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Painting considered workshop copy is in fact by Rembrandt, expert says

Exclusive: UK owner’s version of Old Man with a Gold Chain reunited in Chicago with undisputed work by Dutch master

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30

Why your next city break should be to Chicago, not NYC

There’s plenty to recommend New York City — it’s not the most popular destination in the US for nothing. But it’s also expensive and exhausting. Here, US Travel Editor Ted Thornhill reveals why Chicago makes for a far less frustrating alternative

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2025

Penguin Vessel: 1,600-year-old Nazca depiction of a cold-water Humboldt penguin that lives in tropical Peru

A rare penguin-shaped pot reveals the Nazca's interest in depicting the wildlife around them.

LiveScience · Jul 7, 2025

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 · Jan 10, 2024

Pope.L, world-renowned performance artist and teacher at University of Chicago, dies at 68

Pope.L called himself a “fisherman of social absurdity.” He once crawled along New York’s Broadway in a Superman costume and ate scraps of the Wall Street Journal while sitting on a toilet.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 3, 2024

Artist Edward Hopper’s life gets the PBS documentary treatment

Engaging ‘American Masters’ profile focuses on the ‘Nighthawks’ painter’s two great loves: American imagery, and his talented wife

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 29, 2023

‘Art can take you to a particular place’

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

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 19, 2023

Richard Hunt, iconic Chicago sculptor, dies at 88

A lifelong advocate for equity and inclusion, the Chicagoan recently completed a model for a monument to Emmett Till that is to be installed at the childhood home of the civil rights icon.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 16, 2023

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 · Nov 10, 2023

How 'La Catrina' became the iconic symbol of Day of the Dead

On April 13, 1944, thousands of people clashed with police on the steps of the Art Institute of Chicago.

The Conversation · Oct 24, 2023