This painting depicts a young Saint John the Baptist living as a hermit in the wilderness. His cross of reeds, pointing gesture, and the nearby lamb refer to his role as a prophet foretelling the ...

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman Het veer van de Uytersche Schiet-Schuyten, from Views of Amsterdam, c. 1660 Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman De Appelmarckt, from Views of Amsterdam, c. 1660 ...

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) written by Ovid (Italian, 43 B.C.-17 A.D.) printed by Louis Fort (French, 19th-20th centuries) published by Albert Skira (Swiss, 1904-1973) ...

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CHICAGO—The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to announce Paula Modersohn-Becker: I Am Me, on view from October 12, 2024 through January 12, 2025. This exhibition marks Modersohn-Becker’s first ...

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. This generous gift—the ...

CHICAGO—The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to announce Germane Barnes: Columnar Disorder, on view from September 21, 2024 through January 27, 2025. For his first solo museum show, the ...

After Chicago-area choreographer Sybil Shearer died in 2005, a box with unexpected contents was discovered tucked away in her ...

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Pablo Picasso made The Old Guitarist while working in Barcelona. In the paintings of his Blue Period (1901-04), the artist restricted himself to a cold, monochromatic blue palette, flattened forms, ...

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A lone peasant girl pauses her work to listen to a lark singing in the distance. Her emotional response to this moment of natural beauty is accentuated by the glow of the sun rising behind her, ...