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January 1993
Monthly Calendar
Marc Chagall: The Moscow Jewish Theatre Murals from The State Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia, 1; exhibition venues; display adjacent to Chagall’s glass panels America Windows, designed in 1977 as a tribute to mayor of Chicago Richard J. Daley in commemoration of the American Bicentennial 24; lecture by author Chaim Potok 33
The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes, exhibition, curator of the Department of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Richard Townsend 1-2, 196
An Irrational Act: Gifts of Surrealist Works on Paper from the Shapiro Collection; AIC Life Trustee Joseph R. Shapiro, gifts 2-3
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 1-4
January 12, 1993
Schedule for African American History Month, workshops and lectures 4-6; Illustrations by Jerry Pinkney, exhibition 4a, 28
January 26, 1993
Chicago’s Dream: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1893-1993, Museum centennial exhibition 7-10, 137-141, 167, 199; exhibition installation in six sections by Stanley Tigerman 7-10; AIC permanent collection 7; the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition 7; the 1913 Armory Show 8; Daniel C. Rich and Carl Schniewind 9; Katharine Kuh 10; AIC Deputy Director Teri J. Edelstein 10; commemorative book by Neil Harris and Sterling Morton 10
Chicago Architecture and Design, 1923-1993: Reconfiguration of an American Metropolis (a sequel to the 1988 exhibition Chicago Architecture, 1872-1922: Birth of a Metropolis), installation by Stanley Tigerman, et. al., catalogue 11-13, 102-103
Museum shop, Valentine’s Day gift ideas 14-18; replicas of valentines from holdings of Prints and Drawings Department featured at Library exhibition titled Cupid’s Inventory 14-15; first American valentine from the Hodge Collection 15; Caithness of Scotland Paperweights; Nick Bantok’s Griffin and Sabine, book in postcards and letters 17
January 28, 1993
Special programs on Korean Art in conjunction with opening of renovated Asian Art Galleries 19-22, 37
February 1993
Monthly Calendar
Helen Levitt, photography exhibition 23, 31-32
American Photographers: Recent Acquisitions, gifts; Reva and David Logan Foundation, Martin Edelson Collection 24
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 25-28
February, 1, 1993
Museum shop, opening of its satellite location at Woodfield Mall designed by Charles Sparks 29-30
February 19, 1993
Lecture series on Helen Levitt photography exhibition 31-32
February 24, 1993
Lecture by author Chaim Potok in conjunction with Chagall’s Theatre Murals exhibition 33
February 26, 1993
Textile Masterpieces from the Permanent collection, exhibition complementing AIC publication Textiles in the Art Institute of Chicago by curator of Textile Department Christa Thurman 34-35
March, 1993
Magritte Retrospective, exhibition venues, ticketing 36
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 36-43
March 19, 1993
Constructing the Fair: Platinum Photographs by C.D. Arnold of the World’s Columbian Exposition, exhibition from Ryerson and Burnham Libraries holdings and AIC publication with essay by Peter Hales; Centennial celebrations 44-49, 77, 84
March 22, 1993
Museum shop, spring holiday gifts featuring Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit 50-52
March 23, 1993
Against the Grain: Bentwood Furniture from the Collection of Fern and Manfred Steinfeld, exhibition and AIC publication 53-54 (98-99)
March 24, 1993
Moscow Avant-Garde Architecture, exhibition, lecture and publication by Eugene Asse (Moscow) 58-59, 66
March 29, 1993
Spring book signing events at Museum Shop and its satellite locations featuring Jerry Pinkney, William Wegman, Derek Walcott, Eric Hebborn, Franz Schulze, John Sanford, Claire Ewart, Helen Lester, Laura Montenegro, Maurice Sendak, Mike Venezia, Arthur Geisert 60-65
April 1993
Monthly Calendar
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 67-72
April 2, 1993
Terry and Jo Harvey Allen, performance art, program sponsored by The Society for Contemporary Art 73-76
April 6, 1993
Fireworks in commemoration of the centennial of the 1893 World’s Fair supported by Hilton Hotels Corporation and Chicago Tribune; gala benefit for Burnham Library of Architecture marking opening of the exhibition titled Constructing the Fair: Platinum Photographs by Charles D. Arnold of the World’s Columbian Exposition; celebration sponsored by The Commercial Club of Chicago, The Friends of the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries, and Chicago Plan Commission, honorary chairman of the event Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley; special presentation by president of McArthur Foundation Adele Smith Simmons; Daniel H. Burnham’s Plan of Chicago 77-78, 84
