Jun 11, 2021 | Art, Culture, Exhibitions, Museums, News & Trending
It’s finally happening – The Obama portraits are going on tour. And they’re starting at the Art Institute of Chicago. Unveiled in 2018, the official state portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald have been a large draw in the National Portrait Gallery in...
Apr 9, 2021 | Art, Exhibitions, News & Trending
Bisa Butler’s stunning art quilts are vivid, bold, and lavish in detail. Made from hundreds of pieces of cloth and millions of stitches each, every one is a portrait. A painting in textiles. Originally a high school teacher, she began quilting with the leftover...
Mar 11, 2016 | Art, News & Trending
After a long career with the Art Institute of Chicago, Martha Tedeschi will move to a new position as the Director of Harvard Art Museums this year. She was named deputy director for art and research at the Art Institute in 2012. Tedeschi will fill the absence former...
Feb 12, 2016 | Art, News & Trending
It turns out that life really does imitate art. The Art Institute of Chicago has created an exhibit called van Gogh’s Bedrooms, and for ten bucks a night, visitors can rent a real-life replica of Van Gogh’s famous painting of his bedroom in Arles, France. The bedroom...
