This presentation features the most ephemeral of all Japanese prints, Edo-period fans depicting popular Kabuki actors, ...

This exhibition showcases 25 paintings from the preeminent private collection of French 18th-century art in the United States: The Horvitz Collection. The selection of works focuses on Neoclassicism, ...

Admission is free for Illinois residents on the dates listed below. You can reserve your free tickets online in advance; your resident status will be verified using the zip code associated with the ...

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 ...

Jean-Antoine Houdon was one of the greatest sculptors of the 18th century, and he had a particular talent for portrait busts. Commissioned in 1780, one year after her first marriage, this bust of ...

Between the summer of 1794 and early spring of 1795, an artist using the name Tōshūsai Sharaku produced around 150 prints representing Kabuki actors: a prolific display of innovation in a mere ten ...

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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 ...

Studio of Paul Philippe Cret Art Institute of Chicago Competition, First Floor Plan, 1934 Studio of Paul Philippe Cret Art Institute of Chicago Competition, Upper Floor Plan, 1934 Studio of Paul ...

Combining painting, sculpture, and carpentry, this unique object was created collaboratively by Paul Gauguin and his younger contemporary Émile Bernard. Their artistic experiments, often undertaken in ...

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

In the spirit of the upcoming exhibitions Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica and After the End of the World: Pictures from Panafrica, we invite Chicago-area teens of all cultures ...