“Tony Tasset Better Me” is a wonderful primer of all things (most things? Some things?) Tony Tasset. Explanatory essays and an interview really give a good insight into his work and his way of looking at things.

Chicago Artist Colonies, by Keith M. Stolte, does a great job of reviewing Chicago’s art culture in the nineteenth century, the effect on it by the World’s Columbian Exposition, and the better known (at the time) artists, both local and those who had moved from elsewhere.

Short and easy read, highly recommended.

The Apostles of Humboldt Park (I, Apostle), is a beautiful book of poetry and collage by famed Chicago artist, Tony Fitzpatrick

The book, The Friedman Collection: Artists of Chicago, with its well-written essay and beautiful reproductions of the art, will disabuse you of the notion that Chicago artists are second to anyone.

A short book review of Mary Gabriel's Ninth Street Women, a quasi art historical look at these somewhat overlooked women artists, their times, and their lives.