The Art Institute of Chicago
Press Releases
January 27, 2012
ART INSTITUTE BECOMES FIRST U.S. MUSEUM TO RECEIVE GRANT FROM GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

January 19, 2012
ART INSTITUTE SHOWCASES PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS BY EMINENT INDIAN POET AND NOBEL LAUREATE RABINDRANATH TAGORE

JANUARY 10, 2012
MARKETING EXECUTIVE GORDON MONTGOMERY NAMED NEW ART INSTITUTE VP

DECEMBER 19, 2011
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO APPOINTS TWO KEY POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS

November 30, 2011
ART INSTITUTE MOUNTS FIRST EXHIBITION TO EXPLORE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHOTOGRAPHY AND CONCEPTUAL ART

November 10, 2011
ART INSTITUTE EXHIBITION SHOWCASES MORE THAN 120 CONTEMPORARY DRAWINGS FROM THE IRVING STENN JR. COLLECTION

November 1, 2011
ART INSTITUTE PRESENTS EXPLORATION OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SPEECH BY CONTEMPORARY ARTIST SHARON HAYES

October 22, 2011
‘TIS THE SEASON FOR HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES AT THE ART INSTITUTE

October 20, 2011
TIMOTHY H. O'SULLIVAN'S RARE AND INFLUENTIAL IMAGES OF THE AMERICAN WEST ON VIEW AT THE ART INSTITUTE

October 19, 2011
SPENCER FINCH'S SOLAR-POWERED LUNAR ILLUMINATES THE ART INSTITUTE

October 12, 2011
ARCHITECT JÜRGEN MAYER H.'S COLLECTION OF ENIGMATIC ENCRYPTED SECURITY ENVELOPES ON DISPLAY AT ART INSTITUTE

October 11, 2011
ART INSTITUTE EXHIBITION EXPLORES EARLY YEARS OF VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPHY THROUGH GRACEFUL SNAPSHOTS OF FEMALE TRIOS

September 1, 2011
THE ART INSTITUTE SHOWCASES THREE EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHY TALENTS IN LATEST INSTALLMENT OF EXPOSURE SERIES

August 24, 2011
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF DOUGLAS DRUICK

August 17, 2011
FIRST COMPREHENSIVE RETROSPECTIVE OF ARCHITECT BERTRAND GOLDBERG TO OPEN AT THE ART INSTITUTE

July 15, 2011
MONUMENTAL PROPAGANDA POSTERS OF SOVIET UNION ON VIEW FOR FIRST TIME IN SIX DECADES AT THE ART INSTITUTE

June 29, 2011
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO AWARDED MAJOR GRANT FOR ONLINE CATALOGUE

June 23, 2011
SURREALISTIC, EERILY BEAUTIFUL PORTRAITS BY ENIGMATIC PHOTOGRAPHER RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD SHOWCASED AT THE ART INSTITUTE

June 14, 2011
THE ART INSTITUTE PRESENTS 2011 SCHIFF FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS TO ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND NORTHWESTERN STUDENTS

June 10, 2011
ART INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF SEMINAL RAUSCHENBERG COMBINE

June 8, 2011
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH TASCHEN

June 3, 2011
ART INSTITUTE OPENS EXPANDED GALLERIES OF AFRICAN ART AND INDIAN ART OF THE AMERICAS

May 26, 2011
CONTEMPORARY ARTIST PAE WHITE TRANSFORMS ART INSTITUTE'S MODERN WING TERRACE INTO WORK OF ART

May 19, 2011
MAJOR ART INSTITUTE EXHIBITION SHOWCASES REVOLUTIONARY MOMENT IN 20TH-CENTURY GRAPHIC AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

May 4, 2011
ART INSTITUTE DEBUTS NEW SERIES BY CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHER UTA BARTH

May 2, 2011
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO APPOINTS CHAIR OF DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

April 13, 2011
ART INSTITUTE EXHIBITION REVEALS UNCONVENTIONAL WAYS IN WHICH RENAISSANCE EUROPE USED AND ALTERED PRINTED IMAGES

April 5, 2011
INLAND ARCHITECT IMAGE DATABASE NOW AVAILABLE ON ART INSTITUTE WEBSITE

February 28, 2011
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO RECEIVES MAJOR GIFT FROM JAHARIS FAMILY FOUNDATION

February 9, 2011
ART OF EARLY RENAISSANCE FRANCE SURVEYED IN MAJOR EXHIBITION AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

January 31, 2011
MINIMAL AND CONCEPTUAL WORKS FROM THE JUDITH NEISSER COLLECTION ON VIEW AT THE ART INSTITUTE

January 28, 2011
ART INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES MAJOR ACQUISITION OF SEMINAL MALEVICH PAINTING

