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Past Exhibition in 2007

Browse a complete list of past exhibitions, from 1883 to 2007, at the exhibition history archive.

Improvisations: Picture Books by Chris Raschka
December 8, 2007–August 3, 2008
Galleries 15 and 16
Chris Raschka’s books beg to be read out loud.
American Perspectives
September 15, 2007–June 15, 2008
You are invited to experience the rich diversity of artistic expression that defines the American experience.
Figuration in Contemporary Design
December 13, 2007–June 8, 2008
Gallery 227
Figuration in Contemporary Design looks at the recent employment of figurative characteristics in the design arts.
1945: Creativity and Crisis, Chicago Architecture and Design of the World War II Era
May 7, 2007–April 30, 2008
Gallery 227
Nineteen forty-five was a pivotal year that marked not only the end of the Second World War but also the close of an era that encompassed the boom years of the 1920s and the Great Depression of the
Young Chicago
November 16, 2007–April 29, 2008
Gallery 227
Since the early 20th century, Chicago has continually fostered young design talents and established itself as a pivotal center for the arts.
The E. M. Bakwin Collection of Indonesian Textiles
December 1, 2007–March 2, 2008
Galleries 108–109
Featuring nearly 50 works—including exquisite examples of the batik and ikat techniques—this exhibition explores a magnificent collection that entered the Art Institute in late 2002, introducing vi
Girls on the Verge: Portraits of Adolescence
December 8, 2007–February 24, 2008
Gallery 107
In recent years, adolescence—especially of girls—has become of renewed interest to artists who have matched that bodily transformation with photography’s particular gift for surface description.
The Other Side of Light: Shadows from the Photography Collection
December 1, 2007–February 24, 2008
Galleries 2–4
Shadow plays an interesting role in art. Its fleeting presence is difficult to depict yet the medium of photography is able to represent it perfectly.
There's No Business Like Show Business
December 15, 2007–February 24, 2008
Gallery 107
The Kabuki theater was one of the main preoccupations of the “floating world” of 18th-century Edo (modern day Tokyo).
For Hearth and Altar: African Ceramics from the Keith Achepohl Collection
December 3, 2007–February 20, 2008
Regenstein Hall
Across the continent of Africa unique and often surprising ceramic vessels have been created for domestic and ritual uses.

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