British architect Liam O’Connor is the winner of this year’s $200,000 Driehaus Prize from the University of Notre Dame.
Winner announced for the biggest annual award for architecture
Category: Arts
‘Mona Lisa’ will get its own room under a major renovation of the Louvre
French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the “Mona Lisa” will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre museum under a major renovation and expansion of the Paris landmark that will take up to a decade.
Lineup set for Oak Park’s Wright Plus house tour, including some featured for first time
Four homes that have never been featured on the Wright Plus home tour will be featured in the showcase of Prairie Style architecture.
Does your feline think she’s a tiger? ‘Cats: Predators to Pets’ at the Field Museum shows she has a point
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.
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.