Almost as if on cue with the annual mass openings of gallery exhibitions, Chicago's September weather shifted to mark the season....
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Get the full story >>It's been awhile since Chicago welcomed a brand new art museum.
Get the full story >>Art hangs on the walls of galleries and stands on pedestals in museums. It plays on video screens in darkened rooms and leaps across...
Get the full story >>At the beginning of the 20th century, Chicagoans of German ancestry were a significant part of the city's population, making their mark on...
Get the full story >>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 >>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 >>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 >>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 >>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, a 26-year curatorial veteran of the Art Institute of Chicago, was named museum president and Eloise W. Martin director...
Get the full story >>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 >>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 >>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 >>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 >>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 >>Summer weather can be unbearable. For some, deathly so.
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