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Art at Keller: John Preus Exhibition Stages Reclaimed Furniture from Closed CPS Schools
January 6, 2020
Artist and furniture-maker John Preus, whose replicas of philosopher huts were featured in the Neubauer Collegium’s HUTOPIA exhibit, is unveiling a new conceptual art project for the Keller Center at the University of Chicago. The installation features sculptures fashioned from items reclaimed from shuttered Chicago Public Schools.
Dagmar Schäfer wins 2020 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
December 6, 2019
Dagmar Schäfer, a contributor to the Neubauer Collegium's 2014-16 research project Knowing and Doing: Text and Labor in Asian Handwork, will be awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize in 2020. The most prestigious research prize in Germany, it is awarded by the German Research Foundation to “exceptional scientists and academics for their outstanding achievements in the field of research.”
For Cecilia Vicuña, ‘Consciousness Is the Art’
December 3, 2019
On the occasion of a major retrospective, the New York Times considers the power of the artist’s creative work.
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