art Archives - Far Out Midwest

The Indianapolis Museum of Art unites its 152-acre campus

Far Out Midwest StaffAugust 16, 2017

The Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) announced today that it will unite the diverse elements of its 152-acre campus—the IMA, The Garden, Lilly House, performance spaces and The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park: 100 Acres—into a holistic cu... Read More...

Danylo Shepelavy – “The Past Was Faster” Cleveland Art Exhibition

Far Out Midwest StaffAugust 11, 2017

The exhibition will be held at the Ukrainian Museum-Archives in Cleveland. Part of the curatorial mission of the museum is to showcase art made by Ukrainians in the American diaspora. The show will feature a range of work from the past decade or s... Read More...

Reyes Projects presents “Something Green”

Far Out Midwest StaffAugust 2, 2017

After thriving in the New York arts scene, working with galleries including Andrew Edlin and the Marlborough Contemporary, Terese Reyes realized Detroit is the place to be. Her new gallery in Birmingham, Michigan — just outside Detroit — is nearly 5,... Read More...

Rapid Pulse International Performance Art Festival

Far Out Midwest StaffJune 2, 2017

Embracing the theme: retrospect, the sixth annual Rapid Pulse International Performance Art Festival features artists from one of the prior editions. Fostering local makers while invigorating Chicago with artists of exceptional calibre from around th... Read More...

Chicago’s Largest Multimedia Art Installation

Far Out Midwest StaffApril 17, 2017

A stunning new media installation will open to the public on April 21 at 150 North Riverside, the award-winning 54-story office tower located along the Chicago River between Randolph and Lake Streets in the West Loop. “150 Media Stream represents an... Read More...

Midwest’s 2017 Whitney Selections

Far Out Midwest StaffApril 10, 2017

Though the 2017 list is nothing close to the record number of Midwestern artists in Michelle Grabner’s 2014 Whitney Biennial, nonetheless America’s longest-running survey of contemporary art is still stretching its neck outside of the five boroughs. ... Read More...

This Chicago Artist Fills Potholes With Mosaics

Far Out Midwest StaffApril 10, 2017

One of Chicago's true originals, Jim Bachor for the last five years has been turning some of the city's worst infrastructure nuisances into some its best public art. If you're not familiar, Bachor brings the ancient art of mosaic installation to perh... Read More...

John Opera ‘Technical Images’ at DOCUMENT in Chicago

Far Out Midwest StaffMarch 31, 2017

John Opera, Double Slit (yellow), 2017 Cyanotype, acrylic and vinyl paint on canvas 33 x 26 in Reception: April 15, 5-8pm Document is pleased to present Technical Images, John Opera’s first solo exhibition at the gallery. This exhibit cont... Read More...