From whimsical sculptures in Cornwall, England, to an urban oasis in New York City, here are some of the most beautiful and ...

School is just about out for summer, but that doesn't mean learning has to end. Expand your mind at one of these six new museum exhibitions, including a look at 1940s design and an unprecedented ...

National Museum of Public Housing leaders hope visitors see there’s more to life in public housing than what's on the news.

An installation view of “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection.” Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a ...

The deceased couple once inside the marble ... Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection’ as installed at the Art Institute of Chicago,” via Torlonia Foundation, photo by Lorenzo ...

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Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago Can you explain the importance of this gift in the context of the institution’s existing collections of French art from this period? Will these works ...

The Art Institute of Chicago is returning the 12th-century sculpture Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda to Nepal. Art Institute of Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago is returning a ...

Torlonia Foundation/Photo by Lorenzo De Masi Share Any temporary exhibition of ancient Roman sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago would be notable, because 44 years have passed since the ...

On 3 March, the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) announced the initiation of a voluntary repatriation to Nepal. The 12th-century artefact in question, a “significant sculpture” dubbed Buddha ...

would come to the Art Institute of Chicago as a gift. This is big news. The art is superb -- 2,000 drawings, hundreds of paintings, and a group of sculptures, all exquisite in their own way.