Iowa-born Grant Wood completed "American Gothic" in 1930. It became a famous piece that generated speculation from viewers ...

Usher in autumn with Leasho Johnson’s aqueous abstraction, iconic Windy City protest art, John Akomfrah’s elegy for the environment, stunning works on paper by Haegue Yang, and more.

The pieces of art valued at up to millions of dollars would be sold to pay for Valparaiso University dorm renovations ...

But she was discouraged from exhibiting these angular, dark paintings ... Georgia O’Keeffe Museum; image courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art) Chicago, the birthplace of the ...

The Smart Museum of Art (its named changed from Smart Gallery in 1990) will celebrate its half-century mark with “The 50th: ...

The exhibit, titled "Nostalgia for my island," has pieces dating back to the 1700s. It's also making history; this is the ...

The Hammer Museum has named Zoe Ryan, formerly of ICA and Art Institute of Chicago, as its new director, replacing longtime ...

He has made other major contributions to art museums ... line up at the Art Institute of Chicago to visit The Obama Portraits, featuring Kehinde Wiley’s painting of former President Barack ...

CHICAGO -- Carina Yépez has consistently heard the quick staccato rhythm of a sewing machine for as long as she can remember. "The sound, for me, is very therapeutic," Yépez said. A gift and ...

One of the highlights of a visit to the Denver Art Museum is its extensive assembly of western American art, which includes paintings, sculptures and works on paper related to the West going back ...

When the museum first lost the suit, Kaechele relocated the paintings to a women’s restroom at the gallery — rather than allow male visitors to see the art. The fracas, however, continued, with the ...