Theaster Gates poses for a portrait at the Pickard China factory in Antioch, Ill. The 53-year-old, Chicago-based artist recently acquired the business for an undisclosed sum.

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Theaster Gates poses for a portrait at the Pickard China factory in Antioch, Ill. The 53-year-old Chicago-based artist recently acquired the business for an undisclosed sum.

Theaster Gates poses for a portrait at the Pickard China factory in Antioch, Ill. The 53-year-old, Chicago-based artist recently acquired the business for an undisclosed sum. Akilah Townsend for NPR

Akilah Townsend for NPR

The Pickard China factory in Antioch, Illinois, about 50 miles northwest of Chicago, is a cavernous space full of hulking, noisy, clay-splattered machines. The decorating room smells strongly of turpentine. The company’s team of gilders mixes the chemical in with the

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