Local News Art Institute of Chicago president under investigation, accused of stripping off clothes on flight to Germany By Dan Kraemer Updated on: May 2, 2025 / 10:34 PM CDT / CBS Chicago ...

The president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago faces an independent investigation amid a report that he stripped on a commercial airplane. James Rondeau is voluntarily taking time away ...

Founded in 1879, the Art Institute of Chicago is one of the largest art museums in the US, with over 300,000 pieces in its permanent collection and over 30 special exhibitions a year.

CHICAGO (WGN) – The president of the Art Institute of Chicago is on voluntary leave from the museum after an alleged incident on a United Airlines flight last month. On Friday, April 18, James ...

James Rondeau, the Art Institute's president and director since 2016, was accused of strange behavior on a United Airlines aircraft on April 18. Rondeau had been on the way to Munich, Germany.