Join us for a conversation on Neoclassical art from the French Revolution to learn why, during a period of Enlightenment ...

CHICAGO—The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to unveil a newly imagined and installed gallery for the arts of Korea on November 1, 2024. The new installation is ...

A pupil of Jacob van Ruisdael, Meindert Hobbema often borrowed motifs from his teacher, such as the watermill seen here. Watermills, which Hobbema employed more than 30 times in his paintings and ...

In the late 1940s Clyfford Still, along with Barnett Newman and Mark Rothko, originated the type of Abstract Expressionism known as color-field painting, a term used to describe very large canvases ...

In this triptych, Mary, crowned as the queen of heaven, is surrounded by female saints in an enclosed garden (called a hortus conclusus) evoking paradise. Singled out on the right wing is Saint Ursula ...

In January 2023, I joined the provenance research team at the Art Institute, tasked with studying objects in the collection from Southeast Asia. My specialty is Hindu-Buddhist art and archeology of ...

Explore our dynamic offerings and choose an experience that will transform your students’ connections with art and the world around them. On-site experiences are free for all Pre-K–8th grade student ...

Investigate the form and function of Sustaining Traditions-Digital Teachings (2018) by Kelly Church. Engage in close looking and get new ideas for your own art making. “I create baskets to educate, to ...

What meanings has Earth held for people of African descent, and what can an environmental consciousness grounded in Pan-Africanist perspectives teach all of humanity today? Conceived to accompany the ...

Made during the first years of the royal porcelain factory in Capodimonte, this rare set is one of the great masterpieces of European porcelain. With its malleability and whiteness, porcelain was ...

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This fall the Art Institute is fortunate to open not one but two shows highlighting the extraordinary private holdings of French Neoclassical works collected by Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz. One show ...