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Chicago’s first art galleries elevated the city’s image, but created barriers
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (708+ words) Interior view of gallery in the Palace of Fine Arts at the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1893. Art galleries in the city predate the Great Fire. What started as a small trading post turned into a busy industrial hub. This…...
What kind of museum is missing from Chicago? Here's what you told us
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (252+ words) People flock the 1932 opening of a Sears, Roebuck & Co. store at State and Van Buren streets. We asked readers what kind of museum is missing from Chicago? Here’s some of what you told us, lightly edited for clarity. “Retail museum…...
Henri Matisse's colorful "Jazz" to go on display at Art Institute of Chicago
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (347+ words) February 3, 2026 / 1:56 PM CST / CBS Chicago Beginning March 7, the Art Institute of Chicago will be displaying an exhibition featuring a colorful unbound book of late-career works by French artist Henri Matisse. "Matisse's Jazz: Rhythms in Color" features a limited-edition a unbound…...
Art exhibitions for winter 2026: Don’t miss these 10 at the MCA, Art Institute and in Elmhurst
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (330+ words) Go see art in 2026. Can’t hurt, might help, and it’s absolutely better than binge-watching trash television, click-buying things no one needs, doomscrolling the apocalypse or feeling helpless in the face of fascism. Remember, commercial galleries and community art centers are…...
50 years of Lillstreet Art Center
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (17+ words) Jackie Kostek takes a look inside Lillstreet Art Center in Ravenswood. 50 years of Lillstreet Art Center...
Art Institute announces $50 million conservation center, with the public welcome to watch the work
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (494+ words) The Art Institute of Chicago on Tuesday announced the $50 million Grainger Center for Conservation and Science, a space built within the museum’s footprint, which will double the amount of space devoted to artwork research and conservation. The 25,000-square-foot space will…...
Chicago Architecture Biennial opens this weekend, bringing a world of architectural ideas to town
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (673+ words) Chicago architect and urban planner Daniel Burnham’s exhortation to “make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood” continues to motivate the cultural, educational and commercial communities of Chicago. It also inspires the city’s contributions to architecture…...