In the News

The Architect's Newspaper, 11/29/22

Art on theMART’s newest projection, Chicago Design Through the Decades, which debuted November 18 and can be viewed nightly through December 30, isn’t the work of a single artist but a century-spanning celebration-slash-compendium of Chicago design.

Forbes, 11/19/22

Chicago is world-famous for its arts and culture, and it may surprise travelers to find out that the Windy City is home to over 60 museums (and plenty of art venues) each with its own unique slant. There’s Art on theMART the largest permanent digital art installation in the world.

CBS Chicago, 11/11/22

Art on the Mart is offering a special tribute to the people of Ukraine Thursday night on Chicago's Riverwalk. It's a holiday themed projection, part of the popular Art on the Mart program.

The Art Newspaper, 11/10/22

A projection by Kyiv-based studio PHOTINUS and based on composer Mykola Leontovych's work is taking over a building in Chicago, which is home to a large Ukrainian diaspora community.

Block Club Chicago, 10/20/22

Jasmin Taylor's "Trap Moulin Rouge" celebrates Black culture from 79th Street through dance, music and contributions from other South Side artists. It's being projected on the side of what's now called The Mart.

Chicago Sun-Times, 10/14/22

Jasmin Taylor’s “Trap Moulin Rouge” performance piece is among the projections featured on the facade of the Merchandise Mart.

Chicago Crusader, 09/10/22

Art on theMART’s Fall 2022 program is slated to premiere September 8, at 8:30 p.m., and will feature two new projections highlighting the city of Chicago’s Year of Chicago Dance: “Love Letters” by internationally-renowned artist Yuge Zhou, and “Trap Moulin Rouge” by local performing artist Jasmin Taylor.

CBS Chicago, 09/09/22

The newest installation for Art on the Mart debuts Thursday night.

WBBM-AM Online, 09/08/22

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Chicago’s Merchandise Mart will be the canvas for two new Art on the Mart displays debuting Thursday night.

Newcity, 09/06/22

“I want to be clear it’s not a dance video, but a dance projection—three- dimensional, not flat,” says Jasmin Taylor, one of two artists premiering monumental-sized work this week for the fall iteration of Art on theMART

WTTW, 08/02/22

One of the oldest parades on the city’s South Side is being celebrated in a film projected beneath the stars at Merchandise Mart's Art on the Mart.

Fox Chicago, 07/05/22

Shkunna Stewart, co-director of "Billiken," joins Good Day Chicago to talk about her inspiration behind the film and what the reception has been like.

New York Times, 05/17/22

Art on theMART utilizes the biggest digital video projection system in the world to turn the Merchandise Mart into a giant canvas, and this weekend it's making a huge addition to the spirit of the season with unique holiday-themed animations.

Barron's, 05/06/22

On Thursday evening in Chicago, the 2.5-acre Art Deco facade of theMART on the Chicago River will light up with the swirling colors of the artist Nick Cave’s Soundsuits.

Cultured, 05/05/22

"Avoid the wind and see the city," says artist Nick Cave of Chicago in the month of May. For Cultured City Guides, Cave gives you the insider's look at why Illinois's most populous city is a must-visit art destination this spring.

Chicago Tribune, 03/13/22

This year, Chicago’s downtown Riverwalk will see climate change-themed projections light up the night as Art on theMart returns with its spring 2022 programming, presented in partnership with Shedd Aquarium.

Celeb Magazine, 03/04/22

This Spring, a new installation will be debuting featuring the iconic Soundsuits of American artist Nick Cave. Known for his evocative and thought-inspiring pieces, Cave’s projection is an opportunity for the city and world to experience the beauty, deep meaning, and wonder of the Soundsuits installation.

Chicago Reader, 03/03/22

The best of the short videos projected onto the edifice of Merchandise Mart last year was Footnotes, which functions as both a love letter to footwork and a firm argument for its deep connection to Chicago...

Hypebeast, 02/27/22

Chicago’s renowned Merchandise Mart building is set to display a comprehensive survey of multi-disciplinary artist Nick Cave’s work, coinciding with his upcoming Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago exhibition.

Chicago Tribune, 01/22/22

Throughout the summer and fall, Art on theMART will play four new installations. The building known as Merchandise Mart serves as the ideal projection screen for The Seldoms, Jasmin Taylor and Yuge Zhou, whose projects creatively explore climate change, the South Side’s cultural landscapes and courtship through dance.

