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Art Institute of Chicago

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Chicago Museum Payroll Manager Accused of Stealing $2M

Avatar photo by Taylor Michael January 19, 2023January 19, 2023

Michael Maurello, former payroll manager at the Art Institute of Chicago, continued his scheme for over a decade before he was caught.

Posted inOpinion

Ukrainians Demand Their Place in Art History

Avatar photo by Lisa Korneichuk January 17, 2023February 7, 2023

No one would call an artist from India “British” or an artist from Peru “Spanish,” so why do museums continue to label Ukrainian artists as “Russian”?

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Art Institute of Chicago Erased AIDS From a Label, Then Quietly Added It Back

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie October 3, 2022October 4, 2022

Some museumgoers pointed out that the museum’s label omitted discussions of HIV/AIDS, which are at the heart of the work.

Posted inArt

If They Won’t Come to the Museum, Then the Museum Must Go to Them

Avatar photo by Lori Waxman August 7, 2022August 10, 2022

With A Lion for Every House at the Art Institute of Chicago, Floating Museum riffs wildly on the art rental programs of some museums.

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NEH Doles Out $33M for 245 Projects, Including Archive for Looted Syrian Archeological Site

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

The total represents a modest increase from the $28.4 million that was doled out to 239 projects in 2021.

Posted inOpinion

A Rehang of Hopper’s Iconic “Nighthawks” Changes the Game

Avatar photo by Hall W. Rockefeller March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

Psychologically, the work of both Gertrude Abercrombie and Hughie Lee-Smith enhance the otherworldly isolation of “Nighthawks.”

Posted inArt

A Barbara Kruger Retrospective Mixes Capitalism and its Critique

Avatar photo by Debra Brehmer January 6, 2022January 5, 2022

Kruger never seemed to mind that the very world she critiqued co-opted her style and spit it back into advertising.

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Two Palestinian Artists Challenge Common Occupation Narratives

Avatar photo by David Ayala-Alfonso December 29, 2021December 29, 2021

Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme assert that the lived reality of occupation involves a multiplicity of factors that are erased or overlooked by their controlled representations.

Posted inOpinion

Why the Art Institute of Chicago’s New Docent Program Faces Whitelash

Avatar photo by Rebecca Zorach November 9, 2021November 10, 2021

In September when the Art Institute of Chicago announced that the current docent program would be dissolved, the backlash was swift.

Posted inArt

Adventure and Spirituality Collide in Joseph E. Yoakum’s Visionary Art

Avatar photo by Debra Brehmer September 29, 2021September 29, 2021

Yoakum had said repeatedly that the drawings were “spiritual unfoldments,” meaning that faith guided his patterns and passages.

Posted inOpinion

Why Connecting Legal and Medical Professionals to Art is Essential

Avatar photo by Sam Ramos August 24, 2021August 24, 2021

I would argue there is no anti-racist practice without empathy, without the capacity to overcome bias and think deeply about the experience of others, and to treat them with care.

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Bisa Butler’s Worlds in Cut Cloth

Avatar photo by Debra Brehmer May 8, 2021October 21, 2021

Birds and airplanes soar, horses gallop, purples meet yellows, cerulean blues tango with magenta in geometric patterns, foliate designs crash into damask.

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