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Past Exhibition in 2011

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Ana Mendieta
July 20, 2011–January 15, 2012
Galleries 292 and 295
Emerging in the early 1970s amid burgeoning new genres of art making including land art, performance art, film and video, and feminist practices, Cuban-American artist Ana Mendieta …
Bertrand Goldberg: Architecture of Invention
July 17, 2011–January 15, 2012
Galleries 283–285
Member Preview: September 15, 10:30–8:00 and September 16, 10:30–5:00
Architect Bertrand Goldberg’s dramatic sculptural forms and innovative engineering have long been recognized …
Inside Marina City: A Project by Iker Gil and Andreas E.G. Larsson
September 17, 2011–January 15, 2012
Gallery 286
While the towers of Marina City present a public and easily recognizable profile to the street, architect Iker Gil and photographer Andreas Larsson's project focuses on the residents of the …
Timothy H. O'Sullivan: The King Survey Photographs
October 22, 2011–January 15, 2012
Galleries 1–2
Timothy H. O’Sullivan (1840–1882) was one of the most important American photographers of the nineteenth century. While employed by Mathew B. Brady and Alexander Gardner, O’Sullivan made …
Degas's Little Dancer
November 25, 2011–January 10, 2012
Gallery 201
Yet another favorite returns to the Art Institute galleries—just in time for the holidays!
Holiday Thorne Rooms
November 11, 2011–January 7, 2012
Gallery 11
The tiny but joy-filled rooms are back, trimmed in historic holiday finery!
Architecture for Urbanism: Selections from the Bertrand Goldberg Archive
November 1, 2011–January 2, 2012
Ryerson and Burnham Libraries (Not open for viewing Saturdays and Sundays)
Known for his commitment to socially progressive design in large-scale residential and institutional projects, Goldberg's distinctive work often …
Torii Kiyonaga and Ideal Beauty in Japanese Prints
September 24, 2011–December 11, 2011
Gallery 107
The artist Torii Kiyonaga (1752–1815) has been described as “the preeminent leader in… the golden age of ukiyo-e prints.”
Eija-Liisa Ahtila: The House
June 24, 2011–November 27, 2011
Gallery 186
The Donna and Howard Stone Gallery for Film, Video, and New Media features a new work by Finnish artist Eija-Liisa Ahtila.
Fujinuma Noboru: Master of Bamboo
May 28, 2011–November 13, 2011
Gallery 109
Renowned today as an innovator of contemporary basket artistry, Fujinuma Noboru did not begin his study of traditional Japanese crafts until 1974.

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