Press – Wrightwood 659

Welcome, members of the print and electronic media. Wrightwood 659’s press team has news releases, press kits, photos, interview referrals, catalogues, brochures, and other informational materials to help orient you to the Gallery’s exhibitions, events, and programs.

Exhibition Press Images

Press Images are available upon request. Please contact info@wrightwood659.org with the press release name and date to acquire images. A direct link will be provided by the Wrightwood 659 press team for access to high resolution images. Images may be used only by accredited media in coverage of Wrightwood 659.

How to Reach Us

For press inquiries, please contact info@wrightwood659.org.

Local Chicago Press
Silverman Group
email: Louise@silvermangroupchicago.com

National & International Press
Ennis O’Brien
email: lucy@ennisobrien.com or betsy@ennisobrien.com

Sept 9-Dec 12, 2020 Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People
Oct 3–Dec 14, 2019 Tetsuya Ishida: Self-Portrait of Other National Media Alert
Oct 3–Dec 14, 2019 Tetsuya Ishida: Self-Portrait of Other National Media Preview
Oct 3–Dec 14, 2019 Tetsuya Ishida: Self-Portrait of Other Calendar Alert
May 22-Jul 20, 2019 About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and New Queer Art
Feb 15–Apr 27, 2019 Dimensions of Citizenship
Oct 12–Dec 15, 2018 Ando and Le Corbusier: Masters of Architecture

In the News

August 14, 2020 Desi Talk Chicago, Famous Indian Architect To Be Featured In Chicago Exhibition
August 13, 2020 News India Times, Famous Indian architect to be featured in Chicago exhibition
July 29, 2020 Sawdust, Chicago’s Wrightwood 659 to host exhibition on BV Doshi’s works
July 28, 2020 Architectural Record, Chicago's Wrightwood 659 to Host Balkrishna Doshi Exhibition
July 26, 2020 Windy City Times, Wrightwood 659 showing Doshi exhibit Sept. 9-Dec. 12
June 29, 2020 Ahmedabad Mirror, Chicago-bound
Ongoing Air Mail, Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People
June 22, 2020 The Architect's Newspaper, Wrightwood 659 will stage first U.S. retrospective of Balkrishna Doshi this fall
June 18, 2020 ArchDaily, First U.S. Exhibition of Pritzker Prize-Winner Balkrishna Doshi to Open in September
June 16, 2020 Daniella on Design, Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People
Feb. 19, 2020 Hyde Park Herald, Allure of Matter: Material Art from China
Feb. 18, 2020 Chicago Reader, ‘The Allure of Matter’ pushes boundaries
Feb 13, 2020 City Pleasures, Joint Exhibition a Singular Triumph
Dec 18, 2019 Chicago Reader, Six visual art shows that made 2019 bearable
Dec 10, 2019 Chicago Reader, Tetsuya Ishida’s first U.S. retrospective isn’t for the faint of heart
Dec 3, 2019 Art Asia Pacific, SELF-PORTRAIT OF OTHER TETSUYA ISHIDA
Dec 1, 2019 Choose Chicago, 10 must-see Chicago museum exhibits this month
Nov 20, 2019 WTTW TV (PBS), Tetsuya Ishida’s First US Show Features Moody Portraits of 20th Century Life
Nov 20, 2019 MSN News, Japanese ‘cult’ artist Tetsuya Ishida depicts Japan’s relentlessly conformism and technology’s control at Wrightwood 659
Nov 16, 2019 Hyperallergic, Life-and-Death Paintings, From a Career Cut Short
Nov 14, 2019 Chicago Tribune, Japanese ‘cult’ artist Tetsuya Ishida depicts Japan’s relentlessly conformism and technology’s control at Wrightwood 659
Nov 12, 2019 New Art Examiner, 21st Century Surrealism: "Tetsuya Ishida: Self-Portrait of Other”
Oct 8, 2019 Third Coast Review, Playtime Radio: Lots of Art, Poetry, Music by The Locals, and the Pinball Expo
Sept 27, 2019 New York Times, Don’t Miss These Art Shows and Events This Fall
Aug 23, 2019 Crain’s Chicago Business, The best art to see this fall
Aug 2, 2019 New York Times, In Chicago, Overlooked Achievements by L.G.B.T.Q. Artists
Jul 29, 2019 Newcity Art, Queer/Architectural Passing in Wrightwood 659’s “About Face”
Jul 19, 2019 Sedition, About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and New Queer Art
May 30, 2019 Chicago Tribune, Queer art celebration honors Stonewall anniversary by looking beyond the binary
May 22, 2019 WTTW, Not Just Stonewall: New Show Explores 50 Years of Queer Art
Apr 1, 2019 Frieze, How Keller Easterling Wants to Hack Migration and Capital Flight
Apr 2019 Newcity, A Space for Citizenship
Mar 19, 2019 Architectural Record, ‘Dimensions of Citizenship’ Dreams of Belonging Best at the Smallest and Largest Scales
Mar 12, 2019 Chicago Tribune, 7 highlights from Venice Architecture Biennale are now in the soaring Wrightwood 659 gallery in Chicago
Mar 12, 2019 WTTW, Artists, Architects Reimagine the Possibilities of Design in ‘Dimensions of Citizenship’
Mar 12, 2019 TL Magazine, Dimensions of Citizenship: investigating pressing issues of our day
Feb 15, 2019 Architectural Digest, "Dimensions of Citizenship" Exhibit Moves from Venice Biennale to Chicago
Feb 14, 2019 Chicago Reader, 'Dimensions of Citizenship' at Wrightwood 659 and 'Stateless' at MoCP examine what global citizenship looks like today
Dec 12, 2018 Windy City Times, Wrightwood 659 Celebrates Social Justice, Architecture
Dec 10, 2018 Chicago Tribune, Best Architecture for 2018: It was a Vital Year, Just Not in the Usual Places
Dec 3, 2018 Architectural Record, The Big Reveal
Oct 12, 2018 The New York Times, A Tadao Ando-Designed Exhibition Space Opens in Chicago
Oct 4, 2018 The Architect's Newspaper, Tadao Ando–designed architecture exhibition space opens in Chicago
Sept 28, 2018 Archinect, Tadao Ando-designed Wrightwood 659 art venue to open in Chicago with exhibition on Ando and Le Corbusier

