Art

Pictures from the Chicago World's Fair of 1893.

The Modern Wing: Renzo Piano and the Art Institute of Chicago is a book of photography and essays documenting the construction of the modern wing.

"Revolution As an Eternal Dream: the Exemplary Failure of the Madame Bihn Graphics Collective" examines the political practice and visual propaganda of a now-obscure women's poster, printmaking, and street art collective based in New York City between 1975 and 1983. For a brief, intense period of time, the MBGC collaborated on projects against racism and in solidarity with national liberation movements, producing many beautiful multicolored silkscreen prints, note cards, banners, posters and other print ephemera before withdrawing into the isolation of a sectarian and militaristic political line. By 1982 its core members were in prison or underground. "Revolution As an Eternal Dream" calls up the perpetual desire for revolution, but also the frailty of such dreams.

Pictures from the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition

Book about Columbian World's Fair of 1892

"This splendid issue of Museum Studies explores the history and collections of the Art Institute's libraries, an integral component of the museum's educational and scholarly activities from its inception in 1879. Beginning with an overview of the libraries' history by their director, Jack Perry Brown, the publication includes over thirty short essays that explore outstanding printed books and journals in the holdings of the Ryerson Library; notable architectural materials in the Burnham Library; and other rare and interesting documents and objects in the museum's institutional archives."

A collection of poems about Kenya by fifth grade students in Kenya. Part of an exchange program with fifth graders in America.

A collection of printings by young women art students. Part of Anchor Graphics, a non-profit arts collective that aims at educating Chicago youth about art.

A sales catalogue of reproductions of works by Chicago artist and sculptor Milton Horn, including commentary and a biography.

A collection of photographs of Chicago landmarks and buildings, mostly dated 1904-1913 and all taken from the archives of the Chicago Historical Society.