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MAS Context Spring Talks 2026
Presentations by architect and theorist Francesco Marullo, architect Dan Towler Weese, and architect Susan King related to the exhibition All Magnificent and Wild: Notes on Chicago Residential Hotels that explores Chicago’s residential hotels. The event will take place at the MAS Context Reading Room (1564 North Damen Avenue, Suite 204, Chicago, Illinois 60622).
MAS Context Spring Talks 2026
Luis Urculo: The Difficulty of Representation
Lecture by artist Luis Urculo organized by MAS Context and ART on THE MART related to the installation The Difficulty of Representation. The event will take place at the MAS Context Reading Room (1564 North Damen Avenue, Suite 204, Chicago, Illinois 60622).
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The Difficulty of Representation
MAS Context and ART on THE MART co-present “The Difficulty of Representation” by artist Luis Urculo. The projection will be visible from Wacker Drive and along the Riverwalk. The platform is free and open to the public nightly.
MAS Context Spring Talks 2026
Germane Barnes: Turn the Mic Up
Lecture by Chicago-born Miami-based architect Germane Barnes, founding principal of Studio Barnes. The event will take place at the MAS Context Reading Room (1564 North Damen Avenue, Suite 204, Chicago, Illinois 60622).
Please note that this lecture, initially scheduled for March 17, has been rescheduled to April 13.
MAS Context Spring Talks 2026
Event featuring three Chicago-based architecture offices. The program will take place at the MAS Context Reading Room (1564 North Damen Avenue, Suite 204, Chicago, Illinois 60622).
MAS Context Spring Talks 2026
Recontextualizing Modernismo: Architecture, Intervention, and Site
Conversation with curator Alivé Piliado, artist and craftsman Noel Mercado, and Iker Gil of MAS Context organized by MAS Context and the Edith Farnsworth House related to the exhibition en caminos. The event will take place at the MAS Context Reading Room (1564 North Damen Avenue, Suite 204, Chicago, Illinois 60622).
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The Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room and the Economies of Ornament
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Bruce Goff’s Fabulous (and Bedazzled) Material Worlds
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From Design to Destruction: Archiving the World Trade Center
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Virgil Abloh, Edith Farnsworth, and Midcentury Modernism
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