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  • Art & Museums , Gallery , Installation , Mixed media , Museum , Review

Review: On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival at the Art Institute

The exhibition On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival is now on view at the Art Institute of Chicago. Anne Wilson, one of four curators who undertook this […]

  • Carrie McGath
  • February 26, 2026
    • Art & Museums , Gallery , Museum , Painting & sculpture , Review

    Review: The Art Institute’s Painting His World Offers a Thoughtful, Lush Look at Gustave Caillebotte’s Work and Influence

    For the entirety of my life, growing up in Oak Park and visiting the Art Institute of Chicago first on school field trips and then as an adult whose favorite […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • August 7, 2025
    • Art & Museums , Installation , Mixed media , Museum , Review , Sculpture

    Review: Art Institute’s New Korea Gallery Examines the Country’s Long Historical Timeline of Art and Artists

    Review by Mitchell Oldham.  In a long pocket of space between the Art Institute’s Japanese and Chinese galleries, a brand-new exquisite new addition opened last fall. Supported by the National […]

  • Mitchell Oldham
  • April 17, 2025
    • Art & Museums , Painting & sculpture , Review

    Review: At the Art Institute, Frida Kahlo’s Month in Paris Examines a Pivotal Moment in Mexican Artist’s Career

    The Art Institute’s new Frida Kahlo exhibit aims to illuminate her connection with Mary Reynolds, an American expatriate artist and bookbinder who encountered Kahlo in Paris at a pivotal point […]

  • Devony Hof
  • April 1, 2025
    • Beyond , Soapbox

    Dear Cinnamon: The Art of Checking it Off Your List

    Now through December 31, Third Coast Review is raising money to support the diverse roster of writers you know and appreciate for their thoughtful, insightful arts and culture coverage in Chicago and beyond. […]

  • Caroline Huftalen
  • December 1, 2024
    • Art & Museums , Museum , Painting & sculpture

    Review: Art Institute’s Paula Modersohn-Becker: I Am Me Is an Intimate Look at Womanhood From an Overlooked Feminist Painter

    We want to hear from you! Take our brief reader survey now and share your feedback on what you love at Third Coast Review—and what we could be doing better! Plus, everyone […]

  • Devony Hof
  • November 23, 2024
    • Art & Museums , Installation , Museum , Painting & sculpture

    Review: Christina Ramberg’s Female Torso Imagery at the Art Institute Reminds Us of the Glory Days of the Chicago Imagists

    Christina Ramberg, a Chicago artist who devoted many of her paintings to images of the female torso, cinched in and bulging out of feminine undergarments, is celebrated in a new Art […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • May 7, 2024
    • Art & Museums , Installation

    Review: Monet and the Impressionists Is Art for the Screen-Obsessed at Lighthouse ArtSpace

    My mother took me to the Art Institute of Chicago when I was very young and let me pick out postcards of my favorite paintings. I chose mostly Impressionists such […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • July 13, 2022
    • Art & Museums , Museum

    Review: Bisa Butler: Portraits Are Brilliantly Complex and Emotive

    It felt like no coincidence that I found myself in the Art Institute’s Bisa Butler exhibit the same day I had wandered through Monet and Chicago. To view Butler’s amazing […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • May 24, 2021
    • Art & Museums , Museum , Painting & sculpture

    Review: Monet and Chicago Should Be on Your Bucket List

    One thing I love about travelling is the opportunity it gives you to get to know someplace new. It’s why I eschew experiences I can have other places in favor […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • May 19, 2021
    • Art & Museums , Feature , Games & Tech , Installation , Museum

    Phenomenon: Pac-Man Exhibit at Chicago Gamespace Brings Pac-Man’s Legacy and History to Life

    When I went to check out Nom Nom: 40 Years of Pac-Man Design and History at Chicago Gamespace, there was a lingering question in the air. The question no one […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • March 26, 2021
    • Art & Museums , Beyond , Museum , Museums

    Fall Museum Guide: What’s Open, How to Stay Safe, and How to Enjoy Chicago’s Museums From Home

    UPDATE: Due to the sharply rising number of COVID-19 cases in Cook County, the city of Chicago is returning to Tier 3 mitigation beginning Friday, November 20th. Details of what […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • October 11, 2020
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