Lecture Series

Millennium Park, already one of the top attractions in Chicago, is filled with works of art, architecture, and design by some of the leading creative figures of our time. The development of the park and its surroundings has a complex and fascinating story. Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate, Juame Plensa's Crown Fountain, and Frank Gehry's Pritzker Pavillion delight and astonish the many visitors to the park. Come find out more about all of these artists in lectures that illuminate the park itself and put the works of Gehry, Kapoor, and Plensa into context.

May 12: "Chicago's Lakefront: Fort Dearborn to Millennium Park" Jane Clarke, architectural historian
Event Code: EAIL0512

May 19: "Build It and They Will Come: The Architecture of Frank Gehry" Sarah Boyd, Department of Museum Education
Event Code: EAIL0519

May 26: "The Faces and the Bean: What Does It Mean?" Levi Smith, School of the Art Institute
Event Code: EAIL0527

Tickets: (Please reference the events code when ordering tickets.)
Series tickets: Members, $36; public, $48; students, $30.
Single-lecture tickets: Members, $14; public, $18; students, $12.
For more information, call (312) 443-3680.

Reservations: Suggested