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Past Virtual Events

In fall 2020, the Art Institute began hosting virtual events, giving our visitors and members the chance to experience art from home. Enjoy a selection of these past events, from artist talks and conversations to member lectures and exhibition tours.

Virtual Conversations, Talks, and Lectures

February 8, 2022
Trapp Virtual Lecture: Senju’s Waterfall for Chicago
January 13, 2022
Virtual Lecture: Inca Textiles under Colonial Rule
December 16, 2021
Virtual Conversation: André Kertész—Postcards from Paris
November 12, 2021
Virtual Conversation: Rethinking the 17th-Century Dutch Galleries
October 28, 2021
Boshell Foundation Virtual Lecture: Color in Ancient Mediterranean Sculpture
October 15, 2021
Virtual Conversation: The Pre-Raphaelites and William Holman Hunt’s The Shadow of Death
September 1, 2021
Virtual Conversation: Richard Hunt—Scholar’s Rock or Stone of Hope or Love of Bronze
August 19, 2021
Virtual Lecture: Conservation of the Hartwell Memorial Window
August 6, 2021
Virtual Conversation: Faheem Majeed and Kathleen Ash-Milby on Joseph Yoakum
July 15, 2021
Virtual Artist Talk: Jordan Casteel
June 17, 2021
Virtual Conversation: The Obama Portraits—Featuring Artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald
April 13, 2021
Virtual Artist Talk: Jeff Tweedy
March 25, 2021
Virtual Artist Talk: Miranda July on Mail Art
February 25, 2021
Allan McNab Virtual Lecture: Toulouse-Lautrec and the Celebrity Culture of Paris
December 11, 2020
Virtual Conversation: Bisa Butler and Tonika Johnson
December 3, 2020
Virtual Lecture: America’s Passion for Impressionism with Adam Gopnik
October 23, 2020
Virtual Conversation: Noda Tetsuya
October 5, 2020
Virtual Conversation: Slow Looking and Monet

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