In a way, New Icon at Loyola University’s Museum of Art is the perfect show to point at and say there, that was 2010 in Chicago. It had many of the city’s best artists and new work from each; but curator Britton Bertran went a step further and made it the first Contemporary Art Council annual show composed entirely of Chicago artists. I was encouraging to see a local show that could stay local without sacrificing quality or content at all, so it felt declarative in that sense too. Also, Dan Gunn. Review here. (via Top Five Shows of the Year That I Went To (2010)
↓ 19 Jan 2011
