CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Art Institute of Chicago is getting a new addition thanks to a $75 million donation. The gift is courtesy of Aaron I. Fleischman and his husband, Dr. Lin Lougheed—who have been ...

Cassatt’s mural, completed for the 1893 World’s Fair in Jackson Park, was an impressive feat for its era. “Mary Cassatt: ...

Norman Kelley has thoughtfully designed a dynamic modular system of walls and columns, to transform the Art Institute of Chicago’s architecture and design galleries. (Courtesy Art Institute of Chicago ...

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Microfilm of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings from the Chicago Evening Post, Chicago Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Examiner, and various other national newspapers and magazines compiled by the ...

The Art Institute of Chicago has received a $75 million donation for a new building to showcase modern art from the 19th and 20th centuries. The funds — which amount to the single largest naming gift ...

The lions at the Art Institute of Chicago must be smiling. It’s about time. In this space three years ago, I excoriated the famed museum for a myriad of reasons. The iconic felines that guard the ...

On Tuesday of next week, the bronze lions will be removed from their plinths at the Michigan Avenue entrance to the esteemed art museum for conservation treatment. On Tuesday of next week, the bronze ...

Theodore Halkin, "Untitled" (1968), colored pencil, colored chalk, and black felt-tip pen on cream wove paper, 18 3/4 x 23 15/16 inches (47.5 x 60.8 cm); Gift of Daniel Halkin and Sylvia Halkin in ...