The temporary exhibit lets you test your hearing against that of a cat, learn about wild animals and enter your own furball in a photo contest.
Does your feline think she’s a tiger? ‘Cats: Predators to Pets’ at the Field Museum shows she has a point
Category: Arts
An outsider no more, Intuit Art Museum opens this spring after $10 million makeover
The art museum devoted to work by self-taught artists has nearly completed a renovation and expansion that gives it four gallery spaces in its building on Milwaukee Avenue.
Elmhurst Art Museum exhibit examines our relationship with the land
Climate change and “Our Relationship with the Earth” are examined through photos in a new exhibit at the Elmhurst Art Museum.
Evergreen Park art teacher’s work gets national attention
Evergreen Park Community High School teacher Libby McArthur’s art was chosen by the National Art Education Association for exhibition.
Art Institute announces upcoming shows through a summer Impressionist headliner
Other exhibitions include the North American debut of “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection.”
Is this anything? The Art Institute’s Nancy Holt exhibit and the art of looking
Right now, at the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago, on the Bluhm Family Terrace looking out over Millennium Park and skyscrapers along Michigan Avenue, there is nothing. No, no, wait, make that: There is something that resembles nothing. An exhibition, that looks like nothing much at all. It’s composed of four works from the late Nancy Holt. If you’ve never heard the name (or know a minimalist art installation when you see one), you’d miss it. And that, in itself, nicely explains one of the preoccupations of Nancy Holt. She liked forcing you to think about how […]
Chicagoans of the Year in the Arts: All our names for 2024
As we approach the end of 2024, the critics and columnists of A+E reflect on the year to highlight some people who have made a difference in the city’s arts.
Best of 2024: TV, movies, live music, theater and much more around Chicago
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.
Centuries-old angels uncovered at Boston church made famous by Paul Revere
The painted angels — with round childlike faces and wings — once were among the defining features of Old North Church when they were painted around 1730.
Burr Ridge man finds peace through photography, then shares it
David Boxell, a resident at the King-Bruwaert House in Burr Ridge, got into nature photography as therapy for a neurological disorder.