TimeOut Chicago, 12/08/21

The city has been celebrating the Year of Chicago Music in 2021, and Art on theMART got in on the festivities this summer, presenting its best program of projections to date—all set to a soundtrack provided by Chicagoans.

La Raza, 11/27/21

Estudiantes de Chicago que tienen pasión por el arte expusieron sus trabajos en el Merchandise Mart de Chicago el viernes. Se trata de un nuevo proyecto de proyección que debutó para ‘Art on theMART’ el viernes por la noche a lo largo de la orilla del lago.

CBS Chicago, 11/27/21

A new projection project will debut for “Art on theMART” Friday night along the lakefront. It’s called “Shaping The Future” and it features the work of students in Chicago’s “After School Matters” program.

Chicagohotels.com, 11/02/21

Art on theMART's fall season features Barbara Kruger, one of the most significant visual artists of our time, who will use the event to debut her unseen work, named Untitled (Questions), featuring trademark bold texts and provocative messages that invite us to reconsider how we relate to one another.

Archinect, 10/21/21

Spread across the 2.5-acre façade of Chicago’s iconic theMART building, formerly known as the Merchandise Mart, a new projection by conceptual artist Barbara Kruger is featured.

Metropolis, 10/07/21

A projection by noted conceptual artist Barbara Kruger takes over the facade of theMart twice every evening during NeoCon.

Chicago Tribune, 09/07/21

A one-night live event is coming to the Chicago Riverwalk Friday in conjunction with the Art on theMart series, according to an announcement by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE).

Hypebeast, 07/22/21

Barbara Kruger will be debuting work with Art on theMART, as she is partnering with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events on a new fall program that will free the artists work from the confines of the museum wall and into the accessibility of the urban environment.

DJ Magazine, 07/16/21

A short film on the music genre and dance style footwork is being projected onto Chicago's Merchandise Mart, a huge Art Deco building home to shops, offices and showrooms, through to early September.

Windy City Times, 07/14/21

In partnership with Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Art on theMART announced a major new addition to its fall program: a projection by renowned conceptual artist Barbara Kruger. The projection will be shown twice nightly, at 7:30 and 8 p.m., Sept. 17-Nov. 25

Chicago Tribune, 07/03/21

Footwork is set to take its biggest stage in the city yet with the installation of “Footnotes,” a new project in collaboration with the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and Art on theMart program. “Footnotes” opens July 6 and plays nightly at 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. through Sept. 16.

New York Times,The New York Times, 07/01/21

“Footnotes,” a short footwork film, is being projected across the 2.5-acre facade of the Merchandise Mart through Sept. 16. It’s a boost in visibility for a style, developed by black youth, that hasn’t always been welcome in the city’s center — a style that has become popular around the world but isn’t always given recognition and respect in its hometown.

Chicago Sun Times, 06/19/21

You can see the Obamas’ larger-than-life portraits glow along the side of the Merchandise Mart building starting June 17 . The animated projections of the famous Obama Portraits created by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald will light up at 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. as part of the Art On TheMART’s summer program.

Chicago Gallery News, 05/06/21

This latest update brings together Art on theMART, Cleve Carney Museum of Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Art on theMART announced in partnership with Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, two major new additions to its summer program: The Obama Portraits and Frida Kahlo.

The Magnificent Mile, 02/20/21

The first joint project will showcase the artwork of select Chicago Public School (CPS) seniors on the façade of theMART as part of a new animated projection entitled Hope is a Light: Select Works from the Chicago Public School Class of 2021 to be shown as part of Art on theMART’s late spring program, May 20 – June 26, 2021, run nightly.

TimeOut Chicago, 02/04/21

The new program is based around a collaboration with the Adler Planetarium, transporting viewers into the cosmos with scientific visualizations that demonstrate just how gigantic the universe really is.

Chicago Tribune, 12/05/20

A new season of projections on the Merchandise Mart begins. A work of video art inspired by the Joffrey Ballet’s holiday classic “The Nutcracker” will include images from its ballet set during the 1893 World’s Fair, as well as the Tchaikovsky score.

USA Today, 12/04/20

It's worth the bundled-up outing as Art on theMart offers winter holiday imagery to the the largest permanent digital art projection on the planet. A 25-story-tall video installation takes over the side of the Merchandise Mart blanketing the historic facade with bold colors and moving images.