April 15, 1993
Correction for the May Monthly Calendar, Victor Sorel lecture 79
April 21, 1993
Museum shop, wedding gift ideas 80-83
May 1993
Monthly Calendar
New Light on Old Masters: Early Italian Paintings in the Permanent collection, Italian Paintings before 1600, exhibition and catalogue 84; exhibition extended 123
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 79, 84-90
May 3, 1993
Japanese Art Festival, program 91-95
May 4, 1993
Government of Japan, funding for restoration of the 13th Century Japanese scrolls from AIC Buckingham Collection; comments by AIC Director and President James N. Wood 96-97
May 14, 1993
Against the Grain: Bentwood Furniture from the Steinfeld Collection, AIC exhibition catalogue by Ghenete Zelleke, et. al.; Bentwood Furniture exhibition and Austrian and German Textile; the Allerton Endowment 98-102
May 28, 1993
Garden Restaurant, Ray Bailey jazz quintet, 13th season at the restaurant, Rob Curtis, classical guitarist 100-101
June 1993
Monthly Calendar
New and continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 102-107
June 1, 1993
Museum Studies, AIC periodical (vol. 19, no. 1) featuring centennial of Museum’s building with essays by Archivist at AIC John W. Smith, assistant archivist Andrew Martinez, et. al.; Daniel C. Rich (Museum director from 1938 to 1958), the 1913 Armory Show; the Arensberg Collection in AIC 108-110
June 18, 1993
Frank Zuccari, appointed Executive Director of the Department of Conservation replacing William R. Leisher; announcement by AIC Director and President James N. Wood 111-112
July 1993
Monthly Calendar
Gates of Mystery: The Art of Holy Russia, exhibition from The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg 113
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 113-118
Loop Architecture Walks sponsored by Chicago Architecture Foundation 115
July 23, 1993
Kraft Education Center, Site and Vision: Rethinking Public Housing, exhibition and project organized in collaboration with DuSable High School students and group of Chicago architects, list of participants; Virginia Gilder, funding 119-120
August 1993
Monthly Calendar
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 124-128
August 16, 1993
Max Ernst: Dada and the Dawn of Surrealism, the artist’s centennial exhibition, catalogue 129-131, 165; related events, lectures 132-135; exhibition venues 155
Matta: The Earth is a Man, exhibition in The New Acquisitions Gallery; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Shapiro, gift; portrait of Matta by Max Ernst 136
August 20, 1993
Chicago’s Dream: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1893-1993, exhibition celebrating the Museum’s centennial 7-10, 137-141, 167, 199; events, programs, and symposium 77-78, 84, 142-148; Chicago’s Dream: A World’s Treasure, AIC Centennial publication edited by Museum Deputy Director Teri J. Edelstein with historical commentary by Neil Harris of University of Chicago, and concluding remarks by AIC Director and President James N. Wood 149-151; Museum Studies (vol. 19, no. 1), AIC periodical documenting AIC histories with essays by John W. Smith and Andrew Martinez of Museum Archives; the Arensberg Collection in AIC 108-110, 152-154
September 1993
Monthly Calendar
Picasso’s Night Fishing at Antibes (1939) loaned by The Museum of Modern Art, N.Y., in exchange for exhibition of Joan Miro’s works owned by AIC 155; extended viewing 164
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 155-159
September 3, 1993
1993-1995 EXHIBITION SCHEDULE (160-179)
Pygmalion and The Image, one-painting exhibition, Sir Edward Burne-Jones’s painting loaned by Birmingham Museums and Gallery, England 164, 191
Focus on Fiber Art: Selections from the Permanent Collection, exhibition 166, 190
Sights Unseen: Photographs from the Permanent Collection, exhibition from Photography Discovery Series 166, 197
Michal Rovner: Photographs, AIC catalogue by Sylvia Wolf 166, 191, 198
God is in the Details: Italian Medieval Church Needlework, exhibition; Florentine textiles acquisition 168, 199, 212-214
Glad Tidings of Great Joy: Christmas at the Art Institute, exhibits and publication of Gospels 168, 199; event coordinated by Museum Deputy Director Teri J. Edelstein; remarks by AIC Director and President James N. Wood 215-216
