Officials say the suspect in the shooting, which left another officer in critical condition, has been taken into custodyA shooting at a Chicago hospital on Saturday morning left a police officer dead and another critically injured, according to Chicago police superintendent Larry Snelling.The suspect, who has not been publicly identified, is in custody, according to Andre Vasquez, alderperson for the city’s 40th ward. Continue reading...
Officials say the suspect in the shooting, which left another officer in critical condition, has been taken into custody
A shooting at a Chicago hospital on Saturday morning left a police officer dead and another critically injured, according to Chicago police superintendent Larry Snelling.
The suspect, who has not been publicly identified, is in custody, according to Andre Vasquez, alderperson for the city’s 40th ward.
Leica Camera has announced that its brand new Leica Store in Chicago will open its doors on April 30. Alongside the retail presence, the new Leica location in Chicago will also feature a beautiful gallery, reflecting Leica's continued commitment to the art and culture of photography. To mark the occasion, Leica will also launch a very limited special edition M11-P that celebrates Chicago's rich artistic history.
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Leica Camera has announced that its brand new Leica Store in Chicago will open its doors on April 30. Alongside the retail presence, the new Leica location in Chicago will also feature a beautiful gallery, reflecting Leica's continued commitment to the art and culture of photography. To mark the occasion, Leica will also launch a very limited special edition M11-P that celebrates Chicago's rich artistic history.
We’re thrilled to invite you all to the Chicago premiere of Paint Me a Road Out of Here, the award-winning documentary from Aubin Pictures directed by Catherine Gund.
Along with Intuit Art Museum and the Women’s and Gender Studies Department at DePaul University, Colossal is co-hosting a screening of the film followed by a conversation between film participant Leah Faria and our editorial director Grace Ebert on March 25. This event is free to attend, but seating is limited.
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We’re thrilled to invite you all to the Chicago premiere of Paint Me a Road Out of Here, the award-winning documentary from Aubin Pictures directed by Catherine Gund.
Featuring artists Faith Ringgold and Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, Paint Me a Road Out of Here uncovers the whitewashed history of Ringgold’s masterpiece, “For the Women’s House,” following its 50-year journey from Rikers Island jail to the Brooklyn Museum.
From April 9 to 12, EXPO CHICAGO returns to Navy Pier, hosting hundreds of galleries, site-specific projects, talks, and multi-disciplinary programming both downtown and across the city. This week is one of the most exciting times for the Chicago-area art scene, and we’re excited to share our annual preview of what we’re most looking forward to!
Aliza Nisenbaum, “Hitomi” (2022), oil on linen, 66 x 57 inches
1. Aliza Nisenbaum at Anton Kern and Regan Projects
Presented by Anton Kern a
From April 9 to 12, EXPO CHICAGO returns to Navy Pier, hosting hundreds of galleries, site-specific projects, talks, and multi-disciplinary programming both downtown and across the city. This week is one of the most exciting times for the Chicago-area art scene, and we’re excited to share our annual preview of what we’re most looking forward to!
Aliza Nisenbaum, “Hitomi” (2022), oil on linen, 66 x 57 inches
Presented by Anton Kern and Regan Projects, Aliza Nisenbaum’s vibrant portraiture portrays her subjects in bold chromatics. Nisenbaum’s smaller-scale works presented at the fair echo one of her larger projects: a celebratory mural titled “Reading Circles/ Weaving Dreams/ Seeding Futures” created for the Obama Presidential Center.
Tawny Chatmon, “The Restoration / Made Whole Again” (2024-2025), embroidery and handstitched threadwork on archival pigment print, 30 x 25 inches. Image courtesy of the artist and Galerie Myrtis
We’re always excited for the opportunity to see Tawny Chatmon’s portraits up close. Galerie Myrtis will be presenting some of the artist’s newer works, which continue her interest in melding craft techniques with photography. Rather than gold leaf, though, Chatmon embroiders various motifs onto her portraits.
Maya Fuji, “1PM: Clean·龍神と晴れ女” (2026), acrylic and glitter on canvas, 48 x 60 x 1.5 inches
Referencing a genre of manga popular in the mid-2000s, Maya Fuji’s Slice of Life peers into the everyday activities of her young characters. Lounging, petting a napping cat, and getting ready for the evening take center stage in these vibrant yet calm paintings.
LaKela Brown has traded in her stark white paint for another monochromatic palette, coating her polyurethane sculptures in black. For her solo presentation with 56 Henry, the artist explores ethnobotany and Black life in America through renditions of collard greens, tobacco, corn, chicken wings, and more.
Gerard Mas, “Party Horn Lady” (2026), polychrome resin; 53 x 36.5 x 26 centimeters, edition 5 of 7
Longtime Colossal readers will likely recognize this cheeky figure as one of Gerard Mas’ brazen busts. For the past few years, the Barcelona-based artist has been taking a playful, contemporary approach to sculpture, casting spirited women in a variety of witty roles.
Merging abstraction and magical realism, Rhama Lhoussig paints vivid domestic scenes in which a recurring figure amuses herself with stuffed bears, flowers, toy blocks, and more. Crayon scribbles and crude line drawings fill the surrounding negative space, firmly placing the works in a dynamic moment of creativity.
Dee Clements, “lowers, Vase, Baskets” (2026), paper, claybord, reed, pine needle, dye, gouache, water-soluble pastel, 31 x 24.5 inches
Chicago’s own Dee Clements presents a suite of still-life paintings framed in hand-woven frames, alongside mixed-media sculpture and abstract tapestries.
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