ART

Chicago’s new $75-million Terra Museum of American Art officially opened Tuesday. A crowd of about 300 and a 110-piece high school band were on hand as Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson, Mayor Harold Washington, former Interior Secretary William P. Clark and Barbara Bush, the wife of the vice president, cut a red, white and blue ribbon at the door of the museum on posh North Michigan Avenue. The museum’s 800-piece collection, insured for more than $100 million, is best known for its American paintings from the early 20th Century.