January 21, 2011
AMERICAN MODERN BRINGS THREE KEY FIGURES IN DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME

January 19, 2011
ART INSTITUTE PRESENTS WORKS BY CELEBRATED SWISS CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS PETER FISCHLI AND DAVID WEISS

January 7, 2011
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO NAMES NEW VICE PRESIDENT FOR DEVELOPMENT

December 30, 2011
ART INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES FREE HOURS FOR 2011

December 21, 2010
LANDMARK EXHIBITION OF JOHN MARIN’S REVOLUTIONARY WATERCOLORS IN MAJOR ART INSTITUTE EXHIBITION

December 15, 2010
ART INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES MAJOR LONG-TERM LOAN OF ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STATUETTE

December 7, 2010
ART INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF LUDOVICO CARRACCI PAINTING

November 17, 2010
ARCHIVE OF ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD NICKEL GOES TO ART INSTITUTE’S RYERSON AND BURNHAM LIBRARIES

November 4, 2010
IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF ANCIENT CHINESE BRONZE VESSELS ON DISPLAY AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

October 27, 2010
ART INSTITUTE REINSTALLS MARC CHAGALL'S AMERICA WINDOWS

October 26, 2010
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO SHOWCASES INNOVATIVE PROJECTS LINKING ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN PRACTICES IN NEW EXHIBITION

October 7, 2010
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO REOPENS TEXTILE GALLERIES

October 5, 2010
THE ART INSTITUTE WELCOMES EVERYONE "HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS"

September 30, 2010
THE ART INSTITUTE DELVES INTO RICHARD HAWKINS'S THIRD MIND FOR MAJOR RETROSPECTIVE

September 29, 2010
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO LAUNCHES FIRST MOBILE APP SHOWCASING PERMANENT COLLECTION OF FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST ART

September 14, 2010
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO APPOINTS DANIEL WALKER CHAIR OF TWO CURATORIAL DEPARTMENTS

September 8, 2010
THE ART INSTITUTE UNVEILS NEW GALLERIES OF JAPANESE ART

August 31, 2010
ART INSTITUTE SHOWCASES SEVENTEEN MAJOR WORKS OF PRE-COLUMBIAN ART FROM MEXICO

August 25, 2010
CONTEMPORARY ARTIST JITISH KALLAT PRESENTS PROVOCATIVE PUBLIC NOTICE 3 ON THE ART INSTITUTE'S GRAND STAIRCASE

August 24, 2010
RARE MASTERWORKS FROM THE GRAY COLLECTION ON VIEW AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

July 9, 2010
LEGENDARY PHOTOGRAPHER HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON CELEBRATED IN MAJOR RETROSPECTIVE AT THE ART INSTITUTE

June 24, 2010
EXEMPLARY CONTEMPORARY WORKS FROM THE DONNA AND HOWARD STONE COLLECTION ON DISPLAY AT THE ART INSTITUTE

June 16, 2010
THE ART INSTITUTE PRESENTS 2010 SCHIFF FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS TO THREE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO STUDENTS

June 14, 2010
ART INSTITUTE EXHIBITION REVEALS FACETS OF LOUIS SULLIVAN'S ARCHITECTURE

June 4, 2010
ART INSTITUTE PRESENTS A SUMMER OF SOUND & VISION

April 30, 2010
TWO NEW EXHIBITIONS IN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN ON VIEW AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

April 28, 2010
TURNER PRIZE-NOMINATED BRITISH ARTIST ROGER HIORNS TO CREATE "DOMINANT" SCULPTURE FOR THE ART INSTITUTE

April 22, 2010
THE MODERN WING OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO AWARDED SILVER LEED CERTIFICATION

March 5, 2010
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NEW CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

January 25, 2010
NEW ART INSTITUTE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION EXPLORES THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN FINE ART AND THE VERNACULAR

January 19, 2010
HENRI MATISSE’S MOST EXPERIMENTAL AND INVENTIVE WORKS EXPLORED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN GROUNDBREAKING EXHIBITION

January 12, 2010
WILLIAM EGGLESTON’S “DEMOCRATIC IMAGES” OF AMERICAN CULTURE REVEALED IN MAJOR EXHIBITION AT THE ART INSTITUTE

November 19, 2009
ART INSTITUTE CELEBRATES HOLIDAY SEASON 2009 WITH FESTIVE EVENTS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

November 17, 2009
ART INSTITUTE EXAMINES THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ARCHITECTURE THROUGH WORKS OF CONTEMPORARY ARTIST MONICA BONVICINI

October 20, 2009
MAJOR ART INSTITUTE EXHIBITION TRACES THE HISTORY OF ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT FROM BRITAIN TO CHICAGO

September 30, 2009
THE ART INSTITUTE AWARDED MAJOR GRANT FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH FROM ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION

