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    RLC Presents: Art + Science Videos and Curricula

    Join museum conservators in their laboratories as they use science to investigate and care for works of art. 
  • La Presa
    Elizabeth Catlett and the Taller de Gráfica Popular (TGP): A Closer Look
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    Mikki Ferrill: A Closer Look

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    Latine Artists

  • A vibrantly colored, abstract landscape. A multi-colored orb seems to burst in the sky while various forms rise from the ground and split in the air.
    Highlights
    Artists from Latin America

    Latin America spans two continents and comprises a multitude of cultures, while its arts span millennia and represent a world of artistic styles.
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    Kukuli Velarde: A Closer Look
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    Rufino Tamayo: A Closer Look
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    Diego Rivera: A Closer Look
  • A solid gold version of a "protrait sculpture" bvut without any distinct features.
    New Acquisition
    Peruvian Portraits, Past and Present: Understanding Ana De Orbegoso’s Neo-Huaco #3
    by ⁠Andrew Hamilton

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    Gustave Caillebotte: His Life and Art | Exhibition Stories

    Dive into the biography and the art of the most distinctive Impressionist, Gustave Caillebotte, and discover how his many identities come through in the magnificent canvases he painted.

  • Van Gogh Bedroom
    Vincent van Gogh’s The Bedroom | Art Institute Essentials Tour
  • 1977.938 American Windows
    Marc Chagall’s America Windows | Art Institute Essentials Tour
  • A sculpture against a gray background shows a female figure with conical breasts and elongated arms holding a drum on her head and sitting on a stool. The drum is almost twice the woman's height and has figures of animals and geometric shapes carved around its middle. A stretched piece of hide forms the top of the drum.
    Female Caryatid Drum (Pinge) | Art Institute Essentials Tour
  • 2020 58 Storage Jar
    David Drake’s Storage Jar

  • Abstraction
    Artful Encounters: Abstraction and Expression

    • Spotlight: Chicago-related Artworks

    Explore Chicago-related collection works. Consider booking your class for an Art + History: Chicago museum tour.

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    Architectural Fragments from Chicago

    An elegant and thought-provoking new display of architectural fragments from buildings in and around Chicago
  • A carving in tan-and-white stone of the upper body of a pharaoh wearing an elaborate headdress
    New Acquisition
    Walter T. Bailey's National Pythian Temple Fragment, Chicago, Illinois
    by Alison Fisher
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    Mikki Ferrill: A Closer Look
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    Walter Ellison: A Closer Look
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    Margaret Burroughs: A Closer Look
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