Art Institute of Chicago Lectures Podcast
1) Van Gogh—The Life
Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, Pulitzer Prize winners for their biography on Jackson Pollock, presented their new book about Vincent Van Gogh to a packed house on December 8, 2011.
2) Exposure—Matt Keegan
Matt Keegan discusses his previous works that relate to the site-specific installation in the exhibition Exposure which grew out of the artist’s longstanding fascination with cities and their constant...Show More
3) Bertrand Goldberg with Timothy Leary and Ralph Metzner in Chicago, 1965
In this 1965 rare recording, Bertrand Goldberg leads psychologists Timothy Leary and Ralph Metzner on a tour of the recently completed Marina City and the Raymond Hilliard Center construction site. Fa...Show More
4) Exposure—Heather Rasmussen
Heather Rasmussen recreates international shipping containers in miniature, crafting them by hand from colored cardstock which she then damages, arranges, and photographs in order to address the under...Show More
5) Sustaining Fellows Exhibition Opening: Windows on the War—Soviet TASS Posters at Home and Abroad, 1941–1945
One of the special privileges of Sustaining Fellows membership is the opportunity to see exciting exhibitions before they open to the general public. On July 26, Sustaining Fellows hosted the opening ...Show More
6) Artists Connect: Joyce Owens Connects with Marc Chagall
Painter Joyce Owens grew up in a culturally diverse neighborhood; her strong African American roots were infused with Jewish culture. Responding to the secular theme of Marc Chagall's *The Circus Ride...Show More
7) Byzantine Reliquary Pendants
James Robinson, British Museum, provided a rich overview of Byzantine Reliquary Pendants and reviewed the context from which they came. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explo...Show More
8) Seeing Things: John Marin's Watercolors
Curator Martha Tedeschi explores how the artist's influential experiments in watercolor and unorthodox ideas about framing helped create modern objects that surge with emotion. This podcast is brought...Show More
9) Objects Speak Back
James Elkins, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, reviewed observations on how we see things with a particular look at art. He was introduced by Art Institute President and Director James Cuno. Th...Show More
10) Sustaining Fellows Annual Meeting
On February 14 the Sustaining Fellows gathered for a recap of the previous year and also hear some news of things to come at the museum. After champagne around the Woman’s Board Grand Staircase, guest...Show More