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SUMMARY:Lecture: Dreams and Nightmares at the Fin de Siècle
DESCRIPTION:The last decade of the 19th century in Europe saw an explosion of evocative and disturbing works of art\, reflecting a cultural cynicism felt around rapid industrialization\, a perceived moral decline\, and the rural flight to urban centers. \nThese anxieties inspired Symbolist artists to draw on a dark and mysterious vocabulary of demons\, skeletons\, femmes fatales\, and the visual manifestation of inner dreams and nightmares. Strange Realities: The Symbolist Imagination explores this cultural landscape from many perspectives and geographies\, including France\, Belgium\, Norway\, and Germany. On the eve of Halloween\, join curator Jay A. Clarke to take a closer look at these psychologically intense and relevant works.  \nSupport for this program is provided by the Allan McNab Endowed Fund. \n \nImage: Jean Delville\, Medusa\, 1893. Regenstein Endowment Fund.
URL:https://thedrawingfoundation.org/event/lecture-dreams-and-nightmares-at-the-fin-de-siecle/
LOCATION:Art Institute of Chicago\, 159 East Monroe Street\, Chicago\, IL\, IL 60603
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251004
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SUMMARY:Strange Realities: The Symbolist Imagination
DESCRIPTION:Symbolism is among the most complex art movements to define. Although it followed on the heels of Impressionism\, whose imagery was accessible and bright\, Symbolism’s dark and mysterious vocabulary is far less known. \n\n\n\nWhile Symbolist artists were aligned in their embrace of the creative imagination\, they used diverse styles and drew inspiration from the past\, the future\, and the interior self. Complicating the movement further was its lack of a single central hub; instead Symbolism was a loosely connected trend across Europe. \nSymbolism\, in fact\, began as a literary movement in France in the 1880s and later expanded to visual art in Belgium\, Germany\, Norway\, and elsewhere. Reacting against rationalism\, materialism\, and Impressionism’s focus on the external world\, Symbolist artists sought instead to represent the unseeable—ideas and emotions. These artists shared a general cynicism about the late 19th century’s moral decline\, technological advancements brought about by rapid industrialization\, and the rural flight to urban centers. \n\nIn response they made art that invented alternate realities. Some artists turned to the past\, transposing mythological and religious subjects onto the present moment; others turned to the future\, imagining anarchist or idyllic worlds; while still others sought meaning by examining and excavating the self. \nThis exhibition features works on paper by iconic Symbolist artists such as Norwegian Edvard Munch\, as well as lesser-known figures like the Austrian Emilie Mediz-Pelikan\, the Belgian Léon Spilliaert\, and the French Gustav Adolf Mossa. Drawn from the Art Institute of Chicago’s rich and historic collection of drawings and prints\, including the largest collection in America of the French Odilon Redon and Paul Gauguin\, this display features over 85 works that capture the beauty and strangeness of a mysterious generation of artists. \nStrange Realities: The Symbolist Imagination is curated by Jay A. Clarke\, Rothman Family Curator\, Prints and Drawings\, and Jamie Vaught-Karasek\, collection manager\, Photography and Media. \nSupport for Strange Realities: The Symbolist Imagination is provided by an anonymous donor and the Allan McNab Endowed Fund. \n \nImage: Jean Delville\, Medusa\, 1893. Regenstein Endowment Fund.
