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

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Revolution to Restoration: French Drawings from The Horvitz Collection features approximately 90 drawings made from the 1770s through the 1850s, one of the most turbulent periods in French history.

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 ...

Delicate, intricate, and sinuous—the vessels that Jeremy Frey weaves from the heavy lumber of ash trees are astonishing to behold. Born in 1978 and raised in the Passamaquoddy Indian Township ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...