The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago - A World Class Museum!
The Art Institute of Chicago was founded in 1879 as both a museum and school. Built on rubble from the 1871 Chicago fire, the museum housed a collection of plaster casts and sought to acquire and exhibit art of all kinds and to conduct programs of education. Today, the Art Institute of Chicago's collection encompasses more than 5,000 years of human expression from cultures around the world, and the school's graduate program is continually ranked as one of the best in the country.
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- Internationally esteemed as a school of art and design, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago offers a comprehensive college education centered in the visual and related arts.
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- Drop by Sat. or Sun. from 11:00 to 2:00 for family art making inspired by African art. Free! http://t.co/eciCV6p0
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- Anything else you'd like to see? RT @ntrivediaic: Checking out the @artinstitutechi goodies folks put up on pinterest. http://t.co/zZS51D7F
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- The siren calls of Delvaux and Davies: http://t.co/yP72V4Lp + http://t.co/DPhh1UTv
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- 2, count em, 2 free guided tours tomorrow—Picasso in Blue & Rose: http://t.co/HI7ubbM5 + It’s a Living: Working in Art: http://t.co/o64uqAhR
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- Ginny with the Yellow Hat is one of several stoic portraits Alice Neel made of her daughter-in-law: http://t.co/NfNhrNTb #newonview
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keerthikesh
Jan 5, 2012 @ 1:29 am | delete
- wonderful collection
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cdevries
Dec 12, 2011 @ 5:39 pm | delete
- I love this museum. A wonderful collection!
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Phillyfreeze69
Aug 24, 2011 @ 4:45 pm | delete
- I have not visted the Art Institute of Chicago but my childhood friend, Gary Bibbs graduated from the internationally esteemed School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is now a tenured Professor of Art at the University of Kentucky.
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A-Redneck
Jul 12, 2011 @ 8:58 pm | delete
- I have never been to Chicago but it certainly sounds like an amazing city.
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annamari
Jun 8, 2011 @ 10:18 pm | delete
- My daughter and I go every year with my sister and her daughter.
We all especially love the impressionist section.
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