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Let your imagination take over on this journey through the Thorne Rooms—miniature and, as generations of Art Institute visitors have found, wonderfully transporting.
Latin America spans two continents and comprises a multitude of cultures, while its arts span millennia and represent a world of artistic styles.
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.
Cutting-edge technology allows us to gain a surprising amount of insight into the materials that artists used to create paint.
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.
Under magnification, cross sections can appear as rare gemstones, deep-sea creatures, or galactic otherworlds.
Featuring more than 150 works from the celebrated and comprehensive Weston Collection, published here for the first time in English, this lavishly illustrated and meticulously researched volume addresses the genre of ukiyo-e painting.