Art, architecture and travel in Chicago
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Chicago - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Chicago.
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A woman’s right to pleasure: the LA exhibition rewriting the history of female sexuality
Artists including Nan Goldin, Tracey Emin and Reka Nyari take part in ‘BlackBook Presents: A Woman’s Right to Pleasure’ at Sotheby’s LA
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Chicago’s Future Firm aims to spearhead change
The American Midwest has been shaking up the world of architecture. As part of our Next Generation 2022 project, we explore ten emerging practices pioneering change. Meet Chicago’s Future Firm
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Last chance to see: Tom Sachs’ first furniture exhibition in America in two decades
Tom Sachs’ first US gallery exhibition of furniture for over two decades is at Stony Island Arts Bank, a restored 1923 bank on the South Side of Chicago, supported by Theaster Gates’ Rebuild Foundation (until 4 September 2022)
By Tilly Macalister-Smith Last updated
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Ron Gilad at Wright20, Chicago
By Harriet Lloyd Smith Last updated
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Big bang: the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial opens its doors
The inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial opens its doors
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Assemble explores textile art as a political medium in Chicago
By Jamie Evelyn Goldsborough Last updated
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Mies van der Rohe’s McCormick House is brought back to life at the Elmhurst Art Museum
By Audrey Henderson Last updated
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Making history: highlights from the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Monteverde is the latest restaurant to appear in Chicago’s West Loop
By Jourdan Fairchild Last updated
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Claremont House, Chicago
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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New heights: a cable car line proposal to offer new perspective to Chicago visitors
By Sara Sturges Last updated
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Chicago Architecture Biennial 2021 on community and urban space
The 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial has announced its list of contributors – and it's a rich, diverse and exciting one, tapping into critical ideas, such as urban and social sustainability, vacant spaces, diversity and community
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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’Building Ideas: An Architectural Guide to the University of Chicago’ by Jay Pridmore
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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US architects Aranda\Lasch unveil a museum that blends art with landscape
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Window dressing: Diane Simpson installs art deco store displays at MCA Chicago
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Chicago Architecture Biennial 2019 co-curators revealed
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Placemaking: a survey of David Adjaye’s work to-date opens at the Art Institute of Chicago
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Letter from Chicago: our survey beyond the city's architecture biennial
Experiencing a rebirth at a scale not seen for decades, we survey beyond the city's architecture biennial
By Sam Lubell Last updated
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Redesigning The Silver Room community space in Chicago
This Chicago boutique and community space – which champions local artists, designers, and Black-owned businesses – undergoes a makeover courtesy of architects Future Firm and designer Norman Teague
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Found, a new elevated hostel concept, opens in Chicago
By Chadner Navarro Last updated
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One of Chicago’s skyscrapers is transformed into LondonHouse, a sleek riverside hotel
By Ella Marshall Last updated
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Exploring Frank Lloyd Wright's early career and architectural identity
A new exhibition on Frank Lloyd Wright at the Elmhurst Art Museum, titled ‘Wright before the ‘Lloyd'', explores the celebrated architect's early career and trajectory as he defined and built his, now well-known, architectural identity
By Audrey Henderson Last updated
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Judy Chicago’s smouldering recipe for Niçoise salad
Experiment with Judy Chicago's trail-blazing recipe for Niçoise salad, accompanied by original smoke sculpture. Chicago’s celebratory dish features in Wallpaper’s October 2021, 25th Anniversary Issue as part of Artist's Palate, a series of culinary homages to our favourite contemporary art
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Chicago upside-down house turns convention on its head
Chicago architects Kwong Von Glinow take a conventional pitched-roof house and open up the interior, transforming it into a dramatic, open plan space
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Cheat sheet: MCA show decodes 20 years of Virgil Abloh
By Harriet Thorpe Published
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The Hoxton opens in Chicago
By Pei-Ru Keh Published
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Bau wow: stay in the Loop at the Mies-inspired Ace Hotel Chicago
By Pei-Ru Keh Published