Gov. J.B. Pritzker and wife donate key Civil War document to Lincoln presidential library
Gov. J.B. Pritkzer and his wife, M.K., donated a key document from the Civil War...
Museums
Upcoming Met Gala exhibit ‘Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion’ aims to be a multi-sensory experience
Open to the public beginning May 10, âSleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashionâ features 250 items that...
Southern Illinois home of Paul Powell, the âShoebox Scandalâ politician, could soon be sold
The birthplace of one of Illinois' more notorious politicians might soon be up for sale....
Off display: As new rules about Native American artifacts go into effect, the Field Museum and others in Illinois must comply
If you stop by the Field Museum right now and find yourself in the Alsdorf...
Review: So many lumps of clay: Exhibitions by Ruth Duckworth and contemporary Japanese women artists
Lovers of sculpture who prefer clay to other materials have much to celebrate this month...
National Museum of Mexican Art announces new president
The National Museum of Mexican Art has a new leader, announcing on Tuesday that José Ochoa will...
Field Museum covers some Native American displays as new rules take effect
The Field Museum in Chicago has covered up several display cases that feature Native American...
Top 10 for museums for winter 2024: Plenty worth leaving the house for
Real Chicagoans know winter is the best season for museum-hopping in this city. New exhibitions...
Art in winter 2024: Plenty of new exhibits in the new year, from speculative futures to documentary pasts
From speculative futures to documentary pasts, obsessive sculpture to coolly meditative spaces, historical Japanese design...
Review: In ‘Faith Ringgold: American People’ at the MCA, an African American artist’s decades of work get their due
Faith Ringgold, the 93-year-old doyenne of African American art, a trailblazing master who foreshadowed the...