Choose Chicago, 11/18/20

See The Nutcracker, Monet’s water lilies, and more come to life at Art on theMART. The world’s largest digital art display will debut a larger-than-life program featuring collaborations with The Joffrey Ballet, the Art Institute of Chicago, and Arts of Life.

Chicago Tribune, 11/14/20

And on a chilly Thursday night on Chicago’s Riverwalk, a few minutes of images from the Joffrey Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” projected on the surface of the Merchandise Mart certainly didn’t imply holiday normalcy. But they at least represented survival.

Chicago Sun Times, 11/13/20

Hundreds gather in front of the Merchandise Mart on Chicago’s Riverwalk to watch Thursday night’s kickoff of “Art on the Mart” with a special “Nutcracker”-themed presentation from Joffrey Ballet.

Choose Chicago, 11/13/20

Art on theMART will resume projections on Thursday, November 12 with an all new program. Just in time to celebrate the holidays...

Chicago Sun Times, 11/12/20

For an outdoor experience and easy social distancing, check out the latest edition of Art on the Mart, the nightly projections of art and more on the façade of the Merchandise Mart.

Chicago Sun Times, 11/07/20

The all-new program, beginning at 7 p.m. nightly through Dec. 30, includes the debut of a Joffrey Ballet moving-image work featuring images from the company’s production of “The Nutcracker.”

Chicago Tribune, 11/07/20

A work of video art inspired by the Joffrey Ballet’s holiday classic “The Nutcracker” will include images from its ballet set during the 1893 World’s Fair, as well as the Tchaikovsky score.

The New York Times, 10/30/20

Beginning Nov. 12, Art on theMART, a digital projection on the 2.5-acre facade of a building formerly known as the Merchandise Mart, will project “The Nutcracker” by the Joffrey Ballet (free).

The New York Times, 10/22/20

Works by Bisa Butler and Barbara Earl Thomas are featured in major museum shows in Chicago and Seattle. It's a star turn that many feel is long overdue.

Chicago Gallery News, 10/16/20

We just received the following announcement that Art on theMART will be returning soon – every night – and we are really looking forward to a nightly cultural experience we can enjoy at home. Plus, the content promises to be beautiful, calming, even enlightening.

Time Out Chicago, 10/16/20

A new 30-minute program will feature animated production images from The Joffrey Ballet's The Nutcracker set to Tchaikovsky's festive score as well as works from the Art Institute of Chicago's "Monet and Chicago" and "Bisa Butler: Portraits" exhibitions. The show will also include moving images created by artists with physical and intellectual disabilities in collaboration with local nonprofit Arts of Life.

Choose Chicago, 05/14/20

The Fall Launch of Art on theMART, the largest permanent digital art projection in the world, will take place on Saturday, September 21, unveiling new works by artists Charles Atlas and Petra Cortright, along with a display from EXPO CHICAGO’s 2019 OVERRIDE | A Billboard Program artists and theater maker John Boesche.

Chicago Tribune, 02/18/20

Claude Monet painted on a lot of big canvases in his life but never one whose dimensions are measured in acres.

Chicago Gallery News, 02/18/20

Art on theMART, the largest permanent art projection in the world, returns April 2, 2020 to illuminate the river-façade of the historic landmark theMART (formerly Merchandise Mart.)

Modern Luxury, 12/19/19

Some of the city's top creatives reveal their favorite colors of the Windy City.

Red Tricycle, 12/12/19

Merchandise Mart’s Art on theMart is the world’s largest digital art projection, appearing on the Mart’s nearly three-acre exterior facade.

Architectural Digest, 12/10/19

While the Mart may be a frequent destination for design professionals in Chicago, other locals outside the industry probably think of the building for another reason: the annual art and light show dubbed Art on the Mart.

Chicago Tribune, 12/04/19

Art on theMART, the largest permanent digital art projection in the world, will celebrate the holidays with a variety of festive projections that will display across the 2.5 acre façade of theMART (formerly Merchandise Mart).

ABC 7, 11/20/19

Art on theMart kicks off its holiday-themed winter light show Wednesday.

Lifestyle Brazil, 11/18/19

Já o Art on the Mart têm essas incríveis projeções de arte pública em uma vista de tirar o fôlego na Chicago Riverwalk, projetando animações e outras imagens em movimento na fachada do edifício do Merchandise Mart, que já foi o maior do mundo em extensão.

