Edgar Miller was Chicago’s answer to William Morris, so why did he fall off the map?
The graphic designer and decorative artist mastered any number of crafts and his work deserves to be much better known
Forces of Will: Building Chicago – a comic by Claire Barliant
After the demolition of some of Chicago’s best architecture, what lies in store for postmodernist landmark the James R. Thompson Center now that Google owns it?
The cosmic fantasies of Remedios Varo
The Spanish-born Surrealist had a strong sense of order and a desire to remake the universe
Escape artist – an interview with Rashid Johnson
The conceptual artist talks about his interest in unusual materials – and in what it means to ‘run’
‘Freedom cannot be invented’ – an interview with Christo
The artist discusses his unorthodox methods, his long partnership with the late Jeanne-Claude, and finally being allowed to wrap the Arc de Triomphe
‘If you can outlive most men, all of a sudden you can be venerated’ – an interview with Kiki Smith
The versatile artist talks about her love of printmaking – and being in it for the long haul
Getting to grips with China’s bewildering bapo paintings
The paintings might be puzzles but they deserve to be better known
Picasso’s best sculptures are the ones he didn’t take terribly seriously
The artist’s smaller, seemingly tossed-off experiments at MoMA have a surprisingly contemporary feel
What happens when an artist wants to be anonymous?