Art Institute Of Chicago

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 10, 2024 CHICAGO — The Art Institute of Chicago is honored to announce a $75 million gift from Aaron I. Fleischman and Lin Lougheed that will support the museum’s future campus vision.

Info The exhibition Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection features many superb representations of gods and goddesses from the Greco-Roman pantheon. In this discussion, exhibition co-curators Lisa A. Çakmak and Katharine Raff explore themes of classical mythology in artworks from the show and the Art Institute’s collection.

Samaras was born in Greece and as a boy he witnessed the Greek Civil War firsthand. Art making became an escape from the war’s horrors and the way it complicated his family dynamic. While his father moved to New Jersey, he and his mother stayed in Greece for nine years. The family didn’t reunite until Samaras was 12 and moved with his mother to the US.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 5, 2026 CHICAGO—The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to announce highlights from its exhibition schedule for the first half of 2026. This year will open with a stellar lineup of exhibitions that will invite our visitors to explore works created across two millennia.

Each November, grounds manager Patrick Thomas and his team create a custom pair of 6-foot-wide wreaths for the museum’s famous bronze lions. Here, Patrick breaks down the many steps involved in bringing this Chicago holiday tradition to life. As you’ll see, it takes careful planning, a fair amount of physical strength, and a little luck from Mother Nature.

Join us for the 2025 Woman’s Board Lecture + Luncheon and immerse yourself in the work of acclaimed painter, Lisa Yuskavage. This afternoon of enrichment and exploration features a conversation with the artist, whose striking work captivates audiences worldwide. Following the lecture, guests will enjoy a vibrant luncheon in Griffin Court, offering a blend of conversation and connection. Inspired by Yuskavage’s work, our dress code is playful and polished.

About this artwork Cast in solid copper and executed with a remarkable degree of sophistication, this statuette is thought to represent a supernatural being that served as an intermediary between the physical world and the spiritual realm. It depicts a muscular, bearded male wearing a headdress of goat horns and ears, a raptor skin over his shoulders, a cylindrical belt around his trim waist, and ankle boots with long, curved toes.

About this artwork Originally trained as a painter, Max Kuehne began to make furniture in 1917 after a trip to Spain, where he observed craftsmen using Renaissance woodworking techniques. Kuehne’s designs were highly unconventional: he made his own pieces with large areas for decoration, which he incised, gilded, and painted with modern elements inspired by non-Western cultures.

For the past 18 years, artist Pixy Liao (廖逸君) has collaborated with her partner, Takahiro Morooka (諸岡高裕, nicknamed Moro), on a series of staged self-portraits. These often funny photographs document the evolution of the couple’s relationship, examine the power dynamics between artist and muse, play with expressions of physical intimacy, and prod at conservative gender roles.

Untitled (Buffalos) Date: 1988–89 Artist: David Wojnarowicz American, 1954-1992 About this artwork Untitled (Buffalos) depicts a diorama from the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., of a traditional Native American hunting method in which plains bison were herded toward cliffs, forcing them to plunge to their death. Interdisciplinary artist David Wojnarowicz selectively framed a portion of the display in black and white as an allegory of the decade as he was dying of AIDS.