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Picasso: Drawing from Life

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  • Members: The first hour of every day, 10–11 a.m., is reserved for member-only viewing.
Aic 2022 Lion Seasonal Celebration
Chicago’s Home for the Holidays
Nov 24, 2023–Jan 8, 2024
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Canova: Sketching in Clay
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Remedios Varo: Science Fictions | Exhibition Stories

Three consecutive panels of peach, each containing a silhouette of a woman's face. The faces are featureless and composed of multiple cut swaths of brightly colored geometric and floral fabrics. The central figure wears her hair in Bantu knots.
Gio Swaby: Fresh Up | Exhibition Stories

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Along the Seine: The Northwestern Suburbs of Paris in the 1880s | Discovering Van Gogh

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

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Elegance and beauty in a timeless bronze bust | Kyla Thomas | Playing Favorites

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Vase (Maebyong) | 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

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

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The Hartwell Memorial Window | Artwork Spotlight

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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.
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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
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Lenore

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

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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
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Bruce Alonzo

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Building the Collection
An Early Collection of Bencharong Porcelain

Originally created for Siamese royalty and nobility, this collection of hand-painted porcelain once belonged to a Norwegian naval officer.

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