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An abstract female form from shoulders to thighs, without hands. The vagina is formed from an inverted torso and a pair of legs.

Exuberant Experimentation: Christina Ramberg’s Late Works

Thea Liberty Nichols writes about Chicago artist Christina Ramberg (1946-1945), who is the subject of the Art Institute's retrospective exhibition opening April 20.  
Metal egret’s beak and torso against the sky.

it wants to lie down, you want it to stand up: a letter to Ruth*

A letter written to artist Ruth Duckworth (1919-2009) is the most recent composition to come out of the editorial partnership between Art Design Chicago and Sixty Inches from Center.
A young artist stand in a ceramics studio holding a work in progress. Other students are working at a long table behind her.

A Conversation on Engagement with Kahari Blackburn

Terra Foundation Intern Kaitlin Rikala interviews the Smart Museum’s Art Design Chicago Engagement Fellow Kahari Blackburn.

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Exuberant Experimentation: Christina Ramberg’s Late Works

it wants to lie down, you want it to stand up: a letter to Ruth*

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