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For artists with more than one type of work in the collection, or for works by artists not listed here, see the Artic website or the corresponding Wikimedia Commons category. Of artists listed, less than 10% are women. For the complete list of artists and their artworks in the collection, see the website.
Pages in category "Artists from Chicago" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 489 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Eleanor Roosevelt at the dedication of South Side Community Art Center (May 7, 1941). Efforts to open a community art center on Chicago's South Side began in 1938. Peter Pollack, a Federal Art Project official, contacted Metz Lochard, an editor at the Chicago Defender, about having the Art Project sponsor exhibitions of African American artists, who often had trouble securing space to display ...
The West Burton Place Historic District is a residential historic district located at 143-161 W. Burton Place in the Near North Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The district, which includes twelve main houses and five carriage houses, was developed in the late 19th century but renovated into an artists' colony in the 1920s and 1930s.
David L. Pierce Art and History Center: Aurora: Kane: Chicago area: Multiple: Local history and art, operated by the City of Aurora, exhibits by the Aurora Historical Society and the Aurora Public Art Commission [21] David Strawn Art Gallery: Jacksonville: Morgan: Central: Art: Operated by the Art Association of Jacksonville, exhibits of local ...
Arts Club of Chicago is a private club and public exhibition space located in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, a block east of the Magnificent Mile, that exhibits international contemporary art. It was founded in 1916, inspired by the success of the Art Institute of Chicago's handling of the Armory Show. [1]
Art Institute of Chicago Modern Wing. On May 16, 2009, the Art Institute opened the Modern Wing, the largest expansion in the museum's history. [46] The 264,000-square-foot (24,500 m 2) addition, designed by Renzo Piano, makes the Art Institute the second-largest museum in the US. [2]
The exhibition was organized by the New Museum, and it was a new commission by the New Museum, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. [28] Co-organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Wexner Center for the Arts, the MCA presented Luc Tuymans from October 2010 – January 2011. [29]