Notable Life, 11/13/19

Then there’s Art on theMART; with projections beginning 30 minutes after sunset and running for two hours every night (look for the big Merchandise Mart building along the River), it’s also the perfect opportunity to catch the gorgeous Chicago River views by night.

Choose Chicago, 10/28/19

Chicago’s one-of-a-kind public art installation will get the Warhol treatment in honor of the exhibition. Art on theMART, the world’s largest digital art projection, will display Warhol’s works across the 2.5 acre river-façade of theMART on the Chicago River.

TripSavvy, 10/18/19

The city hosts Art on theMART, colorful multimedia image art display showcased on the building’s facade.

TimeOut Chicago, 10/16/19

Spot gigantic Warhol works at Art on theMart.

CBS Chicago, 10/16/19

To commemorate the exhibit, Art on theMart will project four Warhol images on theMart (formerly known as the Merchandise Mart) starting around 6:45 Thursday night.

Chicago Sun Times, 10/16/19

Art on theMART will project four renowned Warhol works across Merchandise Mart’s river-facing façade through December 31.

Windy City Times, 10/15/19

Art on theMART—the largest and longest-running digital art projection in the world—will project four renowned artworks by Andy Warhol in alignment with the Art Institute of Chicago's fall exhibition Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again across the 2.5-acre river-facade of theMART (formerly Merchandise Mart).

New York Magazine, 10/09/19

They have this super-big projector on the Chicago Riverwalk, and they project animations and other moving images onto the façade of the Merchandise Mart.

TimeOut Chicago, 09/30/19

Every night, a 25-story-tall video installation takes over the side of the Merchandise Mart, filling the building's historic facade with vibrant colors and moving images.

Ocula, 09/27/19

Cooperation makes Chicago's art scene tick, apparently—as communicated by the integrated programming that unfolded during its art fair week, from the 45th Anniversary show at the non-profit Chicago Artists Coalition, to Art on theMART.

Today's Parent, 09/25/19

Walking along the banks of the Chicago River, it’s hard to miss theMART, the largest privately held commercial building in the United States.

Chicago Gallery News, 09/24/19

EXPO Chicago's panels included a discussion with artist Charles Atlas in alignment with his new commission for Art on theMART.

Galerie, 09/20/19

Art on theMART presents Charles Atlas.

WGN, 09/20/19

Art on theMART, the digital art projection on the Merchandise Mart on the Chicago River, previewed its Fall 2019 program Friday morning.

WGN Radio, 09/20/19

The Merchandise Mart will showcase two new artists, whose work will be unveiled tomorrow in Art on theMart. The installation continues through the end of September.

Cultured Magazine, 09/20/19

Art on theMART, initiated by former mayor Rahm Emanuel, is the city’s largest digital art project.

Galerie, 09/18/19

Art on theMART—the world’s largest permanent digital projection—will feature the two artists as well as soliloquies by John Boesche and a performance by Cheryl Lynn Bruce.

Inside Hook, 09/17/19

Art on theMART will unveil new projections by Charles Atlas at EXPO 2019.

TimeOut Chicago, 09/08/19

Every night, a 25-story-tall video installation takes over the side of the Merchandise Mart, filling the building's historic facade with vibrant colors and moving images.

Picture this Post, 08/31/19

On September 21, Art on theMART, the largest permanent digital art projection in the world, will unveil new site-specific commissions by Charles Atlas and Petra Cortright.

Curbed Chicago, 08/30/19

Future tenants will have access to extensive residential amenities including an indoor-outdoor pool, a fitness club, dog run, game room, golf simulator, and coworking and entertaining spaces—plus outstanding views of the river and Art on theMART.

TimeOut Chicago, 08/23/19

Every night, a 25-story-tall video installation takes over the side of the Merchandise Mart, filling the buildings historic facade with vibrant colors and moving images.

The Journalist, 08/20/19

Wait until 30 minutes or so after the sun goes down, walk over to the west side of the Riverwalk, and check out the exterior of the Merchandise Mart.

Traveling Mom, 08/15/19

New in 2019, Art on the MART is a free, state-of-the-art, 30-minute light show on the side of one of Chicago's most historic buildings, the Merchandise Mart.

