SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

MEL BOCHNER DRAWINGS: A RETROSPECTIVE

Mel Bochner has been at the forefront of Conceptual Art for six decades. This exhibition includes nearly 90 works from all phases of his career and is the first to use drawing as its principle organizing focus.

The Art Institute of Chicago • Apr 23–Aug 22

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SCULPTURE MILWAUKEE

Sculpture Milwaukee’s 6th exhibition, curated by Ugo Rondinone and entitled Nature Doesn’t Know About Us, will include “13 works by 13 artists who combine skeptical clarity and at times humor-tinged desire to locate the intersection of spiritual and physical presence in our daily life,” says Rondinone. • Jun 2022–Oct 2023

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AMERICAN FRAMING

Wrightwood 659 will reinstall American Framing, the U.S. entry in the Pavilion for the 17th International Architecture Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia (2021). In addressing the theme of, “How Will We Live Together?”, the U.S. entry presented wood-framed construction, a practice popularized in America in the 19th century, and still used in 90 percent of new homes today. This presentation includes a three-story installation in Wrightwood 659’s atrium. • May 6–Jul 16

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JENNIE C. JONES

This is the artist’s first show back at PATRON Gallery following her recent exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum earlier this year. • Jun 4–Jul 16

MEL BOCHNER, PORTRAIT OF EVA HESSE, 1966. COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST. © MEL BOCHNER. PHOTO BY NICHOLAS KNIGHT

KARA HAMILTON, CURTAIN WALL, 2021, CREAM CITY BRICK, TYNDALL LIMESTONE, DIMENSIONS VARIABLE. COURTESY OF KARA HAMILTON AND COOPER COLE, TORONTO. IMAGE: BRIAN PFISTER / SCULPTURE MILWAUKEE. PART OF THE 2021/2022 EDITION OF SCULPTURE MILWAUKEE

ADDITION TO THE PAVILION OF THE UNITED STATES. COURTESY THE PAVILION OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE 17TH INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION AT LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA.