Michelle Grabner is an artist, writer, and Professor in Painting and Drawing at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago. Along with her husband Brad Killam, she founded The Suburban, a project space in Oak Park, Illinois, and The Poor Farm, a not-for-profit exhibition space in Northeastern Wisconsin. Her writing has been published in Artforum, Modern Painters, Frieze, and Art Press. In 2010, she and Mary Jane Jacob co-edited THE STUDIO READER, an anthology published by the University of Chicago Press. Grabner is one of three curators for the 2014 Whitney Biennial.

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Upcoming Events

March 28 / 6:00pm
Opening

Stacks Squares Opening

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Join us for the opening of Corner Office, an exhibition with Stacks Squares in Contemporary On-Site.

March 28 / 6:30pm
Contemporary Talks

Villa Albertine Resident Artist Talk

Ngnima Sarr (aka T.I.E)

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Ngnima Sarr (aka T.I.E) will discuss her project “Odyssey in Utero”, where she explores diasporic and existential questions through the perspective of the female body.

March 30 / 12:30pm
Contemporary Talks

Atlanta for Artists

A Conversation

Presented by Artadia
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Discuss the ever-evolving Atlanta arts ecosystem and how we can further encourage it to thrive.

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