Obama Presidential Center
Obama Presidential Center opens, offering an art-filled, hopeful view of US history
The sprawling new campus on Chicago's south side includes a rousing museum and commissions by Mark Bradford, Maya Lin, Richard Hunt, Martin Puryear and many more
Chicago’s Obama Presidential Center has art at its core
The centre’s art-filled campus will open in June, but visitors to Expo Chicago can get a preview of its art commissions in two special curated sections of the fair
Theaster Gates to create giant frieze for Obama Presidential Center
The artist will celebrate Black Chicago using photo archives from Jet and Ebony magazines
Artists including Jenny Holzer, Alison Saar and Kiki Smith creating commissions for Obama Presidential Center
The nine new works will be made by ten artists—including Nick Cave, Marie Watt and Idris Khan
Spencer Finch and Lindsay Adams to create large-scale commissions for Obama Presidential Center
The centre in Chicago will feature a tiled installation by Finch and a bright, abstract composition by Adams
Julie Mehretu creates towering glass mural for Obama Presidential Center in Chicago
The artist's 83ft-tall work, “Uprising of the Sun”, is the most prominent of many art commissions for the centre
Maya Lin to create sculptural fountain for the Obama Presidential Center
The sculpture, “Seeing Through the Universe”, will be installed on the centre’s grounds in an area honouring Barack Obama’s mother