Exhibitions at The Art Institute of Chicago

Established in 1879, the Art Institute of Chicago is an art museum located in Grant Park in downtown Chicago. It is inarguably one of the world’s largest and oldest art museums and houses a vast collection of artworks that cut across genres and span the globe and centuries.

The Art Institute of Chicago is highly regarded for its immaculately-curated works and popularity, as it welcomes well over 1.5 million visitors each year. The artworks exhibited at the museum are wide-ranging, including photography, textiles, modern & contemporary art, Asian art, European decorative arts, American art and African art — just to name a few.

Agnes F. Northrop - Hartwell Memorial Window, 1917, leaded glass, 798.7 x 554.7 x 42.5 cm, installation view, The Art Institute of Chicago feat

The Hartwell Memorial Window by Agnes Northrop – Dazzling & Monumental

Stained Glass Windows / 6 minutes of reading
It has been over a century since Mary Hartwell commissioned Agnes F. Northrop to design the Hartwell memorial window to honor Frederick Hartwell, her husband. The artwork was given to the Community Church of Providence, Rhode Island. It was kept in the church sanctuary until 2018 when a unanimous decision by the congregation saw …

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Why did Félix González-Torres put free candy in a museum?

Installations, Performances / 4 minutes of reading
Why did Félix González-Torres install candy in museums? Felix Gonzalez-Torres has created nineteen candy pieces that were featured in many museums around the world. Many of his works target HIV, a topic of a serious nature, one that is still unfortunately often taboo in mainstream society. It takes the topic from the shadows, where individuals …

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