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Curator Janice Katz muses on the artist’s attempt to preserve memories of his daughter.

Discover the ideas and projects that blossomed into this powerful sculpture by the Chicago-born artist and why the Art Institute makes a particularly resonant home for it.

Under magnification, cross sections can appear as rare gemstones, deep-sea creatures, or galactic otherworlds.

These mummy portraits serve as an important reminder of the human needs to be creative and idiosyncratic.

As a product of a multicultural household, the author appreciates cross-cultural influences in artworks.

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.

Curator Liz Siegel looks at a work by artist Moyra Davey, who has a keen eye for the overlooked and underfoot.

The photographer feels “a calming sense of security, as if visiting my ancestral home,” when looking at the sea, a feeling that resonates with others who have crossed their waters.  

Takashi Murakami’s painting, a Superflat mash-up of religious iconography, Japanese artistic tradition, and pop culture, needs to be seen to be truly perceived.

From career-launching triumph to a risky purchase for a young American museum to the centerpiece of an international exhibition, El Greco’s The Assumption of the Virgin has had a long and fascinating life.

These portraits represent a remarkable fusion of Egyptian culture, Roman citizenship, and Greek self-identification.

The central figure of Japan’s creative print movement made very few prints of his beloved abstract works, but the Art Institute is home to many of them.

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.

The famous actress was also an accomplished sculptor who above all fashioned her own celebrity.

Our director of product design discusses a process that often culminates in seeing beautiful details from artworks in the hands of people walking down the street.