URL:https://thedrawingfoundation.org/event/strange-realities-the-symbolist-imagination/
LOCATION:Art Institute of Chicago\, 159 East Monroe Street\, Chicago\, IL\, IL 60603
CATEGORIES:Current,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250628
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250916
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SUMMARY:Contemporary Drawings from the Stenn Family Collection
DESCRIPTION:Voraciously curious and contagiously enthusiastic about art\, Chicagoan Irving Stenn Jr. has across five decades assembled a spectacular collection of 20th-century art from various movements and across the world. \nStenn began collecting art with his wife\, Marcia\, in 1971\, largely as a way of enhancing their newly renovated Lincoln Park home. Although neither had formal art training\, she had a discerning eye\, and he enjoyed the hunt for the right object. Together they approached the project as a shared learning activity\, and in time\, they acquired paintings and sculpture by significant artists of the post-World War II period. \nWhen Marcia died in 1999\, Stenn committed to learning more about drawings. Working with advice from Art Institute curators and others\, Stenn amassed a collection of more than 200 works on paper\, most by contemporary artists whose work has been linked to movements such as Abstract Expressionism\, Pop Art\, Minimalism\, and Post-Minimalism. Stellar among these works are groups of drawings by Joseph Albers\, Sol LeWitt\, and Mel Bochner. But Stenn also expanded his appreciation for art from different periods and places\, collecting important drawings by Russian avant-garde artists such as Kazmir Malevich and Lyubov Sergeevna Popova and such Latin American artists as Leon Ferrari and Hélio Oiticica. \nStenn’s enthusiasm for art is matched only by his dedication to sharing his collection with the public. Over the past 20 years\, the Stenn family has given more than 200 works\, including paintings and sculptures\, to the Art Institute of Chicago. This exhibition celebrates the family’s most recent gift: 100 drawings and prints given in 2023. One of the most significant and collection-enhancing bodies of works on paper given to the museum\, this gift offers Art Institute visitors—now and for generations to come—the chance to delve into the experimental ethos of much of 20th-century art and to experience the work of trailblazing artists who had the audacity to try something new. \nContemporary Drawings from the Stenn Family Collection is curated by Mark Pascale\, Janet and Craig Duchossois Curator\, Prints and Drawings\, and Felipe Villada Ruiz\, senior research associate\, Prints and Drawings. \n \nImage: Cy Twombly (1928-2011)\,Untitled\, 1960. Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of the Irving Stenn\, Jr. Family. © Cy Twombly Foundation
URL:https://thedrawingfoundation.org/event/aic-stenn-collection-exhibition-2025/
LOCATION:Art Institute of Chicago\, 159 East Monroe Street\, Chicago\, IL\, IL 60603
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past
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SUMMARY:AIC Lecture: Neoclassical Drawings—What’s Old Is New Again
DESCRIPTION:Discover the defining features of neoclassicism in this exploration of the origins and characteristics of the “new classical” style that dominated Europe\, especially France\, in the late-18th century. \nWith an eye towards the drawings featured in Revolution to Restoration: French Drawings from the Horvitz Collection\, Margaret Morgan Grasselli\, a leading expert in the field of French drawings\, documents the movement’s roots: the careful study of Roman antiquities\, the development of an austerely dramatic\, visually striking pictorial style\, and the depiction of subjects from both ancient and modern history. \nMargaret Morgan Grasselli  worked for 40 years in the department of graphic arts at the National Gallery of Art in Washington\, 30 of them as curator of Old Master drawings. An expert on French drawings\, especially those of the 18th century\, she organized many major exhibitions\, most notably Watteau\, 1684–1721 in 1984; Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art\, 1500–1800 in 2009; and Hubert Robert in 2016. After retiring from the National Gallery in 2020\, Meg spent three years as visiting senior scholar for drawings at the Harvard Art Museums\, where she also served as visiting lecturer in the department of history of art in the faculty of arts and sciences. \n \nImage: Adrien Victor Auger after Jacques-Louis David\, Fainting Young Girl (detail)\, date unknown. The Horvitz Collection\, Wilmington.
