School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Renewed efforts to preserve the life and work of two Chicago Imagists
Centres devoted to Roger Brown and Ed Paschke will soon reopen with new plans and ambitions
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%
New school reimagines art education
Founded by art historian Romi Crawford, the New Art School Modality aims to both make art school more accessible and open up alternative forms of study and exchange
The college disgrace: School of the Art Institute of Chicago rescinds Kanye West’s doctorate
The artist now known as Ye was awarded a degree by his hometown art school in 2015, but his sustained antisemitic rhetoric caused the school to revoke it
Non-tenured faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago hold rally in support of union push
If successful, they would join staff at the school and its namesake museum who voted overwhelmingly in favour of unionising in January
State of the unions: why US museum workers are mobilising against their employers
With the arts sector increasingly vulnerable in the wake of the pandemic, a new breed of digitally optimised worker is emerging
Employees at the Art Institute of Chicago museum and school vote to join union
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees will now represent 266 employees at the museum and another 249 at the school
Art school under fire for bowing to transgender student complaints
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago has been accused of cowardice and censorship over its treatment of former professor and Henry Darger expert Michael Bonesteel
MoMA hands over four prized drawings to the Met and to the Art Institute of Chicago because they are no longer modern
The donation fulfils the 1948 bequest of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller