Those without plans for the Fourth of July need to look no further than Chicago’s collection of museums. While some museums are closed for the holiday, many Chicago favorites are open for regular or ...

Artist Edra Soto has shown her “BB Chairs” in museums and at art fairs, upholstering the ubiquitous plastic lawn chair with ...

The line to get in to most of Chicago's museums can be awfully long, but you don't have to waste half the day waiting to just get in if you prepare.

In which Observer's Arts Editor sets out to have as many art and art-adjacent encounters as possible in the Windy City in just two days. Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate, better known as the Bean. Photo: ...

Studio Saturday weaving at the National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA) in Chicago (photo by Beto de Frietas, courtesy NMMA) America’s Cultural Treasures: This article is part of a series sponsored by ...

Chicago is filled with amazing museums. From the Art Institute to the International Museum of Surgical Sciences, it's hard to run out of places to learn, to touch artifacts and to create. Our local ...

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Chicago is home to some of the country's best museums, like the Field Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago. While these museums are certainly worth a visit, a smaller and more underrated museum can ...

A couple walks through Chicago's Field Museum. Lucy Hewett/The Field Museum From its 26 miles of scenic lakefront shoreline to its iconic architecture and incredible food scene, there's much to love ...

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In an unusual coincidence, two Chicago art museums announced substantial acquisitions on the same day this week — a total of 98 works dating from 1880 to 2020 by such creators as famed outsider artist ...