By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/71/elizabeth-siegel" rel="author">Elizabeth Siegel</a> Global, multivocal, and always evolving, the field of photography and media encompasses art, technology, and society itself; …
By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/150/rachel-sabino" rel="author">Rachel Sabino</a> and <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/149/andrzej-dajnowski" rel="author">Andrzej Dajnowski</a> …
In 1922, architect Walter Bailey returned to Chicago to design a building that came to be known as the “Skyscraper of Bronzeville.” By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/81/alison-fisher" rel="author">Alison Fisher</a> …
When you look at the painting below, ask yourself these questions: By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/21/sam-ramos" rel="author">Sam Ramos</a> Would this artwork cry with you? Would you introduce it to your parents? …
By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/52/constantine-petridis" rel="author">Constantine Petridis</a> They use another word, utotombo, to identify an artwork executed with superior skill and care. Both cibema and utotombo …
I come from an unbroken line of black ash basket makers going back since before this country existed as the United States. By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/132/kelly-church" rel="author">Kelly Church</a> I am …
By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/131/katharine-a-raff" rel="author">Katharine A. Raff</a> and <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/36/elizabeth-mcgoey" rel="author">Elizabeth McGoey</a …
In the history of global textile production and trade, the Indian subcontinent has played a leading role. By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/23/melinda-watt" rel="author">Melinda Watt</a> And in the history of fashion …
The gallery is empty and yet I am not alone: standing before me are seven figures, their open faces beckoning me. By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/130/annika-bohanec" rel="author">Annika Bohanec</a> Walking around …
With David Hockney’s The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020 having just opened at the Art Institute, it seems a fitting time to celebrate both this series of vibrant iPad paintings and the artist’s many connections to our museum and city. #1 Hockney created …
By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/126/nora-gainer" rel="author">Nora Gainer</a> and <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/125/teresa-liu" rel="author">Teresa Liu</a> Born and raised …
By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/54/jay-a-clarke" rel="author">Jay A. Clarke</a> But perhaps surprisingly, she has been most influenced by artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1959, Riley began …
Ten photographers were paired with ten local hosts—political leaders, activists, and arts supporters in the city. By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/129/joann-podkul-murphy" rel="author">Joann Podkul-Murphy</a> and …
I found myself in the galleries looking for beautiful paintings that speak to the violences of the colonial past. By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/127/arianna-ray" rel="author">Arianna Ray</a> I specialize in 17th- …
By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/84/robyn-farrell" rel="author">Robyn Farrell</a> The artist, well-known at the time for his vividly colored paintings of swimming pools, the California landscape, and a wide circle …
By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/122/kerry-james-marshall" rel="author">Kerry James Marshall</a> Nowadays, there are very few museums that don’t have at least one Cezanne painting in their collections. Of course, …
From pyramids and sphinxes to scarabs, lotus flowers, wedjat-eyes, and hieroglyphs, iconic ancient Egyptian motifs and architectural forms have influenced artists around the globe for millennia. By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/42/ …
By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/119/thea-liberty-nichols" rel="author">Thea Liberty Nichols</a>, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/120/sylvia-wu" rel="author">Sylvia Wu</a>, …
By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/24/matthew-s-witkovsky" rel="author">Matthew S. Witkovsky</a> These words from Chicago poet avery r. young are some of the many fruits that grew out of an idea born in fall 2020 for …
By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/123/igshaan-adams" rel="author">Igshaan Adams</a> and <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/35/hendrik-folkerts-2" rel="author">Hendrik Folkerts</a> …
