Using both modern and traditional technologies, Ten X in collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago realized two iterations of an ancient and iconic sculpture from the museum's collection. Detail ...

Visitors looking at a George Seurat painting in the Art Institute of Chicago - James Kirkikis/Shutterstock Before getting your hopes up, be aware that many of Chicago's big museums' free days are only ...

After being closed for refurbishment since January 2024, the Art Institute of Chicago’s 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century European design galleries will reopen Friday with a new configuration that allows ...

Work will begin in early 2026 on a projected $50 million transformation of the Art Institute of Chicago’s former principal exhibition space into a world-class conservation center — a project that will ...

Chicago is home to some of the country's best museums, like the Field Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago. While these museums are certainly worth a visit, a smaller and more underrated museum can ...

The Art Institute of Chicago announced plans for a $50 million center dedicated to its conservation efforts that will offer guests a peek inside the work of the museum’s conservation team for the ...

Chicago is home to a wide array of museums, from revered institutions like the Field Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago ...

Since it was acquired in 1964, Gustave Caillebotte’s “Paris Street; Rainy Day” has become all but synonymous with the Art Institute. It appears in the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” and in ...

In which Observer's Arts Editor sets out to have as many art and art-adjacent encounters as possible in the Windy City in just two days. Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate, better known as the Bean. Photo: ...

CHICAGO — Norman Rockwell’s “The Dugout,” a classic portrait of slumped Cubs, dejected Cubs, defeated Cubs, a morose team resigned to an existential slog of failure, now hangs in the Art Institute of ...