Nick Cave’s “Mammoth” “is the [Smithsonian American Art Museum’s] largest-ever single-artist commission,” writes Elly Fishman at the Sun-Times. “Mammalian puppets” are “the stars of Cave’s new film ...

The Warm Love Cool Dreams Music & Arts Festival, presented by the Empty Bottle, returns May 23-24. Chicago acts set to ...

Intuit Art Museum, “recognized worldwide as one of the few institutions dedicated solely to championing the work of ...

The Art Institute’s First Norman Rockwell, “The Dugout,” Is A Painting Of The Cubs ...

AQUARIUS: Now is an excellent time to act on the truth that vibrant intimacy involves the two of you inspiring each other.

Cloud Gate sculptor Anish Kapoor is sending a sculpture to space. “What, exactly, the work might be remains a mystery,” ...

Chelsea Bighorn Receives $15,000 Emerging Native Arts Grant The Walker Youngbird Foundation—a Native-led, 501(c)(3) nonprofit “dedicated to supporting emerging Indigenous artists through meaningful ...

Expo Chicago’s 2026 edition will present over 130 galleries from around the world in a new format that “reflects a strengthened artistic vision for the fair, prioritizing coherence, curatorial context ...

“Persistent low attendance and funding cuts are forcing U.S. museums to think local,” reports The Art Newspaper. “Institutions are analyzing their relationship with audiences during a sobering time ...

With access to world-class museums and cultural institutions, students benefit from a thriving urban environment that complements their academic experience.” Volume Gallery is tripling in size with a ...

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to trek to the summit of Mount Everest. They both said later that the climb down ...

It is two-thirty in the morning at Carol’s Pub. Most of the other bars in the neighborhood have closed, and customers of all ages—from twenty-one to sixty—file in to order more beer and whiskey, and ...