The 1913 painting, “Woman With a Fan”, was one of a number of paintings from the Lewenstein collection to be auctioned in 1940 under unclear circumstances
Exhibition traces how the artist’s draughtsmanship was integral to his work
From Seoul-born artist Dabin Ahn’s first solo show with Document to dancehall and reggaetón at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
The museum has acquired the beloved US illustrator’s ‘The Dugout’, his 1948 painting of Chicago Cubs players
The art historian Gary Schwartz argues that the copy of “Old Man with a Gold Chain” currently hanging alongside the original at the Art Institute of Chicago is by Rembrandt himself, not his workshop
The "Wicked" songbirds stopped by the museum in advance of their summer 2027 roles in Sondheim's "Sunday in the Park with George", inspired by the famous Seurat painting
The show launched in Paris to claims that it was a tainted exercise in queering the French artist
James Rondeau, the museum’s president and director, is on voluntary leave after reportedly removing his clothes on a flight from Chicago to Munich
The latest development in the ongoing dispute over a 1916 portrait believed to have been stolen from Fritz Grünbaum by the Nazis
The ancient statue, a museum fixture since the 1990s, will return to its rightful home following a voluntary restitution
Nearly 60 works from the Torlonia Collection, including striking depictions of animals and people, will feature in exhibitions in Chicago, Fort Worth and Montreal
The donation, by Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz, will give visitors unprecedented access to the US's largest collection of French Old Masters
Discussions continue about reopening the Torlonia Museum in Rome, says foundation director
A new show examines what the term means and celebrates foundational Black liberation movements
The collectors and philanthropists Aaron Fleischman and Lin Lougheed will one day have a building named in honour of their donation, one of the largest in the museum’s history
Jacques Schuhmacher, who worked on several key restitution cases at the London museum, has taken up the role of executive director of provenance research
Dozens of demonstrators were arrested in May on criminal trespassing charges
The Krishna palister once stood along the doorframe of the most important monument to the Khmer dynasty in Thailand
We discuss O'Keeffe’s deeply personal renderings of Manhattan cityscapes and skyscrapers, plus look back at Studio Voltaire’s achievements and talk to a curator about a bold Jungwirth still life
In a filing this week, the museum disputes the Manhattan District Attorney’s claim that the drawing was taken from the Austrian cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum by the Nazis
From a retrospective of Chicago Imagist Christina Ramberg to a group show of Native American photography and video
The museum, whose photography collection began with a donation from Alfred Stieglitz, will soon give the medium pride of place again
Civil action for return of looted Schiele painting dismissed but criminal case looms
The museum insists that heirs to the original collector waited too long to file their claim for the valuable work on paper
The Bucksbaum family’s donation is the largest the museum’s photography department has ever received
Michael Maurello is also expected to pay back what he he stole from the museum
Docents—voluntary educators who are frequently white, of retirement age and middle class—embody the tensions between the status quo and change in US museums
"La Patience" (1948), which was one of two Balthus paintings in the museum’s collection, will go up for auction at Sotheby’s New York in November
Westermann’s hand-carved wooden sculptures pop off cinema screens in Los Angeles and Chicago this month
The exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago will acknowledge—but not be beholden to—the shadow cast by her teacher, collaborator and lover Auguste Rodin