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Located in downtown Chicago, the Art Institute is one of the world’s great art museums, housing a collection that spans centuries and the globe.

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Exhibition
Subscribe: Artists and Alternative Magazines, 1970-1995
Dec 11, 2021–May 2, 2022
Exhibition
Senju’s Waterfall for Chicago
Nov 13, 2021–Mar 13, 2022

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Member Exclusive
Virtual Member Lecture: Morris and Company—The Business of Beauty
Jan 27, 2022
5:00–5:45
Talks
Trapp Virtual Lecture: Senju’s Waterfall for Chicago
Feb 8, 2022
5:00–5:45
Talks
Virtual Lecture: Cameron Rowland
Feb 9, 2022
6:00–7:00
Member Exclusive
Member Lecture: Life and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
Feb 12, 2022
2:00–3:00

Videos

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

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

Alma Thomas Starry Night Astronauts Original — Alma Thomas’s Starry Night and the Astronauts | 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

Maxresdefault — Real Beauty: An Interview with André Kertész

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

Buddha Shakyamuni Seated In Meditation — Buddha Shakyamuni | Art Institute Essentials Tour

Maxresdefault — Art you can’t hold in your hands | Jordan Carter | Playing Favorites

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Artists

A very horizontally oriented image shows tightly grouped irregularly rounded white shapes atop a blue background in the bottom two thirds and bands of yellows, whites, and blues in the top third. — Georgia

O'Keeffe

E25032 Press 300ppi 3000px Srgb Jpeg — René

Magritte

Gordon Parks 1 — Gordon

Parks

Abstract painting of colorful geometric forms arranged to form a large shape on a gray background. — Maria Helena

Vieira da Silva

Heart Sutra — Yoon

Kwang-cho

Johnson — Ray

Johnson

Goldberg Architecture Of Invention — Bertrand

Goldberg

Engraving on paper depicting Saint Sebastian leaning against a tree with numerous arrows protruding from his body. — Martin

Schongauer

The Dance — Kurt

Seligmann

Dan

Friedman

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

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Front view of a bronze-colored metal sculpture of a creature with the head of a curly-haired young woman, extended bat’s wings, and taloned claws. The figure looks down at a book in its lap.

New Acquisition
Sarah Bernhardt’s Self-Portrait as a Chimera

The famous actress was also an accomplished sculptor who above all fashioned her own celebrity.

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