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Article: 'Pursuit of the new' Terra Museum's swan song examines Chicago modernism.(Time Out!)(Main event)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
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- July 30, 2004
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Byline: Barbara Vitello Daily Herald Staff Writer
"Chicago Modern, 1893-1945: The Pursuit of the New" heralds the beginning of the end for Chicago's Terra Museum of American Art.
The first exhibition devoted to paintings by Chicago artists created between the Columbian Exposition and the end of World War II, the engrossing, expertly-organized "Chicago Modern" marks the final chapter of the museum that fell victim to legal squabbles and poor attendance.
But museum officials and curators hope it will inspire the first chapter in new exploration of a neglected area of American art history.
"The history of Chicago Art before 1945 is ...