School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Students at School of the Art Institute of Chicago hold walkout in support of Palestine

SAIC students continue to protest the school’s ties to defence contractors

Students at multiple US art schools face tougher policies on protests this autumn

After a spring semester defined by widespread pro-Palestine demonstrations, some top art universities have imposed new restrictions

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

Dozens of demonstrators were arrested in May on criminal trespassing charges

Renewed efforts to preserve the life and work of two Chicago Imagists

Centres devoted to Roger Brown and Ed Paschke will soon reopen with new plans and ambitions

New school reimagines art education

Founded by art historian Romi Crawford, the New Art School Modality aims to both make art school more accessible and open up alternative forms of study and exchange

The college disgrace: School of the Art Institute of Chicago rescinds Kanye West’s doctorate

The artist now known as Ye was awarded a degree by his hometown art school in 2015, but his sustained antisemitic rhetoric caused the school to revoke it

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Non-tenured faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago hold rally in support of union push

If successful, they would join staff at the school and its namesake museum who voted overwhelmingly in favour of unionising in January

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State of the unions: why US museum workers are mobilising against their employers

With the arts sector increasingly vulnerable in the wake of the pandemic, a new breed of digitally optimised worker is emerging

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Employees at the Art Institute of Chicago museum and school vote to join union

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees will now represent 266 employees at the museum and another 249 at the school

Art school under fire for bowing to transgender student complaints

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago has been accused of cowardice and censorship over its treatment of former professor and Henry Darger expert Michael Bonesteel