Richard Driehaus, a DePaul alumnus who made remarkable commitments to the Chicago university and community, has died Photo: Andy Goodwin
The financier and philanthropist Richard Driehaus died Tuesday evening at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Driehaus, who was born in the city in 1942, championed art and classical architecture in his hometown. We are deeply saddened by the news of Richard Driehaus s passing. Everyone at the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events extends our most sincere condolences to his family and colleagues,” said the city’s culture commissioner Mark Kelly. “He was a longtime icon of Chicago’s art, design and historic preservation community and a champion of our city s cultural history as well as emerging creative voices. He will be truly missed.
Chicago art museums have often failed to reflect the diverse Indigenous community still living in the city, but a new grant hopes to change that.
Northwestern’s Block Museum of Art announced it will receive a $105,000 grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art to fund an Indigenous art exhibit slated to open in Jan. 2024. The museum outlined in a grant proposal a process for robust engagement with the Chicago Native American community.
Kathleen Bickford Berzock, the associate director of curatorial affairs at the Block Museum, said the exhibit is the culmination of the museum’s efforts to integrate American Indian programming. The grant will fund the salary of both a curatorial research fellow and an American Indian guest curator who will work alongside Berzock and the Block’s contemporary curator, Janet Dees.