News examination of the Dayton Art Institute’s past finances, salary hikes for executives and budget challenges looking ahead prompted its board to reach out to members with further details on its ...

For years, an elaborately displayed tooth at the Art Institute of Chicago has been thought to belong to the major Christian religious figure John the Baptist. As it turns out, that claim has no teeth.

Researchers took samples from the tooth in 2016. The results, not widely disseminated, showed it was from someone in the 5th ...

Turns out it’s not a “holy molar” at the Art Institute of Chicago after all. A tooth inside an ornate, artistically significant container and frame has been in the Art Institute’s ...