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Chinese-Brocade Ancient Skirt
Exhibition: Radical Clay: Contemporary Women Artists from Japan
Through 06/03/24 (more information)
Tsuboi Asuka 坪井明日香
Chinese-Brocade Ancient Skirt
(唐織 裳),
2017
clay
Carol & Jeffrey Horvitz Collection of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
Exhibition: Double Feature with Short Subject
Through 05/27/2024 (more information)
Margaret Honda
Double Feature with Short Subject
colored film gels
Courtesy of the artist and François Ghebaly
Double Feature with Short Subject
Toyama Plain (Toyama no hara), from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo jūnidai), 1920
Exhibition: By the Light of the Moon: Nighttime in Japanese Prints
Through 04/14/24 (more information)
Kawase Hasui
Toyama Plain (Toyama no hara), from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Tokyo jūnidai), 1920
Gift of Hermon Dunlap Smith in memory of John V. Farwill
Exhibition: Picasso: Drawing from Life
Through 04/08/24 (more information)
Pablo Picasso
Face of Marie-Thérèse, 1928
The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Walter S. Brewster. © 2023 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Face of Marie-Thérèse, 1928

Miriam Diale, 5357 Orlando East, Soweto, 18 October 1972, printed later

Exhibition: David Goldblatt: No Ulterior Motive
Through 03/25/24 (more information)
David Goldblatt
Miriam Diale, 5357 Orlando East, Soweto,
18 October 1972, printed later
Yale University Art Gallery, purchased with a gift from Jane P. Watkins, M.P.H. 1979; with the Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund; and with support from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. © The David Goldblatt Legacy Trust.
Exhibition: Canova: Sketching in Clay
Through 03/18/24 (more information
Antonio Canova
Study of a Boy, about 1790–1800
Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova, Possagno,
Inv. no. 21. Photography by Luigi Spina
Study of a Boy, about 1790–1800
Untitled II (1974–83), 1983
Exhibition: János Megyik Photograms
Through 07/08/24 (more information)
János Megyik
Untitled II (1974–83), 1983
Photogram
Gift of the artist
Exhibition: János Megyik Photograms
Through 07/08/24 (more information)
János Megyik
Maren Hassinger: This Is How We Grow
Exhibition: Maren Hassinger: This Is How We Grow
Through 04/21/24 (more information)
Maren Hassinger

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  • Terzo Piano
    Headed by award-winning chef Tony Mantuano, Terzo Piano features authentic Italian ingredients and local, organic, and sustainable foods in simple but elegant dishes. Although not required, reservations are strongly recommended: (312) 443-8650 or www.opentable.com.
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    This vibrant family-friendly dining space offers a host of healthy and delicious options. The globally influenced menu includes tacos, stir fries, sandwiches, salads, soups, charcuterie, desserts, smoothies, espresso, and more. Plus a new kids menu created for our youngest visitors features all the classic kid favorites—from peanut butter and jelly to macaroni and cheese to chicken tenders!
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Mission and History

Mission
The Art Institute of Chicago collects, preserves, and interprets works of art of the highest quality, representing the world’s diverse artistic traditions, for the inspiration and education of the public and in accordance with our profession’s highest ethical standards and practices.

Historical Overview
The Art Institute of Chicago was founded as both a museum and school for the fine arts in 1879, a critical era in the history of Chicago as civic energies were devoted to rebuilding the metropolis that had been destroyed by the Great Fire of 1871. Its first collections consisting primarily of plaster casts, the Art Institute found its permanent home in 1893, when it moved into a building, constructed jointly with the city of Chicago for the World's Columbian Exposition, at the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Adams Street. That building, its entry flanked by the two famous bronze lions, remains the "front door" of the museum even today. In keeping with the academic origins of the institution, a research library was constructed in 1901; eight major expansions for gallery and administrative space have followed, with the latest being the Modern Wing, which opened in 2009. The permanent collection has grown from plaster casts to nearly 300,000 works of art in fields ranging from Chinese bronzes to contemporary design and from textiles to installation art. Together, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the museum of the Art Institute of Chicago are now internationally recognized as two of the leading fine-arts institutions in the United States.

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Exhibitions

Radical Clay: Contemporary Women Artists from Japan
Through Jun 3, 2024
(more information)

Double Feature with Short Subject
Through May 27, 2024
(more information)

By the Light of the Moon: Nighttime in Japanese Prints
Through Apr 14, 2024
(more information)

Picasso: Drawing from Life
Through Apr 8, 2024
(more information)

David Goldblatt: No Ulterior Motive
Through Mar 25, 2024
(more information)

Canova: Sketching in Clay
Through Mar 18, 2024
(more information)

János Megyik Photograms
Through Jul 8, 2024
(more information)

Maren Hassinger: This Is How We Grow
Through Apr 21, 2024
(more information)

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