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Former Art Institute of Chicago payroll manager gets three years in prison for embezzling more than $2m
Michael Maurello is also expected to pay back what he he stole from the museum
New 3D documentary tells the multidimensional story of American artist H.C. Westermann
Westermann’s hand-carved wooden sculptures pop off cinema screens in Los Angeles and Chicago this month
Fresh ‘Avocado Salad’ painting by Wayne Thiebaud could fetch $1.8m at Hindman
The rare savoury still-life from 1962 will return to the market for the first time in at least 55 years
Access to Anish Kapoor’s Chicago 'bean' limited until 2024 due to construction
Work in Millennium Park will keep tourists and Chicagoans from the massive selfie beacon
Employees at the Art Institute of Chicago museum and school ratify their first union contract
More than 500 workers at the institutions will get raises over 12%
The Big Review: Gary Simmons: Public Enemy at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago ★★★★★
A powerful retrospective of the New York-born artist that is all too timely in its examination of racism in American culture
Massive Jean Dubuffet sculpture will be moved to the Art Institute of Chicago
It will be on long-term loan from the Illinois State Museum while its current home, the Thompson Center, is converted into Google offices
Joe Biden to establish US national monument honouring Emmett Till, whose 1955 murder shocked the nation
The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument will include sites in Mississippi and Illinois
Inspired by the Seine: an ambitious exhibition with Van Gogh’s Parisian landscapes opens in Chicago
Only one photograph of Vincent as an adult survives, drinking at a riverside café—but he turns his back on the camera
A Kusama installation fails to inspire wonder in Chicago
An immersive work by the beloved Japanese artist at Chicago’s WNDR Museum disappoints
Thomas Kong, who transformed a Chicago convenience store into an art environment, has died
Beloved in Chicago, the artist worked in a small corner shop that doubled as his studio
Hank Willis Thomas and Coby Kennedy reach for the skies with Chicago airport sculpture
The artists’ installation, featuring two monumental hands reaching out to each other, has been installed at O’Hare International Airport
The three top Van Gogh exhibitions of the year all open this May
Shows in Amsterdam, Chicago and New York break new ground, presenting the artist’s finest work done on the outskirts of Paris and in Provence
Former Art Institute of Chicago employee pleads guilty to embezzling $2m from the museum
Michael Maurello may face up to 20 years in prison for his financial misdeeds at the museum
Art in the Windy City: Expo Chicago fair and beyond
Plus, how Northern Ireland's museums are marking 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement and an extravagant portrait of a 19th century French actor
Dealers report strong first-day sales as Expo Chicago’s largest edition yet draws a 'critical mass' of Midwestern collectors
Collectors from the Midwest and beyond turned up for the fair’s VIP preview, as did the city’s next mayor and one of its most famous rappers
Famed Florida collector Beth Rudin DeWoody shows off her Chicago purchases
Opening during Expo Chicago, the exhibition “Neo Chicago” highlights works in DeWoody’s vast collection by artists with ties to the city, from McArthur Binion and Angel Otero to Amy Sherald
Chance the Rapper becomes Chance the Curator at Expo Chicago
The beloved Chicagoan rapper will present works related to his forthcoming album, Star Line Gallery, at the fair
Derrick Adams’s unicorns are taking over Chicago
In addition to rideable unicorn sculptures at Expo Chicago, the city’s vast projection art venue Art on theMart will feature footage of Adams’s mystical animal statues
Expo Chicago fair turns ten: dealers say low cost of living and greater freedom to experiment nurtures US city’s art scene
Chicago is benefiting from a new generation of innovative collectors and a rich cultural ecosystem
A new show at Dia Chelsea aims to be a glowing tribute to Chryssa and her neons
The influence of New York on the Greek-born artist informs an exhibition designed to fill in the gaps of her story
Celebrated Chicago museum co-founder’s vast Outsider art collection heads to auction
A cut of the sale’s proceeds will benefit the Intuit museum as it plans for expansion
Ukrainian artists’ monumental projection takes over Chicago riverfront
A projection by Kyiv-based studio PHOTINUS and based on composer Mykola Leontovych's work is taking over a building in Chicago, which is home to a large Ukrainian diaspora community
The sitcom as social critique: Martine Syms foregrounds Black banality in major Chicago exhibition
The Los Angeles artist’s exploration of the Black experience in the US can be poignant, humorous and unsettling, as evidenced in her solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Report on Chicago's monuments urges removal of Columbus statues, creation of markers that tell city's 'true and complete history'
The city’s department of cultural affairs is also giving $50,000 grants to eight projects to create new temporary or permanent monuments
Maya Lin to create sculptural fountain for the Obama Presidential Center
The sculpture, “Seeing Through the Universe”, will be installed on the centre’s grounds in an area honouring Barack Obama’s mother
Expo Chicago picks Americas Society and Macba curators to organise fair's special sections in 2023
Museu d'art contemporani de Barcelona curator Claudia Segura and Americas Society director Aimé Iglesias Lukin will oversee the fair’s large-scale art and emerging gallery programmes, respectively
Chicago’s ten-ton Jean Dubuffet sculpture will be relocated after Google buys building where it has long stood
The tech giant is moving into the Thompson Center, forcing its biggest and oldest tenant—a 29ft-tall Dubuffet—to go elsewhere
How Robert Colescott used art history to force viewers to confront their prejudices
The late artist’s first major retrospective chronicles his development from early, muted works to the riotous paintings for which he became famous
US artist Nick Cave to project his dancing ‘Soundsuits’ onto massive building in central Chicago
The large-scale video projection coincides with the opening of Cave’s major solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, which will then travel to the Guggenheim in New York