September 23, 2009
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION AT THE ART INSTITUTE SHOWCASES THREE EMERGING TALENTS

September 22, 2009
FIRST MUSEUM SURVEY DEVOTED TO ARTIST JAMES CASTLE ON VIEW AT THE ART INSTITUTE

September 22, 2009
NEW ARCHITECTURE CURATOR JOINS ART INSTITUTE

September 16, 2009
CARAVAGGIO MASTERPIECE MAKES RARE CHICAGO APPEARANCE

September 15, 2009
KONSTANTIN GRCIC’S “DECISIVE DESIGNS” SHOWCASED AT THE ART INSTITUTE

September 15, 2009
PUT YOURSELF IN THE PICTURE! THE ART INSTITUTE HOSTS SNAP: THE THIRD PHOTOGRAPHY BENEFIT GALA

September 15, 2009
NEW ART INSTITUTE EXHIBITION PIECES TOGETHER RARELY SEEN PHOTOCOLLAGE ALBUMS

September 1, 2009
HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO TAKES UP RESIDENCE AT THE ART INSTITUTE

September 1, 2009
THE ART INSTITUTE CELEBRATES “THE MODERN” SEASON 2009–2010

August 6, 2009
ART INSTITUTE ENGAGES CHILDREN’S CREATIVITY WITH “CURIOUS CORNER”

July 28, 2009
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ARRIVES ON ARTBABBBLE

July 22, 2009
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO LAUNCHES LANDMARK VIRTUAL GALLERY TOUR ON MUSEUM WEBSITE

July 8, 2009
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS

June 30, 2009
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO TOASTS ART LOVERS AND OENOPHILES ALIKE WITH A CASE FOR WINE: FROM KING TUT TO TODAY

June 11, 2009
EXQUISITE JAPANESE SCREENS UNFOLD AT THE ART INSTITUTE

May 13, 2009
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO INAUGURATES MODERN WING DESIGNED BY RENZO PIANO WITH WEEKLONG FREE OPEN HOUSE MAY 16–22, 2009

May 13, 2009
ART INSTITUTE KICKS OFF MODERN WING CELEBRATION WITH FREE ADMISSION AND OPEN ACCESS TO INAUGURAL EXHIBITIONS, MUSIC, PERFORMANCES, LECTURES, GALLERY TALKS, AND FAMILY PROGRAMS, MAY 16–22

May 13, 2009
CY TWOMBLY’S MASTERPIECES INAUGURATE ABBOTT GALLERIES FOR SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS IN ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S NEW MODERN WING

May 13, 2009
FIVE EXHIBITIONS CELEBRATE OPENING OF MODERN WING AND SHOWCASE ART INSTITUTE’S PERMANENT COLLECTIONS OF 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY ART AND DESIGN

May 13, 2009
ART INSTITUTE HERALDS OPENING OF THE MODERN WING WITH NEW EXHIBITIONS OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND WORKS ON PAPER

January 28, 2009
FREE GENERAL ADMISSION TO THE ART INSTITUTE FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF FEBRUARY

January 27, 2009
ART INSTITUTE REFRAMES ARTIST EDVARD MUNCH IN MAJOR EXHIBITION ONLY ON VIEW IN CHICAGO

January 7, 2009
TICKETS ON SALE FOR MAJOR EDVARD MUNCH EXHIBITION

January 6, 2009
THE ART INSTITUTE CELEBRATES THE LIFE AND WORK OF MASTER PHOTOGRAPHER YOUSUF KARSH

December 4, 2008
RENOWNED IMPRESSIONISM COLLECTION RETURNS HOME TO ART INSTITUTE

December 2, 2008
THE ART INSTITUTE OPENS NEW ASIAN ART GALLERIES

October 23, 2008
ART INSTITUTE EXHIBITS ARTWORK BY LEGENDARY CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITER, ILLUSTRATOR, AND ANIMATOR BILL PEET

October 14, 2008
ART INSTITUTE UNVEILS SPECTACULAR, NEWLY CONSERVED EUROPEAN TAPESTRY COLLECTION IN FIRST MAJOR EXHIBITION

October 2, 2008
NEW ART INSTITUTE EXHIBITION SHOWCASES RARE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE MASTERWORKS ON PAPER

September 24, 2008
ART INSTITUTE NAMES NEW CHAIR OF PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT

September 16, 2008
ART INSTITUTE, CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, POETRY FOUNDATION, AND THE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS COLLABORATE ON 360 DEGREES: ART BEYOND BORDERS SEASON

September 16, 2008
PIONEER OF THE "DECISIVE MOMENT" HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON CELEBRATED AT THE ART INSTITUTE

