The Art Institute of Chicago, founded in 1879 as both a museum and school, first stood on the southwest corner of State and Monroe Streets. It opened on its present site at Michigan Avenue and Adams Street in 1893. Built on rubble from the 1871 Chicago fire, the museum housed a collection of plaster casts and had a visionary purpose: to acquire and exhibit art of all kinds and to conduct programs of education. The collection now encompasses more than 5,000 years of human expression from cultures around the world, and the school's graduate program is continually ranked as one of the best in the country. Within the next decade, a new complex will continue this process of growth.
Opening information
Monday - Wednesday and Friday 10:30 - 5:00 pm, Thursdays until 8:00 pm, Saturday and Sundays from 10:00 - 5:00 pm.
Temporary exhibitions
Capturing the Sublime: Italian Drawings of the Renaissance and Baroque
The art of drawing assumed an unusually prominent role in Italy in the Renaissance and Baroque eras.
Capturing the Sublime: Italian Drawings of the Renaissance and Baroque25th March 2012 - 8th July 2012 (Add to calendar)
Roy Lichtenstein - A Retrospective
This exhibition is the first assessment of the full scope and breadth of Roy Lichtenstein’s career since his death in 1997.
Roy Lichtenstein - A Retrospective23rd May 2012 - 3rd September 2012 (Add to calendar)
Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity
Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity covers the period between the 1860s and 1880s.
Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity30th June 2013 - 22nd September 2013 (Add to calendar)
Top exhibits
At the Moulin Rouge
At the Moulin Rouge, 1892, was created by Toulouse - Lautrec and is held in the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
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Contact information
- Website
- www.artic.edu
- Address
- 111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago
60603
United States