URL:https://thedrawingfoundation.org/event/aic-lecture-neoclassical-drawings-whats-old-is-new-again/
LOCATION:Art Institute of Chicago\, 159 East Monroe Street\, Chicago\, IL\, IL 60603
CATEGORIES:Events
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SUMMARY:Revolution to Restoration: French Drawings from The Horvitz Collection
DESCRIPTION:Revolution to Restoration: French Drawings from The Horvitz Collection features approximately 90 drawings made from the 1770s through the 1850s\, one of the most turbulent periods in French history. \n\n\n\nDuring this time\, France abolished the monarchy\, established a republic\, terrorized perceived political enemies\, waged war across the continent\, imposed an empire\, and eventually reinstated the monarchy—and these are only a handful of the tumultuous episodes that occurred across this 80-year period. Despite this profound instability\, the country’s cultural environment flourished\, spurring a significant stylistic shift in artistic production. Influenced by the rationalist ideas and moral seriousness of such Enlightenment thinkers as Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau\, and inspired by important archaeological discoveries that radically altered contemporary ideas about the ancient Greco-Roman past\, artists turned away from the playful\, decadent Rococo style of the mid-18th century. In its place they adopted a more restrained and disciplined style\, now known as Neoclassicism\, a term invented only in the 19th century. \nFeaturing works by the most accomplished and influential artists of the time\, including Jacques-Louis David\, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres\, Pierre-Paul Prud’hon\, and Théodore Géricault\, the exhibition explores the impact of ancient Greek and Roman art\, history\, and mythology on artistic production\, as well as the role of the Academy\, changing social norms\, and convulsive contemporary events. \nThe selected drawings showcase a variety of media—pen and ink\, watercolor\, chalk\, and pastel—and highlight how artists of the period demonstrated a surprisingly modern combination of intellectual curiosity\, political commitment\, and graphic virtuosity. The presentation demonstrates the expressive versatility and powerful immediacy of drawing as a medium of persuasion\, propaganda\, and\, above all\, aesthetic stimulation. \nThe exhibition complements French Neoclassical Paintings from The Horvitz Collection in Gallery 223. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nRevolution to Restoration: French Drawings from The Horvitz Collection is curated by Kevin Salatino\, Chair and Anne Vogt Fuller and Marion Titus Searle Curator\, Prints and Drawings\, and Emily Ziemba\, director of curatorial administration and research curator\, Prints and Drawings. \n\n\n\nImage: Etienne Barthélemy Gardier\, Banquet of Tereus. The Horvitz Collection\, Wilmington
URL:https://thedrawingfoundation.org/event/french-drawings-from-the-horvitz-collection/
LOCATION:Art Institute of Chicago\, 159 East Monroe Street\, Chicago\, IL\, IL 60603
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past
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SUMMARY:Ellsworth Kelly: Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance
DESCRIPTION:In October and November of 1951\, Ellsworth Kelly produced a series of eight large-scale collages. \n\n\n\nEach of the works consisted of papier gommette\, sticky colored paper used by French schoolchildren\, cut into squares and arranged by chance in a 40-inch-wide grid formation. These collages are key early works in Kelly’s career\, showing his experiments with chance\, his constructive use of color\, and the evolution of his impersonal aesthetic. \nBy the time he made these collages\, Kelly was already in the process of developing the non-compositional strategies he would use throughout his career. The humble\, commercially produced papier gommette allowed for a nearly infinite number of unexpected color combinations and an overall composition that was not determined by the artist himself. The breakthrough of the Spectrum Colors collages would lead to some of the artist’s most iconic and best known works\, including the painting Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance\, made in the summer of 1953 and based on the collage Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance VI. In 1953 Kelly also produced a ninth and final Spectrum Colors collage. \nThis exhibition brings together\, for the first time\, the full series of Spectrum Colors collages along with the 1953 painting. By focusing on the importance of a single series to Kelly’s practice\, this exhibition illuminates a pivotal chapter in the career of one of the 20th century’s defining artists. \n\n\nEllsworth Kelly: Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance is curated by Caitlin Haskell\, Gary C. and Frances Comer Curator\, Modern and Contemporary Art\, and Giampaolo Bianconi\, associate curator\, Modern and Contemporary Art. \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\nImage: Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015)\, Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance VII\, 1951\, collage. Glenstone Museum. © Ellsworth Kelly Foundation
URL:https://thedrawingfoundation.org/event/ellsworth-kelly-spectrum-colors-arranged-by-chance/
LOCATION:Art Institute of Chicago\, 159 East Monroe Street\, Chicago\, IL\, IL 60603
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past
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SUMMARY:Ellsworth Kelly: Portrait Drawings
DESCRIPTION:While Ellsworth Kelly is remembered today as one of the most important post-war American abstract painters\, sculptors\, and printmakers\, he was also a dedicated and prolific portraitist who drew likenesses of himself and his friends throughout his long life. \nThough these drawings are little known and have seldom been exhibited\, Kelly produced them in such prodigious numbers that the nearly 100 works in this exhibition represent\, at most\, a sixth of the total portraits he drew between 1941 and 2011. \n\nMember Lecture: Ellsworth Kelly—Portrait Drawing\n 
URL:https://thedrawingfoundation.org/event/ellsworth-kelly-portrait-drawings/
LOCATION:Art Institute of Chicago\, 159 East Monroe Street\, Chicago\, IL\, IL 60603
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past
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