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Browse exhibitions from as far back as 1883. For more information on exhibitions, contact the Archives at archives@artic.edu.

2010

Showing 20 out of 42 Exhibitions

Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle: Always After (The Glass House)

Jan 21–May 23, 2010
Four Followers of Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio earned great notoriety for his revolutionary style and for his unconventional process of painting directly from live models. The special loan of Orazio Gentileschi’s The Lute Player from the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC enables us to show how four other painters in early 17th-century Rome assimilated his style in their own distinct ways. The Lute Player joins three other Caravaggesque paintings from the Art Institute’s collection by Giovanni Baglione, Bartolomeo Manfredi, and Cecco del Caravaggio.
Jan 28–May 31, 2010
“Kindly Cable Me at the Earliest Moment”: James Henry Breasted’s Role in Building the Egyptian Collection
In 1919, Art Institute President Charles L. Hutchinson asked his friend James Henry Breasted, founder of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, to act as a purchasing agent for the Art Institute during a trip to Egypt. A series of letters and cables between the men reveals the story of the antiquities trade in Egypt and of Breasted’s heroic efforts for the Art Institute.
Jan 29–Sep 1, 2010
Modern in America: Works on Paper, 1900-1950s

Jan 30–Apr 4, 2010
The Books of Mikhail Karasik

Feb 3–Apr 12, 2010
Arthur U. Pope and A New Survey of Persian Art

Feb 4–Sep 26, 2010
In the Vernacular
Vernacular photographs—those countless ordinary and utilitarian pictures made for souvenir postcards, government archives, police case files, pin-up posters, networking Web sites, and the pages of magazines, newspapers, or family albums—have been both the inspiration for and the antithesis of fine-art photography for over a century. In their struggle to gain legitimacy in the art world, fine-art photographers at the turn of the 20th century endeavored to distance their work from the amateur, commonplace, and practical photographs that had become so familiar in everyday experience.
Feb 6–May 31, 2010
William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008

Feb 27–May 23, 2010
The Challenge of American Style: McKim, Mead, and White’s 1892 Lathrop Residence
In the final decades of the Victorian era, architectural critics lamented contemporary trends in domestic construction—“riots of ugliness”—which they believed were responsible for a general disintegration of architectural tradition in the United States. These complaints focused on architects and builders who used a variety of stylistic borrowings from pattern books and popular magazines to appeal to a new market for “individualized” houses incorporating neoclassical columns, pointed gothic arches, and a veritable cacophony of brick, stone, and painted wood finishes.
Feb 27–Jun 13, 2010
Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917

Mar 20–Jun 20, 2010
Chicago: Lost and Found
The architectural ingenuity produced in Chicago has led many to refer to it as the cradle of modern architecture. However, as tastes evolved, technologies shifted, and appeals for progress rang loud, we lost many pieces of greatness that embodied Chicago’s history and architectural heritage. With Chicago: Lost and Found, we pay tribute to some of our beloved city’s lost structures—some well-known icons, but mostly lesser-known gems—and celebrate a handful of reused buildings.
Apr 13–Jun 15, 2010
William O’Brien/Terzo Piano

Apr 22–Sep 15, 2010
Everyday Adventures Growing Up: Art from Picture Books

Apr 30–Nov 28, 2010
Selections from the Architecture & Design Collection, Second Rotation

May 1–Oct 31, 2010
Roger Hiorns

May 1–Sep 19, 2010
Stanley Greenberg: Architecture Under Construction

May 2–Nov 30, 2010
Chicago Stories: Prints and H. C. Westermann—See America First

May 16–Aug 16, 2010
Chagall’s America Windows
Reinstalled in a brand new gallery in late 2010, this visitor favorite absolutely glows from its recent conservation.
May 30, 2010–Jun 1, 2011
Sound & Vision

Jun 12–Aug 29, 2010
BIGsmall
What happens when something really big becomes really small, or when something small becomes monumental? This family exhibition presents a selection of artworks that relate to size, including a model for a large-scale sculpture, objects that were originally made as toys, and much more. Learn how to turn a little drawing into a big one, create your own magical world in a box, or search for the smallest artwork in the museum’s collection.
Jun 14–Jun 27, 2010

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