Though it wasn't planned this way, there's a thread through most of the feature stories in this issue that's personal for me, ...

Dock 6 Collective presents a one-day only Design & Art Series event this Saturday: “Guest curator Kristina Daignault and the Dock 6 Collective family has selected a group of artists and designers to ...

Keir Graff has turned his Newcity story on the history of the Fine Arts Building—our longest feature ever published—into a book published by Trope, coming this June. He’ll celebrate its release at the ...

The MCA has announced “City in a Garden: Queer Art and Activism in Chicago,” opening on July 5. “The exhibition highlights Chicago’s essential yet often overlooked role in the stories of queer art and ...

Roeper accepted a buyout from the Sun-Times in March 2025 after thirty-seven years. “Roeper first met Roger Ebert at the Sun-Times in the 1980s, and the two developed a friendship that led to their on ...

“After fourteen remarkable years as a driving force behind the fair, Tony Karman will step back from his role as director of Expo Chicago at the end of June. He will continue as president of the fair, ...

The Chicago Public Art Group has announced the appointment of Janice Bond as its new executive director. “A celebrated cultural architect, strategist and arts leader, Bond steps into this role with a ...

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The strongest, most enduring parts of China’s Great Wall were the 5,500 miles built during the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644. One secret to their success was sticky rice, an ...

“It is with mixed emotions that I share that today is my last day at the MCA Chicago,” Marilyn and Larry Fields Curator Carla Acevedo-Yates posts on Instagram. “It’s not easy to close such an ...

“Set in a former currency exchange remodeled into a sanctuary filled with spinning records and steeping tea,” Theaster Gates and Rebuild Foundation’s “A Listening Space” invites the public into a ...

Mayan Artifact Will Be Returned By National Museum of Mexican Art “A Mayan artifact is set to return to Mexico after being held by a Chicago family for nearly forty years,” reports WBEZ. The National ...