Articles tagged with: Illinois
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In the Vernacular
Art Institute of Chicago
February 6 – May 31, 2010
For at least a century, vernacular photographs–those ordinary, amateur or professional, “everyday” pictures–both challenged and inspired fine-art photography. The Art Institute of Chicago has organized In the Vernacular , an exhibition that brings together images by artists who-through their choice of content, process, aesthetic, and means of distribution–blur or erase the boundaries that seem to separate fine art from the commonplace. In the Vernacular will be on view February 6 through May 31, 2010, in Galleries 1 and 2, …
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Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917
Art Institute of Chicago
March 20 – June 20, 2010
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
July 18 – October 11, 2010
The Art Institute of Chicago and The Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA) have co-organized an ambitious exhibition that presents, for the first time, a seminal investigation of a pivotal point in the career of Henri Matisse (1869-1954), one of the 20th century’s greatest artists. Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917 will premiere at the Art Institute March 20 through June 20, 2010, and then travel to MoMA, where it will …
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William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008
Art Institute of Chicago
February 27 – May 23, 2010
The unconventional beauty and artistry of works by photographer William Eggleston will be showcased in a major exhibition opening at the Art Institute of Chicago this winter. William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008–on view from February 27 through May 23, 2010, in the Modern Wing’s Abbott Galleries (G182, G184) and Carolyn S. and Matthew Bucksbaum Gallery (G188)–is the most comprehensive retrospective to date of the Memphis-based contemporary photographer. The exhibition brings together more …
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Stranger in Paradise: The Works of Reverend Howard Finster
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion
January 29 – March 28, 2010
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Monica Bonvicini: Light Me Black
Art Institute of Chicago
November 20, 2009 through January 24, 2010
