Forthcoming Obama Presidential Center in Chicago Taps Two Artists for Major Commissions

U.S. artists Spencer Finch and Lindsay Adams have been commissioned for two new installations at the Obama Presidential Center, which is set to open in early 2026 in Chicago.The forthcoming building project, which has cost more than $200 million, is currently under construction at a 19-acre campus in the Midwestern city, where Barack and Michele Obama have a separate namesake foundation. The former spent several years in the city as a law professor at the University of Chicago and as a community