This South Side institution has gone through some major personnel changes in the last year, including losing longtime curator Annie Morse to graduate school. But not a single one of the shows has been lax in quality, often focusing this year on the role of print in our culture. Whether celebrating the history of Playboy magazine or little-known art journal Whitewalls, HPAC has had nothing but solid offerings.
Best of Chicago 2004 was written by Dave Chamberlain, Jessica Herman, Brian Hieggelke, Mehan Jayasuriya, Tom Lynch, Jamie Murnane, Ray Pride and Michael Workman
With additional items written by Patrick Brooks, Emerson Dameron, Al de Leon, Nina Metz, Tony Peregrin, Fred Sasaki, Allen Smalling, John Vincler, David Witter and Kate Zambreno