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Art Institute of Chicago restitutes Metzinger painting sold in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam

The 1913 painting, “Woman With a Fan”, was one of a number of paintings from the Lewenstein collection to be auctioned in 1940 under unclear circumstances

Drawings by Willem de Kooning, the ‘last Old Master’, take centre stage in Chicago show

Exhibition traces how the artist’s draughtsmanship was integral to his work

Our pick of the best museum and gallery shows to see in Chicago this spring

From Seoul-born artist Dabin Ahn’s first solo show with Document to dancehall and reggaetón at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago’s first Norman Rockwell acquisition is a home run

The museum has acquired the beloved US illustrator’s ‘The Dugout’, his 1948 painting of Chicago Cubs players

Copy of Rembrandt portrait on display in Chicago is by the master himself, scholar claims

The art historian Gary Schwartz argues that the copy of “Old Man with a Gold Chain” currently hanging alongside the original at the Art Institute of Chicago is by Rembrandt himself, not his workshop

Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey pay visit to Georges Seurat masterpiece at the Art Institute of Chicago

The "Wicked" songbirds stopped by the museum in advance of their summer 2027 roles in Sondheim's "Sunday in the Park with George", inspired by the famous Seurat painting

Gustave Caillebotte blockbuster that sparked controversy in France opens in Chicago—with one key difference

The show launched in Paris to claims that it was a tainted exercise in queering the French artist

Art Institute of Chicago’s director on leave amid investigation into airplane incident

James Rondeau, the museum’s president and director, is on voluntary leave after reportedly removing his clothes on a flight from Chicago to Munich

Judge orders the Art Institute of Chicago to restitute Nazi-looted Schiele drawing

The latest development in the ongoing dispute over a 1916 portrait believed to have been stolen from Fritz Grünbaum by the Nazis

Art Institute of Chicago to return 12th-century Buddha sculpture to Nepal

The ancient statue, a museum fixture since the 1990s, will return to its rightful home following a voluntary restitution

Esteemed private collection of Roman marbles is starting its North American tour

Nearly 60 works from the Torlonia Collection, including striking depictions of animals and people, will feature in exhibitions in Chicago, Fort Worth and Montreal

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Art Institute of Chicago gifted more than 2,200 French Old Masters

The donation, by Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz, will give visitors unprecedented access to the US's largest collection of French Old Masters

Ancient Torlonia treasures head for the US and Canada

Discussions continue about reopening the Torlonia Museum in Rome, says foundation director

Art Institute of Chicago explores ‘complex terrain’ of Pan-African art

A new show examines what the term means and celebrates foundational Black liberation movements

Art Institute of Chicago receives $75m gift to support campus overhaul

The collectors and philanthropists Aaron Fleischman and Lin Lougheed will one day have a building named in honour of their donation, one of the largest in the museum’s history

V&A provenance expert heads to Art Institute of Chicago

Jacques Schuhmacher, who worked on several key restitution cases at the London museum, has taken up the role of executive director of provenance research

Charges dropped against pro-Palestinian protestors from Art Institute of Chicago encampment

Dozens of demonstrators were arrested in May on criminal trespassing charges

Art Institute of Chicago to return 12th-century temple artefact to Thailand

The Krishna palister once stood along the doorframe of the most important monument to the Khmer dynasty in Thailand

The Week in Art podcast | Georgia O’Keeffe’s New York, Studio Voltaire at 30, Martha Jungwirth responds to Goya

We discuss O'Keeffe’s deeply personal renderings of Manhattan cityscapes and skyscrapers, plus look back at Studio Voltaire’s achievements and talk to a curator about a bold Jungwirth still life

Art Institute of Chicago argues Nazi loot claim to its Egon Schiele portrait lacks ‘a single shred’ of evidence

In a filing this week, the museum disputes the Manhattan District Attorney’s claim that the drawing was taken from the Austrian cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum by the Nazis

Five museum shows to see in Chicago this spring

From a retrospective of Chicago Imagist Christina Ramberg to a group show of Native American photography and video

$25m gift puts focus on photography at the Art Institute of Chicago

The museum, whose photography collection began with a donation from Alfred Stieglitz, will soon give the medium pride of place again

Art Institute of Chicago fights for possession of Egon Schiele portrait

Civil action for return of looted Schiele painting dismissed but criminal case looms

Art Institute of Chicago accused of holding onto Nazi-looted Egon Schiele

The museum insists that heirs to the original collector waited too long to file their claim for the valuable work on paper

Art Institute of Chicago receives $25m gift for new photography centre

The Bucksbaum family’s donation is the largest the museum’s photography department has ever received

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How museum guides are being enlisted in the US culture wars

Docents—voluntary educators who are frequently white, of retirement age and middle class—embody the tensions between the status quo and change in US museums

Balthus painting deaccessioned by the Art Institute of Chicago could bring as much as $18m at auction

"La Patience" (1948), which was one of two Balthus paintings in the museum’s collection, will go up for auction at Sotheby’s New York in November

New 3D documentary tells the multidimensional story of American artist H.C. Westermann

Westermann’s hand-carved wooden sculptures pop off cinema screens in Los Angeles and Chicago this month

Survey of Camille Claudel explores the visionary French sculptor’s work on her own terms

The exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago will acknowledge—but not be beholden to—the shadow cast by her teacher, collaborator and lover Auguste Rodin