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Inside the Exhibition
10 Things to Know about David Hockney’s The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020
Take a closer look at the making of the artist’s recent series of iPad paintings—plus discover his past works, inspirations, and Chicago connections.
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Inside the Exhibition
“An Eye at the End of My Pencil”: Bridget Riley’s Drawings
Through drawing—and some surprising artistic influences—Riley established a foundation for her investigation of abstraction and nourished her creative experimentation.
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Exhibition Preview
African Beauty through African Eyes
This fall's major exhibition devoted to sculptural arts across the African continent focuses on how the originating cultures of these objects view, value, and talk about their art.
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Inside the Exhibition
Muslin Like “Woven Air”: Indian Textiles in Fabricating Fashion
Fine Indian textiles became sought-after commodities in the 1700s, impacting fashions from France to Japan.
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Calendar
Fall Exhibitions
–Fabricating Fashion–David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020–Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist's Studio–The Vibrating Slab -
Interactive Feature
Uncovering the Many Faces of Guanyin
Peel back the layers on this sculpture of the popular Chinese Buddhist deity Guanyin and discover how its appearance changed to suit the needs of worshippers and secular viewers over centuries.
Clara Granzotto, Colin Mackenzie, Ken Sutherland, and Cybele Tom -
Through September 5
Final Weeks of Cezanne
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Meet the Staff
Nora Gainer, Executive Director, Civic Relations and Partnerships
A world traveler, Nora has always been most at home in Chicago, where she works to deepen ties between the city and the museum.
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New Acquisition
Pair of Mounted Vases by Jean Claude Duplessis
Trace the roughly 50-year journey of these elaborate vessels as they traveled from China to France and were extravagantly transformed along the way.
Ellenor Alcorn
Learn how David Hockney made his vivid renderings of nature’s beauty, discover what inspires and shapes the dynamic drawings of Bridget Riley, and get a global perspective on the textiles from India in Fabricating Fashion.