Guide
10 Art Shows to See in Chicago This Summer
Blessedly, despite the corn sweat, the city’s gallery and museum scene is eager to provide fresh work for the Midwestern mind.
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News
SAIC Puts Professor on Leave After Palestine Reference
The Chicago school is investigating the director of its art therapy graduate program after she assigned a case study that touched on pro-Palestine activism.
Feature
A First Look at the Art in the New Obama Presidential Center
With works by Idris Khan, Maya Lin, and more, the $850M campus will be a public art destination for Chicago’s South Side, if it can live up to its community.
Art Fairs
Who Do Chicago’s Art Fairs Serve?
Expo Chicago and its orbit of shows reveal both the joys and pain points of the city’s current creative environment.
Art Review
Mid-Century Modernism Goes Rogue in “Chair-ish”
Artists Alex Chitty and Norman Teague give each other the permission needed to do something as heretical as saw an Eames chair into pieces.
News
Indigenous Museum Closes Temporarily After Whitewashing Pro-Palestine Mural
Artist Jamie John said he feels “betrayed” by the Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum, which covered up a preliminary underpainting for his mural commission.
News
Court Sides With Peter Doig in Bizarre Authorship Lawsuit
An Illinois judge found an art dealer, a former corrections officer, and their lawyer liable for $2.5M after they sued the artist over a work he denies creating.
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Announcement
Meet With the School of the Art Institute of Chicago at Admissions Events Across the US and Online
Learn more about the graduate degrees offered at SAIC and get all of your questions answered.
News
Slain Palestinian Boy Honored in Illinois Playground Monument
Wadee Alfayoumi, who was murdered by his family’s landlord in 2023 in an anti-Muslim hate crime, is remembered in a new sculpture in his hometown.
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The National Museum of Mexican Art Touches Lives Beyond Chicago
The museum carries out its multifaceted mission to celebrate and cultivate the arts, all while keeping the Mexican-American community of Pilsen at its center.
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Announcement
Indulge Me: Wafaa Bilal’s First Museum Survey Opens at MCA Chicago
From surgical implants to satellite launches, Bilal’s artwork is anything but ordinary.
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Announcement
Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland
Indigenous artists offer perspectives on the art of Chicagoland in this new exhibition at The Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University.