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/mæn-ʌs/ --- /MAN-us/

Chicago art history and artists in a broader context

Publisher of /mæn-ʌs/: A Chicago Art Zine (First issue published October 2025)

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Available January 1 in the shop The second issue of /mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine! RIP Tony Fitzpatrick, Maxwell Volkman mask, public art, and more - 40 pages this time, printed on 60lb stock, edition of 100.

#chicagoart #art #chicagoartzine #zine
December 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Support the 2026 art activities at COMPOUND YELLOW! $25,000 matching grant thru 1/31/26!

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#compoundyellow #fundraiser #chicagoart
Image shows artists and musicians enjoying their time at Compound Yellow in Oak Park, Illinois
December 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Available January 1 in the shop The second issue of /mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine! RIP Tony Fitzpatrick, Maxwell Volkman mask, public art, and more - 40 pages this time, printed on 60lb stock, edition of 100.

#chicagoart #art #chicagoartzine #zine
December 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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The first issue of /mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine is now available! A lot of cool content - 32 pages, printed on 60lb stock, edition of 100.

Available now in the shop: www.menasgallerychicago.com/shop/p/mn-s-...

#chicagoart #artzine #art
The image shows the first issue of /mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine, shrink-wrapped and in piles with one loose issue on top.
December 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Support the 2026 art activities at COMPOUND YELLOW! $25,000 matching grant thru 1/31/26!

www.facebook.com/donate/13731...

#compoundyellow #fundraiser #chicagoart
Image shows artists and musicians enjoying their time at Compound Yellow in Oak Park, Illinois
December 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Chicago artist Nick Cave's "Untitled," 2017, shows a single black arm, piled high with white towels, a commentary on black labor.

From the artist's personal collection, on display at the Art Institute of Chicago

#chicagoartist #chicagoart #art
Chicago artist Nick Cave's "Untitled," 2017, shows a single black arm, piled high with white towels, a commentary on black labor.
December 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Available January 1 in the shop The second issue of /mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine! RIP Tony Fitzpatrick, Maxwell Volkman mask, public art, and more - 40 pages this time, printed on 60lb stock, edition of 100.

#chicagoart #art #chicagoartzine #zine
December 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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The first issue of /mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine is now available! A lot of cool content - 32 pages, printed on 60lb stock, edition of 100.

Available now in the shop: www.menasgallerychicago.com/shop/p/mn-s-...

#chicagoart #artzine #art
The image shows the first issue of /mæn-ʌs/ A Chicago Art Zine, with a list of words President Trump told federal agencies not to use
December 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Should I stayor should I go?
The pope appears in a thoughtful pose, with a post that reads "Should I stay or should I go?"
December 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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SHOP SMALL CHICAGO! This holiday season, and beyond, buy from your local small business, especially those in the arts - it also has the benefit of keeping your dollars out of the billionaires' pockets, win-win. Happy holidays to you and yours!

#chicagoart #art #shopsmall
Eve Garrison's abstract painting is changed to black and white and faded into the background, with the words SHOP SMALL Chicago overlaid in capital blue letters
November 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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It's one of the great things that happens all over, a small museum with a huge collection of whatever widget struck their fancy and they collected. Chicago's Busy Beaver Button Museum has 9,000 buttons catalogued, a fraction of their collection.

buttonmuseum.org

#chicagoart #art
Chicago's Busy Beaver Button Museum has a variety of buttons in their collection, from advertising to smileys and everything in between. The image shows buttons and a variety of categories to choose from.
November 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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The first issue of /mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine is now available! A lot of cool content - 32 pages, printed on 60lb stock, edition of 100.

Available now in the shop: www.menasgallerychicago.com/shop/p/mn-s-...

#chicagoart #artzine #art
The image shows the first issue of /mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine, shrink-wrapped and in piles with one loose issue on top.
November 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I'd love you to love me
I'm beggin' you to beg me
I'll shine up my old brown shoes
I'll put on a brand new shirt
I'll get home early from work
If you say that you love me
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I
See you cryin' (cryin, cryin')
November 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Sean combines High Renaissance subjects with layers of graffiti aesthetics, bold colors, and hints of modern day life. (from Arch Enemy Arts website).

