It isn’t the portrait of a bird. It’s the portrait of a song presented in stillness, color, and silence. By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/27/paul-jones-2" rel="author">Paul Jones</a> Jules Adolphe Breton Debuting in …
Protecting the Art Institute’s vast and priceless collection is a responsibility many would shrink from. By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/110/robby-sexton" rel="author">Robby Sexton</a> But between 1922 and 1940, an …
By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/56/janice-katz" rel="author">Janice Katz</a>, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/30/clara-granzotto" rel="author">Clara Granzotto</a>, <a href …
By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/91/ashley-arico" rel="author">Ashley Arico</a> Egypt was then known as Kemet (literally “the black land”) in reference to the fertile soil along the Nile River’s banks that starkly …
By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/106/jeff-nigro" rel="author">Jeff Nigro</a> It’s true that the Greeks and other Mediterranean people under Greek cultural influence, prized nudity in art, and in certain cases, in …
By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/77/shannon-palmer" rel="author">Shannon Palmer</a>, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/55/giovanni-verri" rel="author">Giovanni Verri</a>, <a …
“Her greatest idea must be always to show herself … I think of her absolutely as a real producer, but as a producer whose production is her own person.” By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/92/emerson-bowyer" rel="author"> …
By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/94/rachel-joy-echiverri-rowland" rel="author">Rachel Joy Echiverri Rowland</a>, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/101/jb-fry" rel="author">JB Fry</a …
By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/93/pascual-madrigal" rel="author">Pascual Madrigal</a> and <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/94/rachel-joy-echiverri-rowland" rel="author">Rachel Joy …
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the weight of a slim postcard—handwritten, time-stamped, terse. By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/98/mimosa-shah" rel="author">Mimosa Shah</a> Commonplace and practical, postcards …
Though the year has challenged us in many ways, it’s also been rewarding for the work it has allowed us to do—the work you’ve inspired us to undertake. Throughout the year a truly cross-departmental team has contributed to producing numerous articles, …
Always evocative, ruins as a subject have been explored by writers, poets, and artists for centuries. By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/27/paul-jones-2" rel="author">Paul Jones</a> The remains of past civilizations …
Among the very first Asian artworks to enter the museum’s collection was a beautifully carved, small lacquer tea bowl, now displayed in Gallery 134, that had been made for China’s Qianlong emperor (r. 1735–1795) and was given to the museum by founding Art …
By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/23/melinda-watt" rel="author">Melinda Watt</a> The family business was the home furnishings empire Morris & Co., founded by her father, William Morris (1834–96). The company …
By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/91/ashley-arico" rel="author">Ashley Arico</a>, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/97/jamie-gabbarelli" rel="author">Jamie Gabbarelli</a>, <a …
By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/19/caitlin-haskell" rel="author">Caitlin Haskell</a>, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/20/jordan-carter" rel="author">Jordan Carter</a>, and …
By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/70/annelise-k-madsen" rel="author">Annelise K. Madsen</a> A woman in profile sits alone at a café table, gazing upon the activities and sights of a Parisian commercial district as …
To memorialize yourself at a particular moment in time is an exercise in agency: you get to control your image. By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/95/loren-wright" rel="author">Loren Wright</a> Historically, …
By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/66/allison-langley" rel="author">Allison Langley</a> and <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/34/kimberley-muir" rel="author">Kimberley Muir</a> …
André Kertész’s image of the Feri Roth string quartet is tiny, but it packs a wallop. By <a href="https://www.artic.edu/authors/71/elizabeth-siegel" rel="author">Elizabeth Siegel</a> Four musicians gather to play, with four …
