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Exhibition
The Language of Beauty in African Art
Nov 20, 2022–Feb 27, 2023

Closed now, next open tomorrow. Closed now, next open tomorrow.

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Free Admission for Illinois Residents
Free Winter Weekdays 2023
Jan 9–Mar 24, 2023

A printed photograph of a smiling, light-skinned child framed in white, the dark blur of their finger on the lense, is set upon a base image of the same child seen from the back approaching a camera held by a light-skinned adult.

Exhibition
A Field Guide to Photography and Media
Nov 19, 2022–Apr 10, 2023

Home to a collection of art that spans centuries and the globe, the Art Institute of Chicago is located in the heart of the city—and is one of TripAdvisor’s Top US Attractions of 2022.

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J10716 Int — Hannah Brown Skeele’s Fruit Piece | Art Institute Essentials Tour

Photograph of numerous figures in blue uniforms surrounding and touching the white frame of Seurat's "La Grande Jatte" on all sides, some on ladders, a red machine at center. — Reframing “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884” | Artwork Spotlight

Pf Kylat Source — Elegance and beauty in a timeless bronze bust | Kyla Thomas | Playing Favorites

49c8b5f7 E4f6 96a8 Cb44 2f0cb420f29f — Vase (Maebyong) | Art Institute Essentials Tour

Pf Thomas Thumb Source — A curious portal in the wall | Thomas Huston | Playing Favorites

Bisa Butler’s The Safety Patrol | Art Institute Essentials Tour

An ancient Roman statue of a young boy wearing a theater mask with the face of an older satyr that appears mischievous and menacing. — Statue of a Young Satyr Wearing a Theater Mask of Silenos | Art Institute Essentials Tour

Hartwellmemorialwindow Thumbnail — The Hartwell Memorial Window | Artwork Spotlight

Cybele Titlecard — Finding meaning in a medieval reliquary | Cybele Tom | Playing Favorites

Nightlife — Archibald John Motley Jr.’s Nightlife | Art Institute Essentials Tour

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Young African American boy standing in front of a movie theater. He leans on a wooden barricade, wearing sunglasses, a zippered jacket, pants, and white sneakers. He holds a small book in his hands, looking straight at the camera. — Dawoud

Bey

A shiny, burnished orange vessel with a pointed base that widens into a round shape, narrows into a narrow neck, and widens again into wide opening with a upward-facing rim. — Magdalene

Odundo

A vibrantly colored, abstract landscape. A multi-colored orb seems to burst in the sky while various forms rise from the ground and split in the air. — Matta

E23681 Press — Lenore

Tawney

Gerrit van Honthorst painting from 1621/22 called A Boy Blowing on a Firebrand, 1621/22. — Gerrit van

Honthorst

Heart Sutra — Yoon

Kwang-cho

Painting of a woman and an older white man holding a pitchfork, both seen from the waist up. They stand side by side with stern expressions, in front of a white house with a peaked roof. — Grant

Wood

Rufino Tamayo Maria Izquierdo — Rufino

Tamayo

Helmet Mask — Diteka

A print of curving river at dusk or dawn with a boat on the left side with three figures. On the right side a tree leans over from a raised bank. — Utagawa Hiroshige

Goff — Bruce Alonzo

Goff

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In the bottom-left corner of a barren landscape, four ominous figures look at a butterfly, hourglass, and small sculpture. In the middle, a white-masked, blue-winged angel shows a rock to a horse-faced bust with breasts. To the left, white figures bathe in a black pool. On the right, a giraffe burns.

Exhibition Preview
Double Visions and Disappearing Acts: Six Works by Salvador Dalí

Get ready for the opening of the Dalí exhibition with a look at three pairs of paintings by the famed Surrealist.

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