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Past Exhibition in 2012

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A Century of Architectural Drawings: Early Collections from the Burnham Library of Architecture
October 13, 2012–January 27, 2013
Gallery 24
The drawings featured in this exhibition demonstrate the Burnham Library’s broad vision of architectural history.
The Floating World Emerges: Selections from the Clarence Buckingham Collection, Part I
November 10, 2012–January 27, 2013
Gallery 107
Featuring the museum’s earliest and most famous ukiyo-e prints, or “pictures of the floating world,” this exhibition includes approximately 35 works dating from the late 17th to the first half of...
focus: Hito Steyerl
November 1, 2012–January 27, 2013
Galleries 182–184, 186, and 295
This focus exhibition features six works by German artist Hito Steyerl, whose practice combines elements of experimental film, auteur cinema, documentary, and video art.
Rarely Seen Contemporary Works on Paper
July 28, 2012–January 13, 2013
Galleries 124–127
These nearly 100 works on paper, including several works by Ed Ruscha, Carroll Dunham, and Martin Kippenberger, have never or rarely been seen in our galleries.
Allen Ruppersberg: No Time Left to Start Again/The B and D of R 'n' R
September 21, 2012–January 6, 2013
Gallery 188
A sweeping survey of classic American popular musicians from blues singers of the 1930s through guitar legends of the 1960s, Allen Ruppersberg’s latest piece debuts at the Art Institute.
Holiday Thorne Rooms
November 23, 2012–January 6, 2013
Gallery 11
The Thorne Miniature Rooms are dressed in holiday finery with the Pennsylvania Dutch room joining the decorating tradition and an original German Rococo room on view for the first time in 50 years!
Steve McQueen
October 21, 2012–January 6, 2013
Regenstein Hall
Member Preview: October 19–20, 10:30–5:00
The first American museum survey of the work of Steve McQueen presents 15 installations, including one world premiere.
Burnham Library Centennial
September 25, 2012–December 3, 2012
Ryerson and Burnham Libraries (Not open Saturdays and Sundays)
This exhibition features correspondence, photographs, project files, and sketchbooks of numerous artists and architects.
Film and Photo in New York
July 21, 2012–November 25, 2012
Galleries 1–4
Member Preview: July 19, 10:30–8:00, and July 20, 10:30–5:00
Nearly 80 photographic works and rarely seen films made between the 1920s and the 1950s which offer a compelling glimpse of a pivotal time in New York City.
Fabric of a New Nation: American Needlework and Textiles, 1776–1840
July 12, 2012–November 11, 2012
Galleries 57–59
Through over 45 bedcovers, coverlets, needlework, printed handkerchiefs, and other household textiles, this exhibition explores the evolution of an American textile tradition.

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