Prison bars that were once used as instruments of confinement at the Cook County Jail will be repurposed as musical instruments as part of a performance Wednesday by Chicago-based artist Maria Gaspar.

Editor’s note: Coco Picard spoke with Dr. Emmanuel Ortega about the exhibition “Contemporary Ex-Votos: Devotion Beyond Medium,” on view at Gallery 400 and the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. Edited ...

One of the original aims of Gallery 400’s ongoing “Standard of Living” series was to create exhibitions and events based on key issues relating to labor and economics. “After Today,” the fourth ...