Chicago
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
“It’s just people living their lives”: Painter Greg Breda captures moments of quiet transformation in Black cinema
The artist’s solo exhibition at Patron Gallery includes images based on films by the pioneering film star Sidney Poitier, who died earlier this month
Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art brings in new curatorial leadership
René Morales of the Pérez Art Museum Miami and Jamillah James of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, will fill key vacancies at the MCA
Barbara Kruger: ‘Thank God I’m an artist and not a movie or Tiktok star’
As a survey show opens in Chicago, the US artist discusses the political urgency of her work, her response to rip-offs, and her desire to let the work speak for her
Common cause: marking 40 years of the MacArthur Foundation's ‘genius’ awards in Chicago
Dawoud Bey, Kerry James Marshall and Julie Mehretu are among 29 MacArthur fellows exhibiting in show in 19 venues throughout Chicago
Driehaus Museum in Chicago reactivates an ornate historic auditorium for the arts
Built for the American College of Surgeons in 1926, the Beaux Arts space will be used for lectures, concerts, workshops and other events
Chicago’s Joyce Foundation awards $75,000 each to four artists’ projects
Sydney Chatman, Daniel Minter, Kameelah Janan Rasheed and Santiago X will create new works in Great Lakes cities that “honour individual and collective resiliency”
Karl Wirsum, life-long Chicago painter and member of the Hairy Who, has died, aged 81
An early interest in comics never left him, as could be seen in his colourful figurative work that reflected a love of robots and toys, as well as an admiration for El Greco
Richard Driehaus, Chicago philanthropist and architecture patron, dies at 79
After purchasing and renovating the 1883 Nickerson House, he opened the historic mansion as an art and design museum