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The painted limestone bust of Ankhhaf is an ancient Egyptian sculpture dating from the Old Kingdom. It is considered the work "of a master" of ancient Egyptian art, and can be seen at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. [1] Its catalog number is Museum Expedition 27.442.
Ankhhaf had the titles "eldest king's son of his body" (sa nswt n khtf smsw), "vizier" and "the great one of Five of the house of Thoth" (wr djw pr-Djehuti).[4]Ankhhaf is thought to have been involved with the building of the Great Pyramid of Giza and likely played a role in the construction of the Sphinx [citation needed].
The Block Museum of Art is a free public art museum located on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.The Block Museum was established in 1980 when Chicago art collectors Mary (daughter of Albert Lasker) and Leigh B. Block (former vice president of Inland Steel Company) donated funds to Northwestern University for the construction of an art exhibition venue. [1]
1986 Curators Choice Art Rental Gallery Art Institute Chicago; 1985 Painting Award Beverly Art Center; 1984 "Mainstreams '74" Marietta College (Marietta, Ohio) 1978 Painting and Sculpture Today (Indianapolis, Indiana) 1975 New Horizons — Painting Award Annual; 1975 Chicago Vicinity Show: Renaissance Prize (Chicago) 1965 Washington Museum (Tacoma)
The List of painters in the Art Institute of Chicago is a list of the artists indexed in the Art Institute of Chicago website whose works in their collection were painted. The museum's collections are spread throughout eight buildings in Chicago, and not all works are on display.
The Spearman The Bowman. The Bowman and The Spearman, also known collectively as Equestrian Indians, [1] or simply Indians, [2] are two bronze equestrian sculptures standing as gatekeepers in Congress Plaza, at the intersection of Ida B. Wells Drive and Michigan Avenue in Chicago's Grant Park, in the U.S. state of Illinois.
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago was created as the result of a 1964 meeting of 30 critics, collectors and dealers at the home of critic Doris Lane Butler to bring the long-discussed idea of a museum of contemporary art to complement the city's Art Institute of Chicago, according to a grand opening story in Time. [4]
On December 7, 2017, Zhou B Art Center was featured in The New York Times as one of the “Five Places to Go in Chicago”. [10] On Dec 8th, 2017, BuzzFeed rated Zhou B Art Center as the #1 figurative art gallery in the US. [11] In 2016, the curator and director of exhibitions was Sergio Gomez. [12]