The 25,000-square-foot Grainger Center for Conservation and Science will bring together the museum’s 40 specialists in a ...

The Grainger Center for Conservation and Science, due to open in 2027, will occupy prime real estate in the museum’s former Regenstein Hall.

“We are disappointed with the ruling,” a museum spokesperson told me in an email. “There is significant evidence that demonstrates this work was not looted and previous courts have found that evidence ...

A 12th century Nepali sculpture that had regularly been on display at the Art Institute of Chicago is being returned to its native country — after new research found the object had originally been ...

The Art Institute of Chicago announced Monday that it is returning a 12th-century sculpture to Nepal. The museum said it learned that the sculpture, "Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda," ...

Curator Emerson Bowyer says the gift will help the museum reframe its presentation of early modern French art. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago Can you explain the importance of this gift in ...

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