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This classical subject tells the cautionary tale of the sculptor Perillus, who offered to make a bronze bull in which the tyrant Phalaris could roast his enemies. Perillus was rewarded by being the ...

CHICAGO — The Art Institute of Chicago is honored to announce a $75 million gift from Aaron I. Fleischman and Lin Lougheed that will support the museum’s future campus vision. This generous gift—the ...

This depiction of an enslaved man constituted a timely abolitionist appeal in the years leading up to the British Emancipation Act of 1833. The subject raises his head and eyes toward the heavens, ...

Emerging from darkness into a blaze of light falling from heaven, Saint Peter’s enraptured upward expression and gesture here suggest a moment of spiritual dialogue as he grapples with his bitter ...

Teen Audio Guide Opportunities for Teens My Chicagos: A Virtual Gallery Work at the museum for a semester, summer, or school year. Make art, get hands-on museum experience, and design events and ...

This painting is a small replica of an altarpiece for the private family chapel of San José in Toledo, Spain. The production of smaller versions of commissioned altarpieces allowed El Greco to ...

This vessel, used to consume a chocolate drink, depicts a key event in a royal Maya accession ceremony, which shows the relationship between human sacrifice and the assumption of power. The expectant ...

Chicago-born architect Germane Barnes explores the connections between identity and the built environment—using research, design, and activism to mine the social and political agency of architecture ...

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman S. Anthonis Marckt met de Waegh, from Views of Amsterdam, c. 1660 Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman De Eenhorns Sluys, from Views of Amsterdam, c. 1660 Reinier Nooms, called ...

This painting depicts a young Saint John the Baptist living as a hermit in the wilderness. His cross of reeds, pointing gesture, and the nearby lamb refer to his role as a prophet foretelling the ...

Bartholomaeus Bruyn, I, Bartholomaeus Bruyn, the elder, Bartolomaeus Brun, the elder, Bartholomaeus Bruin, the elder, Bartholomaeus Breun, the elder, Barthel Bruyn ...