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The Art Institute of Chicago has received a massive gift of French art from Boston-based collectors Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz that, along with its already notable collection, will allow the museum to ...

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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 ...

After being closed for refurbishment since January 2024, the Art Institute of Chicago’s 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century European design galleries will reopen Friday with a new configuration that allows ...

Soon, Chicago will see a long-lasting "Arctic blast," with bitter cold temperatures expected to continue through the end of January. And while the frigid weather continues, Chicago-area museums and ...

The opening of the special exhibition "Lee Kun-hee Collection," scheduled for the 6th at the Smithsonian National Museum of ...

Art Institute trustee Carol Horvitz and her husband, Jeffrey Horvitz, have donated nearly 2,000 drawings, 200 paintings, and 50 sculptures to the Art Institute of Chicago, the museum announced Tuesday ...

In its legal fight to keep an artwork, the Art Institute of Chicago just suffered a major blow. A New York judge ordered the Art Institute to surrender a drawing by Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele ...

Knowing the ownership history of a painting, sculpture or other artwork — what is known in the museum world as provenance — has always been important in ascertaining who created it and having a fuller ...