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CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Art Institute of Chicago is getting a new addition thanks to a $75 million donation. The gift is courtesy of Aaron I. Fleischman and his husband, Dr. Lin Lougheed—who have ...
The Art Institute of Chicago on Tuesday announced a gift of $75 million that will support new galleries for its collection of late-19th-century, modern and contemporary art.
The school was founded in 1866 as the Chicago Academy of Design, and after incorporating the Chicago Academy of Fine Art it became known as the Art Institute of Chicago in 1882. Today SAIC has the ...