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The Art Institute's African Art and Indian Art of the Americas collections are on display across two galleries in the south end of the Michigan Avenue building. The African collection includes more than 400 works that span the continent, highlighting ceramics, garments, masks, and jewelry.
In 2007 the building was sold to developers and net proceeds were invested in an operating fund to seed and grow a new nonprofit, 3Arts. [10] Today, the Three Arts Club building is owned by Restoration Hardware Chicago and has an art gallery and restaurant (Three Arts Café) at the 1300 N. Dearborn Street location. The original dormitory floor ...
Art Fund (formerly the National Art Collections Fund) is an independent membership-based British charity, which raises funds to aid the acquisition of artworks for the nation. It gives grants and acts as a channel for many gifts and bequests, as well as lobbying on behalf of museums and galleries and their users.
Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago Landmark in the center of Grant Park, between Queen's Landing and the end of Ida B. Wells Drive. Dedicated in 1927 and donated to the city by philanthropist Kate S. Buckingham, it is one of the largest fountains in the world. Built in a rococo wedding cake style and inspired by the Latona Fountain at the Palace ...
It increases the museum's gallery space by 30 percent by adding 65,000 square feet (6,000 m 2) of new galleries, and includes the 15,000 square feet (1,400 m 2) Ryan Education Center on the first floor. [2] [30] The new building incorporates cutting-edge green technologies, such as a modern sunshade to filter daylight.
Website. www .lillstreet .com. Lillstreet Art Center is an arts center in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is one of the oldest and most successful co-ops [citation needed] in Chicago [1] and its facilities include classrooms for arts education, a gallery, an artist residency program, studio spaces, and a community outreach program.
Sharon Louden (born 1964) is an American visual artist, known for her abstract and whimsical use of the line. [1] Her minimalist paintings and drawings have subsequently transformed over the years into other media (animation, sculpture, and installation), being expressed as "drawings-in-space."
The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art is an art museum located on the campus of the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. [1] The permanent collection has over 15,000 objects. Admission is free and open to the public. [2] The Smart Museum and the adjacent Cochrane-Woods Art Center were designed by the architect Edward Larrabee Barnes. [3]