This year’s crop of newly public artistic creations lacks the landmark vibes of last year’s entrance of Mickey Mouse into the public domain. But they include a deep well of canonical works whose 95-year copyright maximums will expire. And the Disney icon’s public domain presence expands.
With 2024 coming to a close, the A&E staff take a look back at their favorites from the year, from the stage performances that captivated us to the books that kept us turning the page.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra will start off 2025 with a free performance at Morton East High School in Cicero.
The new entrance exhibit in place of the former Caribbean Reef is part an ongoing renovation leading up to the aquarium’s centennial in 2030.
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, writer Rebecca Makkai, Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee, a professional Santa and more dish on their gift-giving tips and traditions.
In her new book, “We Will Rest! The Art of Escape,” the author and academic says you too can flee the toxic grind culture.
A piece of conceptual art consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million at an auction in New York on Wednesday.
An eerie nighttime streetscape below a pale blue daytime sky by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte, “The Empire of Light,” sold for $121.2 million, a record for the artist, at an auction in New York.
Libby McArthur, an Evergreen Park Community High School art teacher, and her students created art on 31 consecutive days in October.
A conceptual artwork of a banana duct-taped to a wall has an estimated value of between $1 million and $1.5 million at Sotheby’s auction on Nov. 20.