“As part of the Courtroom Artist Residency, artists may sit among the friends and family members of defendants waiting to be tried at Cook County’s Criminal Court and witness the brisk flow of 100,000 people processed there annually. The programme is unaffiliated with the court system, however, which may not be aware of its existence. ‘Artists’ opinions are not normally sought or included in courts,’ says Marc Fischer, the residency’s organiser and the founder of the artist project Public Collectors.” – The Art Newspaper