Art Institute of Chicago news

Twelve new students have been enrolled in the Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship programme, with the selected entrants to be given specialised training and ... More

Transdisciplinary designer and musician Kanye West has donated US$10m (€8.7m, £7.7m) to help fund the still unfinished Roden Crater – an atmospheric complex situated within ... More

Harvard University has named the Art Institute of Chicago’s Martha Tedeschi as new director of its art museums. Tedeschi, currently serving as deputy director for ... More

The Art Institute of Chicago is giving visitors to the US city the chance to step directly into the world of Vincent Van Gogh. To ... More

Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin has donated US$40m (€36.6m, £26.9m) to New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), one of the largest gifts in ... More

Bloomberg Philanthropies – the charitable arm of Michael Bloomberg’s business empire – has announced that it has granted US$17m (€13.1m, £10.5m) in funding for digital ... More

The US$300m (£193.5m, 220m euro) Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago, US, has opened to public this week. The 24,500sq m (264,000sq ft) ... More