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“For me, painting the crosses was a way of painting the country,” recalled Georgia O’Keeffe about the series of compositions featuring Catholic crosses that she created upon visiting the Southwest in ...

Sip hot chocolate and celebrate the season with a surprise craft activity designed and led by our Art Institute of Chicago Teen Council. Families and visitors of all ages are welcome. The Art ...

Portraits of important people appear on local currency all around the world. The same was true in ancient Rome, which began producing its first coinage in the late 4th century BCE. Early coins ...

CHICAGO—The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to share a selection of our most exciting acquisitions of 2024. This year, the museum added more than 1,000 new works to its permanent collection, ...

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts the God Eros. On the back (reverse), the headdress of the goddess Isis is shown.

The front of this coin depicts the head of the goddess Juno, facing right. On the back, a bull charges to the right.

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts the head of the goddess Roma, wearing a winged helmet and facing to the right. On the back (reverse), the god Jupiter rides in a four-horse chariot called a ...

Shiraga Kazuo. Golden Wings Brushing the Clouds Incarnated from Earthly Wide Star (Chikatsusei Maunkinshi), 1960. Through prior purchase from the Mary and Leigh Block Fund, restricted gift of Barbara ...

Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault Portrait of a Man, 1818/19 Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault Sketches of Postillions and a Stagecoach, 1818/19 Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault A Stagecoach ...

In the Roman world, portraits were often recarved in order to alter the sculpture’s function, meaning, or identity. It is possible that this portrait head was altered at a later date because it ...

The unidentified man in this over-life-size headless portrait statue is dressed in full military regalia. His torso is covered with a body armor called a cuirass, the front side of which is adorned ...