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TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: On Craft, Intention, and the DJ’s Ear
What does care look, feel, and sound like in the creative practice of DJ’ing?
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Resources Towards Solidarity, Care, and Community Defense
200+ resources for community self-defense, basic needs, solidarity, creative caretaking, and organizing within the Chicagoland area.
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In Access We Trust: A Review of “Don’t mind if I do” at Gallery 400
An exploration of the mechanisms used to interrogate the ways in which disability advocacy is often framed and defined in exhibitions.
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Your Impact Never Ends: How The Legacy of Three Women Still Shapes the Midwest
A look into the lives of Harriet Berg, Penny Gardner, and Grace Stinton—three Midwest women who impacted their local communities and beyond.
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finessing is not scamming: Three Poems by E’Mon Lauren
In three poems, Chicago’s inaugural Youth Poet Laureate explores a wide range of theme, including femme rage, racialized beauty standards, class, lineage, and hustling to make ends meet.
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A toxin threatens, but it also beckons
In scent artist agustine zegers’ latest exhibition at Gallery 400, the smell of petroleum summons memory and emotion to explore our paradoxical tenderness for man-made toxins.
Sixty is a worker-led organization and publishing platform that produces collaborative projects about artists, archival practice, art history, and culture in Chicago and the Midwest. Learn more about our work.
Art Picks
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November Art Picks
Sixty’s selection of art exhibitions and events in Chicago and the Midwest for November 2025.
Sixty Bilingual
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Lo Que La Tierra Carga
Una activación de Marquette Park a través de la Residencia Curatorial Anchor inspira esta reflexión ecfrástica.
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LOS CRYBABYS: A Somewhere in Chicago Story
Migrant communities are under attack by ICE and Los Crybabys aren’t going to let them take Don Jose from La Villita.
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Bonding in Snuggle: Jamila Woods & D-Composed
A video comic review of a sound healing experience presented at Kehrein Center for the Arts.
Interviews
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TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: On Craft, Intention, and the DJ’s Ear
What does care look, feel, and sound like in the creative practice of DJ’ing?
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Your Impact Never Ends: How The Legacy of Three Women Still Shapes the Midwest
A look into the lives of Harriet Berg, Penny Gardner, and Grace Stinton—three Midwest women who impacted their local communities and beyond.
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Unfurling Like a Rose: The Life and Times of Dr. Yaoundé Olu
A glimpse into the life and work of Chicagoan Dr. Yaoundé Olu, a multi-hyphenate artist, gallerist, and member of the Black Arts Movement.
On Archives
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Resources Towards Solidarity, Care, and Community Defense
200+ resources for community self-defense, basic needs, solidarity, creative caretaking, and organizing within the Chicagoland area.
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Announcing the 2025 Chicago Archives + Artists Project Pairings
Meet the 2025 CA+AP archive + artist participants as we continue the theme of “Embodying the Archive.”
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When Clouds Roll Away: A Community Reflection on the Johnson Publishing Company Archives
A look at “When Clouds Roll Away: Reflection and Restoration from the Johnson Archive,” through reflections from attendees, artist Theaster Gates, and the author’s own insights.
The Latest Sixty News
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Announcing the 2025 Chicago Archives + Artists Project Pairings
Meet the 2025 CA+AP archive + artist participants as we continue the theme of “Embodying the Archive.”
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Meet the 2025 Sixty x Bemis Center Critic-in-Residence!
This summer, Pia Singh will be traveling to Bemis Center in Omaha for our fourth annual Critic-in-Residence program!
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Replenishing Sanctuary: A Note on our Summer Slowdown // Una Nota Sobre Nuestro Descanso del Verano
Thoughts on putting people before productivity.