Theaster Gates, an African-American artist whose work has also mined Ebony, maintains a long-distance dialogue with Gallagher from his home in Chicago.
WSJ: Ellen Gallagher, the Global Art Star | WSJ. Magazine May 2013
2.
This year he named artist and community activist Theaster Gates known for installation art, pottery, music and other performance art as the university's director of the Arts and Public Life Initiative.
WSJ: Robert Zimmer | Where Theory and Practice Make Perfect | Cultural Conversation by Joel Henning