Pick of the week: 'Ground Zero 360'
The Field Museum is marking the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by honoring New York City firefighters, police officers...
Get the full story >>Supporting the arts, one pixel at a time
As so often happens with creative endeavors, Brian Kirkbride started offering his Web design services as a favor. Little did he know he'd...
Get the full story >>Photos ride 'Soul Train' back in time
The instructions for the dancers were simple enough: no jeans, no sneakers, no see-through tops — and no looking straight into the...
Get the full story >>Sizing up Chicago's public art
For nearly two months, Marilyn Monroe — rather, a giant bronze likeness of her — has loomed over Michigan Avenue frozen in her...
Get the full story >>'Black Wings' exhibit honors early African-American pilots
Queing Jones has a nice description of how people are reacting to “Black Wings: American Dreams of Flight,” a new exhibit...
Get the full story >>Douglas Druick named director of Art Institute of Chicago
Douglas Druick, a 26-year curatorial veteran of the Art Institute of Chicago, was named museum president and Eloise W. Martin director...
Get the full story >>Quilts' appeal pieced together at festival
Addie Mangoian Davis is seeing red. And teal. And purple. And fuchsia. "I'm not a pastel kid of person," admitted the Highland Park...
Get the full story >>Through birds' eyes, artist views life's 'Big Questions'
Anders Nilsen was attending the University of New Mexico and studying to be an artist when he began drawing the birds. They were small,...
Get the full story >>The other art institute in Chicago
Those who pride themselves on knowing Chicago art history know the importance of 1879: The year the Art Institute of Chicago was founded.
Get the full story >>Tiny treasures are worth a little time at Michael's Museum
At first glance, Michael's Museum seems a striking departure for the Chicago Children's Museum, that bastion of hands-on, all-in, five-...
Get the full story >>Built Festival isn't for the faint of art
Hanging out in abandoned shipping containers in an Aldi parking lot with a bunch of artists for hours on end doesn't necessarily have mass...
Get the full story >>Modern kids tinker with classic toys
When curator Lance Tawzer was looking for ideas for a summertime exhibit for the Elmhurst Historical Museum, he came across a blogger who...
Get the full story >>'Killing Season' yields public art
Summer weather can be unbearable. For some, deathly so.
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