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WEBLocated downtown by Millennium Park, this top art museum is TripAdvisor's #1 Chicago attraction—a must when visiting the city.
The Collection - The Art Institute of Chicago
WEBDiscover art by Van Gogh, Picasso, Warhol & more in the Art Institute's collection spanning 5,000 years of creativity.
VISIT - The Art Institute of Chicago
WEBLooking for things to do in Downtown Chicago? Plan your visit, find admission pricing, hours, directions, parking & more!
Exhibitions and Events - The Art Institute of Chicago
WEBNow on view—explore the Art Institute's current and upcoming exhibits to plan your visit.
Vincent van Gogh - The Art Institute of Chicago
WEBHere, 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).
René Magritte - The Art Institute of Chicago
WEBA major figure of the Surrealist movement, the Belgian artist René Magritte created some of the most extraordinary and iconic images of the 20th century. Seeking to “make the most everyday objects shriek aloud,” Magritte transformed familiar, commonplace objects into unfamiliar and ambiguous scenes through surprising juxtapositions, scale …
Nighthawks - The Art Institute of Chicago
WEBEdward Hopper (American, 1882–1967) About Nighthawks Edward Hopper recollected, “unconsciously, probably, I was painting the loneliness of a large city.”. In an all-night diner, three customers sit at the counter opposite a server, each appear to be lost in thought and disengaged from one another. The composition is tightly organized and ...
The Great Wave by Hokusai | The Art Institute of Chicago
WEBThe most famous image from the set is the “Great Wave” (Kanagawa oki nami ura), in which a diminutive Mount Fuji can be seen in the distance under the crest of a giant wave. The three impressions of Hokusai’s Great Wave in the Art Institute are all later impressions than the first state of the design. Status Currently Off View Department Arts of Asia Artist Katsushika Hokusai Title Under ...
Impressionism - The Art Institute of Chicago
WEBImpressionism. The Art Institute’s holdings of late 19th-century French art are among the largest and finest in the world and feature some of the most well-known and well-loved works in the museum. The works included here are …
Claude Monet - The Art Institute of Chicago
WEBClaude 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. He favored family and friends as models, often working and exhibiting alongside fellow artists. In the early years he painted the forests of Fountainbleau, Parisian boulevards, suburban villages along the Seine ...