Cultural institutions, like individuals, inherently have certain strengths and weaknesses. Gaps in collections can hamper the direction of these institutions’ pursuits and purpose. Collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos hopes to address this…
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Bright Ideas
Years ago, when Jessica Malkin read in Crain’s that TEDxMidwest, a version of TED Talks, would be presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, she knew that she needed…
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Center Stage
A visit to the Lyric Opera of Chicago was top on Sylvia Markowicz Neil’s bucket-list when she moved here to study at Northwestern Law. Never having attended a live performance,…
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Women of Consequence
Meet the board chairs of six worldclass institutions who are shaping our cultural landscape. These women tell tales of triumphs during an uncharted time in the wake of a global…
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Carry On
Cari B. Sacks’ journey to Chair of the Board of Trustees at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), began with her educational choices. In college, she majored in psychology….
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Denise Gardner Bridges the Gap
In November 2021, Denise Gardner became the Chair of the Board of Trustees at The Art Institute of Chicago (AIC). One of her favorite artists featured in the permanent collection,…
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Finding Her Rhythm
Anne Kaplan jokingly calls herself a “serial board chair” having held the post for more than one Chicago cultural institution in recent years. Her interest in the arts started back…
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Retrospective Perspective
This spring the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago exhibits Nick Cave: Forothermore, the first retrospective to be presented on the artist’s work. Looking back, however, has always been a…
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In Harmony
HELEN ZELL When Helen Zell moved to Chicago in her early 20s, she was eager to begin a new job in educational publishing and to embrace the cultural life of…
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Nature and Nurture
Sandra Deromedi distinctly remembers an elementary school field trip to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. “That experience made such a big impression on me—I was…
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