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Exhibition Press Images

How to Reach Us

Sept 9-Dec 12, 2020 Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People

Oct 3–Dec 14, 2019 Tetsuya Ishida: Self-Portrait of Other National Media Alert

Oct 3–Dec 14, 2019 Tetsuya Ishida: Self-Portrait of Other National Media Preview

Oct 3–Dec 14, 2019 Tetsuya Ishida: Self-Portrait of Other Calendar Alert

May 22-Jul 20, 2019 About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and New Queer Art

Feb 15–Apr 27, 2019 Dimensions of Citizenship

Oct 12–Dec 15, 2018 Ando and Le Corbusier: Masters of Architecture

In the News

August 14, 2020 Desi Talk Chicago, Famous Indian Architect To Be Featured In Chicago Exhibition

August 13, 2020 News India Times, Famous Indian architect to be featured in Chicago exhibition

July 29, 2020 Sawdust, Chicago’s Wrightwood 659 to host exhibition on BV Doshi’s works

July 28, 2020 Architectural Record, Chicago's Wrightwood 659 to Host Balkrishna Doshi Exhibition

July 26, 2020 Windy City Times, Wrightwood 659 showing Doshi exhibit Sept. 9-Dec. 12

June 29, 2020 Ahmedabad Mirror, Chicago-bound

Ongoing Air Mail, Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People

June 22, 2020 The Architect's Newspaper, Wrightwood 659 will stage first U.S. retrospective of Balkrishna Doshi this fall

June 18, 2020 ArchDaily, First U.S. Exhibition of Pritzker Prize-Winner Balkrishna Doshi to Open in September

