‘Project a Black Planet’ a history-making survey of Pan-African works at the Art Institute
The massive exhibition, co-presented with museums in Barcelona and Brussels, will head to Europe at the end of March.
Chicago artist Simone Leigh’s Sharifa earns a place of honor at Art Institute
Among the other sculptures in the museum's North Garden, it is the only one by a living artist, and the only one by a Chicago artist.
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‘Project a Black Planet’ is a history-making survey of Pan-African art
The massive Art Institute of Chicago exhibition, co-presented with museums in Barcelona and Brussels, will head to Europe ...
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A Roman Statue of Athena Is Unveiled at Wrightwood 659 Ahead of ‘Myth and Marble’ at the Art Institute of Chicago
The statue, now known as the Halsted Athena, portrays the goddess wearing a warrior’s helmet, her hand extended outward as if ...
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The Art Institute surveys the culture of Panafrica
The Art Institute’s massive survey wrestles with this vastness by bringing together a broad swath of African and Black art that reflects the beauty and nuance of the African story. Pan-Africanism, the ...
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Chicago artist Simone Leigh’s Sharifa earns a place of honor at Art Institute
The Art Institute of Chicago’s latest addition to its North Garden is a bronze beauty with Windy City roots. Titled Sharifa, the approximately 9-foot sculpture was created by internationally ...
The Exile and Rebirth of the South’s Storied ‘Iron Horse’
Exactly why the sculpture was attacked by University of Georgia students may always be a mystery. But 70 years later, ...
Art for winter 2025: 10 shows, from revisionist surveys to unusual solos
If your New Year’s resolutions include seeing more art, be it for distraction or engagement, look no further than Chicago’s ...
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Exhibitions on Pan-Africanism highlight Neubauer Collegium’s decade of human-centered research
UChicago center brings scholarship to the public through art of Betye Saar, Otolith Group and Art Institute’s ‘Project a ...
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Ancient Roman Statue of Athena Emerges After Nearly 300 Years in Hiding
An ancient Roman statue of Athena, unseen for almost three centuries, resurfaces in Chicago after an acquisition by Halsted A ...