On a warm Sunday evening, Theaster Gates is weaving around a room he designed and stocked with history books, leather-bound volumes of Ebony and Jet magazines, and pottery he made. He moves with ...

You know who’s never had a big solo museum show in his own hometown? Strange as this sounds: Theaster Gates, the renowned, longtime Chicago artist, sculptor, community developer, collector ...

Theaster Gates made his name with multimedia artistic research that freely combines a sociological and anthropological approach to art with relational practices, working on-site with communities ...

“Heavy” is a word that comes to mind when thinking about Chicago artist Theaster Gates. His sculptures, installations, and paintings, often made with reclaimed construction scraps and roofing material ...

The Smart Museum at the University of Chicago has just unveiled plans for a major mid-career survey of the work of one of the city’s most famous artists, Theaster Gates. Under the working title ...

Theaster Gates’s latest exhibition came about at the very moment the artist decided to overhaul his approach to mounting shows. The Chicago native—whose installations and sculptures have been ...

Chicago artist Theaster Gates got the call around the time the Johnson Publishing Company closed its Michigan Avenue headquarters in 2011. On the other line was Linda Johnson Rice, the daughter of ...

Installation view of Afro Mingei by Theaster Gates, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas, 2022. Left to Right: Theaster Gates, Afro Neon, 2022, neon mounted on copper backing. Courtesy of ...

Theaster Gates speaking at Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series in the Michigan Theater Thursday. Ruby Klawans/Daily. Buy this photo. “Gates has translated the intricacies of Blackness (in) space ...

Jane Fonda, Nancy Pelosi and Ava DuVernay bestowed the honors at the event, which raised $3.1 million for the museum. By Hadley Meares Contributor On Saturday night, over 600 power players from ...

Retreat at Currency Exchange, artist Theaster Gates’s café and culinary incubator located in Chicago’s Washington Park neighborhood, launches careers and changes lives. Just after the final ...