"The Great Wave" returns to display for a few months at the Art Institute of Chicago
The Japanese woodblock print is only placed on display for three months at a time every four years.
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The Japanese woodblock print is only placed on display for three months at a time every four years.
The artwork by Hokusai has been off display for five years.
The item is a 12th-cenutry fragment of a pilaster, or a rectangular column from the side of a door frame.
The Art Institute previously believed the pilaster came from Cambodia. But new research determined that it had originally been part of the Phanom Rung temple in northeast Thailand.
"They don't think of scent as art. But we're changing that. We asked them to include more olfactory artists in their permanent collection."
Student organizers posted on social media that everyone who was arrested has since been released from custody.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators have moved beyond college campuses, setting their sights on one of downtown Chicago's most well-known landmarks.
People were out posing for photos in front of the lions as they passed by.
Lights were also strung along the museum’s grand staircase.
A pencil and watercolor piece titled "Russian War Prisoner," by Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele, was once owned by Jewish art collector Fritz Grünbaum, who died in the Dachau concentration camp in 1941.
Workers will now get $17 an hour and a $1 raise next year.
Michael Maurello, 56, faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
You'll see informational pickets outside the Art Institute of Chicago today over the noon hour.
In December of 2021, workers voted to form a union and have been negotiating their first contract for about a year.
A grand jury indictment handed down Thursday charged Michael Maurello with fraudulently obtaining funds from the Art Institute for 13 years – from 2007 until 2020.
A grand jury indictment handed down Thursday charged Michael Maurello with fraudulently obtaining funds from the Art Institute for 13 years – from 2007 until 2020.
The School of the Art Institute awarded Ye – as he is now known – an honorary doctorate in 2015.
At 9 a.m., you can watch the iconic statues outside the museum's front door get wreathed.
The event was held in the school's flagship public gallery at 33 E. Washington St., across the street from Macy's.
Did you miss the Art Institute Lions? Of course you did, and we did too.
The lions will return to their perches Tuesday after being taken away for maintenance last month.
On Tuesday of next week, the bronze lions will be removed from their plinths at the Michigan Avenue entrance to the esteemed art museum for conservation treatment.
On Tuesday of next week, the bronze lions will be removed from their plinths at the Michigan Avenue entrance to the esteemed art museum for conservation treatment.
This weekend, Bank of America cardholders can visit eight of the city's museums and cultural institutions as part of their 'Museums on Us' program.
Advance ticket purchase and proof of vaccination is required for admission to the Art Institute.
