Walking into the Chicago Art Institute was like walking into a textbook. The sheer number of iconic paintings was dizzying. Unfortunately, we left without seeing the photography exhibit, the new media exhibit or Native American art, which I will save for future visits. The Impressionist exhibit alone was life altering. As I said in Facebook, “Art was pouring out of my eyes” when we left the gallery. Chicago has a lot of character. It will take me many visits to feel like I know what this city is about.
Me and my shadow in the Windy City
IA Chicago
Another fire escape taunting me
Art ist Cafe
Magdalene by Dessa Kirk
Magdalene
Jitish Kallat “Public Notice” in the Art Institute of Chicago
Even the walls exude art
Japanese weaving and pottery
Japanese Vase
More wall art
Escalator to the Cafe
Roof of the Art Institute
Overlooking Grant Park
Marc Chagall “America Windows”
Ganesh
Woman with Gazelles
Scenic Stairway
Gustave Caillebotte “Paris Street Rainy Day” 1877
Georgia O’Keefe “Cow’s Skull with Calico Roses”, 1931
Claude Monet “Bordighera”, 1884
Mary Cassatt “The Child’s Bath”, 1893
Henri Fantin Latour “Still Life: Corner of a Table”, 1873
Vincent van Gogh “Grapes, Lemons, Pears, and Apples”, 1887
Pierre Auguste Renoir. “Two Sisters (On the Terrace)”, 1881
