Subscribe to Newcity Today here. “Three Lincoln Park properties tied to Chicago’s artistic and academic history received ...

Mark Bradford’s “City of the Big Shoulders” “reflects the city’s strength and complexity,” writes the New York Times. It’s “a thirty-eight-foot-tall patchwork of colors, commissioned for the Obama ...

“Fred Eychaner, the billionaire philanthropist and founder of the private exhibition space Wrightwood 659, is facing a lawsuit from a Lincoln Park condo owner who says the museum’s planned expansion ...

“Beginning in 2028, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will own the Neue Galerie’s Fifth Avenue home and the prestige collection of twentieth-century Austrian and German art built by Ronald S. Lauder,” ...

Both Bad Bunny and Chicago artist Edra Soto grew up in Puerto Rico, and “Soto now intentionally repurposes objects and designs from her childhood into pieces of art that represent life on the small ...

ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you’re a professional photographer, now is an ideal moment to invest in the higher-end lens you know would expand your best work. If you’re a committed chef, it’s a ...

Nathaniel Mary Quinn has been commissioned to create artwork for the cover of the Rolling Stones’ latest album, “Foreign Tongues,” alerts his gallery, Gagosian. “Quinn created ‘Stones Trinity’ (2025), ...

“In an exception to the usual paintings-heavy blockbuster exhibitions, the Art Institute of Chicago is presenting the masterful drawings of Willem de Kooning,” reports the New York Times (gift link).

Driehaus Foundation has announced that Lori Dimun, current president and CEO of the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, will ...

With nearly 20,000 tickets sold since “Theater of the Mind” began performances in March, David Byrne’s only-in-Chicago ...

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