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On May 16, 2009 the Art Institute of Chicago opened its highly anticipated new Modern Wing to the public. This 264,000-square foot building, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo ...
The new Modern Wing is being built between Michigan Avenue and Columbus Drive, at the northeast corner of the block the Art Institute of Chicago currently occupies. The addition will complete the ...
The Art Institute of Chicago will soon be opening the doors to its long awaited new Modern Wing, which hopes will add some new flare to the nearly 130-year-old Chicago icon. The museum broke ...
The Art Institute of Chicago opens it’s new $300 million Modern Wing to the public this weekend. Visitors will be able to view many of the pieces in natural light as well as get to the museum ...
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The grand opening of the Art Institute’s modern wing is set for early 2009. For Chicago Public Radio, I’m Robbie Harris.
The modern wing entrance at the Art Institute is a striking architectural feature that leads you to some of the most ...
The Art Institute of Chicago has received a $75 million donation for a new building to showcase modern art from the 19th and 20th centuries. The funds — which amount to the single largest naming ...
The iconic main entrance to the Art Institute on Michigan Avenue is photographed in 2021. The current Modern Wing of the Art Institute, designed by the architect Renzo Piano, opened in 2009 to ...
The last major addition to the Art Institute was the Modern Wing, designed by Rnzo Piano and situated on the north side of the campus for the museum—facing the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in ...
said Bianconi. One of the most popular paintings in the contemporary wing of the Art Institute, “Starry Night and the Astronauts,” a 1971 abstract by Alma Thomas, is almost pointillist in ...