Every Thursday, WTTW News newsletter producer Josh Terry highlights his picks for the week’s must-see cultural events.

This month, the former contemporary curator celebrates a decade at the helm of the city’s largest cultural institution. What’s next? Sharpening the museum’s competitive edge.

The Art Institute of Chicago are inviting applications for several paid Internships at present. The Art Institute of Chicago is excited to invite current undergraduate and recent graduates (within one ...

Two of the world's biggest drag stars — Nymphia Wind and Plastique Tiara — are teaming up for their first-ever Serpents Tour, ...

“Wicked” stars Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey stopped by the Art Institute of Chicago recently. Trump Cabinet secretaries conspired to violate Constitution, judge says Pentagon moves to turn ...

You can visit the same artwork as Ferris Bueller on his day off at ‘The Art of Ferris Bueller’ walking tour offered by Chicago Movie Tours. Kelli Marshall takes guests through the Art Institute of ...

Things are not as they seem inside the Art Institute of Chicago’s new exhibition. On view since October 4, 2025, Strange Realities: The Symbolist Imagination displays a series of late 19th-and early ...

The future of one of the world’s leading archives of video art has been thrown into uncertainty after the School of the Art Institute of Chicago abruptly laid off three of the five staff members of ...

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in Chicago, Illinois (photo by Interim Archives/Getty Images) The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) laid off 20 workers last week, citing ...

Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum not in New York City, a place we know and love that already receives plenty of attention. I was in the room ...

Installation view, “Diane Simpson: ‘Good for Future,’” Art Institute of Chicago Credit: Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago In her 90th year, Diane Simpson, a Chicago legend, presents work ...