In Arkansas, The 21C Bentonville Hotel Mounts Another Fine Art Show
John Oseid, Forbes Magazine, March 27, 2025 For nearly twenty years, the 21C Museum Hotels have exhibited major world artists. A gorgeous and engaging show travels now... Read more
Talking a Big Game: The Art of Sports and the Sport of Art
Hyperallergic, Hyperallergic, March 26, 2025 Hyperallergic Editor-in-Chief Hrag Vartanian sits down with curator Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher and critic Seph Rodney to discuss the unexpected intersections... Read more
Frieze Los Angeles Reawakens the City With Its Sixth Edition
Jennifer Sauer, L'Officiel, February 18, 2025 An insider's roundup of the new and notable offerings at LA’s premier Art Fair, including gallery and event details to... Read more
Based On Memory: Arvie Smith Debuts Most Personal Work Yet in “Crossing Clear Creek” at moniquemeloche
Emma Riva, NewCity, February 5, 2025 When Arvie Smith moved from rural East Texas to South Central Los Angeles, he was the only kid who didn’t... Read more
Prospect 6 Review: What Is an Exhibition's Duty to Its Locality?
Allison K. Young, ArtReview, January 23, 2025 The Future Is Present, The Harbinger Is Home frames New Orleans as both a gift and lesson to the rest... Read more
New Orleans triennial positions the city as a model for a precarious, adaptive future
Benjamin Sutton, The Art Newspaper, January 23, 2025 The sixth edition of Prospect New Orleans, co-curated by Miranda Lash and Ebony G. Patterson, finds artists looking to the... Read more
The Art Institute surveys the culture of Panafrica
Jen Torwudzo-Stroh, Chicago Reader, January 16, 2025 The monumental exhibition aims to reflect the beauty and nuance of Africa. Read more here. Read more
The Baltimore Museum of Art announces approximately 75 acquisitions across medium, time, and culture
artdaily, January 10, 2025 The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) announced today the acquisition of approximately 75 works, spanning time, culture, and geography and... Read more
Observer’s Guide to the Must-Visit Biennials and Triennials of 2025
Elisa Carollo, Observer, January 9, 2025 The number of Biennials has surged globally, as goverments recognize contemporary art as a driving force for creative vitality and... Read more
Scott Burton’s Civic Engagement and Eroticism Merge at the Pulitzer
Nancy Princenthal, The New York Times, January 9, 2025 Stylish and sharp-witted, Scott Burton’s sculptures of the 1980s doubled as chairs, benches or tables. When they appeared in urban... Read more
On the Horizon: Select Highlights of the Coming Year in Chicago Art
Brian Hieggelke, NewCity Art, January 6, 2025 Last year ended on an extraordinary note, with the Art Institute-led Panafrica series of exhibitions filling spaces around the city.... Read more
16 Chicago creatives whose breakthrough music, art and theater stood out in 2024
Cassie Walker Burke, WBEZ Chicago, December 31, 2024 With the city’s arts scene back in full force post-COVID, 2024 brought big ideas, fresh collaborations and sizzling new releases... Read more
Chicago Painter Luke Agada Explores The Immigrant Experience
Deborah Bishop, Luxe Interiors + Design, December 14, 2024 The subjects of Luke Agada’s paintings exist in a liminal state, as if in a waking dream. Treading the line... Read more
Episode 9: Initiation
Unapologetically, December 13, 2024 Artist Lavar Munroe infuses his work with a cornucopia of influences and personal experiences, including his Christian upbringing, travel, anthropological... Read more
Frieze Los Angeles 2025 Sets Early Bird Tickets for February Fest
Rachel Marlowe, Wrap Style, December 9, 2024 Annual contemporary art fair Frieze has announced the initial details of the sixth edition of Frieze Los Angeles , which... Read more
Next Big Thing: Jake Troyli
JACOBA URIST, Galerie Magazine, December 6, 2024 Employing subjects from High Renaissance artworks, classic techniques such as underpainting, Pop Art punches, and a slew of alter egos,... Read more
The Collectors Reshaping the Art World Piece by Piece
Janelle Zara, W Magazine, December 6, 2024 With a commitment to supporting artists of color, a growing network of West Coast patrons —all friends and collaborators—is transforming... Read more
Collision Course
MEER, December 6, 2024 Monique Meloche is pleased to present Jake Troyli: Collision course , the artist's third solo exhibition with the gallery. Taking... Read more
Frieze Fair Further Cements Los Angeles as an International Art Capital
Robin Pogrebin, The New York Times, December 3, 2024 When Frieze Los Angeles first opened in 2019, one might have dismissed it as just another art fair. But for... Read more
