We are excited about the release of another issue of our sister publication, Lumpen magazine. Issue 114 should be out this Friday, February 5, during the Save the Whale fundraiser at the Co-Prosperity Sphere.  Plural Design’s tender care in creative direction makes printing on paper worth it.

This year the Whitney Biennial curators have picked fifty-five artists for the 2010 snapshot of contemporary art in America. Chicago artists Julia Fish, Theaster Gates, Jim Lutes, Curtis Mann and Scott Short have been included in the 2010 show. Congratulations you guys!
Curators Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Murayari announce the artist list for 2010 in the [...]

Bad At Sports Episode 220: Liam Gillick
Hui-Min Tsen is opening up some interesting questions and relating quite nicely with our neighbors in Bridgeport.
Jesus! Where the hell have we been? Sharkforum is now Blogtastic!
Ack..It’s harder to stay with this guy.
Our Online Editrix posted some pics from here recent show.
And really, please… bittorrent this film.

We made some of the Yes Men sit down and conduct an impromtu interview while they were at our space, The Co-Prosperity Sphere. It’s probably worth checking out. Visit Lumpen TLVSN for a gander.

LUMPEN TLVSN (interview) – The Yes Men at Co-Prosperity Sphere from lumpen on Vimeo.

Bad At Sports interviews Temporary Services.
Our patron, Reuben Kincaid, brings the Radar Eyes print show to NY.
Art Review magazine’s Power 100 meet the The Top 20 Most Powerless People in the Art World
Saturday November 7 is Media Democracy Day.
A sweet Satellite Alphabet set

threewalls and TheGreen Lantern Press release The Artist’s Run Chicago Digest at HPAC [...]

Nate, our captain of tranquility, suggests we all listen to philosopher Boris Groys on the aesthetic responsibility via Frieze podcast
Writer, curator and philosopher Boris Groys gave a keynote lecture on how design today functions as a leading medium of self–revelation and self–positioning in public space

The juggernaut of arts podcasting from Chicago turns four this week. BAS player Kathryn Born profiles Team Bad At Sports at Art Talk Chicago and explains how they turn out a podcast once a week never missing a beat.
How do they do it?:
When funds dry up during economic downturns, many organizations are forced to disband. [...]

Don’t miss these recent pieces about making art in Chicago from our local artblogosphere:
New City Art’s Art School Unconfidential: What the city’s burgeoning MFA programs mean for the future of artists in Chicago is a great read comparing the students and programs of the big 5 Chicago universities.
The Bad At Sports Artists Run Chicago Episode [...]

Please take the chance to check out this year’s Southern Graphics Council Conference
“The 2009 Global Implications Conference features exhibitions, demonstrations, lectures, panel discussions, private collection viewings, and special events at over 40 locations around Chicago.
Keynote speakers include Kathan Brown, Enrique Chagoya, Anne Coffin, and Jane Hammond.
Bad at Sports will be podcasting a series of shows [...]

Bad At Sports is kicking serious as lately.
“They discuss Chris’s work and career and much, much more. … Much mirth, music, and mayhem is had by all. This show is not to be missed!!!” Photo by Tom VanEndye.

BASwire: “This week: The San Francisco Bureau continues their series of critics’ roundtables. Patrica and Brian are joined by the curator [and Proximity contributor] Joseph del Pesco, as they take a look at the early exhibitions of 2009 in the Bay Area. During the conversation they discuss Dave Lane, Henry Darger, Mads Lynnerup, Paul McCarthy, [...]

Video of the controversial Renaissance Society Panel, Is there such a thing as a Chicago artist anymore? is on YouTube. Enjoy. There are twelve in the series!

Amanda talks to Nick Lucking and Tim Ivison about www.spcmkr.com and their various projects. Listen here.
SPCMKR facilitates and documents space exchanges, providing a site through which to organize a gift-economy between users. The web-based component of the project provides an interface for locating and contributing resources, arranging for temporarily inhabiting surplus spaces, and documenting both [...]