Omss Art: October E-news: Chagall's "America Windows" Are Returning

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October 2010
E-Newsletter
In this issue:

• Chagall's America Windows
• Richard Hawkins
• Seeing Things
• Impressionism App
• New on View
• Halloween Happenings
• LAC Legends and Legacy Event

See Chagall's America Windows First

After a five-year absence, the Art Institute welcomes the much-anticipated return of one of the most beloved treasures in our vast collection, Marc Chagall's America Windows. On October 29–31, before the windows open to the public, we're offering three full days of Member Previews as well as five member-only lectures. Become a member and you can be among the first to experience the new installation of this collection favorite. Join today!

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Collage beyond Classification

Ancient Greek and Roman sculpture and 1980s teen heartthrobs? French Decadent literature and Thai sex tourism? These unlikely elements all come together in the collage work of contemporary American artist Richard Hawkins. Centered on the pleasure of looking—particularly at the young, beautiful male form—Hawkins's oeuvre takes this subject beyond the personal into a deeply engaged rethinking of representation. Enjoy looking for yourself beginning October 22 when the artist's first American museum survey, Richard Hawkins: Third Mind, opens with 80 objects, including books, collages, drawings, paintings, and sculptures spanning his 20-year career.

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Things A-Plenty

This month is the perfect time for Seeing Things at the Art Institute, and not just the spirits of Halloween, though we do have a bit of that with "Seeing Ghosts in Things—Encounters with Surrealist Objects," a lecture by Katharine Conley of Dartmouth College. But there's a whole treasure trove of things to see from performances by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and concerts by Omar al Musfi and the São Paulo City String Quartet to lectures by Josef Koudelka and on two outstanding cameos and symposia honoring Louis Sullivan and scholar S. Hollis Clayson.

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Impressionism at Your Fingertips

Ever want to visit Seurat's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte or Toulouse-Lautrec's At the Moulin Rouge when you're far from Chicago? Or maybe you've wished you could learn more about Monet's Stacks of Wheat series when you're standing right in front of paintings in the gallery? Your wishes have been answered with our new Impressionism app, available for iPhone, iPad, and Android. This searchable digital catalogue offers detailed information and zoomable illustrations of over 100 works of art, artist biographies, and a history of Impressionism and Chicago. And for the first two weeks, we're offering special discounted introductory pricing. So now whether you're in the galleries, on the train, or across the world, you can have the Art Institute's Impressionist collection right at your fingertips.

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New on View

From monumental bronze sculptures of female forms perched on the museum's rooftop terrace to photographs of the vibrant Windy City viewed from down on the street, the museum is always offering new things to see and new ways of seeing.

Rebecca Warren
Opens October 3

Chicago Cabinet: Views from the Street
Opens October 16

And remember, the museum is open until 8:00 every Thursday and Friday evening, so there's even more time to see these new exhibitions and your old favorites!

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Halloween Happenings

As Halloween's ghostly ghouls and spectral skeletons prepare to make their annual appearance, get into a morbid mood with this month's self-guide, "Memento Mori," a tour of works that remind us of our inevitable mortality. Or for some lighter Halloween fare, stop in for Family Programs' Costume Creations on October 30 and 31, 11:00-3:00. Kids can bring their own ideas or find inspiration in the museum's collection as they design a wearable art piece to celebrate the season.

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Honoring a Legend

It is not often that someone becomes a legend in his or her own lifetime, but Dr. Margaret Burroughs—a Chicago Public School educator, the founder of both the South Side Community Arts Center and the DuSable Museum of African American History, and a revered artist—is a legend and more. On October 22, the Art Institute of Chicago's Leadership Advisory Committee recognizes Burroughs's tremendous accomplishments with the Legends and Legacy Award. This award was first bestowed on Burroughs's friend Elizabeth Catlett in 2005. Purchase tickets to join this momentous event and honor Dr. Burroughs's legacy with a personal tribute.

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Marc Chagall. America Windows (detail), 1977. A gift of Marc Chagall, the City of Chicago, and the Auxiliary Board of the Art Institute of Chicago, commemorating the American Bicentennial in memory of Mayor Richard J. Daley. © 2010 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ ADAGP, Paris.

Richard Hawkins. Dragonfly 2, 2009. Image courtesy of Greene Naftali Gallery, New York.

HSDC dancers Ana Lopez and Penny Saunders. Costumes by Joke Visser from Jirí Kylián's Petite Mort. Photography by Todd Rosenberg.

The new Impressionism app as viewed on an iPhone.

Ray K. Metzker. The Loop: Chicago, 1957. Photography Gallery Fund.

Ivan Albright. Into the World There Came a Soul Called Ida, 1929-30. Gift of Ivan Albright.

Margaret Burroughs. The Birthday Party, 1957. Joyce Turner Hilkovitch Collection in memory of Jonathan Turner.

Art Book Swap
On October 9, 12:00–5:00, jazz up your art book collection by exchanging some tired titles with an assortment of donated books. It's free!

New Hawkins Catalogue
This mid-career retrospective of Richard Hawkins presents approximately 80 works, representing each stage of his career and including pieces never before published.

Fall Feasting
The museum's food options are expanding this fall. Beginning October 1, the Balcony Café will offer packaged sandwiches as well as beverages, and the Garden Café Tapas Lounge tempts with hot and cold small plates on Thursday and Friday evenings.

Modern Shop Trunk Shows
Focus on the artist with an array of jewelry and textile trunk shows featuring local Chicago designers, October 23–24, 12:00–4:00.

Fall for Free Shipping
Shop our fall assortment online and receive free standard shipping on all online orders of $50 or more. Simply enter code EN78 at checkout. Offer valid 9/29–10/31 and does not include any shipping surcharges.