by Claudine Isé | Jun 17, 2009 | Blog
Special Art PrOn Edition!! *Visitors to the Art Institute have a jaywalking problem (Chicago Tribune). *Getty Research Institute to close Bibliography on the History of Art (BHA, IBA) (via CAA news). *NEA Survey indicates arts audiences getting older, scarcer (er,...
by Meg Onli | May 19, 2009 | Blog, TV
I found this really cheesy commercial from the Art Institute while I was searching for a video of Sol Lewitt on Youtube. It was made in 1988 to commemorate the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Building. I sort of wish that this music would play in the lobby as you bought...
by Claudine Isé | May 18, 2009 | Blog
Last Friday while out and about I listened to architect Renzo Piano’s interview on WBEZ Chicago Public Radio’s 8:48. I found the part of the interview where Piano talked about his personal relationship to art to be particularly memorable. When architecture...
by Meg Onli | May 8, 2009 | Blog, Editorial
Last night I attended the staff preview for the Art Institute of Chicago’s Modern Wing. The first floor has a Cy Twombly show and a photo show. I don’t think that either of the rooms that these shows were hung in do much justice for the new wing. The...
by Claudine Isé | Mar 13, 2009 | Blog
There’s been some commentary on other art and culture blogs about this, so maybe we should get into it too: The Art Institute has raised its price of admission by 50%. Now, the general public will pay $18, seniors and students pay $12, up from the $7 it was...
