In her new solo exhibition “Kore,” at the Breeder Gallery, visual artist Georgia Sagri presents a diverse body of work – featuring sculptures, paintings and kinetic installations – that revolves around the thematic concepts of identity, transformation and perception, what Sagri calls the “act of seeing.” Sagri chose this title because the word in Greek…

ArtsaRound’s 2025 scholarship winner Aubree Walker is pictured with her acrylic art piece entitled “The Final Round.” CIRCLEVILLE, OH — ArtsaRound, a Pickaway County non-profit dedicated to supporting the arts, has named Aubree Walker, a recent Logan Elm High School graduate, as the recipient of its 2025 Collegiate Art Scholarship, announced on Friday, May 30,…

Shrinking Ballot RICH LOPEZ | Staff [email protected] In late April, Southern Methodist University’s Meadows Museum announced local artist Erica Felicella as the recipient of its 2025 Moss/Chumley North Texas Artist Award. Given out annually, the award recognizes an outstanding artist who has not only a tenure of work going back at least 10 years but…

I agonized over what present to bring Baby Ikki, the character that artist Michael Smith has been performing for over 30 years, for Ikki’s 50th birthday. Gifts were encouraged. The Ikki performance, featuring the artist as a genderless and diapered baby was only a part of Soccer Club Club’s “Return to the Rec Room,” a…

By Emily Sandstrom May 30, 2025 All photos by Emily Sandstrom. WEDNESDAY 6:55 PM MAY 28, 2025 2025 MIDTOWN EAST Why does Adrien Brody’s art look like… that? It’s the first question that springs to mind when you see what one of the most gifted actors of our generation has been busy painting. The art pouring…

PDNB (Photographs Do Not Bend) Gallery has long been a trailblazer in whatever neighborhood it calls home. Founded in 1995, the photo-based gallery initially launched in Uptown before relocating to a series of spaces in the Design District — most recently at River Bend. But as rents soared and commutes grew more frenetic, co-owners Missy…

Biennale of Sydney Unveils New Details for 2026 Program The Biennale of Sydney has announced further details for its 25th edition, “Rememory,” scheduled to run from March 14 to June 14, 2026. Under the leadership of internationally acclaimed curator Hoor Al Qasimi, the event will feature an initial wave of 37 artists and collectives across…

Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews. Popular Music The weight of history looms behind Julia Úlehla and Dálava’s interpretations of traditional songs from the Czech region of Moravia. An American whose family originated in the Czech Republic, Úlehla is…

Luiz Braga, “Netuno II,” 2020/Photo: Luiz Braga Luiz Braga is a visual poet. An unmistakable figure in contemporary Brazilian photography, the so-called “Amazonian photographer” is talkative, sharp-witted, generous, acidic, sensitive, humorous and keenly perceptive. Now sixty-nine and behind the lens since 1975, Braga still burns with the spark of curiosity more often found in the…

Sign up for our free newsletters to have Evanston news delivered directly to your inbox every weekday! The Evanston Arts Council announced $75,000 in awards Thursday, for 32 nonprofit arts organizations that applied for the group’s cultural fund grants.  The group received 40 applications for the program, but couldn’t expand funding offerings due to a…