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

for the extravagant and conspicuous use of gold. Over time, imperial expansion increased Romans’ access to a variety of valuable materials, leading to a distinctly Roman taste for jewelry ...

Looking for ways that a group can experience the museum together? We offer both guided tours through our external partners and recommendations for self-guided visits, plus lots of tips for making your ...

Between the late 18th and early 19th centuries, France’s political situation was extremely volatile. The government churned from Monarchy to Republic to Empire and back again, and these system changes ...

Thanks to the generosity of our members, donors, volunteers, and friends, every year we are able to grow our global collection, expand our audience engagement, strengthen our exhibition program, and ...

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 ...

Professional women artists were rare in the 1730s. The Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, which controlled artistic education and competitive art exhibitions called salons, was closed to women.

Natalia Goncharova first painted the subject of the Spanish dancer in 1916, while touring Spain as a set and costume designer with Sergei Diaghilev’s traveling ballet company, the Ballets Russes. In ...

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 ...

As we welcome the season of gratitude and awe, we hope you’ll make the Art Institute a part of your holiday memories. You and your loved ones are invited to visit your favorite artworks, explore our ...