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Exclusive viewing of Holding Rhythm with the artist, Colleen Plumb

21c Museum Hotel Chicago 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL

Colleen Plumb’s newest experimental video, Holding Rhythm, 2022, is the first commission made for Elevate: Rm 921. This site-specific video projection is viewable after dusk from the windows of 21c Chicago guests with interior-facing rooms. Join the artist, Colleen Plumb, and 21c Museum Manager, Juli Lowe, for a private viewing of the projection and learn more about the …
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OFF-SPRING – Guided Exhibit Tour with Juli Lowe, 21c Museum Manager

21c Museum Hotel Chicago 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL

Curious about contemporary art? Learn about 21c Chicago’s current exhibition, OFF-SPRING, and the artists behind all of the works on a guided tour from 21c’s Museum Manager, Juli Lowe. Meet us in the lobby at 5 pm to explore. Tours are free and open to the public. Featured Image: Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (Woman and Daughter with Make …
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OFF-SPRING – Guided Exhibit Tour with Juli Lowe, 21c Museum Manager

21c Museum Hotel Chicago 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL

Curious about contemporary art? Learn about 21c Chicago’s current exhibition, OFF-SPRING: New Generations, and the artists behind all of the artworks on a guided tour from 21c's Museum Manager, Juli Lowe. Meet us in the lobby at 5:00 pm to explore. Tours are free and open to the public. Featured image: Carrie Mae Weems Untitled (Woman …
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For Freedoms News

21c Museum Hotel Chicago 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL

For Freedoms News (FFN) is an artist-led reimagining of television news. Created by the artist collective For Freedoms, which centers art and creativity as a catalyst for transformative connection and collective liberation, this project began with a residency at the Brooklyn Museum concurrent with early voting in the 2022 midterm elections, continued at Untitled Art Miami Beach, as …
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HOW ON EARTH: Artists Address Climate Change program with NRDC

21c Museum Hotel Chicago 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL

Janet Biggs, Helina Metaferia and Jennifer Wen Ma join Elizabeth Corr (NRDC) and Anne Verhallen (ATLT) to discuss their artistic practices, their works featured in EXPO CHICAGO and the inspiration behind them. Talk begins at 5:30pm and will be followed by a musical performance at 6:30pm by Kinsella & Pulse. Cocktails and light food provided. Program is free and …
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Kelly Kristin Jones: Plinths for the People co-sponsored by The Chicago Poetry Center

21c Museum Hotel Chicago 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL

Plinths, the heavy platforms that hold up statues and monuments, are by their very definition not made for all. Plinths for the People takes the historical plinth and turns it into a grand stage activated by the community. Kelly Kristin Jones ensures that all stories, voices, and visions are acknowledged as community members speak their …
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o_Man! and the Legacy of Curation

Museum of Contemporary Photography's Karen Irvine, Chief Curator and Deputy Director, and Kristin Taylor, Curator of Academic Programs and Collections, will lead a discussion with Natalie Krick and Kelli Connell whose collaborative project o_Man! recontextualizes Edward Steichen’s renowned 1955 exhibition, The Family of Man, which included 503 photographs narrating the human experience from a distinctly western, patriarchal perspective, and which traveled …
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United States Artists Conversation with Salvador Jiménez-Flores

Please join Judilee Reed, President and CEO of United States Artists, in conversation with Salvador Jiménez-Flores, an interdisciplinary ceramicist and 2021 USA Fellow in Craft, on Saturday, April 15 at 5pm. Attend the conversation as they discuss the politics of identity and states of double consciousness, addressing issues of colonization, migration, “the other,” and futurism …
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Art and Wine Tour

Sip on a glass of wine and enjoy a guided tour of our current exhibit, OFF-SPRING. Learn all about contemporary art and the artists behind the work. Meet in Gallery 5 + 6 on the 2nd Floor. Tour starts at 5:00pm and is free and open to the public.

Art & Wine Tour

21c Museum Hotel Chicago 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL

Sip on a glass of wine and enjoy a guided tour of our current exhibit, OFF-SPRING. Learn all about contemporary art and the artists behind the work. Meet in Gallery 5 + 6 on the 2nd Floor. Tour starts at 5:00pm and is free and open to the public. Following the tour, 21c's Artist in Residence Rachel Page …
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Artist Reception with Kiki McGrath

21c Museum Hotel Chicago 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL

Please join us for an artist reception of Kiki McGrath: 8HRS on May 18 from 6:30-8:00pm in Gallery 3. 8HRS is a video documenting a performance in the former laundry room of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington, DC. The artist repeatedly ironed family linens that have passed through the hands of five …
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Princess @1minworld Tour

21c Museum Hotel Chicago 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL

Princess @1minworld to premiere at 21c Museum Hotels! @1minworld (One Minute World) is a video song cycle that features original animations and live performance.The music is performed live alongside the video projection. With intentionally brief one-minute video songs, @1minworld 's primary-colored bubblegum visuals contrast the songs’ content which explore the discontents of our social media age: filter …
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