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Explore our wide-ranging exhibitions and various programs for all ages.

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27 Aug Thu
- Conversation: Homer’s Odyssey in Art and Popular Culture
  
  Explore the influence of The Odyssey on works from the Art Institute’s collection and learn how this iconic story continues to inspire artists, authors, playwrights, and filmmakers almost 3,000 years after its creation.
  
  6:00–7:00
  Registration Required
10 Sep Thu
- Lecture: Ray Johnson’s Books as Social Objects
  
  Join Johanna Gosse to explore how Ray Johnson created interactive, mobile, and fugitive books that blurred their medium.
  
  6:00–7:00
  Registration Required
26 Sep Sat
- Lecture: The King, His Armor, and His Armorer—Conserving Britain’s Royal Collection
  
  Join Simon Metcalf, formerly The King’s Armourer at the Royal Collection in Britain, to learn about the craft and conservation of centuries-old arms and armor and discover how a few rare pieces made their way into the Art Institute’s collection.
  
  2:00–3:00
  Registration Required
01 Oct Thu
- Conversation: Mary Cassatt’s Voice—An Artist’s Correspondence
  
  Join curator Annelise K. Madsen and art historian Nancy Mowll Mathews for a discussion on finding Cassatt’s voice in the archives and the ways she expressed her ideas about art, labor, and other salient issues of her time, including women’s suffrage.
  
  6:00–7:00
  Registration Required

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