Lauren Warnecke

“A scene ends in blackout and suddenly the stage is ablaze with a burnished, orange sun. Out come the women, in white frocks and wide hats, their hands aflutter in a desperate, probably losing battle to stave off the heat. […]

With the Art Institute recently announcing it had secured a $75 million gift aimed at constructing a new building for modern art, eyes turned to Chicago’s smaller museum up the street dedicated to the subject. The Museum of Contemporary Art