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Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago founded in 1879, is renowned for its extensive collection of art spanning centuries and cultures, including notable works by artists such as Georges Seurat, Grant Wood and Edward Hopper. The museum features iconic pieces like Seurat’s “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte” and Wood’s “American Gothic.” The Art Institute also offers dynamic exhibitions, educational programs, and research facilities, making it a central cultural institution in the United States dedicated to the appreciation and study of art. Read more about Museums.

A painting of a woman holding a child on her lap and washing the child's feet

One Fine Show: “Mary Cassatt, After Impressionism” at the Art Institute of Chicago

The museum's survey reframes the artist as a radical printmaker and an uncompromising figure who preferred the title independent, rejected official honors and pursued her own formal path.
By Dan Duray
A sepia-toned still life drawing shows a shallow bowl, a dark handled jug and a smaller pitcher arranged on a wooden tabletop.

The Continuing Reinvention of Willem de Kooning

“Willem de Kooning Drawing” at the Art Institute of Chicago reveals the artist as a master draftsman across seven decades of work.
By Dian Parker
An underground corridor displays a framed reproduction of a famous Chicago artwork made from tile

In the Depths of Osaka’s Namba Station, Works From the Art Institute of Chicago Await

Take the Blue Line to O'Hare, hop a flight to Tokyo, board the Shinkansen bullet train to Osaka and head down into Namba Station, where you will find yourself standing in what feels like a hidden wing of the museum.
By Joshua Mellin
A strange Polaroid image of a human eye surrounded by swirls that seem like an angry, stormy sea

One Fine Show: “Lucas Samaras – Sitting, Standing, Walking, Looking” at the Art Institute of Chicago

By Dan Duray

The Exhibitions Not to Miss During EXPO CHICAGO

By Elisa Carollo
A visitor holds up a smartphone inside the Met, using augmented reality to view a digital Indigenous artwork layered over a marble sculpture of a reclining figure

How Digital Placemaking Is Redefining the Modern Museum

By YuJune Park and Caspar Lam
An artwork shows the silhouette of a woman standing beside a chain railing and looking out over a moonlit lake, with rippling water reflecting bright light and a house with two glowing windows visible across the shore.

One Fine Show: “Strange Realities, The Symbolist Imagination” at the Art Institute of Chicago

By Dan Duray

The Best Gifts From Museum Shops

By Merin Curotto
Teenagers walk past a poster depicting Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci in a street of Rome, after a holy mass in the Vatican a day after the funeral of Pope Francis,

The Myth of the Digital Threat: How Technology Expands Art’s Reach

By Arline Mann

48 Hours of Art in Chicago

By Christa Terry
Orlando, Mennello Museum of American Art, Guide with Bo Bartlett Painting

Becoming a Museum Volunteer: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t

By Daniel Grant
A historic black-and-white image of women working on a massive sculptural relief, standing on scaffolding and platforms, applying plaster to larger-than-life female figures.

How the White Rabbits of Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition Sculpted a Lasting Legacy

By Mary Gregory
A painting of a woman in black by Rembrandt

From Storage to Spotlight: How D.C.’s National Gallery Is Redefining Access to Art

By Daniel Grant
Art Looted By Nazis

Lost, Looted, Disputed: Why Provenance Is Still the Art World’s Blind Spot

By Daniel Grant
A museum gallery with white walls displaying a collection of ancient Roman marble sculptures, including a central seated male figure surrounded by busts and a standing female figure draped in a robe.

One Fine Show: “Myth and Marble” at the Art Institute of Chicago

By Dan Duray
A man wearing a suit, polka-dot bow tie, and thick-framed glasses stands in front of a blurred bookshelf, looking directly at the camera with a slight smile.

Curator Emerson Bowyer On the Importance of the Horvitz Collection Donation

By Dan Duray
A traditional Japanese woodblock print depicts a horse pulling a wooden cart with large wheels, a black and white dog sitting on top of the cart wearing a straw hat, and a background featuring massive green bamboo mats opening to reveal a river and buildings in the distance.

What Not to Miss at Asia Week New York 2025

By Christa Terry
Dark room with a wooden portal and buddha sculptures under the spot lights.

Sotheby’s Next Chapter: New Markets, $6b in Sales and a Stronger Balance Sheet

By Elisa Carollo
Roman marble statue of Athena inside a pink niche.

A Roman Statue of Athena Is Unveiled at Wrightwood 659 Ahead of ‘Myth and Marble’ at the Art Institute of Chicago

By Elisa Carollo
Sail boat in a beach with

For Nicholas Galanin, Art Is a Tool of Indigenous Resilience and Resistance

By Elisa Carollo

The Tug-of-War Over Art Museum Ticket Prices Continues

By Daniel Grant
Climate activists call on NYC's Museum of Modern Art to drop board chair

The Year in Museums: Political Unrest on One Side and Major Gifts on the Other

By Daniel Grant
A colorful print of six women's heads with afros, each in a different bright color on a gray background

An Elizabeth Catlett Retrospective Is Coming to the Brooklyn Museum

By Nadja Sayej
A painting of a sun rising over a city

One Fine Show: ‘Georgia O’Keeffe, My New Yorks’ at the Art Institute of Chicago

By Dan Duray
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