The 25,000-square-foot Grainger Center for Conservation and Science will bring together the museum’s 40 specialists in a ...

Symbolism swept the colder parts of Europe and can be considered a response to Impressionism’s fascination with the visible ...

The Grainger Center for Conservation and Science, projected to cost $50 million to build, will be a space for conservators ...

The new center will put the museum's conservation efforts on full display in space showcasing the team's work.

The Grainger Center for Conservation and Science, due to open in 2027, will occupy prime real estate in the museum’s former Regenstein Hall.

“We are disappointed with the ruling,” a museum spokesperson told me in an email. “There is significant evidence that demonstrates this work was not looted and previous courts have found that evidence ...

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 ...

Those without plans for the Fourth of July need to look no further than Chicago’s collection of museums. While some museums are closed for the holiday, many Chicago favorites are open for regular or ...

Reports indicate James Rondeau took off his clothes during a flight to Munich. James Rondeau, director of the Art Institute of Chicago stands next to Grant Wood's American Gothic (1930) as it is ...

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The Art Institute of Chicago must return a 1916 drawing by Egon Schiele to the heirs of an entertainer and art collector, according to a court ruling on Wednesday. New York Supreme Court Judge Althea ...

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: ...