Dirk Lohan can easily recall the moment his grandfather, Mies van der Rohe, a pioneer of 20th century architecture, made an impression that determined Lohan’s own career choice. “I was 16…
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Winning Style
“I think we all go back to our roots,” says architect Lucien Lagrange, recalling the calm of the farmhouse he maintains in France to that of the hustle and bustle…
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MCA Chicago: Fabulous at Fifty
While cutting the cake at the 21st celebration of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), one of the founders, Joseph Randall Shapiro, stated: “No matter how many birthdays the MCA…
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Seriously Fun: The Art of Takashi Murakami
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Chief Curator Michael Darling takes us inside the Museum’s Murakami exhibition opening June 6. This summer the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (MCA) honors its…
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An Ear For Culture
In the 1980s, founders of the small San Francisco nonprofit experimental Antenna Theater company, Chris Hardman and Chris Telles, took note of how people were adding soundtracks to their steps…
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Stroke of Beauty
When developing her makeup line, Holly Mordini knew she was starting with a good foundation—both in product and people. Stroke of Beauty, with its tag line “Makeup for the Art…
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Creative Contentment
Growing up in Iowa, Susan Lawson Bouma often spent time at the local library. That’s where the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art’s collection was then housed, and where she was…
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Reawakened and Reimagined
Nancy Whitmore Smith established her career as a renaissance style painter by experiencing a semi-rebirth of her own. As her children grew and headed away to college, Smith recalls sitting…
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Cultivating Creativity
Shortly before Mike and Maggie Meiners’ wedding, the soon-to-be bride left for a trip to Europe. A visit to a photography exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London…
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City Boy Meets Country
For Manhattan transplant Derek Sherman, Lake Forest life is the perfect antidote to the hustle and bustle of his youth. With the best of downtown Chicago only a train ride…
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