The Art Institute of Chicago
Museum Studies
Volume 29, no. 2 (Fall 2003)
Edited by Gregory Nosan
The first of its kind in ten years, this issue of Museum Studies takes an extended look at recent, important acquisitions by the Art Institute of Chicago’s departments of African and Amerindian Art; European Decorative Arts, Sculpture, and Ancient Art; Modern and Contemporary Art; Photography; and Textiles. Bringing the museum’s collecting activities into wide public view, it showcases over forty notable works handpicked by Art Institute curators and the museum’s director and president, James N. Wood. Together with its companion issue, forthcoming in spring 2004, this publication explores objects acquired between 1992 and 2003, years that have brought significant additions to every area of the Art Institute’s holdings. On its own, it surveys a dazzling array of work, ranging from a jewel-like statue of Osiris to a splendid, illuminated manuscript from seventeenth-century Ethiopia; from a masterpiece of American quilt-making to the work of contemporary artists Doug Aitken and Jeff Wall. Illuminated by striking, full-color reproductions and a lively, accessible text, this is an indispensable guide to the newest and finest the Art Institute has to offer.
Articles in this publication:
“African and Amerindian Art”
“Textiles”
“Photography”
“European Decorative Arts”
“Modern and Contemporary Art”
96 pages, 8 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.
ISBN-13: 9780865592087
ISBN-10: 086559208X
