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Fine Indian textiles became sought-after commodities in the 1700s, impacting fashions from France to Japan.
Takaezu’s artworks not only merge the energy of Abstract Expressionism with the forms of traditional Japanese ceramics—they have a life of their own.
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.
Five staff members select artworks that amplify and celebrate the right, privilege, and importance of voting.
Four staff members find stirring and evocative shades of red in artworks from around the world.
Staff members recommend books that you should read this year.
Our staff has compiled eleven good cinematic reasons to not get up off that couch.
Some blues assert themselves and travel the world, while others are not what they appear to be.
Curator Hendrik Folkerts and Igshaan Adams, the multidisciplinary artist from Cape Town, discuss the artist’s expansive and radical approach to weaving as a medium and as a practice.
A chance to design a gallery space with Renzo Piano turned into a long-term commitment for the museum’s first Alsdorf Curator.
On its journey to the Art Institute, Adams’s massive floor work—a woven map of the lived experience and physical terrain of his South African hometown—grew out of Cape Town and returned to it.
Conservation scientists share insights into the materials and techniques Cezanne used to create his complex and highly personal language.
In every found object, the author follows invisible filaments that lead her on a personal journey.
There’s something extraordinary about the Art Institute lions, something that could only come from the vision of a remarkable artist.
Sixty years after Van Gogh died, his nephew took photographer Peter Pollack on a tour of places where his uncle had lived and painted.
This colorful glazed earthenware brought Italian Renaissance visual art to the home and dining table.
Cezanne’s sensation-driven yet meticulous approach to painting largely defies theoretical explanation, and his works have long fascinated artists in particular.
Check out the newest installments of our popular video series, an intimate look at the personal connections we forge with art, and learn how it came to light.
Four staff members share works of art that fit in the palm of the hand and yet expand our sense of the world.
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