Beginning March 7, the Art Institute of Chicago​ will be displaying an exhibition featuring a colorful unbound book of ...

The president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago faces an independent investigation amid a report that he stripped on a commercial airplane. James Rondeau is voluntarily taking time away ...

James Rondeau also hinted at plans to expand the museum.

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Dazzling in vivid color and intricate detail, a 100-foot-long tapestry depicting a narrative of lush, magical paradise drew a crowd of onlookers at this year’s Northwestern Night at the Art Institute ...

The museum added more than 1,000 artworks to its collection in 2025, including pieces from Chicago artists like Hunt and Amanda Williams.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- An iconic piece of art has gone back on display at the Art Institute of Chicago after five years in storage. The series is credited with establishing the popularity of landscape ...

A New York judge has ruled the Art Institute of Chicago must surrender a 1916 drawing stolen from a Jewish art collector by Nazis in the Holocaust. A pencil and watercolor piece titled "Russian War ...

The Art Institute of Chicago has received a massive gift of French art from Boston-based collectors Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz that, along with its already notable collection, will allow the museum to ...

The massive Art Institute of Chicago exhibition, co-presented with museums in Barcelona and Brussels, will head to Europe after March 30. 🎧 Click the red listen button to hear WBEZ’s interview with ...

Esther Bell, currently the museum's deputy director and chief curator, will assume the role July 1.

After an international search for its next leader, the Clark Art Institute chose one of its own when it announced Thursday that Esther Bell has been named the institute’s next Hardymon Director.