ALMAS (Alliance of Latinos Motivating Action in the Suburbs) is hosting “The Olmec Legacy: Art, Culture, and Influence” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, at Nichols Library, 200 Jefferson Ave. in ...

A free party will celebrate the appearance of nearly three dozen larger-than-life sculptures at the College of DuPage and around DuPage County. The Olmec Family Fiesta will be from 2 to 6 p.m. June 30 ...

The Kimbell Art Museum has announced today the acquisition of one of the most renowned sculptures from ancient Mesoamerica, an unqualified icon of Olmec civilization. Standing Figure Holding a ...

Three thousand years ago, in what is now southern Mexico, Olmec art and culture flourished. No written documents survive, but the exceptional beauty and technical brilliance of the sculpture and its ...

Gail Borden Public Library’s new Olmec Origins exhibit, featuring 33 Olmec sculptures, makes its Kane County debut Nov. 13 at the main library in downtown Elgin. The large, ornately decorated heads ...

Fernando Ramirez allows himself to think big. He dreamed up an exhibition of alebrijes monumentales, larger-than-life, surreal creatures painted by Mexican artists at Cantigny Park in Wheaton. Ramirez ...

Don’t let the missing leg or diminutive stature fool you — the Kimbell Art Museum’s acquisition of the 8.5-inch jadeite statuette is a big deal. The piece was carved between 900-300 B.C. and is one of ...

The Kimbell Art Museum is a modern building. But in its elemental forms and materiality, it is deliberately and irrefutably timeless. David Woo / Staff Photographer The Kimbell Art Museum announced ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth announced Wednesday it has acquired a jade Olmec sculpture, one of the most renowned of ancient Mesoamerica. Standing Figure Holding a ...

The Kimbell Art Museum announced Wednesday what its leadership is calling one of the most important acquisitions in its 51-year history, which becomes, in its words, “the most significant work of ...