Art
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
About
Founded in 1879, the Art Institute of Chicago is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States. Its encyclopedic collection of over 300,000 works spans 5,000 years and includes iconic masterpieces such as Georges Seurat's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, Grant Wood's American Gothic, and Pablo Picasso's The Old Guitarist.
Highlights & Things Not to Miss
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte
Seurat's pointillist masterpiece, 1884
American Gothic
Grant Wood's iconic 1930 painting
Modern Wing
Renzo Piano's landmark 2009 expansion