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 Jeremy Frey: Woven on view from October 26, 2024 through February 10, 2025. The exhibition is a mid-career retrospective of the work of ...

During her short life, Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907) radically charted her own path, exploring the singular aspects of the feminine experience in a bold style that foreshadowed Expressionism. Her ...

Since 2019, Giovanni Verri has been a conservation scientist in the Department of Conservation and Science. He holds a PhD in physics from the University of Ferrara, Italy, and MA in conservation of ...

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 ...

Mangbetu and Zande sculptors created a range of utilitarian objects decorated with elements of human anatomy. This lidded box features the head of a woman with a typical halo-shaped hairstyle atop a ...

Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault Sheet of Caricatures, 1818/19 Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault Studies of a Woman and a Soldier, 1818/19 Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault Sketch of Farm ...

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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 ...

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 ...