Strike Fast, Dance Lightly: largest ever boxing exhibition links sport and art
Rich Tenorio, The Guardian, December 3, 2024 Boxer’s canvas, meet artist’s canvas. Sweet science, meet fine arts. That’s what happens when an art museum – namely the... Read more
State of the Arts
Modern Luxury, December 1, 2024 Now more than ever, the dialogues of the day play out through the visual arts. Here, the artists who lead... Read more
BUILD UP THE HOUSE
Oliver Webb, LIVE., November 29, 2024 Brendan Fernandes celebrates 40 years of house music with Art on the Mart's latest installation. Read more here. Read more
Independent Celebrates More Than 50 Museum Acquisitions
Independent, November 26, 2024 Independent marks the close of its 15th anniversary year by highlighting the artists and galleries who have achieved significant institutional... Read more
These Leading Artists Are Shaping Cultural Conversations and Inspiring Change Through Visual Arts
Gotham, November 13, 2024 To say that multimedia artist Ebony G. Patterson is having a moment is a serious understatement. On Oct. 1, the... Read more
interview: brendan fernandes illuminates chicago's THE MART with tribute to house music
Kat Barandy, Design Boom, November 11, 2024 Artist Brendan Fernandes celebrates the opening of Build Up The House at THE MART in Chicago , a luminous public... Read more
Jake Troyli Has Us on a "Collision Course"
JUXTAPOZ, November 7, 2024 moniquemeloche is pleased to present Jake Troyli : Collision Course ,the artist's third solo exhibition with the gallery. Taking cues... Read more
Artist David Antonio Cruz Celebrates Joy Over Trauma With Images of Human Connection
Elisa Carollo, Observer, November 1, 2024 In shows at Monique Meloche and Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art and Storytelling, the artist continues his exploration of... Read more
Trendsetting Galleries Are Betting on Rising Artist Luke Agada
Katie White, artnet, October 28, 2024 In his Chicago studio, Nigerian-born artist Luke Agada gives form to adaptation. His paintings, surrealistic scenes painted in sunburnt hues... Read more
Prospect.6: Redefining New Orleans in a Global Context
Miranda Lash, Ebony G. Patterson, and Terrance Trouillot, Frieze, October 28, 2024 Artistic directors Miranda Lash and Ebony G. Patterson share their vision for a community-centred dialogue that transcends borders. Read more... Read more
Cheryl Pope by Carolina Wheat
Carolina Wheat, BOMB Magazine, October 23, 2024 Cheryl Pope stands up after blows in the boxing ring and in her life. As a die-hard artist, connector, educator,... Read more
Draw Sports Fans to an Art Museum? That's the Goal.
Emmanuel Morgan, The New York Times, October 18, 2024 Through design objects and artwork by former athletes, “Get in the Game” at SFMOMA examines the central, and often provocative,... Read more
How Artist Brendan Fernandes Is Decolonizing Architecture Without Tearing It Down
Gameli Hamelo, Observer, October 10, 2024 ' Build Up the House' on the façade of Chicago's MART Building is a way of shining a light on... Read more
Painter Luke Agada Is Pushing the Boundaries of Representation
Christa Terry, Observer, October 7, 2024 Since earning an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago last year, painter... Read more
12 Art Shows to See in Chicago This Fall
Lisa Yin Zhang and Isabella Segalovich, Hyperallergic, September 29, 2024 Drawing from his experience at an artists’ residency at Laguarres, Spain, and his grandparents’ home in Humacao, Puerto Rico —... Read more
Yvette Mayorga’s Family History Is Baked Into Her Work
Ray Mark Rinaldi, The New York Times, September 26, 2024 This Mexican American artist, whose favorite tool is a pastry bag, explores her parents’ journey and her own identity in... Read more
Eternity and a Gaze: A Review of David Antonio Cruz at Monique Meloche Gallery
Alan Pocaro, Newcity Art, September 26, 2024 If time is movement, flux and chaos, art arrests this turmoil, or slows it, making some movement only perceptible across... Read more
David Antonio Cruz Celebrates Queer Love with Joy and Opulence
Grace Ebert, Colossal, September 24, 2024 In chosenfamily , David Antonio Cruz celebrates the bonds between people who have decided they will love each other unconditionally,... Read more
Cinema Fatalité: Ben Murray at Monique Meloche
B. David Zarley, New American Paintings, March 22, 2017 In Life Review , Ben Murray's solo show at Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, continues the artist's reconnaissance of the maddeningly... Read more
