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Museum News Releases Index for 1939-1998
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January 1996. Monthly Calendar
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 230-234
"Voices", performance series 231, 236-237
Babatunde Olatunji, traditional African music 232
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Program 233 |
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January 10, 1996
African History Month Programs 232-233, 235-237, 255
Tim Branson, artist demonstration 235
Spiritual Expressions, exhibition with African History Month
program 235, 253, 271 |
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January 24, 1996
Worlds Seen and Imagined: Japanese Screens from the Indemitsu
Museum of Arts, Tokyo, exhibition and related programs;
installation by Tadao Ando, winner of the 1995 Pritzker Prize
for Architecture 238-250, 270, 293; Teacher program including
lectures by curator of Asian Art Department Dr. Stephen Little
and SAIC professor Stanley Murashige 245; exhibition dates 246;
catalogue published by The Asia Society Galleries 249 |
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February 1996. Monthly Calendar
Continuing exhibitions, public programs and lectures 251-255
El Greco's Assumption of the Virgin, 90th anniversary of acquisition
252 |
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February 5, 1996
Annette Messager, exhibition, SAIC Visiting Artists program,
catalogue 250, 256-258 |
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February 12, 1996
Martha Thorne, appointed Associate Curator in the Department
of Architecture replacing Pauline Saliga
259-260
Contemporary British Architecture, exhibition
organized by Royal Academy of Arts, London, related events,
venues and catalogue;
installation by Office of Nicholas Grimshaw
261-264, 268 |
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February 29, 1996
America the Beautiful: Textiles from the Permanent Collection,
exhibition 265-268 |
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March 1996. Monthly Calendar
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 269-273
Carlos Fuentes, Mexican performing art festival 271, 275
Sears Family Day, Japanese screen workshop by Anne Shimojima 273
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March 7, 1996
Museum shop, book signing events featuring Li-Young Lee,
Thacher Hurd, Carlos Fuentes, Valerie Steele, John Updike,
Mark Strand 274-277, 297 |
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March 13, 1996
Museum shop, trunk shows: Ukrainian Easter Eggs
by Anna Chychula, Russian Lacquer 278-279, 286 |
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March 15, 1996
Affinities: Chuck Close and Tom Friedman, exhibition,
comments by curator of 20th Century Art Madeleine
Grynsztejn 280-283, 288; Tom Friedman, SAIC Visiting Artists
Program, lectures 282-283 |
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March 18, 1996
Museum shop, Easter and Passover gift ideas 284-287 |
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April 1996. Monthly Calendar
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 289-292
Sears Family Story Hour with Beth Horner 290
Sears Family Day with Peter Blatchford 291 |
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April 10, 1996
Japanese Ensemble, kotomusic performance in association with exhibition
of Japanese screens from The Idemitsu Museum, Tokyo 293 |
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May 1996. Monthly Calendar
Illustrations by James Ransome and John Steptoe, exhibition 294, 329
Alone in a Crowd: Prints by African American Artists of
the 1930s-1940s from Reba and Dave Williams Collection,
traveling exhibition organized by The Newark Museum
and circulated by The American Federation of Arts (AFA)
with support from Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund;
lecture by Elizabeth Catlett 294, 297, 325
Since the Harlem Renaissance: Sixty Years of African American Art,
exhibition of prints from Permanent collection 294, 349
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 295-299
Sears Story Hour, Antonio Sacre 299
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May 6, 1996
Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from National
Palace Museum, Taipei, exhibition co-organized by AIC and
The Metropolitan Museum, N.Y., 323; symposium 340-342r;
"Voices" program 337-338, 348; exhibition catalogue, related
titles and items in the Museum shop 300-304; Asian Art, AIC
permanent collection catalogue (1993) 301; Museum Studies
(vol. 22, no. 1), AIC semiannual featuring Museum's Asian
Art collection, with essays by Dr. Stephen Little,
Dr. P. Pal, and Betty Y. Siffert 301, 319-320 |
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May 8, 1996
Museum Shop, wedding gift ideas 305-308
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May 13, 1996
Building for Air Travel: Architecture and Design
for Commercial Aviation, international exhibition,
installation by Helmut Jahn 309-312;
touring schedule and venues 312; catalogue 368 |
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May 15, 1996
Roy DeCarava: A Retrospective, photography exhibition
organized by The Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.; publication;
the artist's visit to AIC 313-316, 322, 332
Garden Restaurant, 16th Season of Ray Bailey jazz quintet 317, 326
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May 27, 1996
Museum Studies(vol. 22, no. 1), AIC semiannual featuring Museum's
Asian Art Collection with essays by Dr. Stephen Little,
Dr. P. Pal, Betty Siffert 319-320 |
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June 1996. Monthly Calendar
D. H. Burnham and Mid-American Classicism, exhibition
celebrating architect's 150th anniversary, booklet 322, 332
Splendors of Imperial China, exhibition 323,332,337
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 324-328
