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Jo Ractliffe black and white photograph of a dog
South Africa Through the Eyes of Photographer Jo Ractliffe
DRIVES is South African artist Jo Ractliffe’s first-ever retrospective, featuring more than 100 works of photography, video, book art, and multimedia installation.
picasso still life
New Picasso Composition Discovered Beneath Painting's Surface
Conservators at the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) have discovered a treasure hidden in one of their most famous Picasso works.
Édouard Manet. In the Conservatory, about 1877–79.
Manet’s Late Work: Once Derided, Flowers and Femininity now Shine
Though contemporary critics considered them frivolous, Manet’s late works speak to his attraction to femininity, sensuality, and freshness of expression.
Joan Mitchell, City Landscape, 1955, oil on linen, 203.2 × 203.2 cm (Art Institute of Chicago 1958.193, ©The Estate of Joan Mitchell),
Finding Meaning In Abstraction
Abstract art is easy to dismiss, but what can we learn about art and ourselves when we take a closer look? This is a conversation between several art experts as they try to answer that…
Giuseppe Porta, Bearded Man with his Right Arm Raised, 1562/64.
Seven Centuries of History Through One Collection of Drawings
A collection of extraordinary drawings spanning 700 years is coming to the Art Institute of Chicago in January.
Arthur Rothstein, Girl at Gee’s Bend, Alabama [Artelia Bendolph], April 1937
Photography + Folk Art: Looking for America in the 1930s
From September 21, 2019 to January 19, 2020, the Art Institute of Chicago presents Photography + Folk Art: Looking for America in the 1930s, an examination of American art at the…
Lola Álvarez Bravo. Anarquía arquitectónica en la ciudad de México (Architectural Anarchy in Mexico City), about 1954
In a Cloud, in a Wall, in a Chair: Six Modernists in Mexico at Midcentury
The Art Institute of Chicago presents an examination of midcentury art and design with In a Cloud, in a Wall, in a Chair: Six Modernists in Mexico at Midcentury, on view from September…
Claire Zeisler. Free Standing Yellow, 1968. Gift of David Lawrence Fagen, Richard Rees Fagen, and Edward A. Fagen in memory of Mildred and Abel Fagen.
Bauhaus’ Lesser Known Textile Artists Get Show at AIC
Currently on view at the Art Institute of Chicago, Weaving Beyond the Bauhaus celebrates the centennial of Bauhaus by highlighting 50 works by pioneering fiber and textile artists such as Anni Albers…