Chicago Gallery News, 08/14/19

On September 21, Art on theMART, the largest permanent digital art projection in the world, will unveil new site-specific commissions by Charles Atlas and Petra Cortright.

Chicago Theater and Arts, 08/02/19

Be sure to look at what is being projected on the Chicago River side of theMART. See if you can identify which great work of art is now on the building's 2.5 acre facade.

Chicago Tribune, 08/01/19

Beginning Thursday evening, Chicago Riverwalk users and Wacker Drive walkers stopping by to check out the nightly Art on theMART video projection will see four new works.

Chicago Parent, 07/31/19

A curated digital art installation across 2.5 acres (two football fields) of theMART's river façade, adding to Chicago's vibrant public art scene.

Fat Tire Tours, 07/26/19

At night, head to Art on theMART to witness the long-term public art installation that illuminates the facade of Chicago's Merchandise Mart with spectacular digital projections... the current projections were created by renowned lighting designer John Boesche and reflect the 2019 Year of Chicago Theatre theme.

Chicago Parent, 07/23/19

The Chicago Riverwalk has gone through so many amazing changes over the past few years and now, it has become a beloved attraction in the city's downtown area.

Trip Savvy, 07/19/19

Located on Chicago's affluent Near North Side - jus North of the Chicago River - the River North business and residential area has come a long way from its shady beginnings as a notorious red light district.

Chicago Tribune, 07/09/19

Night Market, a walk-around tasting festival, will be held Aug. 23-25 on the Chicago Riverwalk this year, rather than at the Lakefront Greet at Theater on the Lake, where it took place the inaugural year. It'll be held alongside Art on theMART, the longest-running and largest digital art projection in the world...

Chicago Crusader, 07/06/19

Celebrating the 2019 Year of Chicago Theatre, the free series will feature nine local theatre companies performing on select dates from July to October.

Choose Chicago, 07/02/19

In addition to great food, the Chicago Riverwalk is a beautiful place to check out new art - for free.

The Drum, 06/26/19

Helping build excitement and world-of-mouth, all experiential effort paved the way for a grand celebration at 'Art on theMART,' which is billed as the largest permanent digital art projection in the world.

Broadway World, 06/26/19

Art on theMART continues to feature VOLTA-themed projections nightly through July 6

MHM Properties, 06/25/19

Every night until December 31, 2019, a 25-story-tall installation takes over the side of the Merchandise Mart, filling the building's historic façade with vibrant colors and moving images.

Picture this Post, 06/19/19

Recently Art on theMART began a collaboration between theatermaker John Musial and Lucky Plush Artistic Director Julia Rhoads.

Best Gay Chicago, 06/17/19

Cirque du Soleil and its current hit production, VOLTA, now playing under the Big Top at Soldier Field, takes inspiration from the City's 2019 Year of Chicago Theatre with a vibrant, larger-than-life animated projection as part of the popular public art program.

Broadway World, 06/17/19

As developed expressly for Art on theMART, the projection named VOLTA reflects the state-of-the-art acrobatics, kinetic motion, grandiose scale, and human intimacy of the Cirque du Soleil show that inspired it, as told through the inimitable 3D animation and illusions of Chicago Projection Mapping, LLC.

Curbed Chicago, 06/14/19

Chicago's largest piece of public art is this impressive 2.5-acre digital projection across the riverfront facade of the city's iconic Merchandise Mart.

Choose Chicago, 05/16/19

Chicago in the summer is unlike anything else. The whole city is buzzing as visitors and locals head outdoors to soak in every last ray of sunshine.

Chicago Gallery News, 05/14/19

On Monday outgoing Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the completion of the city's 1.25-mile Chicago Riverwalk when he led a celebration to open the newest section of the walk, the Chicago Riverwalk East, featuring new landscape, seating, vendor spaces, a community market place, and of course, public art.

TimeOut Chicago, 05/13/19

The official start of summer is still more than a month away, but it's warm enough for the Chicago Riverwalk to open for business this week.

Broadway World, 05/13/19

TheMART, with the City of Chicago, today announced the full summer program for Art on theMART, the largest permanent digital art projection I the world.

Curbed Chicago, 05/13/19

Find your next accent piece or simply gawk at priceless treasures

ABC Chicago, 05/13/19

Mayor Rahm Emanuel celebrated the opening of the newly transformed Chicago Riverwalk East Monday.

