The Art Institute’s wide-ranging collection is a testament to thousands of years of human creativity and artistic ...

Rufino met a sympathetic soul in the artist and fellow Escuela Nacional student María Izquierdo.

CHICAGO—The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to announce two exhibitions from The Horvitz Collection in October. French Neoclassical Paintings from the Horvitz Collection is on view from October 19 ...

For this depiction of Peter denying that he is a follower of Jesus (seen under arrest in the background at right), Utrecht artist Hendrick ter Brugghen embraced the strong contrast of light and shadow ...

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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 ...

J. C. Spooner Untitled (Lebanon, N.H.), n.d.

In the early 1970s, Nancy Holt (American, 1938–2014) created her first sculpture, a viewing device that she called a Locator. Made from two pieces of welded steel pipe, with a viewing aperture set at ...

The Art Institute uses a security screening and weapon-detection system at all entrances. The system uses low-frequency (ELF) radio waves—in the range used by the anti-theft systems many retail stores ...

Untitled (Portrait of Older Man with Two Children), 1870/1900 ...

Untitled (Portrait of Man with Large Mustache), 1850/99 ...