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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 20, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Front page flashback: March 21, 1969 ...

The 1951 modernist landmark, designed by noted Arkansan architect Edward Durell Stone, once brought works by major artists ...

After a national search, the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University has appointed Ariel Pate as the museum’s Chief Curator. Pate begins full-time in May 2026. Bringing over two decades of ...

Redmond campus hosts Tolkien-inspired works by student Wick Dundon No one heads into spring break thinking “Let’s go to ...

Every major global food safety certification program is based on a simple, powerful idea: it’s better to prevent ...

We wanted to spend more time in Chicago after a brief layover last year, and from my experience riding the train around the country in 2021, I knew Denver to Northern California was the most beautiful ...

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One of Chicago architecture’s most dramatic rescue stories could face another relocation. The Art Institute of Chicago is weighing expansion plans that could force the removal of the historic Chicago ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Open Access Initiative expands with three-dimensional renderings of significant pieces—most of which are free to download.

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From Pope Leo XIV’s childhood church to the reconstructed and relocated Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room at the Art Institute, Preservation Chicago’s annual ranking of the city’s seven most ...