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  • 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 […]

  • Guest Author
  • 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
    • Art & Museums , Installation , Museum

    Weaving Beyond the Bauhaus at the Art Institute of Chicago

    Now on view at the Art Institute through February 17 is a significant exhibition outlining the pivotal role the Bauhaus played in the textile arts. The exhibition is succinctly contextualized […]

  • Carrie McGath
  • February 3, 2020
    • Beyond

    Reader’s Choice–Your Favorites of 2019

    This time of year, there’s a lot of looking back –for better or worse. We see what worked and what didn’t, what we want more of and what we want […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • January 8, 2020
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