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Now on View:

500 Ways of Looking at Modern



Through June 30, 2010



Zarina Bhimji: Out of Blue



Through November 15, 2009


Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage



October 10, 2009-January 3, 2010


James Castle: A Retrospective



October 10, 2009-January 3, 2010


On the Scene: Jason Lazarus, Wolfgang Plöger, Zoe Strauss



Through January 24, 2010


Caravaggio's The Supper at Emmaus




October 10, 2009–January 31, 2010



Without Bounds or Limits: An Online Exhibition of the Plan of Chicago



Ongoing



Scott Burton



Ongoing
 

Upcoming Exhibitions:

Irving Penn: A Tribute





November 7, 2009-January 31, 2010


Apostles of Beauty




October 31–December 12, 2009


Konstantin Grcic: Deceptively Simple



November 18, 2009–January 10, 2010


Focus: Monica Bonvicini




November 20, 2009–January 24, 2010


Heart and Soul: Art from Coretta Scott King Award Books, 2006–2009




November 21, 2009–April 18, 2010


William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video 1961–2008




February 27–May 16, 2010


Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913–1917




March 20–June 6, 2010

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The Art Institute of Chicago Artists Connect Series: Silvia Malagrino discusses her own work, and works by Francisco Goya, in an Artists Connect talk this Saturday 11/7 @ noon in Price Auditorium. Free w/admission.

Fri at 1:18pm
Susan Redmon Goodman
Fri at 2:12pm
Poetry Foundation & Poetry Magazine

Poetry Foundation & Poetry Magazine  Tonight - Modernism across Europe at The Art Institute of Chicago, 6pm, free: www.poetryfoundation.org/programs/events.html

Source: www.poetryfoundation.org
Poets W. B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, Rainer Maria Rilke, and others revolutionized poetic practices as novelists such as James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Thomas Mann delved into their characters’ minds. ...
November 5 at 11:58am
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The Art Institute of Chicago Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago opens this Saturday, 11/7! Member preview is Friday, details here: http://tr.im/Dvu7 Shop products inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement online and receive free standard shipping from the Museum Shop on all online orders of $75 or more. Use the code SR53 at checkout. Offer is valid 10/28–11/24 and does not include any shipping surcharges.

Source: www.artinstituteshop.org
The Museum Shop of The Art Institute of Chicago: Home Furnishings, Glass Panels, Wright Saguaro Glass Panel
Juliet Lyon
Juliet Lyon
I saw the exhibit today and I greatly enjoyed it. So much beautiful work, I look forward to seeing it again.
Sat at 9:48pm
Sherry
Sherry
I would have loved to see this!...
Yesterday at 12:37pm
The Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago Disturb the Universe—Modernism Across Europe, presented by the Art Institute and the Poetry Foundation is this Thursday at 6 pm. Join us as Goodman Theatre actors bring literary passages to life. FREE!

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W. B. Yeats, U.S. expatriate Ezra Pound, Rainer Maria Rilke, and others revolutionized poetic practices as novelists James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Thomas Mann, et al., wrote their characters' minds. Artists ...
Michael Gregory Stephens
Michael Gregory Stephens
I wish I could be in Chicago just for this event. How nice!
November 5 at 7:49am
Caitlin Archer-Helke
Caitlin Archer-Helke
Wish I could see this!
November 5 at 8:33am
The Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago Join us Wednesday at 6:30 for a conversation between curator Joseph Rosa and architecture critic Paul Goldberger that will focus on two recently authored books by Goldberger addressing issues pertinent to the state of architecture today. Click the link for details & ticket info.

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The Architecture & Design Society invites you to a conversation between Joseph Rosa and Paul Goldberger that will focus on two recently authored books by Goldberger that address issues pertinent to ...
Ryan Sudac
Ryan Sudac
I can't make 6:30, lets do 8:30.
November 3 at 12:28pm
The Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago Ever since The Da Vinci Code hit the bestseller list, everyone is looking to unlock the mysteries hidden in works of art. Use the November Self Guide to crack the code on some the museum’s most symbol-filled objects.

Source: www.artic.edu
Elizabeth Ann
Elizabeth Ann
More!! More!!! More!!!! This is probably one of the most interesting articles on art that I have read recently...My compliments to the Art Institute of Chicago...and thank you..
November 3 at 5:52am
Andrew Harrison

Andrew Harrison
Coming Soon...Chiltern Art is a fresh approach to bringing art to the people. Cutting through the 'snobbery' of traditional art houses and exhibitions, our aim is to find appreciative homes and businesses for the work of our countries budding artists. We want everyone to be able to appreciate art in their own homes a...nd businesses without the need for a small fortune to fund their hobby whilst allowing the vast talents of our nations artists to come to the fore and reach wider audiences. Please register in advance of our official launch to make sure you're the first to find out about new talent, recently uploaded art and to receive our monthly news bulletin.
Currently taking on new artists, contact chilternart@gmx.co.uk for more info
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The Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago This week we launched our new blog, ARTicle! Today's post is a spooky one . . . about hauntings in our history. Japanese demon killers! Ghostly voices! We'd love your feedback--leave comments on the posts to let us know what you think or what you would like to hear about in the future!

Source: blog.artic.edu
The guards who walk the dark, should-be-silent halls of the museum at night have loads of creepy stories to share. The ex-Goodman Theatre, which was torn down to make room for our new Modern Wing, is rumored to have been haunted. ...
Guadalupe Jamaica
Guadalupe Jamaica
Can not wait to see it.
October 30 at 11:28am
Susan Doll
Susan Doll
Art ghosts -- very cool.
October 30 at 1:52pm
Elizabeth Ann
Elizabeth Ann
Nothing is more interesting to me than hauntings in our history.. Angels might be interesting, too. Good angels verus naughty angels...
November 3 at 6:15am
The Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago In honor of Halloween, we took an office poll: what's the scariest/creepiest/spookiest work in the collection? Here are some of our picks. What are yours? Leave them in the comments, or "Like" the ones we posted. Happy Haunting!

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