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In a May 15 story about the Art Institute of Chicago's new modern wing, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the museum's admission had been cut to $16. The base admission is $18, and the Chicago Park District recently approved a $2 discount for Chicago residents.
The Art Institute of Chicago is opening its new modern art wing to house European art from 1900 to 1950 and both European and American art from 1950 to the present. Here's what to know if you plan to go:
Light, bright and definitely pricey — the Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago is a triumph for Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano.
A man whose family forged statues and paintings and then passed them off as priceless pieces of art to museums including the Art Institute of Chicago received a two-year suspended sentence Monday.
A half-man, half-goat ceramic figure supposedly sculpted by 19th century French artist Paul Gauguin has delighted aficionados visiting the Art Institute of Chicago for a decade, but now the museum says "The Faun" is a fake.
Chicago's Art Institute is loaning about 90 of its impressionist and postimpressionist works to the Kimbell Art Museum.
He wears Jesus' robes and a neon blue halo, looks like Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and is causing a stir at a Chicago art school. An undergraduate student's papier mache sculpture of Obama as a messianic figure — entitled "Blessing" — went on display Saturday at a downtown gallery run by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
An effort to honor the NFC Champion Chicago Bears hit a snag Tuesday morning when a huge football helmet broke as it was being placed on one of the lion statues that stands guard outside the Art Institute of Chicago.
You don't have to complain alone CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- From bad dates, to people who chew gum too loudly, to global warming, no complaint is too ridiculous -- or too sublime -- for the international complaints-choir movement.
Quadriplegic aims to design accessible video games"No one is sure how many of the 49.7 million Americans with disabilities play video or computer games, Ms. Hinn said. But based on inquiries and feedback the group has received, there's no question that many more would play if they could.
Obama is Jesus?Some call it art. Other call it blasphemy. A new piece of art showing Senator Barack Obama as Jesus Christ is now on display at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Atheist student expelled two weeks before graduation for questioning classmate's belief in leprechauns"I jokingly asked her if she believed in leprechauns. It turns out, she does. They live on another energy layer," Averill wrote in notes to himself later that day. "In the interest of bringing my own view to the discussion, I began to ask her how she knew these things.
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