"Voices" program, music performance Alone in a Crowd
in conjunction with the exhibition 325 |
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June 17, 1996
Settlement of Trade Name Infringement Action,
The Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) versus
The Art Institute of Illinois; agreement in favor of AIC 330-331 |
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June 24, 1996
Chicago'96: American Heritage programs for Democratic
National Convention 332-333, 346, 348 |
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July 1996. Monthly Calendar
African Abstraction: Dogon Figurative Sculpture, exhibition 334
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 334-339 |
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July 10, 1996
Chinese Art symposium in conjunction with Splendors
of Imperial China exhibition 340-342r
With Open Eyes: Images from the Art Institute of Chicago,
CD-ROM release awarded by American Association of Museums (AAM) 343-344;
comments by Executive Director of AIC Imaging Department Alan Newman 343
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August 1996. Monthly Calendar
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 345-349
Kraft Education Center: Art Inside Out: Exploring Art and
Culture Through Time, closing of four-year installation 347;
Telling Images: Stories in Art, three-year installation, announcement 347, 359
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August 19, 1996
Edward Horner, Jr., appointed Executive Vice
President for Development and Public Affairs
replacing Larry R. Ter Molen; statement by AIC Director and President
James N. Wood and SAIC President Anthony Jones 350-351
Jeremy Strick appointed Frances and Thomas Dittmer Curator
of the Twentieth-Century Painting and Sculpture Department 352-353
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September 1996. Monthly Calendar
Degas: Beyond Impressionism, exhibition,ticket information 354;
programs 397
Gloria in Excelsis Deo: Heralding a Vestment Collection,
exhibition 355, 383,408;
The Fifth Biennial Conference of Textile Society of America 355
Photographic work By Michiko Kon, Vik Muniz and Svetlana Kopystiansky,
exhibition 355
Telling Images: Stories in Art, interactive installation 355
Illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman and Gary Kelley, exhibition 355
Portraits of Holocaust Survivors by Jeffrey Wolin, exhibition 356
The Subject is Music: Photographs from Permanent Collection, exhibition 356
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 357-360
Sears Family Day, opening for Telling Images: Stories in Art installation 359
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September 5, 1996
Kraft Education Center: Telling Images: Stories in Art,
opening programs 361-364; installation by Stanley Tigerman 361;
project director Jean Sousa 361; list of exhibited works
from Permanent collection 362-363; McArthur Foundation grant 364
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September 12, 1996
Twentieth-Century Painting and Sculpture,
AIC publication of Permanent Collection catalogue
with entries by Museum curators Daniel Schulman,
Madeleine Grynszteyn, Audrey Fosse, Courtney Donnel,
Margherita Andreotti, Gloria Groom 365-367
AIC publications: Degas, from AIC series Artist in Focus, 367;
Building for Air Travel 368, 377-379; French and British Paintings
from 1600 to 1800; Museum Studies, AIC semiannual,
special issue titled Mary Raynolds and the Spirit of Surrealism
368-369, 413-415 |
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September 18, 1996
Buildings for Air Travel: Architecture and Design
for Commercial Aviation, programs 370-372; exhibition
opening 373-376, 380; catalogue 368, 377-379 |
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October 1996. Monthly Calendar
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 380-385
Sears Family Day: Art of the Americas 383a |
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October 17, 1996
Museum shop featuring Buildings for Air Travel exhibition 386-389
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October 31, 1996
Special fall events at the Museum shop, 6th Annual Festival of Children's Books;
Annual Wreathing of the Lions (397); Trunk Shows featuring
Iwona Wisznievska of Kurt Adler Company; Colin Terris of Caithness
Paperweights; Patricia Brenn glass ornament signing event;
Twilight Shopping: Judith Jack Jewelry, Amber Jewelry,
Patricia Locke Jewelry, Antique Jewelry, Blenko Glass,
Aalto Glass, Robave Scarves, Jamey Barnard;
Trunk Shows presentations by Richard Blenko of Blenko,
Chuck Thill and Lee Nordgren of Dale Tiffany,
Melissa Bandock of Iitala/Aalto Glass,
Nick Cave and Jeffrey Roberts of Robave,
and Jamey Barnard Accessories 390-394 |
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November 1996. Monthly Calendar
New Lights on French and British Paintings from 1600-1800, exhibition 395
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 395-400
17th Chicago Humanities Festival 397
Degas: Beyond Impressionism, exhibition related program
by Gerald Arpino of Joffrey Balett 397
Sears Family Day: Wreathing of the Lions 398 |
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November 12, 1996
6th Festival of Children's Books at AIC 401-404
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December 1996. Monthly Calendar
Exhibition of Prints by Lee Friedlander 405
Photography Exhibition of Ursula Schulz-Dornburg 405
Photography Exhibition of Joel Sternfeld 405
Sky's the Limit: Works from Dunbar Vocational High School 405
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 406-412
8th Annual "Day Without Art" 409 |
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December 3, 1996
Museum Studies (vol. 22, no. 2), AIC semiannual titled
Mary Reynolds and the Spirit of Surrealism with essays by Susan Godlewsky,
Irene Hofman, Clare Kunny, et. al., 413-415 |
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