The OPC is scheduled to open in Chicago in June 2026.

The Obama Presidential Center is just months away from opening in Chicago, officially accepting job applications for individuals who share the organization's commitment to "anti-racism and equity," ...

Following a decade of planning, construction and delays, the Obama Presidential Center’s opening has been narrowed to a specific month next year — but not yet an exact date, former President Barack ...

As former President Barack Obama’s namesake foundation prepares to roll out the welcome mat to huge crowds of tourists ...

The Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park on Chicago’s South Side is set to open next June. And now, the Center has addressed years of public criticism over its unconventional design, with an ...

After 10 years of planning, construction and setbacks, former President Barack Obama’s presidential center will finally open to the public next summer. During an interview in Arkansas on Monday, Obama ...

Gates’s work for the center will occupy the Hadiya Pendleton Atrium within the Forum Building, Artist Theaster Gates has been commissioned to create a major new artwork for the Obama Presidential ...

The Illinois Republican Party has blasted as "divisive" the hiring language the Obama Foundation is using for the Obama Presidential Center, arguing it shows the privately run project is using public ...

"Uprising of the Sun" by Julie Mehretu, an artist with roots in East Lansing, is a huge glass installation at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, opening in June. When the Obama Presidential ...

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When the Obama Center opens in June, it will offer a fine dining restaurant and cafe. The chef behind it wants to tell a story of a president and also the community that helped propel him to the White ...