June 16, 2020 Daniella on Design, Balkrishna Doshi: Architecture for the People

Feb. 19, 2020 Hyde Park Herald, Allure of Matter: Material Art from China

Feb. 18, 2020 Chicago Reader, ‘The Allure of Matter’ pushes boundaries

Feb 13, 2020 City Pleasures, Joint Exhibition a Singular Triumph

Dec 18, 2019 Chicago Reader, Six visual art shows that made 2019 bearable

Dec 10, 2019 Chicago Reader, Tetsuya Ishida’s first U.S. retrospective isn’t for the faint of heart

Dec 3, 2019 Art Asia Pacific, SELF-PORTRAIT OF OTHER TETSUYA ISHIDA

Dec 1, 2019 Choose Chicago, 10 must-see Chicago museum exhibits this month

Nov 20, 2019 WTTW TV (PBS), Tetsuya Ishida’s First US Show Features Moody Portraits of 20th Century Life

Nov 20, 2019 MSN News, Japanese ‘cult’ artist Tetsuya Ishida depicts Japan’s relentlessly conformism and technology’s control at Wrightwood 659

Nov 16, 2019 Hyperallergic, Life-and-Death Paintings, From a Career Cut Short

Nov 14, 2019 Chicago Tribune, Japanese ‘cult’ artist Tetsuya Ishida depicts Japan’s relentlessly conformism and technology’s control at Wrightwood 659

Nov 12, 2019 New Art Examiner, 21st Century Surrealism: "Tetsuya Ishida: Self-Portrait of Other”

Oct 8, 2019 Third Coast Review, Playtime Radio: Lots of Art, Poetry, Music by The Locals, and the Pinball Expo

Sept 27, 2019 New York Times, Don’t Miss These Art Shows and Events This Fall

Aug 23, 2019 Crain’s Chicago Business, The best art to see this fall

Aug 2, 2019 New York Times, In Chicago, Overlooked Achievements by L.G.B.T.Q. Artists

Jul 29, 2019 Newcity Art, Queer/Architectural Passing in Wrightwood 659’s “About Face”

Jul 19, 2019 Sedition, About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and New Queer Art

May 30, 2019 Chicago Tribune, Queer art celebration honors Stonewall anniversary by looking beyond the binary

May 22, 2019 WTTW, Not Just Stonewall: New Show Explores 50 Years of Queer Art

Apr 1, 2019 Frieze, How Keller Easterling Wants to Hack Migration and Capital Flight

Apr 2019 Newcity, A Space for Citizenship

Mar 19, 2019 Architectural Record, ‘Dimensions of Citizenship’ Dreams of Belonging Best at the Smallest and Largest Scales

Mar 12, 2019 Chicago Tribune, 7 highlights from Venice Architecture Biennale are now in the soaring Wrightwood 659 gallery in Chicago

Mar 12, 2019 WTTW, Artists, Architects Reimagine the Possibilities of Design in ‘Dimensions of Citizenship’

Mar 12, 2019 TL Magazine, Dimensions of Citizenship: investigating pressing issues of our day

Feb 15, 2019 Architectural Digest, "Dimensions of Citizenship" Exhibit Moves from Venice Biennale to Chicago

Feb 14, 2019 Chicago Reader, 'Dimensions of Citizenship' at Wrightwood 659 and 'Stateless' at MoCP examine what global citizenship looks like today

Dec 12, 2018 Windy City Times, Wrightwood 659 Celebrates Social Justice, Architecture

Dec 10, 2018 Chicago Tribune, Best Architecture for 2018: It was a Vital Year, Just Not in the Usual Places

Dec 3, 2018 Architectural Record, The Big Reveal

Oct 12, 2018 The New York Times, A Tadao Ando-Designed Exhibition Space Opens in Chicago

Oct 4, 2018 The Architect's Newspaper, Tadao Ando–designed architecture exhibition space opens in Chicago

Sept 28, 2018 Archinect, Tadao Ando-designed Wrightwood 659 art venue to open in Chicago with exhibition on Ando and Le Corbusier

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