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The Art Institute of Chicago Returned a Sculpture to Nepal But Obscured Its Connection to a Wealthy Donor
The famed museum recently returned a 12th-century Buddha sculpture that it says was stolen from the Kathmandu Valley. However ...
Art Institute student whose violin was stolen on CTA Blue Line calls instrument 'irreplaceable'
The man whose valuable violin was stolen on a CTA train in the Loop on Friday night spoke exclusively to ABC7 Chicago Monday.
Man charged after expensive violin stolen on CTA Blue Line, Chicago police say
A man has now been charged in a robbery on a CTA train in the Loop, police said. The victim told ABC7 a violin that was stolen in the robbery is worth thousands, but holds far more sentimental value.
Of Paris, a chronic pain and a pivotal friendship: Frida Kahlo meets Mary Reynolds at the Art Institute of Chicago
A Friendship with Mary Reynolds" from Mar 29 to Jul 13 at the Art Institute of Chicago is the highlight of the cultural ...
Max Kozloff, Art Critic Who Became an Artist Himself, Dies at 91
He wrote extensively about the New York art scene in the 1960s and ’70s, then shifted to become a prominent street ...
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Curator Emerson Bowyer On the Importance of the Horvitz Collection Donation
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago Can you explain the importance of this gift in the context of the institution’s existing collections of French art from this period? Will these works ...
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Art Institute’s first-ever Frida Kahlo exhibition
A Friendship with Mary Reynolds at the Art Institute of Chicago Illinois defies President Trump’s order to eliminate DEI in public schools. Bribery trial of State Senator Emil Jones III gets ...