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Following a career as a research chemist, she began a nearly three-decade tenure at the Art Institute in a role that marries logic, creativity, ingenuity, and a love of working with her hands.

The relationship between artist and model is often personal and complex—and it can add depth and power to a work of art.

One of the most extraordinary leaded glass windows ever made by Tiffany Studios is now part of the collection.

This fall’s major exhibition devoted to sculptural arts across the African continent focuses on how the originating cultures of these objects view, value, and talk about their art.

How do we make sure that digital artworks are not trapped in time and obsolete technologies?

The artist Tai breathes new life into historical artifacts through painting, elevating them beyond their material existence.

Sometimes a work of art is in the right place at the right time—and the result is a kind of collective fever.

Celebrations of “personal style, vulnerability, strength, beauty, individuality, and imperfections,” Swaby’s life-sized textile portraits also stem from her relationships with her subjects, including her three older sisters.

Two curators delve into the complex history behind a modern-day sculpture that channels Classical antiquity.

Before electronic alarm systems, security was in the hands of human keepers and the paws of their canine crew.

From managing construction to making large-scale sculpture, he takes on big projects with ambition, care, and an eye for detail.

Six staff members ruminate upon some of their favorite greens in the museum.

A story of how provenance and proactive research led to the return of a sacred artifact to the people of Thailand.

This colorful glazed earthenware brought Italian Renaissance visual art to the home and dining table.

Respect and affinity between the artist and professor helped bring recognition and acclaim to Yoakum’s poetic drawings of the world.