This ivory statuette with its gangly Christ Child and rather plain-faced Virgin seems far removed from the aristocratic figures produced in Paris, which was a great center for the production of Gothic ...

Though the invention of the printing press caused a revolution, it took decades to kickstart it into high gear.

Find us on the first floor of the museum’s Modern Wing. Turn left after you enter at 159 East Monroe. The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Learning Center (RLC) is the museum’s hub for learning and ...

Responsible for the treatment, research, and long-term preservation of over 300,000 works of art in the Art Institute’s collections, the Department of Conservation and Science is integral to the ...

The governing body for both the museum and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Board of Trustees is a group of highly dedicated individuals who bring their wide-ranging expertise to ensure ...

CHICAGO — The Art Institute of Chicago today announced the election of Eric Lefkofsky as the organization’s new chair of the ...

Join artist Charles Ray and museum educator Sam Ramos for an informal gallery tour and conversation about Ray’s creative ...

CHICAGO—The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to unveil a newly imagined and installed gallery for the arts of Korea on November 1, 2024. The new installation is ...

The most ephemeral of all Japanese prints, fans depicting popular Kabuki actors, beauties, and landscapes were common during the Edo period (1615–1868). They came in two shapes: the folding fan (ōgi) ...

The Art Institute’s wide-ranging collection is a testament to thousands of years of human creativity and artistic expression—from ancient Chinese bronzes to contemporary art and from tapestries to ...

Pablo Picasso made The Old Guitarist while working in Barcelona. In the paintings of his Blue Period (1901-04), the artist restricted himself to a cold, monochromatic blue palette, flattened forms, ...