Curator Sarah Kelly Oehler tackles the most common questions about the iconic painting.

It’s one of the most extraordinary leaded glass windows ever made by Tiffany Studios—and now it’s part of the Art Institute collection.

We asked curator Madhuvanti Ghose to shed some light on one of the most popular works in our collection.

Curator Liz Siegel discusses a new acquisition from a 19th-century artist who advanced the fields of both photography and archaeology.

Pest management may be a small, even minute, aspect of caring for the collection, but it helps keep the collection safe for future generations.

Learn the ins and outs of our new search engine—and see works you’ve never seen before.

Bisa Butler’s quilts are exuberant, colorful, and almost photo-like—arresting and complex objects made entirely of fabric that has been carefully cut, layered, and stitched together.

The same photograph appears in three publications and tells three different stories.

These mummy portraits serve as an important reminder of the human needs to be creative and idiosyncratic.

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