Column: The Art Institute defends the title of ‘Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World.’ A catalog contributor is skeptical. By Hannah Edgar May 22, 2026 at 7:46 p.m. The artist best known in Chicago for his “Paris Street; Rainy Day” is getting a...
Column: New Richard Hunt exhibit takes the measure of the artist and the man By Rick Kogan July 29, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. “Freedom in Form: Richard Hunt” at the Loyola University Museum of Art displays much of...
As federal funding dries up, 94-year-old Drama Group in Chicago Heights gets ‘proactive’ By Jessi Virtusio July 24, 2025 at 3:09 p.m. The 94-year-old Drama Group theater company in Chicago Heights is upping its fundraising in the...
University of Chicago considers restructuring arts and humanities division to cut costs By Kate Armanini July 25, 2025 at 2:21 p.m. The University of Chicago is weighing restructuring its Division of the Arts and Humanities, citing...
Oak Lawn native channels personal experiences to help heal people through art By Janice Neumann July 22, 2025 at 2:39 p.m. Eric Dean Spruth, who struggled with an undiagnosed learning disability until college, brings art therapy...
Prison bars fashioned into sonic sculpture for musical performance at Gallery 400 By Cam'ron Hardy May 22, 2026 at 7:46 p.m. The performance will use a sonic sculpture — made partly of glass rods cast from...
Review: ‘City in a Garden’ spans decades of local LGBTQ+ art and activism at the MCA By Lori Waxman July 25, 2025 at 12:32 p.m. The MCA’s “City in a Garden: Queer Art and Activism in Chicago” is a messy,...
What if you could see inside machines? ‘Art of X-rays’ opens at the Griffin MSI By Cam'ron Hardy May 22, 2026 at 7:46 p.m. Photographer Andrei Duman uses X-rays to create the images in "Beyond the Surface." The objects...
In spite of federal cuts, Chicago arts organizations press on By Tess Kenny July 21, 2025 at 9:29 p.m. Local arts programs have to cut back on their programming or resulted to fundraising drives...
Bachelor gorillas, endangered spider monkeys make debut with Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s new primate habitat By Cam'ron Hardy May 22, 2026 at 7:46 p.m. The three-acre, $66 million Tropical Forests habitat opened Friday after more than two years of...