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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.

Exhibitions

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Ongoing
Landscape in Light: The Tiffany Window at the Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition
Cosmoscapes: Ink Paintings by Tai Xiangzhou
Through September 20, 2021

Events

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Talks
Virtual Lecture: Renée Green
Sep 27, 2021
6:00–7:00
Talks
Virtual Hugh Edwards Lecture: Mimi Cherono Ng’ok and Edwidge Danticat
Sep 28, 2021
5:00–5:45
Member Exclusive
Virtual Member Lecture: André Kertész—Postcards from Paris
Oct 1, 2021
2:00–2:45
Talks
Virtual Conversation: The Pre-Raphaelites and William Holman Hunt’s The Shadow of Death
Oct 15, 2021
5:00–5:45

Videos

Hartwellmemorialwindow Thumbnail — The Hartwell Memorial Window | Artwork Spotlight

Maxresdefault 1 — Bisa Butler: Portraits | Exhibition Stories

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

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

Maxresdefault — Art that expresses the inner world | Costa Petridis | Playing Favorites

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

Maxresdefault — Rembrandt and the desire for human connection | Sam Ramos | Playing Favorites

Joan Mitchell City Landscape Master — Joan Mitchell’s City Landscape | Art Institute Essentials Tour

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

A carved and subtly colored wooden sculpture of a seated man wearing an elaborate headdress. A larger woman stands behind him and two much smaller figures at his feet. — Olowe of Ise’s Veranda Post | Art Institute Essentials Tour

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Artists

A vibrant quilt depicting seven schoolchildren dressed in many different colors. The children stand together in a group, and one boy, a member of the Safety Patrol, stands in front with his arms outstretched in a protective gesture. — Bisa

Butler

A giant wave crashes on boats with a mountain in the background — Hokusai

Green water lilies with pink and purple flowers cover the surface of a reflective pond. A Japense-style wood bridge curves over the pond, and various other trees and forms of vegetation grow alongside the pond and over the bridge. Reflections of trees and plants mingle with the forms of the water lilies on the surface of the pond. — Claude

Monet

Julia Jackson — Julia Margaret

Cameron

Ancient Levantine

In this painting, the Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist, and Saint Mary Magdalene grieve over the body of Christ while displaying it to the viewer. — Gerard

David

E18300 Web 72ppi 2000px Srgb Jpeg — Louis H.

Sullivan

Towards The Unknown — Gunther

Gerzso

A grotesque painting of a man in a suit. The colors are darkly psychedelic, and he appears to be decaying from the outside in. — Ivan

Albright

Im048199 Int Press — Joseph

Yoakum

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A large room with the walls and floor covered in oversized black-and-white text reading things like "In the end, history happens"; "In the end, nothing matters"; "In the end, you disappear"; "In the end, lies prevail." A sole person walks across the room, his relative size conveying the expanse of the space.

Inside the Exhibition
Building an Exhibition with Barbara Kruger: Five Perspectives from Five Collaborators

Staff members from various fields—curatorial, exhibition design, project management, and retail—all share their unique perspectives of bringing Kruger’s vision to the museum’s galleries.

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