DePaul Art Museum’s New Home to Open to the Public with Debut of “Re: Chicago” Exhibition

CHICAGO, IL.- The DePaul Art Museum’s new $7.8 million home at 935 W. Fullerton Ave., just east of the CTA’s Fullerton “L” stop, will debut with the Sept. 17 opening of “Re: Chicago.” The exhibition, which runs through February 2012, examines the careers and artistic reputations of Chicago artists over more than a century. Artworks in the exhibition were chosen by asking leading figures in the Chicago art world – from critics to scholars to collectors – to name a famous [...]

DePaul Exhibition Explores Process of Pairing Down Museum Collections

CHICAGO, IL.- The public is invited to explore the fascinating process of how an art museum decides what works to remove from its collection in “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Museum Collections and ‘Deaccessioning’” which opens Jan. 14 at the DePaul University Art Museum. The exhibition, which runs through March 19, examines the process of deaccessioning, or removing objects from a collection, an important but seldom discussed part of forming a well-focused museum. As DePaul’s collection grows and [...]