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

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Vase (Maebyong) | Art Institute Essentials Tour

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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

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Real Beauty: An Interview with André Kertész

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The Hartwell Memorial Window | Artwork Spotlight

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

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

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

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

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Georgia

O'Keeffe
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Magritte
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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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