1 CAB 5: This is a Rehearsal (Chicago Cultural Center and citywide) The Chicago Architecture Biennial’s fifth edition, curated by Floating Museum, rethinks urban design, challenging norms and addressing interconnected city crises. Through February 11, 2024
2 Dan Friedman: Stay Radical (Art Institute of Chicago) An expansive exhibition tracing the prolific designer’s evolution from branding to boundary-blurring art practice. Through February 4, 2024
3 At the Precipice: Responses to the Climate Crisis (Design Museum of Chicago) A cross-media exhibition rises beyond denial and fatalism to explore the role of design at a time of irreversible damage. Through October 30
4 Rathin Barman: Unsettled Structures (Arts Club of Chicago) Explore lived spaces as anthropological tools, revealing the evolving relationship between homes and occupants. Through December 22
5 Hector Guimard: Art Nouveau to Modernism (Driehaus Museum) Furniture and design objects, including jewelry, metalwork, ceramics, drawings and textiles, highlight the French architect and designer. Through November 5
Greek-born Vasia Rigou is a journalist, editor and multimedia content producer largely on the subjects of visual art, culture, architecture and design. She currently serves as an Editor at Newcity, Chicago’s leading culture publication, as Writer and Copy Editor at the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) HQ, and regularly contributes to international architecture and design magazines OnOffice and ICON. She has experience creating content for brands and building conference speeches and influential TEDx talks. Simply put: she’s fascinated by finding out the great stories behind the people, places and objects that surround us, and by sharing those stories with the world. When she’s not writing about art or looking at art—wine in hand—she makes lists for pretty much everything, drinks immense amounts of coffee and takes cross-country road trips every chance she gets.
