Tony Fitzpatrick (November 24, 1958 – October 11, 2025) was an American artist, actor, and author. Fitzpatrick is best known for his prints and collage, which were often made up of multiple media. Tony was the author of books on his art and poetry. His artwork was exhibited in art galleries and museums across the United States.

The first issue of /mæn-ʌs/ Chicago Art Zine is now available in the shop! A lot of cool content - check out Tom Billings’ print; a Nelson Algren Quote; Carl Sandburg’s poem, FREE THE MAN IN THE BEAN!, and a whole lot more. We appreciate your consideration and request that you spread this news far and wide.

A Chicago Art Zine - Volume I, Issue 1 of /mæn-ʌs/ is coming! It’s planned to be a quarterly zine, published by Menas Gallery Chicago. The focus will be on Chicago art, artists, and art history, but we reserve the right to indulge ourselves as wanted or needed.

Chicago has a rich history of collage art, with examples spanning from early portrait collages to modern installations, and a vibrant community of contemporary collage artists. 

The exhibition catalog for “Alternative Spaces: A History in Chicago" (Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 1984) is a nice primer on the early alternative art spaces in Chicago and worth searching out.

Beauty is Embarrassing, a documentary about the artist Wayne White, is a fantastic movie, delving deeply into his art and personality, inspiring and well worth watching.

“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.

Anselm, a portrait of the German artist Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945) is profound, moving, disturbing, and an overall look at the artist’s career without delving too deeply into the work or the man himself.

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.

Three art movies that you should see, one that inspired me to collect the artist’s work

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.