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Art Institute of Chicago president accused of stripping off during United Airlines flight

James Rondeau, who has been the Art Institute's president and director since 2016, was accused of the strange behavior on a United Airlines aircraft on April 18

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Art Institute to defend its ownership of watercolor that New York authorities contend Nazis stole during Holocaust

Several of Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele’s other works have already been returned by museums and private owners, including a drawing that was in the collection of billionaire Ronald Lauder.

Chicago Sun-Times

Resolutions are so last year. Ring in 2024 by reveling in literature, art and nature

We live in an unstable world of grave problems. A personal renaissance rooted in literature, history and the arts will make us more focused on, contemplative of and knowledgeable about the world.

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‘Art can take you to a particular place’

Trying to get a grip on contemporary creations at the Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute hopes to broaden its scope

The institute’s new small gallery announces big intentions.

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Images of friends, family, colleagues intersect in ‘Picasso: Drawing from Life’

The exhibit at the Art Institute offers a compact yet impressively thorough overview of the main phases of the Spanish artist’s career, one that should appeal to those familiar or unfamiliar with his work.

Chicago Sun-Times

Artwork believed stolen during Holocaust seized from Art Institute of Chicago

Artworks by Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele were once owned by Fritz Grünbaum, a cabaret performer who died at the Dachau concentration camp in 1941.

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Artworks believed stolen during Holocaust seized from museums in 3 states

Three artworks believed to have been stolen during the Holocaust from a Jewish art collector and entertainer have been seized from museums in three different states by New York law enforcement authorities

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Workers at the Art Institute and its school ratify 4-year union deal

The employees have affiliated with Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which has signed up members at other Chicago institutions.

Chicago Sun-Times

Young people aren’t reading books enough. Here’s one way to change that.

Most young people rarely, if ever, read for fun. By linking art with reading, young people can learn to love both — and develop their knowledge of the world.

Chicago Sun-Times

Shedd, Field Museum, Art Institute saw thousands of visitors over NASCAR, July Fourth weekend

While attendance at Field and Art Institute were similar to previous years, Shedd saw more than double the amount of visitors on Monday, the day after the race, leading to long lines.

Chicago Sun-Times

NASCAR drivers, officials answer Sun-Times reader questions about Chicago Street Race

Maybe this will help get all our motors running.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sculptor Ruth A. Migdal still celebrating the female form at 90

Migdal’s latest sculpture is set to be unveiled Thursday on the Near North Side.

Chicago Sun-Times

Art Institute’s new Van Gogh exhibit a showcase for works we barely know

A new exhibition takes the first-ever in-depth look at artworks created by Van Gogh and four of his fellow Post-Impressionists in Asnières and other nearby locales along the Seine River just outside of Paris.

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In 1913, a culture war erupted over an exhibition of modern works at the Art Institute of Chicago

CHICAGO — In 1913, the Art Institute of Chicago was the scene of what is now known as a culture war, a spitting match between defenders of tradition and partisans of innovation. Each side was convinced that civilization’s fate had been sealed, for better or worse, when the museum hosted…

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