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The University Art Gallery will host a reception for Erin Furimsky and Sarah Smelser "A Brief Rhythm" on Thursday, Feb. 6 @ 4:30-6 pm. The artists will speak about their work @ 5:00 pm. The exhibition will be on view Jan. 14 – Feb. 6. Admission is free and open to the public.
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#Batik is the painstaking tradition of applying wax and then dye to cloth to create intricate, complex designs. Marvel at 20 hand-drawn artworks in Javanese Batik Textiles, now on view through June 7. #JavaneseBatik slam.org/javanesebatik
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CLOSING SOON—"Manet and Modern Beauty"
Don't miss the biggest exhibition of the summer, hailed as "groundbreaking" and "beautiful" by the Chicago Tribune.
TICKETS—bit.ly/2KX0bcK
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How do we rotate the 350-foot Panorama painting? Very carefully and with many experienced hands! On Monday we turned to the third and final scene that will be conserved this summer. Stop by Sculpture Hall through early August for the opportunity to see the conservation firsthand.
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C is for Cookie Monster! 🍪 That's good enough for us.
Follow his journey through the galleries: @MeCookieMonster
Thanks to @sesamestreet for visiting! ❤️
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Summer is officially here! We hope these works evoking the warmest days of the year bring a ray of sunshine to your day—now on view at the Art Institute. ☀️
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After studying academic painting, French symbolist artist Odilon Redon began making works of imaginary and usually macabre subjects, often suggestive of dreams and hallucinations.
See "Andromeda" (1904/10) on view in European Art.
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How artists from Abramović to Picasso have influenced fashion: bit.ly/2YhIh9R
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KAWS painting sells for 14 times its high estimate at Sotheby’s: bit.ly/2WFAX6X
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This Saturday, dance in the galleries to live music by Tangotta. TANGO at KAM will begin at 12:30 pm. All are welcome. ow.ly/F6u530nCkb6
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The magical life of 98-year-old painter Luchita Hurtado: bit.ly/2t43iaj
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BACK ON VIEW—"Nighthawks" is Edward Hopper’s most famous painting; reworked and parodied countless times, it has become an icon of American culture.
See it yourself—only at the Art Institute.
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"We have built this institute for the public… not the few… I want all of Chicago here!"
Explore the Art Institute’s origin story in “125 Years on Michigan Avenue: The Early Years"—part one of a three-part series—on Articles.
ARTICLES—bit.ly/2F6Gu1N
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Inside the library that holds the world’s rarest colors: bit.ly/2GU2Ch4
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The experiential @pantone installation will travel to @TRIBUTEPRTFLO boltholes next year #coy2019
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"It captures how connected we are to the city of Chicago... We’re for all the people of the city."
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Born #OnThisDay in 1898—René Magritte created "The Tune and Also the Words" in 1964 as a playful elaboration on "The Treachery of Images" (1929). In this picture within a picture, the pipe is lit, smoke lapping over the ornate frame as though into the void. #NowOnView
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Which emerging makers are exploring wild clays, and how? Glaze expert Linda Bloomfield (@LindaThePotter) discusses three rising talents – and shares how to do it yourself – in our Nov/Dec issue bit.ly/2p74qZf
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How Alphonse Mucha’s iconic posters came to define Art Nouveau: bit.ly/2DmmZ3u