Max Klinger’s A Glove, print portfolio acquisition and exhibition 169, 217; research assistant Jay Clarke of Prints and Drawings Department 223-225
Violent Passions: Edvard Munch and Alban Berg, Chicago’s Lyric Opera production 169
Recent Acquisitions: 20th Century Works on Paper in the Prints and Drawings Department, David Alfaro Siqueros, Francesco Clemente, Richard Hamilton, Marcel Jean 170
Thinking is Form: The Drawings by Joseph Beuys, exhibition venues 171
The Galleries of Ancient Art: Egypt, Greece, Rome, renovation in McKinlock Court Galleries coordinated by Ian Wardropper and John Vinci 172
I Tell My Heart: Horace Pippin, retrospective, exhibition venues 172
John James Audubon’s The Birds of America from The New York Historical Society Collection, exhibition venues 173
Italian Sculpture (1860-1920) from the Gilgore Collection, exhibition 173
Odilon Redon Retrospective, curator Douglas W. Druick, exhibition venues 174
Renzo Piano Building Workshop: Selected Projects, exhibition curated by Peter Buchanan for The Architectural League of New York; installation 174
Goya: Truth and Fantasy, exhibition venues 175
Picasso and the Weeping Women: The Years of Marie-Therese Walter and Dora Marr, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, exhibition venues 175
Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1781-1841: The Drama of Architecture, exhibition organized by John Zukowsky, Stanley Tigerman, Kurt Foster; catalogue 176
A King’s Feast: French Silver from the Danish Court, exhibition lent by Queen Margaret II of Denmark; exhibition venues 177
Louis Sullivan and the Prairie School, exhibition, curator of Architecture Pauline Saliga 178
Monet Retrospective, curator of 20th Century Painting and Sculpture Department Charles Stuckey 178
Bruce Goff, exhibition, donation of the artist’s archive to Department of Architecture and Ryerson and Burnham Libraries 179
Kraft Center: Art Inside Out, interactive exhibition 179
Kraft Center: Illustrations by Keiko Narahashi 179, 186, 195
September 7, 1993
Hispanic Heritage Month, program 180-181
September 9, 1993
Museum shop, book signing events featuring Luis Rodriguez, David Macaulay, Andrei Codescu, Madison Cox, George Larson, Eric Carle, Susan Sontag, Peter Blake, and Viscount David Linley, son of England’s Princess Margaret 182-185; Festival of Children’s Books, Keiko Narahashi, Mark Strand, events 186
September 12, 1993
Museum shop, featuring Max Ernest exhibition, catalogue, related titles and dadainspired paper products 187-189
October 1993
Monthly Calendar
Grand Illusions, exhibition from Photography Discovery Series 190; Photography exhibitions: Toshio Shibata; Industrial Effects; Milton Rogovin; dates of exhibitions 191
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 190-195
Programs for Hispanic Heritage Month 192
October 12, 1993
Dr. Richard Townsend, curator of the Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, awarded at Chicago Latino Cinema Festival for AIC exhibition titled Ancient America: Art from Sacred Landscapes 196
October 18, 1993
Photography exhibitions: Sights Unseen, from Photography Discovery Series; Michal Rovner Retrospective 197-198
November 1993
Monthly Calendar
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 200-205
Chicago Humanities Festival 201
The Museum Centennial Symposium 201
November 2, 1993
3rd Annual Festival of Children’s Books, events, authors, and illustrators 206-208
November 11, 1993
The Pritzker Family $ 1 million endowment for a curatorial chair in the Department of Asian Art as a part of campaign titled The Second Century Fund: Securing Chicago’s Masterpiece; remarks by AIC Director and President James N. Wood; Head of Asian Art Department Dr. Yutaka Mino 209-210
November 16, 1993
Wesley M. Dixon elected Chairman of The Board of Trustees at AIC replacing Marshall Field 211
November 17, 1993
God is in the Details: Exhibition of Italian Medieval Church Needlework 168, 199, 212-214
December 1993
Monthly Calendar
Continuing exhibitions, public programs, and lectures 217-222
Pierre Boulez, lecture and readings, Poetry Center of Chicago 218
December 16, 1993
Max Klinger’s A Glove, print portfolio acquisition, exhibition announcement 169, 217; research assistant Jay Clarke of Prints and Drawings Department 223-225
December 17, 1993
Facts and Fables by Luis Medina Photographer, exhibition extended, catalogue by curator of Photography Department David Travis and Ricardo Pau Llosa 199, 226-228
December 28, 1993
African American History Month, Permanent collection highlights 229-231
