vacant... more
	The Ooey Gooey Aesthetics of Artist Paul Nudd As most of you already know I love a good studio visit, and doing ChicagoArts allows me to visit some of the most interesting studios in the area. I recently met with Paul Nudd who many of you may... more
	Surprisingly Impressive Have you ever looked at something and thought "There is no reason in the world that this should be good" and even still, it is? Every now and again I see art that catches me by surprise, not... more
	Liminal: New Paintings by Trine Bumiller Trine Bumiller, who currently has a show Zg Gallery in River North, paints trees. You may think that that is nothing to write home about but I would beg to differ. Trine's paintings are more than... more
	Farther Where Art Thou: The Depletion of a National Resource the photography of Bryant Johnson My first visit to Blanc, on S Martin Luther King Dr was for the photography of Bryant Johnson. If it is true that nobody reads artist statements at an art opening, Bryant is lucky to say the least... more
	Addington Gallery Addington Gallery opened with three newly acquired artists this weekend, and as always the surface was the focus. In the main gallery was the work of Carl A Linstum, who's mixed media paintings... more
	Moby Dick Timothy Vermeulen's new paintings are based on specific texts from Moby Dick, and currently showing at Packer Schopf Gallery. Tim's figures, and his use of perspective that is just off enough to keep... more
	M155 4m3r1c4 If you follow me on FourSquare you'll already know I was at the leet speak filled M155 4m3r1c4, or Miss America, last night at Noble & Superior Projects. I had never been there before and thought... more

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