News
Art Institute of Chicago Workers Ratify Union Contract
Over 500 workers at the museum and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago secured wage increases after 14 months of negotiations.
Art Institute of Chicago
News
Art Institute of Chicago Under Scrutiny Over Sacred Nepali Necklace
The 17th-century object remains on display at the Chicago museum despite Nepal’s calls for repatriation.
News
Chicago Museum Payroll Manager Accused of Stealing $2M
Michael Maurello, former payroll manager at the Art Institute of Chicago, continued his scheme for over a decade before he was caught.
Art
Ukrainians Demand Their Place in Art History
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"?
News
Art Institute of Chicago Erased AIDS From a Label, Then Quietly Added It Back
Some museumgoers pointed out that the museum’s label omitted discussions of HIV/AIDS, which are at the heart of the work.
Art
If They Won't Come to the Museum, Then the Museum Must Go to Them
With A Lion for Every House at the Art Institute of Chicago, Floating Museum riffs wildly on the art rental programs of some museums.
News
NEH Doles Out $33M for 245 Projects, Including Archive for Looted Syrian Archeological Site
The total represents a modest increase from the $28.4 million that was doled out to 239 projects in 2021.
Opinion
A Rehang of Hopper’s Iconic “Nighthawks” Changes the Game
Psychologically, the work of both Gertrude Abercrombie and Hughie Lee-Smith enhance the otherworldly isolation of “Nighthawks.”
Art
A Barbara Kruger Retrospective Mixes Capitalism and its Critique
Kruger never seemed to mind that the very world she critiqued co-opted her style and spit it back into advertising.
Art
Two Palestinian Artists Challenge Common Occupation Narratives
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.
Opinion
Why the Art Institute of Chicago's New Docent Program Faces Whitelash
In September when the Art Institute of Chicago announced that the current docent program would be dissolved, the backlash was swift.
Art
Adventure and Spirituality Collide in Joseph E. Yoakum’s Visionary Art
Yoakum had said repeatedly that the drawings were “spiritual unfoldments,” meaning that faith guided his patterns and passages.