Hilton Contemporary today announced a specially curated exhibition of new and archival images drawn from the works of world-renowned photographer Paul Nicklen.
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The Morton Arboretum will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 with cultural programs, a Celebración de los Árboles festival and opportunities to learn about its scientific work to protect and conserve threatened trees and ecosystems in Latin America.
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The Cleve Carney Museum of Art (CCMA), located on the College of DuPage campus (425 Fawell Blvd.), announces its upcoming fall exhibition, “INSERT COIN: Inside Midway’s Arcade Revolution.”
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The Field Museum’s Women’s Board has elected Dr. Lynda Williams as its 29th president, the first African American woman to hold the office. Serving on the Board for more than 10 years, Williams has championed uplifting women’s voices in scientific and educational leadership.
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Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium welcomed a new resident to the Abbott Oceanarium on Wednesday evening: a beluga whale calf born to 35-year-old mother, Naya (NI-yah). Earlier that day, the animal care team recognized signs that Naya was going into labor and closed the Secluded Bay habitat to guests. Hours later, shortly after 6 p.m., the calf was born and took its first breath of air at the water’s surface shortly after – a crucial first step for belugas.
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Get ready to delve into the fascinating world of James Bond like never before. The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry presents 007 Science, the first-ever official exhibition to focus on the science and technology behind the world’s longest-running movie franchise.
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Paula Modersohn-Becker. Girl Blowing a Flute in the Birch Forest, 1905. Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen. © Paula-Modersohn-Becker-Stiftung, Bremen.
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Music has, for centuries, inspired design across the spectrum of art creation. Have you ever thought about the kind of visual output the music of jazz legedn John Coltrane might inspire? Well, Norman Teague has, and his visionary exhibition on the subject is set to launch at the the Elmhurst Art Museum this January. Entitled A Love Supreme, this solo exhibition inspired byColtrane will accompnayan adjoining group exhibition in the famed Mies van der Rohe’s McCormick House featuring over 30 Chicago-based artists who identify as Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC). The companion show is entitled A Love Supreme: McCormick House Reimagined.
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The National Hellenic Museum (NHM) in Chicago’s Greektown neighborhood is hosting the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America’s centennial exhibit Legacy,
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On Sunday, April 30 at 2 p.m., Auditorium Theatre will present National Geographic Live’s “Coral Kingdom and Empires of Ice” with photographic team David Doubilet and Jennifer Hayes. Vice President of Conservation Research at Chicago’s own Shedd Aquarium, Dr. Chuck Knapp, will introduce the speakers and host a Q&A providing audience members the valuable opportunity to talk directly with Doubilet and Hayes.
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