Politics | Gov. J.B. Pritzker and wife donate key Civil War document to Lincoln presidential library By Jeremy Gorner May 3, 2024 at 6:31 p.m. Gov. J.B. Pritkzer and his wife, M.K., donated a key document from the Civil War...
Fashion | Upcoming Met Gala exhibit ‘Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion’ aims to be a multi-sensory experience By Jocelyn Noveck April 15, 2024 at 12:41 p.m. Open to the public beginning May 10, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” features 250 items that...
Politics | Southern Illinois home of Paul Powell, the ‘Shoebox Scandal’ politician, could soon be sold By Associated Press February 20, 2024 at 9:58 a.m. The birthplace of one of Illinois' more notorious politicians might soon be up for sale....
Arts | Off display: As new rules about Native American artifacts go into effect, the Field Museum and others in Illinois must comply By Christopher Borrelli January 24, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. If you stop by the Field Museum right now and find yourself in the Alsdorf...
Arts | Review: So many lumps of clay: Exhibitions by Ruth Duckworth and contemporary Japanese women artists By Lori Waxman January 18, 2024 at 11:45 a.m. Lovers of sculpture who prefer clay to other materials have much to celebrate this month...
Arts | National Museum of Mexican Art announces new president By Doug George January 16, 2024 at 4:54 p.m. The National Museum of Mexican Art has a new leader, announcing on Tuesday that José Ochoa will...
Arts | Field Museum covers some Native American displays as new rules take effect By The New York Times January 12, 2024 at 3:54 p.m. The Field Museum in Chicago has covered up several display cases that feature Native American...
Arts | Top 10 for museums for winter 2024: Plenty worth leaving the house for By Hannah Edgar January 4, 2024 at 10:16 p.m. Real Chicagoans know winter is the best season for museum-hopping in this city. New exhibitions...
Arts | Art in winter 2024: Plenty of new exhibits in the new year, from speculative futures to documentary pasts By Lori Waxman January 4, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. From speculative futures to documentary pasts, obsessive sculpture to coolly meditative spaces, historical Japanese design...
Arts | Review: In ‘Faith Ringgold: American People’ at the MCA, an African American artist’s decades of work get their due By Lori Waxman December 20, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. Faith Ringgold, the 93-year-old doyenne of African American art, a trailblazing master who foreshadowed the...