Chicago Gallery News, 05/02/19

With its minimum 30-year duration, its location downtown along the Chicago River an its substantive and relevant content, Art on theMART is a milestone on Chicago's trajectory of public art.

Lawndale News, 04/18/19

The City of Chicago will highlight the Chicago Riverwalk's free summer programming during a public celebration running Monday, may 13 - Sunday, May 19.

Curbed Chicago, 04/18/19

Art on theMART will debut revised hours and new programming on May 13.

Concierge Preferred, 04/01/19

Admire this public art display in the heart of Chicago as rotating art installations are projected on theMART.

WDCB, 03/21/19

WDCB's Gary Zidek takes a look behind the scenes of Art on theMART's recently unveiled Spring program.

Curbed Chicago, 03/20/19

Chicago's largest piece of public art is this impressive 2.5-acre digital projection across the riverfront facade of the city's iconic Merchandise Mart.

Chicago Informer, 03/13/19

A 25-story-tall video installation takes over the side of the Merchandise Mart, filling the building's historic facade with vibrant colors and moving images.

WGN Radio, 03/13/19

Art on theMART Executive Director Cynthia Noble is the brain behind the epic digital lights show projected across the Merchandise Mart in warm months.

Choose Chicago, 03/12/19

From the famous Picasso in Daley Plaza to the colorful murals scattered across Pilsen, you can run into jaw-dropping public art all around Chicago.

TimeOut Chicago, 03/11/19

After taking two months off, Art on theMART is back. For five nights each week the 25-story-tall video installation takes over the side of the Merchandise Mart, filling the buildings historic facade with vibrant colors and moving images.

Red Tricycle, 03/10/19

The new year is in full swing, and boy is it off to a good start!

National Geographic, 02/22/19

From March to December, recently launched sound-and-light happening Art on the Mart dazzles with two hours of digital imagery Wednesday through Sunday nights on a 2.5-acre screen: the facade of the landmark Merchandise Mart building.

Broadway World, 02/21/19

theMART, with the City of Chicago, today announced the program alignment of Art on theMART, the largest permanent digital art projection in the world, with the 2019 Year of Chicago Theatre, a city-wide celebration of Chicago's theater community...

The Chicago Tribune, 02/21/19

Art on theMART, the fledgling video projection project on the south facade of the Merchandise Mart, is celebrating Chicago theater with the second round of video art it will display, the organization announced Thursday.

The Chicago Tribune, 01/11/19

Whether it be for business or pleasure, visitors poured into Chicago at record-breaking levels last year, according to new tourism figures Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to release Friday.

The Chicago Tribune, 01/02/19

"Art on theMART": New spring program. The new public art-video screen on the massive south facade of the Merchandise Mart debuted late in the Riverwalk season.

The Marriott Traveler, 12/19/18

Unveiled in September 2018, one of the city's newer art installations is actually a multimedia projection onto the acclaimed Merchandise Mart building.

wfmt, 12/19/18

Chicagoans and visitors alike can now enjoy the sounds of the season with festive classical music selected by WMFT to accompany the holiday program for one of the city's largest pieces of public art.

Splash Magazine, 12/14/18

The largest permanent digital art projection in the world gets festive.

Colossal, 12/10/18

Art on theMART is a new Chicago-based program that amplifies the works of contemporary artists, transforming their pieces into dazzling displays along the city's riverfront.

Chicago Tribune, 11/30/18

Seasonal switch at Art on theMART: Think the biggest Christmas tree you've ever seen, then double it.

Chicago Parent, 11/19/18

For the holidays, this digital art installation will display six winter images. There will also be a special New Year's Eve showing on Dec. 31!

Architectural Record, 11/07/18

An 800-square-foot projection room tucked under the balustrade of Chicago's Riverwalk is the source of a new series of digital art installations displayed over the expansive façade of the Merchandise Mart.

Chicago Parent, 11/05/18

Explore the city and suburbs of Chicago while learning as well!

Afar, 11/01/18

Meanwhile, late last month, Art on theMART — a rejiggering of the city's Merchandise Mart into an enormous canvas for digital art — was birthed in front of thousands.

Chicago Tribune, 10/19/18

The riverfront behemoth recently added another use to its varied history: blank canvas.

