Art Institute of Chicago
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the art museum. For the art school associated with the museum, see School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Art Institute of Chicago | |
---|---|
One of the two lion statues (Kemeys, bronze 1893) flanking the Institute's main entrances | |
Established | 1879; in present location since 1893 |
Location | 111 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60603 USA |
Visitors | 1,846,889 (2009)[1]
|
Director | Douglas Druick |
Public transit access | CTA Bus routes: (6 and 28 line) 'L' and Subway stations: Adams-Wabash: Brown Line Green Line Orange Line Pink Line Purple Line Jackson-State: Red Line Jackson-Dearborn(at Dearborn Street): Blue Line Metra Train: Van Buren Street Station |
Website | artic.edu |
The Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) is an encyclopedic art museum located in Chicago's Grant Park. It features a collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art in its permanent collection. Its holdings also includeAmerican art, Old Masters, European and American decorative arts, Asian art,modern and contemporary art, and architecture and industrial and graphic design. In addition, it houses the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries.
Tracing its history to a free art school and gallery founded in 1866, the museum is located at 111 South Michigan Avenue in the Chicago LandmarkHistoric Michigan Boulevard District. It is associated with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is overseen by Director and President Douglas Druick.[2] At one million square feet, it is the second largest art museum in the United States, after the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[3]
The Art Institute of Chicago
www.artic.edu/Museum houses more than 300000 works of art and includes among its treasures, American Gothic by Grant Wood, Edward Hopper's Nighthawks and 33 works ...News for chicago art institute
- Crain's Chicago Business - by Shia Kapos - 1 day agoVisit Crain's Chicago Business for complete business news and analysis including healthcare, real estate, manufacturing, government, sports ...
- AFAnews - 23 hours ago
School of the Art Institute of Chicago: SAIC
www.saic.edu/Internationally esteemed as a school of art and design, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) offers a comprehensive college education centered in the ...Art Institute of Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Institute_of_ChicagoThe Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) is an encyclopedic art museum located in Chicago'sGrant Park. It features a collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist ... Chicago Schools - The Illinois Institute of Art — Chicago
www.artinstitutes.edu/chicago/In your search for Chicago schools, choose The Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago.The Art Institute of Chicago - Google Cultural Institute
www.google.com/culturalinstitute/.../the-art-institute-of-chicago?...art...The Art Institute of Chicago is a world-renowned art museum housing one of the largest permanent collections in the United States. An encyclopedic museum ...The Museum Shop of The Art Institute of Chicago
www.artinstituteshop.org/Offering apparel and accessories, books, home furnishings, jewelry, stationery, art from around the world and special exhibition items.The Art Institute of Chicago - The Loop - Chicago, IL - Yelp
Rating: 4.5 - 818 reviews818 Reviews of The Art Institute of Chicago "A friend bought me tickets here as a joke when I said "I don't know how to appreciate art" during a conversation we ...