The Art Institute of Chicago (111 S. Michigan Ave.) on Monday announced its schedule of exhibitions opening through June, including a planned summer show featuring French Impressionist Gustave Caillebotte. More information at artic.edu.
“Lines of Connection: Drawing and Printmaking” (March 15 to June 1): Some 100 works connect the four centuries between printmaking in Europe and the invention of photography.
“Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection” (March 15 to June 29): The North American debut of Roman marble sculptures from the famed Torlonia Collection. Many of the objects have recently been conserved and are on public display for the first time in decades, also through earlier exhibitions in Rome, Milan and the Louvre Museum in Paris. Chicago gets the show of 58 objects first in North America before it travels to the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
“En el principio / In the beginning: Juliana Góngora Rojas, Matías Quintero Sepúlveda, Juven Piranga Valencia and Yinela Piranga Valencia” (March 29 to July 28): Works from the collaboration between Colombian artists Juliana Góngora Rojas and Matías Quintero Sepúlveda, and Juven Piranga Valencia and Yinela Piranga Valencia.
“Frida Kahlo’s Month in Paris: A Friendship with Mary Reynolds” (March 29 to July 13): A first Frida Kahlo show at the Art Institute, focusing on Kahlo’s visit with bookbinder Mary Reynolds in 1939 Paris. The museum’s own holdings from the Mary Reynolds Collection are joined by loans from public and private collections.
“Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World” (June 29 to Oct. 5): A summer exhibition with what is promised to be a fresh look at some of Caillebotte’s most iconic works. His 1877 painting “Paris Street; Rainy Day,” a favorite for Art Institute visitors, takes center stage.
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