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The first hour of every day, 10–11 a.m., is reserved for member-only viewing. Welcome to the Art Institute of Chicago, home to a collection of art that spans centuries and the globe—and one of Tripadvisor’s “Best of the Best” US attractions of 2024. We look forward to your visit and invite you to explore our many exhibitions and to ...
Visit - The Art Institute of Chicago
Visit the attractions in any order over a 9-day period with one single easy-to-order mobile ticket. Free Admission Opportunities: The Art Institute of Chicago provides free access to children under 14, Chicago teens under 18, Link and WIC cardholders, and Illinois educators every day, as well as to Illinois residents on certain days throughout ...
Discover Art & Artists - The Art Institute of Chicago
Explore thousands of artworks in the museum’s collection—from our renowned icons to lesser-known works from every corner of the globe—as well as our books, writings, reference materials, and other resources. Discover art by Van Gogh, Picasso, Warhol & more in the Art Institute's collection spanning 5,000 years of creativity.
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 - The Art Institute of Chicago
Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891) In his best-known and largest painting, Georges Seurat depicted people from different social classes strolling and relaxing in a park just west of Paris on La Grande Jatte, an island in the Seine River. Although he took his subject from modern life, Seurat sought to evoke the sense of timelessness associated ...
History - The Art Institute of Chicago
The Art Institute was founded as the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts in 1879. The name was changed in 1882, and shortly after, the institution was already in need of a new home for its expanding collection and growing student body. As the city prepared to dazzle the country as host of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, the Art Institute’s ...
Exhibitions - The Art Institute of Chicago
Oct 19, 2024–Jan 6, 2025. Exhibition. Revolution to Restoration: French Drawings from The Horvitz Collection. Oct 26, 2024–Jan 6, 2025. Ongoing. A New View of 20th-and 21st-Century Architecture and Design. Exhibition. Jitish Kallat: Public Notice 3. Sep 9, 2024–Sep 10, 2025.
FAQs - The Art Institute of Chicago
Yes, the museum has two on-site stores, the Museum Shop, just inside the Michigan Avenue entrance, and the Modern Shop, just inside the Modern Wing entrance. Both shops are open during all member and public hours: Monday 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m.–8 p.m., and Friday–Sunday 10 a.m.–5 p.m. There is also an online store.
A Family One Evening In A Nudist Camp, Pennsylvania
A Family One Evening In A Nudist Camp, Pennsylvania | The Art Institute of Chicago. Open today 11–5. See all hours. The first hour of every day, 10–11 a.m., is reserved for member-only viewing.
Vincent van Gogh - The Art Institute of Chicago
Here, he continued drawing and painting the town and those around him, capturing people, landscapes, houses, and flowers in his work until his untimely death. The Art Institute of Chicago has celebrated van Gogh’s path-breaking work in the exhibitions Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Studio of the South (2001–2002) and Van Gogh’s Bedrooms (2016).
Nighthawks - The Art Institute of Chicago
Gail Levin, “Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks, Surrealism, and the War,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 22, 2 (1996), 180–95, fig. 1. James N. Wood and Teri J. Edelstein, The Art Institute of Chicago: Twentieth–Century Painting and Sculpture (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1996), 85 (ill.). Judith A. Barter, et al., American Modernism at the Art …