Cutting-edge technology allows us to gain a surprising amount of insight into the materials that artists used to create paint.
Curator Liz Siegel looks at a work by artist Moyra Davey, who has a keen eye for the overlooked and underfoot.
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.
Celebrations of “personal style, vulnerability, strength, beauty, individuality, and imperfections,” Swaby’s life-sized textile portraits also stem from her relationships with her subjects, including her three older sisters.
Part of this photograph’s power lies in the deterioration that seems to threaten it, as if the image were going to disappear soon.
Conservators Allison Langley and Kim Muir share insights and secrets revealed by looking through the surfaces of four paintings.
From ancient Rome to 19th-century New York, the use of ancient Egyptian motifs demonstrates the influence of the illustrious North African culture.
A series of fortunate events leads to insights about the tilt and gaze of a ancient portrait sculpture.
Frame conservators Chris Brooks and Kirk Vuillemot consider the origins of a frame that arrived at the museum almost 70 years ago (with a somewhat famous self-portrait).
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Four writers select works from four continents in an exploration of the involuntary but essential act of taking in air.
Conservator Jim Iska shows that looking at a daguerreotype is not a passive activity—and that the reward is an image unsurpassed in the history of photography.
A passion for ancient art and a childhood dream led her around the world and back home to Chicago.
Trace the major artistic approaches and themes Picasso explored at various points across his 70-year career.
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