THE SEASON’S HIGHLIGHTS BARBARA KRUGER: THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU. This Art Institute of Chicago exhibition encompasses the full breadth of Kruger’s career, including works on vinyl, site-specific installations, animations, and multichannel video. • Sept 19 – Jan 24, 2022
BARBARA KRUGER, UNTITLED (TRUTH), 2013. DIGITAL IMAGE COURTESY OF THE ARTIST
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KARA WALKER AT THE DUSABLE MUSEUM Kara Walker’s art turns the harm of racism upon itself by refusing to veil the history of slavery in shame or euphemism. Offered up for reconsideration in our time, these vignettes of antebellum characters in the style of black paper portraiture confront us with powerful questions of how to deal with our nation’s painful past. • Thru Oct 16 dusablemuseum.org
KARA WALKER AT THE DUSABLE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART
NEON AND LIGHT MUSEUM POP-UP
LOUISE FISHMAN AT KRANNERT ART MUSEUM
The Neon and Light Museum pop-up invites guests to stand in, under and around some 70 professional neon and light-based sculptures in a bright, dramatic immersive exhibition opening in River North at 325 West Huron for a limited eight-week run starting Sept. 9. Tickets at neonandlightmuseum.com
A Question of Emphasis: Louise Fishman Drawing is the first career spanning exhibition and publication of Fishman’s works on paper from 1964 – 2021. • Aug 26 – Feb 26, 2022 kam.illinois.edu LOUISE FISHMAN AT KRANNERT ART MUSEUM
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DRAWN TO COMBAT: BILL MAULDIN & THE ART OF WAR
The fair, formerly SOFA, went virtual in 2020 and is back in person at Navy Pier this fall, focusing on 3D artworks that cross the boundaries of fine art, decorative art, fiber arts, and design • Nov 4 – 7
A retrospective of the work by two-time Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist about our nation’s wars, civil rights, and social justice. • Thru spring 2022
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