Overview
- DePaul confirmed Thursday it will end DePaul Art Museum operations at the close of the academic year on June 30.
- Leaders framed the move as part of budget planning for financial sustainability following enrollment declines and 114 staff layoffs in December.
- Officials will convene campus discussions on future uses of the Fullerton Avenue building and its holdings, and they say the facility will not be sold or left vacant.
- The 3,000–4,000-work collection, which includes pieces by Andy Warhol and prominent Chicago artists, has no decided disposition as staffing has dwindled and preservation concerns grow.
- Two final exhibitions by Barbara Nessim and Alice Tippit open March 5 and will be the museum’s last at the Lincoln Park site.