Alice Tippit's First Solo Museum Show at DePaul Art Museum Amid Closure

Alice Tippit's solo exhibition 'Rose Obsolete' at the DePaul Art Museum (DPAM) in Chicago features 23 small oil paintings, three murals, a neon sign, word drawings, and 46 notepad drawings. The works employ ambiguous imagery reminiscent of Gestalt psychology, toggling between multiple interpretations. Tippit, born in 1975 near Kansas City and based in Chicago since 2006, paints in a single day with sharp edges and flat, symmetrical compositions. The exhibition is her first solo museum show, curated by Ionit Behar, and runs through June 21. DPAM is set to close on June 30 due to a university decision citing financial sustainability, despite an annual operating cost of $745,000 and a new $60 million athletic complex planned. The closure has sparked outrage from board members, professors, students, and the community.