African-American photographer James VanDerZee operated a portrait studio in Harlem from 1916 until 1982, chronicling the lives of residents and the Harlem Renaissance. His work is a wonderful document of middle-class African-American life. The Art Institute of Chicago has put together a fascinating collection of almost 100 of VanDerZee’s black-and-white photographs, which are on display […]
Visual Art
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A celebration of everything fowl
John James Audubon — that is, a reasonable facsimile of the famous American artist — makes a local appearance Saturday as part of the Illinois State Museum’s “Bird is the Word” event. Storyteller Brian “Fox” Ellis, who plays the role of Audubon, will regale visitors with stories of the artist’s adventures in wild America in […]
