Chicagoan of the Year for Museums: NMMA founder and outgoing president Carlos Tortolero rethought what a museum could be
Carlos Tortolero has officemates. Seventeen of them, actually. A former high school history teacher, Tortolero,...
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Sculptor Richard Hunt, whose work made an outsize impression in Chicago and across the country, dies at 88
Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt, whose abstract work includes the Ida B. Wells monument in Bronzeville...
Oprah Winfrey painting by Chicago artist is unveiled at Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery
As if Oprah Winfrey needed any more immortalizing. The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery on Wednesday...
‘I’ll Have What She’s Having’ at the Holocaust Museum celebrates the sticking power of Jewish delis, with heaping sides of local history
Since originating at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles last year, "I'll Have What...
Inheritance money in dispute after death of woman who made millions off sale of Sue the T-rex remains
For years, the massive mostly-intact dinosaur skeleton that came to be known as Sue the...
National Museum of Mexican Art founder Carlos Tortolero will retire
The National Museum of Mexican Art announced Monday that founder, President and CEO Carlos Tortolero...
When art is not the destination, but on the way: O’Hare debuts $3.5 million public art commission
You can't easily visit one of the most sensational art exhibitions currently on view in...
300-year-old painting stolen by an American soldier during World War II returned to German museum
After a stopover in the U.S. that lasted the better part of a century, a...
How to watch the partial solar eclipse Saturday
Update: Due to weather forecasts, the Adler Planetarium announced Friday it has canceled its outdoor...
In Elmhurst, ‘Lost Chicagoland Department Stores’ is a small exhibition remembering our biggest stores
Author and historian Leslie Goddard's fascination with department stores runs in the family. Her grandfather...