Sun-Times Media Share The black and white Jean Dubuffet sculpture outside the James R. Thompson Center never excited Chicago as did the Daley Center Picasso, nor did it ever garner the mass appeal ...

Jean Dubuffet’s 29 ft-tall sculpture Monument with Standing Beast (1984), a fixture outside Chicago’s James R. Thompson Center since before architect Helmut Jahn’s famous postmodernist ...

One Sunday earlier this month, Tom Guenther passed the James R. Thompson Center ... of Contemporary Art Chicago — encountered late French artist Jean Dubuffet’s sculpture Monument with ...

May 6 marks 40 years since the State of Illinois Center was dedicated. The pink-and-blue building with stunning atrium and walls made of glass, was championed by Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson as ...

Google's transformation of the James R ... the Thompson Center is already well into the process of being moved. The 29-foot "Monument with Standing Beast" sculpture by French artist Jean Dubuffet ...

This intervention is a response to the grand scale of the Thompson Center and will feature a bookstore curated by Marya Kanakis, focusing on topics related to ecology, architectural theory ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Demolition plans are moving forward at the Thompson Center. The city has granted permits to begin work demolishing the exterior and atrium of the iconic downtown building.

Google’s decision to take up residence in the James R. Thompson Center, formerly the State of Illinois Center, is a meaningful victory for Chicago’s preservationists and a very useful reminder ...

stop when you reach 100 West and then drink in the post-modern vista of the James R. Thompson Center, as designed by the late Helmut Jahn? That might seem like a strange idea since the Thompson ...

CHICAGO, Ill. (WAND) - Google will move into the renovated James R. Thompson Center, according to the governor's office. Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Central Management ...