1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (257+ words) August 15, 2026 | 2: 003: 00 Untitled (Figures in Landscape), 1974 Dutch-born American artist Willem de Kooning is best known for his ambiguous forms that blur abstraction and figuration, as well as his central role in New York's Abstract Expressionist movement. But did you know he…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1826+ words) Curator Jacquelyn N. Coutr" discusses'Esther Before Ahasuerus, the first 17th-century Flemish painting to join the Art Institute's collection in almost 15 years, providing historical context and investigating the figure of Esther as a model of female fortitude. Good afternoon and welcome, everyone....

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (194+ words) Thurs, Jul 23 | 6: 007: 00 In this conversation held in support of Willem de Kooning Drawings, exhibition conservator Margaret Holben Ellis and Ken Sutherland, Andrew W. Mellon Director of Scientific Research, discuss how their complementary expertise sheds new light on de Kooning's unconventional use…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1883+ words) Hear from Gloria Groom, Winton Green Curator, Painting and Sculpture of Europe, as she looks back at what was learned through the process of planning and executing "Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World." Good morning and welcome everyone. Thank you for…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1898+ words) Hear from Yeonsoo Chee, associate curator of Korean art, for a discussion about the makers and users of these objects and how their motifs and designs reflect the social status, gender, and lives of those who interacted with them. Hello....

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (1898+ words) Before Gustave Caillebotte's paintings were brought back into the story of Impressionism in the 1970s, he was better known as a collector than as an artist. His independent wealth afforded him a freedom from having to sell his work and offered…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (163+ words) Thurs, Jul 23 | 1: 004: 00 This program is free but requires registration and museum admission. Museum admission is free to Chicago teens under 18 and all children under 14. Inspired by Embroidered Traditions from Morocco to Afghanistan, join your fellow teens to learn how to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (263+ words) Wed, Jun 17 | 12: 001: 30 Free with museum admission, no registration required Brice Marden filled his canvases with visible corrections. Cy Twombly made erasure his subject. Eva Hesse, fueled by self-doubt, constructed sculptures out of detritus and industrial waste." In this session of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (113+ words) Installation view of Edgar Calel: Corn Mountain of Life (Ixim Juyu K'aslem) at the Art Institute of Chicago, 2026. Edgar Calel: Corn Mountain of Life (Ixim Juyu K'aslem) is curated by Giampaolo Bianconi, Dittmer Associate Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art. "This…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (150+ words) The exhibition Matisse's Jazz: Rhythms in Color culminates chronologically with two works from the late 1940s: the illustrated book Jazz and the mural-like screen print Oc'anie - La Mer (Oceania - The Sea). Yet these works also signal the beginning of a radical…...