Let me tell you about one of my favorite places in the entire Midwest: The Art Institute of Chicago ... You know, that famous painting of the farmer and his daughter with the pitchfork?

You'll find pieces created in the Byzantine era, as well as paintings completed ... pieces from famous artists like van Gogh, Monet and Renoir. The Art Institute of Chicago sits just south of ...

The massive exhibition, co-presented with museums in Barcelona and Brussels, will head to Europe at the end of March.

Home to one of the country's most impressive collections of impressionist and post-impressionist art (plus works from numerous other genres), the expansive Art Institute of Chicago features nearly ...