Tag Archives: The Art Institute of Chicago

We Lost Many Dolls* This Week

It has been a sad week for art and poetry with the deaths of poet Wislawa Szymborska (88); the last living Surrealist poet and artist, Dorothea Tanning (101); and the pioneering contemporary artist, Mike Kelley (57). Wislawa Szymborska leaves us her poems. She wrote one of my favorite poems of all time, “In Praise of […]

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February 3, 2012 – 12:44 am | By Carrie McGath | Posted in Art, Deceased, Literature, Poetry, Surrealism | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Richard Hawkins Altered Dollhouses

I like any art that forces me to tap into my inner voyeur. The entirety of the Richard Hawkins show on now at The Art Institute of Chicago was an amazing way to spend a cool afternoon with my best friend who’s visiting and my sweet love, Don. The altered dollhouses by Richard Hawkins is […]

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November 1, 2010 – 12:21 am | By Carrie McGath | Posted in Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, dollhouse | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (1)