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Explore thousands of artworks in the museum’s collection—from our renowned icons to lesser-known works from every corner of the globe—as well as our books, writings, reference materials, and other resources. Discover art by Van Gogh, Picasso, Warhol & more in the Art Institute's collection spanning 5,000 years of creativity.
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Welcome to the Art Institute of Chicago Plan Your Visit. Closed today, next open Thursday. See all hours. The first hour of every day, 10–11 a.m., is reserved for member-only viewing. Welcome to the Art Institute of Chicago, home to a collection of art that spans centuries and the globe—and one of Tripadvisor’s “Best of the Best” US ...
Visit | The Art Institute of Chicago
Visit the attractions in any order over a 9-day period with one single easy-to-order mobile ticket. Free Admission Opportunities: The Art Institute of Chicago provides free access to children under 14, Chicago teens under 18, Link and WIC cardholders, and Illinois educators every day, as well as to Illinois residents on certain days throughout ...
The Great Wave by Hokusai | The Art Institute of Chicago
Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)”. 1830/33. Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎. Japanese, 1760-1849. Katsushika Hokusai’s much celebrated series, Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjûrokkei), was begun in 1830 ...
History - The Art Institute of Chicago
The Art Institute was founded as the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts in 1879. The name was changed in 1882, and shortly after, the institution was already in need of a new home for its expanding collection and growing student body. As the city prepared to dazzle the country as host of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, the Art Institute’s ...
Vincent van Gogh - The Art Institute of Chicago
Here, he continued drawing and painting the town and those around him, capturing people, landscapes, houses, and flowers in his work until his untimely death. The Art Institute of Chicago has celebrated van Gogh’s path-breaking work in the exhibitions Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Studio of the South (2001–2002) and Van Gogh’s Bedrooms (2016).
Ancient Roman Art - The Art Institute of Chicago
Ancient Roman. Roman artists were masters at adapting Greek imagery for entirely new functions and contexts. This image of a wounded Greek warrior was created around 447–438 BCE in Athens, where it first appeared as part of a mythical battle scene of Greek soldiers and the legendary Amazon female warriors.
Claude Monet - The Art Institute of Chicago
Institutional Archives, Art Institute of Chicago. Also known as. Claude Oscar Monet, Klod Mone, 克劳德·莫奈. Date of birth. 1840. Date of death. 1926. Claude Monet was a pioneer of the French artistic movement known as Impressionism. Throughout his long career, Monet portrayed the people closest to him and the places he knew best.
Katsushika Hokusai - The Art Institute of Chicago
Katsushika Hokusai’s woodblock print The Great Wave is one of the most famous and recognizable works of art in the world. This work is from Hokusai’s much-celebrated series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjûrokkei), a tour-de-force that established the popularity of landscape prints, which continues to this day.Hokusai …
Exhibitions - The Art Institute of Chicago
Oct 26, 2024–Feb 10, 2025. Exhibition Now Open. French Neoclassical Paintings from The Horvitz Collection. Oct 19, 2024–Jan 6, 2025. Exhibition Now Open. Revolution to Restoration: French Drawings from The Horvitz Collection. Oct 26, 2024–Jan 6, …