The New York Times, 10/18/18

But lately the Loop... is fighting for your attention with a new architecture center, writers' museum, river walk, design centric hotels, destination restaurants and Art on theMART, a digital art installations broadcast across a 2.5-acre building facade on the river.

The Architects Newspaper, 10/17/18

Until the end of 2018, the façade of Chicago's Merchandise Mart will become the world's largest digital art projection, hosting the work of four artists for two hours on each Wednesday through Sunday evenings.

CityLab, 10/15/18

After 80 years, theMART - Chicago's 1930s-era market and office building that dominates the skyline - is getting a makeover.

Cynthia Noble,Forbes, 10/04/18

It was important for us to honor the artistic DNA of Chicago and also represent the reality of Chicago as a global city. We included works which function on multiple levels and engages all audiences.

Chicago Sun Times, 09/29/18

Chicagoans got their first peek at the "Art on theMART" series on Saturday.

CBS Chicago, 09/28/18

Chicago will gain notoriety this weekend with the new designation as the home of the world's largest permanent digital art installation.

WBEZ, 09/28/18

Art historian Cynthia Noble said Chicago is due for another large-scale public art work.

Wired, 09/28/18

Paris may lose its title as the City of Lights when a new art exhibition opens in Chicago.

Chicago Tribune, 09/07/18

The Merchandise Mart has begun trying on its new outfits, and it looks, frankly, fabulous.

Chicago Tribune, 09/05/18

Much of Chicago's cultural calendar this year has been shaped by Art Design Chicago, the massive multi-institution initiative led by the city's Terra Foundation for American Art that probes the city's influence on visual arts in America.

Choose Chicago, 09/03/18

Chicago is a city of firsts - and nowhere is this better seen than in its architecture. The site of the now demolished Home Insurance Building (1884-1885), credited as the world's first skyscraper... you could write a book on the significance of the Chicago cityscape - which is why so many have.

Condé Nast Traveler, 08/31/18

Here's what's happening in the city this month.

Chicago Business Journal, 08/23/18

TheMART (formerly the Merchandise Mart) and the City of Chicago today revealed the four artists who will be the first to have their work on display in the Art on theMART digital art projection that will go live on Sept. 29.

Chicago Tribune, 08/23/18

Art on theMART, aiming to enliven the Chicago Riverwalk with nightly video art shows projected onto the 2.5 acre front of the facade of the Merchandise mart, announced its inaugural slate of artists.

Curbed Chicago, 08/20/18

The multimedia projection will shine a new light on Chicago's Art Deco Merchandise Mart

Afar, 08/16/18

A vibrant ongoing display will decorate 2.5 acres of landmark building's exterior in front of downtown Chicago's riverfront promenade.

Frommer’s, 08/15/18

The Chicago River has had about as strange a career as any waterway in North America, starting with its namesake city's decision in the late 19th century

The Philadelphia Sunday, 07/20/18

The Chicago River has had about as strange a career as any waterway in North America, starting with its namesake city's decision in the late 19th century to reverse the river's course in order to keep sewage out of Lake Michigan.

Forbes, 07/19/18

New York might be the city that never sleeps, but Chicago is the birthplace of the skyscraper. Chicago is also the cradle of modern architecture...

TimeOut Chicago, 07/13/18

Last summer, a gigantic deer sculpture could be seen standing guard on a section of the Chicago Riverwalk between Franklin and Lake Streets...

Chicago Sun Times, 03/26/18

After a dazzling show-and-tell video, a City Council committee on Monday authorized a public art program that... will become as popular as the Bean...

Curbed Chicago, 02/28/18

This $8 million installation will go live this fall.

abc7, 02/25/18

The Riverwalk will become an outdoor gallery when Art on theMART opens in Fall 2018.

Chicago Tribune, 02/25/18

For decades, the Merchandise Mart has loomed over the bend in the Chicago River, its great limestone walls projecting stolidity and Art Deco style.

City of Chicago, 02/25/18

Proposed permanent art projection on the Chicago Riverwalk is expected to be the largest in the world.

Loop North News, 02/25/18

Projected from the Chicago Riverwalk onto nearly three acres of Merchandise Mart's south side, it would be the largest lighting installation in the world...

Chicago SunTimes, 02/25/18

Mayor Rahm Emanuel appeared Sunday along the Riverwalk to tout plans for projecting art on the south façade of the building...