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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, 4 W Burton Place, Chicago, IL (2026)

04/02/2024

ON VIEW
Cally Spooner: 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚, 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮
Gallery and Bookshop Hours: WED–SAT, 12–5 PM

𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 was first composed by Cally Spooner in 2018 as a 63-page performance score. At the Graham Foundation, sixteen artworks—including sound, film, sculpture, painting, and installation—that make up 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 overlap and collide, synchronized to a duration of 43 minutes and 59 seconds over the three floors of the historic building. Each floor draws out the tension field between the destructiveness of performance, and the possibility of resistance and repair.

For more information on the exhibition, visit http://grahamfoundation.org/public_exhibitions/6554-deadtime-an-anatomy-study
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Image: Installation view of "Deadtime, an anatomy study," featuring works by Cally Spooner, "Fainted Pear" and "Screen Test for the Psoas Muscle," 2023/2024, Graham Foundation, Chicago, 2024. Photo: Nathan Keay

03/30/2024

ON VIEW
Cally Spooner: 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚, 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮
Gallery and Bookshop Hours: WED–SAT, 12–5 PM

𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 was first composed by Cally Spooner in 2018 as a 63-page performance score. At the Graham Foundation, sixteen artworks—including sound, film, sculpture, painting, and installation—that make up 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 overlap and collide, synchronized to a duration of 43 minutes and 59 seconds over the three floors of the historic building. Each floor draws out the tension field between the destructiveness of performance, and the possibility of resistance and repair.

For more information on the exhibition, visit http://grahamfoundation.org/public_exhibitions/6554-deadtime-an-anatomy-study
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Image: Installation view of "Deadtime, an anatomy study," featuring works by Cally Spooner, "Fainted Pear" and "Screen Test for the Psoas Muscle," 2023/2024, Graham Foundation, Chicago, 2024. Photo: Nathan Keay

01/29/2024

UPCOMING EXHIBITION
Cally Spooner: 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚, 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙮
Feb 17–May 11

Opening to the public on February 17, 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 begins with “A Thesis on Spillage, A Symposium-like Gathering”—featuring performances, choreographies, conversations, and lectures by Nuar Alsadir, Marquis Bey, Wendy Brown, Joshua Chambers-Letson, Tony Cokes, Hendrik Folkerts, Melody Giron, Irena Haiduk, Sarah Herda, Darrell Jones, Ralph Lemon, Maggie Segale, and Cally Spooner, among others.

Cally Spooner is a 2024 . As a part of the fellowship, Spooner presents a large-scale exhibition at the Foundation's Madlener House galleries featuring a repertoire of works from 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚, a multi-year research project started in 2018. Co-curated by Sarah Herda and

Link in bio to learn more and register to attend

Image: Cally Spooner, "Still Life," 2018. Fresh pears, assistant.
Continuously. Courtesy the artist

12/22/2023

Holiday Hours: the Graham Foundation galleries and bookshop will be closed starting Sat, Dec 23 and will reopen Wed, Jan 3, 2024.

CAB 5: This is a Rehearsal at the Graham will continue Jan 3 through Jan 27, 2024. Open Wed through Sat from 12–5 p.m., the exhibition includes works by Cecil McDonald, Jr., Dream The Combine, Larissa Fassler, and a collaborative project curated by interim studio.

Learn more about the Chicago Architecture Biennial at the Graham here: https://chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org/sites/graham-foundation/

11/22/2023

CAB 5: This is a Rehearsal at the Graham Foundation
On view through January 27, 2024 
See installations by:
–Cecil McDonald, Jr. –Dream The Combine –interim studio (Nora Akawi and Eduardo Rega Calvo) with Jumanah Abbas; Salim al-Kadi, Khaled Malas, Alfred Tarazi, and Jana Traboulsi (Sigil Collective); Taesha Aurora; Jeankarlos Cruz; Muna Dajani; Nadine Fattaleh; Martina Duque Gonzalez; Haitham Haddad (Studio Mnjnk); Aamer Ibraheem; Mapping Memories of Resistance project (Birzeit University, London School of Economics, Al-Marsad Arab Center for Human Rights in the Golan); Emad Madah; Rami Nakhleh; Daniel Ruiz; Frederick Rapp; Sarah Saad; and Holly Nicole Smithberger
–Larissa Fassler

GALLERY & BOOKSHOP HOURS: Wednesday–Saturday, 12–5 p.m.
THIS WEEK: Wednesday, Nov 22, 12–5 p.m.
Thursday, Nov 23 [closed]
Friday, Nov 24 [closed]
Saturday, Nov 25, 12–5 p.m.

CAB 5: This is a Rehearsal explores how contemporary environmental, political, and economic issues are shared across national boundaries but are addressed differently around the world through art, architecture, infrastructure, and civic participation.

Curated by the interdisciplinary arts collective the Floating Museum, CAB 5 features the work of more than 80 local and global participants in exhibitions at the Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Architecture Center, James R. Thompson Center, and other
sites across the city.

Learn more

10/16/2023

FRI, OCT 20 — “𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻” the inaugural SAH | Places Prize Lecture by architectural historian 𝗚𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗡𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻, presented in partnership with the Society of Architectural Historians and . Join us in-person at the Graham Foundation, 5:30–6:30 pm CT or join via live stream—register with the link in our bio. Architectural historian Charles L. Davis II will moderate a discussion following the talk.

Nolan’s talk explores how African American-owned insurance companies negotiated the (often vexed) aims of pursuing financial gain while also trying to create more equitable cities. In efforts to reverse the effects of redlining, disinvestment, and segregation, these companies used housing developments and corporate architecture—including the first and only African American skyscraper—to redress discriminatory forms of urbanism and racial stereotypes. The talk will evaluate the urban and architectural interventions of African American insurance companies, using the companies' office buildings, housing developments, and mortgage-lending practices to engage debates around Black capitalism and Black Marxism.

partner program

Image: Construction site, Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Home Office Building, Los Angeles, ca.1948, designed by the office of Paul Williams. Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company records (Collection 1434). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles, Box 61, Folder 11

09/07/2023

2023 Carter Manny Awards
Announcing the winners of the 2023 Carter Manny Awards for outstanding doctoral dissertations on architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. These projects, along with eight citations of special recognition, were selected by an external panel of scholars:

CARTER MANNY WRITING AWARD
Aaron Tobey
“Drawing Management: Corporate Organization, International Practice, and the Making of Computer Aided Design”
Yale School of Architecture

CARTER MANNY RESEARCH AWARD
Jia Weng
“Environmental Conduits in China: Pipe Politics, Fluid Management, and the Rise of the Global Airscape”
Yale School of Architecture

CITATIONS OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION
An Tairan (Princeton University School of Architecture)
Writing Citation

Deepthi Bathala (Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning)
Writing Citation

Angelika Joseph (Princeton University School of Architecture)
Research Citation

Adam Longenbach (Harvard Graduate School of Design)
Research Citation

Michael Moynihan (Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning)
Writing Citation

Qiran Shang (University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design)
Research Citation

Chelsea Spencer (MIT School of Architecture + Planning)
Writing Citation

Sylvia Wu, (University of Chicago Department of Art History)
Writing Citation

Established in 1996, this program honors architect Carter H. Manny (1918–2017) and his contributions to the Graham Foundation—as founding trustee 1956, director 1971–93, and director emeritus—by supporting projects that are poised to impact how architecture is studied and practiced.

Learn more on our website: http://grahamfoundation.org/newsletter/?blog_id=3286

09/01/2023

Supporting individuals is at the core of the Graham Foundation’s mission to foster the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society.

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