The sword, mislabeled as a copy when it was acquired by the Field Museum, dates back 3,000 years.
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Chicago’s Drawing Biennial Has Something for Everyone
Each artist has one to three examples, in such a broad range of styles that if you can’t find something of interest here, that’s probably on you.
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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.
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Historical Revisionism Gets Mischievous in Chicago
Two solo shows in Chicago are must-sees for anyone who cares about feminism and how it intersects with modernist architecture, urban planning, and design.
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago Dumps Ye’s Honorary Degree
The school denounced the rapper’s “anti-Black, antisemitic, racist and dangerous statements.”
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Celebrating “Weird” Art in Chicago
Rocks, ducks, and a self-organized survey of Gingham are some of the things to see right now in four Chicago art galleries.
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Hints of Memory in Layers of Paint
Suzanne Jackson’s paintings come to life, and find their way home, at the Arts Club of Chicago.
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Revisiting Chicago’s Ida B. Wells Housing Project
Frederick Wiseman’s Public Housing shows how Clinton-era politics shaped the experiences of low-income Black communities in deindustrialized urban areas.
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A Brief History of the “I Voted” Sticker
Who designed the first sticker? And does anyone care about it anymore?
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s 2022 Art Auction and A Happening Auction Party
Proceeds from the art auction and benefit party will provide critical support for student scholarships.
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Wrightwood 659’s Fall Exhibitions Highlight the Expansive Cosmos and Same-Sex Desire
Discover works by Michiko Itatani in Celestial Stage and the history of queer identity in art in The First Homosexuals, now on view at the Chicago art space.
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Earn Your MFA in Studio: Printmedia at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Focus on experimentation at SAIC.