Aesthetics of Loss

Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art 2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL

AESTHETICS OF LOSS is a collection of work by seven artists who have experienced loss of family members recently. Their studios became places for grieving and understanding the sudden vacuum of losing loved ones either suddenly or over a long period of illness. Caregiving, memory, helplessness, loss and the ultimate mystery of death are explored […]

The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross

Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art 2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL

UIMA invites you to hear Haydn's  The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross which he wrote in 1786 in response to a commission from the bishop of Spain’s Cadiz Cathedral. The bishop requested music to accompany the cathedral’s Good Friday service that year. In addition to introductory and concluding sections, Haydn wrote a movement for each of […]