Sean Patrick Hannaway, Crying Cupid, 2025

Provenance: Arch Enemy Arts, SMALL WONDERS 14, group show, November 7-9, 2025

#chicagoart #art
Chicago artist Sean Patrick Hannaway's "Crying Cupid," painted 2025, depicts a crying Cupid in predominantly red tones, in a wash over other shapes and words.
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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The first issue of /mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine is now available! A lot of cool content - 32 pages, printed on 60lb stock, edition of 100.

Available now in the shop: www.menasgallerychicago.com/shop/p/mn-s-...

#chicagoart #artzine #art
The image shows the first issue of /mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine, shrink-wrapped and in piles with one loose issue on top.
November 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Happy 40th Anniversary Psychocandy, music that still resonates to this day. Kudos to The Jesus and Mary Chain!
A white album cover from The Jesus and Mary Chain, showing the brothers, one sitting, one lying down. The letters for the band name and the title Psychocandy are red and black.
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Chicago art gallery WEATHERPROOF'S 'THE GIANT RAFFLE AND CATAN TOURNAMENT AND MOVING IMAGE PROGRAM' coming soon! Starts November 22 with weekly games of Catan, Video programming, and a final raffle draw December 13th.

Buy your raffle tix and Catan buy-in from: weatherproof-107142.square.site

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Weatherproof Gallery's invitation to their Giant Raffle and Catan Tournament Weatherproof Gallery's invitation to their Giant Raffle and Catan Tournament shows the dates for the Catan games, video programming, and raffle draw
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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The first issue of /mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine is now available! A lot of cool content - 32 pages, printed on 60lb stock, edition of 100.

Available now in the shop: www.menasgallerychicago.com/shop/p/mn-s-...

#chicagoart #artzine #art
The image shows the first issue of /mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine, shrink-wrapped and in piles with one loose issue on top.
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Robert Lostutter (b.1939) is a Chicago artist best known for his paintings of men who are being transformed or masked with plant, fish, and bird forms. In 1998, the Renaissance Society created coasters based on his work, in an edition of 1,000.

Robert Lostutter, Coasters, 1998

#chicagoart #art
The image is of four coasters, printed with a masked man on each. The masks are made up of plant and bird forms, all done in vibrant colors.
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Ryan Travis Christian riffs on vintage animation and aesthetics, commonly referencing Chicago imagists, in his dark humor paintings and graphite drawings – which he renders in grayscale. (from the Anthony Gallery website)

Ryan Travis Christian, Keep Calm and Calm Down, 2025

#chicagoart #art
Ryan Travis Christian's image depicts a young woman's b bulbous breasts as googlie eyes in a graphite drawing
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Chadd Scott reviews Chicago artist Theaster Gates' exhibition “Oh, You’ve Got to Come Back to the City.” The exhibition takes its name from Chicagoan Marvin Tate’s (b. 1959) song “City Promenade.” See it at Gray Gallery through December 20, 2025.

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Image is of Chicago artist Theaster Gates' work "Advertisement," 2025. The image is broken up into panels of primarily white, with green, yellow and blue also represented. Across the image is the phone number 1-800-ROOFING.
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Jazz artist Frank Catalano remembers and celebrates Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick (1958-2025)

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#tonyfitzpatrick #inmemoriam #chicagoart #chicagoartist #frankcatalano
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Chicago art ephemera: Ralph Arnold "who you/yea baby" exhibition postcard. Show featured paintings, collage, and constructions created 1959-1975. The art exhibit ran from December 7, 2007 - January 5, 2008 at Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery in Chicago.

#ralpharnold #chicagoarti #chicagoartephemera #art
November 3, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Hüsker Dü. Live. 1985.

Numero Group's "Hüsker Dü 1985: The Miracle Year" from @numerogroup.bsky.social is a 4-LP edition of an entire January 30 1985 set, 20 extra live tracks from the year’s touring schedule, and a deluxe 36-page book. Cannot wait to listen!
Cover of Numero Group's "Hüsker Dü 1985: The Miracle Year," a 4 LP set of live music.
November 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Chicago Art History: Richard Hull, A Painter's Winter, 1985

Provenance: Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 8th Benefit Auction, 1987, lot #14

#richardhull #chicagoart #chicagoartist #chicagoarthistory #art
October 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM