It is important to embrace the culture and free expression that define us as Chicagoans and Americans. In other words, buy a ticket and see a show. Here are five to consider.

Pieter Brueghel the Elder’s masterpiece captures the folly of humanity’s desire to reach heaven on its own terms.

As a lifelong artist, Patricia Mattozzi embraced one of the little-known traditions of iconography: never signing her work.

Thiebaud’s career originated with a focus on illustration and cartoons, which aligned with the emergence of Pop Art in the U.S. in the early 1960s. A response to the austerity of the First and Second ...

Ling has moved on from big-name fashion brands to take on painting and sculpture. Her latest show “Incitatus” will be at ...

They are raw and deeply revealing, encapsulating not just Holliday’s personal trajectory but also the shared history of a ...