HomeCollectionShopMore

Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago · 60,373 works

Museum guide

Hear the guides of this museum's highlights one after another. A work without a guide yet is passed by.

Highlights

  • GuideA Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884Georges Seurat · 1884–86, border added 1888–89
  • GuideCoronation Stone of Moctezuma XocoyotzinMexica (Aztec) · c. 1503
  • GuideVeranda Post (Òpó Ògògá)Olowe of Ise · 1910-14
  • GuideThe Assumption of the VirginDomenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco · 1577–79
  • No imageGuideNighthawksEdward Hopper · 1942
  • No imageGuideBathers by a RiverHenri Matisse · 1909–10, 1913, and 1916–17
  • GuideThe BedroomVincent van Gogh · 1889
  • GuideBuddha Shakyamuni Seated in Meditation (Dhyanamudra)India, Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu · Chola period, about 12th century
  • GuideParis Street; Rainy DayGustave Caillebotte · 1877
  • GuideThe Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, ItalyJohn Singer Sargent · 1907
  • GuideCauldronChina · Western Zhou dynasty (1046–771 BC ), early 9th century BC
  • GuideKing VultureJohann Joachim Kändler · 1734
  • GuideHead of an ApostleFrench · c. 1210
  • GuideSaint George and the DragonBernat Martorell · 1434–35
  • GuideVase (Vase étrusque à rouleau)Manufacture nationale de Sèvres · 1813
  • GuideSideboardEdward William Godwin · Designed 1867, made c. 1876
  • GuidePortrait VesselMoche · 600–700
  • GuideThe Child's BathMary Cassatt · 1893
  • GuideBust of a Youth (Saint John the Baptist)Francesco Mochi · 1630-40
  • No imageGuideCity LandscapeJoan Mitchell · 1955
  • No imageGuideNightlifeArchibald John Motley Jr. · 1943
  • No imageGuideGolden BirdConstantin Brancusi · 1919/20 (base c. 1922)
  • No imageGuideBlack Cross, New MexicoGeorgia O'Keeffe · 1929
  • No imageGuideAmerican GothicGrant Wood · 1930

Exhibitions

  • Zurbarán: Divine LightFeb 28, 2027 – Jun 20, 2027
  • Embroidered Traditions from Morocco to AfghanistanMay 2, 2026 – Jan 25, 2027
  • Mary Cassatt: After ImpressionismSep 6, 2026 – Jan 3, 2027
  • Lee Miller: FearlessAug 29, 2026 – Dec 7, 2026
  • Matisse’s Jazz: Rhythms in ColorMar 7, 2026 – Jun 1, 2026
  • Strange Realities: The Symbolist ImaginationOct 4, 2025 – Jan 5, 2026
  • Lines of Connection: Drawing & PrintmakingMar 15, 2025 – Jun 1, 2025
  • Paula Modersohn-Becker: I Am MeOct 12, 2024 – Jan 12, 2025
  • Georgia O’Keeffe: “My New Yorks”Jun 2, 2024 – Sep 22, 2024
  • Picasso: Drawing from LifeNov 11, 2023 – Apr 8, 2024
  • Canova: Sketching in ClayNov 19, 2023 – Mar 18, 2024
  • Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern LandscapeMay 14, 2023 – Sep 4, 2023
  • Salvador Dalí: The Image DisappearsFeb 18, 2023 – Jun 12, 2023
  • A Field Guide to Photography and MediaNov 19, 2022 – Apr 10, 2023
  • The Language of Beauty in African ArtNov 17, 2022 – Feb 27, 2023
  • Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist's StudioSep 17, 2022 – Jan 16, 2023
  • Fabricating FashionAug 20, 2022 – Jan 2, 2023
  • CezanneMay 15, 2022 – Sep 5, 2022
  • Morris and Company: The Business of BeautyDec 18, 2021 – Jun 13, 2022
  • Monet and ChicagoSep 5, 2020 – Jun 14, 2021
  • The New ContemporaryDec 1, 2016 – Nov 16, 2020
  • El Greco: Ambition and DefianceMar 7, 2020 – Oct 19, 2020
  • Pure Drawing: Seven Centuries of Art from the Gray CollectionJan 25, 2020 – Oct 12, 2020
  • Bauhaus Chicago: Design in the CityNov 23, 2019 – Sep 21, 2020
Websitewww.artic.edu