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An overview of Ray Johnson holdings in the Art Institute collections and related resources
The Art Institute is a dynamic organization—expanding its collection, improving gallery spaces, and lending works to institutions around the globe. To ensure that your visit meets your expectations, please read through these updates.
The museum’s galleries are continually changing as newly acquired works and loaned objects join our spaces and expand the perspectives and stories that we share.
Artist Bisa Butler and her husband, a longtime DJ, chose this selection of songs to pair with each of her quilts as well as other works from the museum’s collection, all of which are on view in Bisa Butler: Portraits.
Have some of our most popular works resonated with you? Would you like to explore further? If so, our curators are happy to suggest some lesser known works they think you might like.
Looking deeper into a painting can reveal more mysteries than it solves.
Meet a few of the people—a friend, a printer, an art dealer, a romantic partner, and two children—who impacted the artist and his work.
“This head of Christ,” the artist said, “is an acid test of American democracy.”
Learn about Black culture on Chicago’s South Side in the 1970s through Mikki Ferrill’s photographic project, The Garage (1970–80).
Observa detenidamente Estación de tren (Train Station) (1935) de Walter Ellison para aprender sobre un capítulo importante de la historia de Chicago, la Gran Migración.
Look closely at Walter Ellison’s Train Station (1935) to learn about an important chapter in Chicago’s history, the Great Migration, and get new ideas for your own creativity.
Take a deep dive into Birthday Party by Chicago artist Margaret Burroughs. Engage in slow looking, learn about Burroughs and her work, and get new ideas for your own art making.
