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Christina Ramberg, Untitled (Hair), 1968, Acrylic on Masonite, in artist's hand painted wood frame, 17.8 × 51.5 cm (7×20 1/4 in.)
Fashioning Christina Ramberg’s Paintings

The visual directness of Christina Ramberg’s paintings can be misleading. Take Shady Lacy (1971), which shows the back of a shapely figure dressed in a…

Camille Claudel, bronze casting at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, between 1898 and 1913. License
A Lost Camille Claudel Sculpture Now Set to Go To Auction

A cast of Camille Claudel’s masterpiece, The Age of Maturity (1894), has recently been found in a vacant Paris apartment and is suspected to fetch between $1.…

Egon Schiele, Russian War Prisoner (1916)
Manhattan DA Seeks Return of Schiele Work from Art Institute of Chicago
A work by Austrian Expressionist artist Egon Schiele is currently the subject of a battle between the Art Institute of Chicago and the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.
The Art Institute of Chicago as seen from Michigan Avenue, Wikimedia Commons
Art Institute of Chicago Workers Ratify First Contract
The Art Institute of Chicago museum and their employee union have come to an agreement, securing their first contract which promises pay raises and affordable healthcare.
Kerry James Marshall, Many Mansions, 1994
10 Must-See Artworks at the Art Institute of Chicago

Founded in 1879, the Art Institute of Chicago is one of the world’s largest and oldest art…

Edgar Degas, Ballet at the Paris Opéra, 1877
Pastel: Impressionism's Lesser Known Medium
Most people think of oil paintings when they think of Impressionism, but almost half of the works in the eight Impressionist exhibitions held in Paris between 1874 and 1886 were prints and drawings,…
Cover of IT (International Times) magazine, March 9–23, 1972; Cover of Thing: She Knows Who She Is magazine, Spring 1991 (no. 4); Cover of The Face magazine, March 1985 (no. 59).
Subscribe: Artists and Alternative Magazines, 1970-1995
Pairing the high production standards of leading publications such as Vogue and Life with the element of collage in zines and the text/image provocations of underground newspapers, alternative…
the word "design" in large red letters running up the corner of a building towards a bright blue sky
The 5 Best Art Schools in the Midwest
The top-tier art programs of the Midwest tend to be relatively small, private art and design schools.
Girl in blue dress in front of black and white polka dots and giant orange slices
Bisa Butler Solo Show to Reopen with Art Institute of Chicago

CHICAGO – The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to announce that its doors will reopen on February 11.Bisa Butler: Portraits, which opened last…

Jo Ractliffe black and white photograph of a dog
South Africa Through the Eyes of Photographer Jo Ractliffe
DRIVES is South African artist Jo Ractliffe’s first-ever retrospective, featuring more than 100 works of photography, video, book art, and multimedia installation.
picasso still life
New Picasso Composition Discovered Beneath Painting's Surface
Conservators at the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) have discovered a treasure hidden in one of their most famous Picasso works.
Édouard Manet. In the Conservatory, about 1877–79.
Manet’s Late Work: Once Derided, Flowers and Femininity now Shine
Though contemporary critics considered them frivolous, Manet’s late works speak to his attraction to femininity, sensuality, and freshness of expression.
Joan Mitchell, City Landscape, 1955, oil on linen, 203.2 × 203.2 cm (Art Institute of Chicago 1958.193, ©The Estate of Joan Mitchell),
Finding Meaning In Abstraction
Abstract art is easy to dismiss, but what can we learn about art and ourselves when we take a closer look? This is a conversation between several art experts as they try to answer that…
Giuseppe Porta, Bearded Man with his Right Arm Raised, 1562/64.
Seven Centuries of History Through One Collection of Drawings
A collection of extraordinary drawings spanning 700 years is coming to the Art Institute of Chicago in January.
Arthur Rothstein, Girl at Gee’s Bend, Alabama [Artelia Bendolph], April 1937
Photography + Folk Art: Looking for America in the 1930s
From September 21, 2019 to January 19, 2020, the Art Institute of Chicago presents Photography + Folk Art: Looking for America in the 1930s, an examination of American art at the…