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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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Member Exclusive
Virtual Member Conversation: Look Again!—Murray Moss on the Thorne Miniature Rooms and Other Icons of Traditional Design
Dec 1, 2021
12:00–12:45
The Artist’s Studio
Dec 3, 2021
11:00–6:00
The Artist’s Studio
Dec 4, 2021
11:00–3:00
Member Exclusive
Member Double Discount Day
December 4–5, 2021

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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 — 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

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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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A old-fashioned newspaper-quality image shows a young light-skinned boy in a suit sitting at a table by a broken teacup. Pink glasses and the words, "I didn't do it" have been added to the image in pen.

Exhibition Preview
“New York’s Most Famous Unknown Artist”: Getting to Know Ray Johnson

Exhibition curators Caitlin Haskell and Jordan Carter introduce artist Ray Johnson and dive into his unique and boundary-pushing practice.

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