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6 days agoTheaster Gates Is Best When He's Ambiguous
Theaster Gates transforms salvaged materials into socially charged artworks while collapsing roles between artist, archivist, collector, and community-builder.
The Rebuild Foundation, the non-profit led by the artist, professor and urban planner Theaster Gates, will launch its newest initiative in Chicago this month. The , described as a "radical model of land stewardship", is situated inside the former St Laurence Catholic Elementary School in the Hyde Park neighbourhood on Chicago's South Side. Gates, who was the recipient of a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship and the 2018 Nasher Prize, purchased the building in 2014 for $500,000.