Though the invention of the printing press caused a revolution, it took decades to kickstart it into high gear.

The curatorial team of Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica introduces one of Pan-Africanism’s key tenets: the idea of remapping the world. Two national treasures from Korea ...

Around 1920 Georgia O’Keeffe painted a number of oils exploring, as she later recalled, “the idea that music could be translated into something for the eye.” In Blue and Green Music, O’Keeffe’s colors ...

This polychromed and gilded relief was probably once part of a large carved altarpiece with scenes from the life of Saint John the Baptist. The tightly swaddled infant Baptist is the center of ...

The Art Institute’s spectacular 18th-century Neapolitan crèche returns once again this holiday season. This crèche, or Nativity scene, tells the story of Jesus Christ’s birth using more than 200 ...

The History of the Winterbotham collection Before Joseph Winterbotham established his collection with his gift to the museum, the Art Institute had regularly exhibited important contemporary art, but ...

This ivory statuette with its gangly Christ Child and rather plain-faced Virgin seems far removed from the aristocratic figures produced in Paris, which was a great center for the production of Gothic ...

Beginning in the mid-sixteenth century, the Roman Catholic Church clarified and reaffirmed its doctrine and practices in an effort to combat the impact of the Protestant Reformation. This effort, ...

The military gear, musical instruments, and songbooks scattered throughout this composition hint at worldly and romantic pursuits, but the chief subject of the painting is the illusionism of the near ...

Is the reading room open for research? Yes! The Franke Reading Room is open for research by appointment on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. See our Plan a Visit page to learn more. In addition to ...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (American, born Germany, 1886–1969) Frank J. Kornacker (American, active 1940s–1950s) Holsman, Holsman, Klekamp and Taylor (American, 20th century) Pace Associates (American, ...