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Detroit's MoCAD Reopens | RIP Paula Kamps | Mercadito Expands.Get Chicago & Great Lakes culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning.Subscribe to Newcity Today here.ART Tony Fitzpatrick’s Art Goes To Auction Today The late artist Tony Fitzpatrick’s “prints and collages are the highlight of a sale today that includes work by about forty Chicago creatives, including Ed Paschke and Ivan Albright,” reports Block Club.Potter & Potter’s “Art & Design” will begin at 10am.“Works on the block range from fine art to folk art, including pieces by other famous artists, from Ivan Albright and Rene Magritte to Keith Haring.Many, including Albright, were Chicagoans.” The Sun-Times adds, “The Chicago firm is billing it as the largest grouping of his work to come to market since his October death.” “Every house I’ve been at has always sold Tony’s works, but we made a concerted effort to do something with a little bit of a splash,” said Aron Packer, Potter & Potter’s fine and outsider art specialist.View the auction here.Artist Paula Kamps Was Thirty-Six “Paula Kamps was an artist of rare sensitivity,” chronicles gallery M.LeBlanc on Instagram.“From 2019-2024, the gallery represented Paula’s works, exhibiting her paintings in numerous group exhibitions and art fairs, as well as mounting two solo exhibitions here in Chicago.Paula made an extraordinary impact during her time in Chicago, touching the lives of many people in our community and the numerous students she advised during her time at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.” DePaul Artists Collective Looks Toward Change “The announcement of DePaul Art Museum’s closing has rattled the artistic community since February, leaving some artists’ future at DePaul uncertain.One group on campus wants to amplify these lost voices by organizing gallery events for students on and off campus,” profiles the DePaulia.DePaul Artists Collective, “a club focused on giving artists opportunities to showcase work and collaborate with other artists, had their most recent showcase earlier this month at 6311arts, a gallery, retail and workshop space in Edgewater.” Detroit’s MoCAD Reopens With New Ideas The assembly of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit “has been a slow and steady one.First conceptualized in 1995 by a trio of women, it took over ten years of grassroots development before opening its doors to the public in 2006.This spring, the institution marks its twentieth anniversary, reopening after an eight-month renovation and a new vision for its future,” reports ARTnews.“At the core of this vision is ensuring that artists are at the center of everything the museum does.‘Artists will always exist; institutions maybe won’t always exist,’ said Jova Lynne, MOCAD’s artistic director who serves as co-director… ‘Putting artists at the forefront and acknowledging the multiplicitous lives that are lived is a cornerstone to what we are doing for this twentieth year at MOCAD.'” MMoCA Celebrates 125 Years In Wisconsin The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art will mark 125 years with a public reception on Thursday, June 4.The 125th Anniversary Party and Spring Opening Celebration will see the debut of MMoCA’s latest exhibition, “Extended Play: A-Side.” Drawing from the Museum’s permanent collection, the show “explores the emergence of a new form of abstract painting in the 1960s that utilized bold color and new relationships between control and freedom.The second part, ‘Extended Play: B-Side,’ traces how that artwork is directly connected to the creative visionaries of Madison.” More here.The Lakefront Festival Of Art Returns To Milwaukee The Lakefront Festival of Art comes back to the Milwaukee Art Museum campus June 12-14.The three-day event will feature 145 juried artists from Milwaukee and across the country, and “invites visitors to shop one-of-a-kind artwork, enjoy live music, savor local food and drinks, and experience the city’s lakefront in full color.” Tickets and more here.DESIGN Owner Of The Alley Seeks Successor “Mark Thomas estimates that he’s traveled four million miles around the world on a never-ending quest of ‘looking for weird shit'” for The Alley, reports the Sun-Times.“Thomas has filled the counterculture emporium with the oddest and finest knick-knacks, art and apparel since 1976… Thomas (who says he’s always been ‘kind of a hippie guy’) has been pouring his blood, sweat and tears into The Alley since he was barely out of high school and unexpectedly became an entrepreneur… Thomas—who hopes he will be able to remain involved as an adviser and store personality—has thought about those opportunities down the road, too.” Milwaukee Domes Project Raises $8 Million The hope to “revitalize” Milwaukee’s Mitchell Park Domes is progressing, reports Urban Milwaukee.The Wisconsin State Building Commission has just approved a $2 million grant toward the $133 million project, while the “Wisconsin Historical Society has approved the Domes for the state historic register.” And “the project has raised more than $8 million in private donations since launching its fundraising campaign last year,” all of which aid the goal to begin construction next year.DINING & DRINKING Tribune Names Food Award Critic’s Choice “For our Critic’s Choice Awards this year, we’re recognizing not just chefs (or categories that once served us, but now seem limiting).We’re awarding places as a collective of their people who have inspired us with their extraordinary culinary achievement through dedicated ethical work,” posts the Tribune, (gift link).Illustrated and described at length: Cerdito Muerto; Del Sur Bakery; Feld; Kumiko; Las Carnitas Uruapan La Villita; M’daKhan; Mahari; Mirra; North Pond; and Void.Mayor Exporting Giardiniera To Pope When Mayor Johnson meets Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican today, “he will present the pontiff with a jar of the Italian relish from J.P.Graziano, the storied grocer in the West Loop,” scoops the Sun-Times.“We are very honored and wildly excited,” said Jim Graziano, the fourth-generation owner of J.P.Graziano.“A member of Johnson’s office came to the store… to pick up one jar of house-made Partanna Extra Virgin Hot Giardiniera to give to the pontiff.It’s the company’s ‘top shelf’ variety and sells for $19.49, Graziano said.‘The pope deserves nothing but the best.'” Mercadito’s Second Chicago Location Opens In Lincoln Park After seventeen years as a River North staple, Mercadito is expanding with a second Chicago location.Mercadito Lincoln Park will be led by executive chef Alexander Quintero, whose background includes Chicago restaurants Toro Chicago and Aikana Chicago.Born in Miami and raised in Costa Rica and Colombia, Quintero “brings a globally influenced approach that blends contemporary technique with bold Latin American flavors, seasonal ingredients and unexpected pairings.” Opening Wednesday, June 3 at 2423 North Lincoln.More here.Ritz-Carlton Appoints Damion Henry As Executive Chef The Ritz-Carlton Chicago has appointed Damion D.Henry as executive chef, overseeing all culinary operations across the hotel, including Torali, the rooftop, the café, in-room dining and the hotel’s catering and events program.Henry’s culinary approach is rooted in his Jamaican upbringing and shaped by a diverse career spanning more than twenty years of experience.At The Ritz-Carlton, Chicago, he “will introduce refreshed menus at Torali, enhance the hotel’s afternoon tea service and continue to spotlight seasonal, locally sourced ingredients.” Chef Henry highlights his culinary creations on Instagram here and his YouTube channel here.FILM & TELEVISION Music Box’s Neon Notes The Music Box continues to provide glimpses on Instagram of its ongoing update, including the progress on the neon signage for theaters two and three.For Food Orders, Sony’s Alamo Drafthouse Waives No-Phone Policy “Known for its strict no-phones policy, the Alamo Drafthouse has instituted mobile ordering for its in-seat meals, upsetting some of its biggest fans,” reports the