In the late 1940s Clyfford Still, along with Barnett Newman and Mark Rothko, originated the type of Abstract Expressionism known as color-field painting, a term used to describe very large canvases ...

A pupil of Jacob van Ruisdael, Meindert Hobbema often borrowed motifs from his teacher, such as the watermill seen here. Watermills, which Hobbema employed more than 30 times in his paintings and ...

In this triptych, Mary, crowned as the queen of heaven, is surrounded by female saints in an enclosed garden (called a hortus conclusus) evoking paradise. Singled out on the right wing is Saint Ursula ...

In January 2023, I joined the provenance research team at the Art Institute, tasked with studying objects in the collection from Southeast Asia. My specialty is Hindu-Buddhist art and archeology of ...

Join us for a conversation on Neoclassical art from the French Revolution to learn why, during a period of Enlightenment ...

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 Child’s Bath is a tender portrayal of familial closeness, a subject that Mary Cassatt explored throughout her career. The caregiver’s cheek brushing the child’s shoulder, her encircling embrace, ...

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 ...

From our podcast-style mobile app to our digital interactive for families to an hourlong highlights tour, we have various tools to help visitors plan their museum experience. Hear the stories behind ...

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) ...

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 ...