Is the reading room open for research? Yes! The Franke Reading Room is open for research by appointment on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. See our Plan a Visit page to learn more. In addition to ...

This polychromed and gilded relief was probably once part of a large carved altarpiece with scenes from the life of Saint John the Baptist. The tightly swaddled infant Baptist is the center of ...

Around 1920 Georgia O’Keeffe painted a number of oils exploring, as she later recalled, “the idea that music could be translated into something for the eye.” In Blue and Green Music, O’Keeffe’s colors ...

Beginning in the mid-sixteenth century, the Roman Catholic Church clarified and reaffirmed its doctrine and practices in an effort to combat the impact of the Protestant Reformation. This effort, ...

This seated Virgin and Child was carved in the middle of the 13th century, a time when private devotional practices became increasingly popular. In bedchambers or in small oratories, private domestic ...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (American, born Germany, 1886–1969) Frank J. Kornacker (American, active 1940s–1950s) Holsman, Holsman, Klekamp and Taylor (American, 20th century) Pace Associates (American, ...

The curatorial team of Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica introduces one of Pan-Africanism’s key tenets: the idea of remapping the world. Two national treasures from Korea ...

The military gear, musical instruments, and songbooks scattered throughout this composition hint at worldly and romantic pursuits, but the chief subject of the painting is the illusionism of the near ...

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 ...

This ivory statuette with its gangly Christ Child and rather plain-faced Virgin seems far removed from the aristocratic figures produced in Paris, which was a great center for the production of Gothic ...

The History of the Winterbotham collection Before Joseph Winterbotham established his collection with his gift to the museum, the Art Institute had regularly exhibited important contemporary art, but ...

Though the invention of the printing press caused a revolution, it took decades to kickstart it into high gear.