September 11, 2008
COMPLEX NATIONALISMS IN PHOTOGRAPHY ON VIEW AT THE ART INSTITUTE

September 9, 2008
CONTEMPORARY SCULPTOR VINCENT FECTEAU’S EVOCATIVE NEW WORKS ON DISPLAY IN FIRST SOLO MUSEUM EXHIBITION

August 20, 2008
ART INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES MAJOR ACQUISITION OF LANDMARK BRITISH PAINTING

July 18, 2008
ART INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES OPENING DAY OF MODERN WING

June 19, 2008
SIX HUNDRED YEARS OF NIGERIAN CULTURE AND TRADITION SURVEYED IN EXCLUSIVE LANDMARK EXHIBITION AT THE ART INSTITUTE

June 10, 2008
ART INSTITUTE INAUGURATES DEDICATED NEW GALLERIES FOR PRINTS AND DRAWINGS WITH ACQUISITIONS HIGHLIGHTS

June 10, 2008
FIRST GALLERIES OF ART INSTITUTE'S AMBITIOUS RENOVATION OPEN

June 10, 2008
ART INSTITUTE WING NAMED FOR RICHARD AND MARY L. GRAY

May 23, 2008
WRIGLEY FIELD (CHICAGO): MEET WRIGLEY FIELD (LOS ANGELES)

May 20, 2008
ART INSTITUTE WELCOMES SUMMER 2008!

May 2, 2008
ART INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES MAJOR CONTEMPORARY ACQUISTIONS

April 25, 2008
ART INSTITUTE IMPRESSIONIST AND POST-IMPRESSIONIST MASTERPIECES TO GO OFF VIEW IN CHICAGO MONDAY, MAY 5, 2008

April 23, 2008
ART INSTITUTE'S LEADERSHIP ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO HOST "A ROYAL GALA" JULY 8, 2008

April 22, 2008
ART INSTITUTE PHOTOGRAPHY CURATOR TO RETIRE

April 22, 2008
ART INSTITUTE NAMES NEW DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

March 6, 2008
ART INSTITUTE OFFERS RARE PRESENTATION OF EXQUISITE WORKS BY AMERICAN PAINTER JAMES BISHOP

February 22, 2008
ED RUSCHA AS PHOTOGRAPHER EXPLORED IN EXHIBITION AT THE ART INSTITUTE

January 17, 2008
MAJOR EDWARD HOPPER RETROSPECTIVE CONCLUDES ACCLAIMED NATIONAL TOUR AT THE ART INSTITUTE

January 17, 2008
WINSLOW HOMER’S SECRETS OF THE WATERCOLOR MEDIUM REVEALED IN MAJOR EXHIBITION AT THE ART INSTITUTE

January 23, 2008
ART INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES MAJOR CONTEMPORARY ACQUISTIONS

January 14, 2008
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO NAMES NEW MODERN ART CURATOR

December 18, 2007
RICH VARIETY OF RARE INDONESIAN TEXTILES ON VIEW AT THE ART INSTITUTE

December 12, 2007
ART INSTITUTE'S STATEMENT ON GAUGUIN'S "FAUN"

November 16, 2007
Art Institite New Photo Exhibition Focuses on "Girls on the Verge"

November 9, 2007
Art Institute Announces Two Major Gifts: McCormick and Zeisler

November 5, 2007
Art Institute Names New Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer

November 13, 2007
Art Institute Kicks off Holidays 2007

November 2, 2007
AIC to Make Historic Loan of Master Works to Kimbell Art Museum

September 7, 2007
ART INSTITUTE, CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, AND POETRY FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE THE SEASON OF "AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES"

August 15, 2007
LUSH SHADES OF GRAY EXPLORED IN MAJOR JASPER JOHNS EXHIBITION

August 14, 2007
ART INSTITUTE TO PARTNER WITH CATALYST RANCH

August 9, 2007
MISRACH’S HAUNTING, MONUMENTAL BEACH IMAGES PREMIERE IN CHICAGO

July 25, 2007
ART INSTITUTE OFFERS RARE GLIMPSE INTO INDIAN COURTLY LIFE

July 6, 2007
XEFIROTARCH ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN EXHIBITION

May 23, 2007
Typography and Maps from the Library’s Collection

May 23, 2007
Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Restored Bronze Doors Makes National Tour Stop in Chicago

May 23, 2007
SUMMER HOURS 2007 AT THE ART INSTITUTE BEGIN MAY 31!

May 15, 2007
Second Snap Photography Benefit Gala 9/14/07

May 4, 2007
Endowment, Exhibition Testify to Gidwitz Commitment

May 2, 2007
Award Aims to Fortify Sino-American Cultural Exchange

May 1,2007
Kota Ezawa, Sarah Hobbs, and Angela Strassheim Showcased in the Latest Installment of On the Scene































April 24, 2007
Addition of Claude Cahun’s Object (1936) to the museum’s rich collection of Surrealist