The Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago, Illinois offers the opportunity to experience art from around the world from the classics to sculpture, from Americas to Asia. A fabulous experience for the entire family! Journey through Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas as you enjoy paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, photographs, videos, textiles, and architectural works. Don’t miss the extraordinary new expanded galleries of American art, including Hopper’s Nighthawks, Cassatt’s moving The Child’s Bath and Wood’s celebrated American Gothic, installed with loans from the Terra Foundation for American Art Collection. The internationally acclaimed collection of French Impressionism and Postimpressionism includes works by Degas, Gauguin, Monet, Renoir, and van Gogh, plus Seurat’s great masterpiece A Sunday on La Grande Jatte–1884. Other museum highlights include distinguished collections of modern and contemporary art; extensive galleries of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean art; and impressive collections of American and European decorative arts. The 68 captivating Thorne Miniature Rooms are a favorite of all ages.
Hours: Monday–Friday, 10:30 am–4:30 pm;
Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 am–5:00 pm
The Art Institute is also open until 8:00 pm on Thursdays
Closed: All holidays and hours are subject to change without notice.
Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Address: 111 South Michigan Avenue (at Adams Street), Chicago
Phone: 312-443-3600
Admission: $10 adults, $6 children, senior citizens and students. Free Tuesday.
WELL,,, I hesitate to call the stuff in the Art Institute beautiful–– in the modern wing at least.
More of a conceptual take on art, in the vein of “look even this can be considered art,” than the pursuit of beauty.