American artist Theaster Gates reveals his formative creative influences.

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American artist Theaster Gates reveals his formative creative influences.

In the week of Donald Trump’s inauguration, the US artist is in the UK with a show drawing on the legacy of Malcolm X – and an alternative vision for making America great again

WHEN: Through April 27, 2025 WHERE: Chicago Cultural Center, Exhibit Hall Sidney R. Yates Gallery 4th Floor North + Randolph Square 1st Floor North

Beginning Sept. 23, the Smart Museum of Art in will open a landmark mid-career show of Theaster Gates’ far-flung art practices.

Last month, we were honored to witness our work celebrate on CBS Sunday Morning as our founder and Executive Director, artist @theastergates, took CBS correspondent Mark Whitaker on a journey through his practice, which included a stop at The Land School and discovering some of the newest projects in Gates’ ongoing activation of the Johnson Publishing Company archives.The two dove deep into Gates’ artistic interests with progressive infrastructure, disused and discarded objects, radical methods of archival stewardship, and a pivotal moment in his career foretold by his newly commissioned work for the Obama Presidential Center. As the organizational expression of the core values of Gates’ practice, we are grateful to foreground the importance of investing in experimental, land-based models for artistic care and self-determination through our artist-led spatial and archival work.Thank you to funders who make it possible: Alderperson Michelle Harris; American Airlines (@AmericanAir); Bloomberg Philanthropies (@BloombergDotOrg); Chicago Community Trust (@TheChicagoCommunityTrust); City of Chicago Neighborhood Opportunity (NOF) (@ChicagoDPD); Clayco Foundation; Coleman Foundation (@ColemanFoundation); CommonSpirit Health (@CommonSpiritHealth); Ford Foundation (@FordFoundation); Good Chaos; Illinois Arts Council Agency (IACA) (@IllinoisArtsCouncil); Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO); Knoll Foundation (@Knoll); Kresge Foundation (@TheKresgeFoundation); Litowitz Family Foundation; Love on Tour; LUMA Foundation (@Luma_Arles); Mellon Foundation (@MellonFoundation); MacArthur Foundation (@MacFound); MillerKnoll Foundation (@MillerKnoll); Paul and De Gray; Prada Group (@Prada); Pritzker Traubert Foundation (@PTFound_); Reimagining the Civic Commons, a national initiative funded by the JPB Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and The Kresge Foundation; Surdna Foundation; Terra Foundation for American Art (TerraAmericanArt) and Wallace Foundation (@WallaceFdn). Every investment functions as a resonant reflection of how art, when rooted in intention and place, can serve as a catalyst for collective possibility.View all comments

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