art institute member magazine | september/october 2012

SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2012

M e M b e rMagazine

Steve McQueen Allen Ruppersberg

Danh Vo

Studio Gang Architects

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exhibitionsExhibition Schedule ...................................................................... 8

Steve McQueen .................................................................................. 10

Allen Ruppersberg: No Time Left to Start Again/ The B and D of R ’n’ R ...................................................................... 13

Danh Vo: We the People ............................................................... 14

Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects .......................... 16

Calendar and HighlightsProgram and event Highlights .............................................. 18

Calendar ............................................................................................. 22

Just for Members ............................................................................. 26

Member Travel .................................................................................. 28

Family Program Highlights ...................................................... 31

Affiliate Group Events ................................................................. 32

Behind the ScenesNews ...................................................................................................... 33

Supporting the Mission .............................................................. 34

The Art Institute around the world .................................. 36

Digital Developments ................................................................... 37

the final detail ............................................................................... 39

plan your visitshopping and dining .................................................................... 40

general information ................................................................... 44

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COVER: Steve McQueen. Still from Charlotte (detail), 2004. Courtesy of the artist; Thomas Dane Gallery, London; and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York / Paris. Photo courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York / Paris.

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In the next two months, the Art Institute will be opening major presentations of the works of two living artists, Steve McQueen and Jeanne Gang. Both of these exhibi-tions, which the museum is the first to feature, embody the Art Institute’s perpetual commitment to contemporary art and visual culture. McQueen, probably best known today as the director of the feature films Hunger and Shame, has built a body of compelling moving-image works over the past two decades, and we are pleased to mount the first museum survey of his career. We will also be lifting the curtain on the creative process of Gang, a Chicago architect with an international reputation, in an innovative exhibition on the work of her studio, which will be the first of its kind at the Art Institute. The roots of the Art Institute lie in the 19th century, making it sometimes easy to overlook the fact that part of the mission has always been to feature the very best of contemporary art. This mission is evident in Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective, closing in just a few

short weeks, where you can see that the Art Institute’s Brushstroke with Spatter was acquired the same year—1966—that it was created by Lichtenstein. And it is evident in our collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, many of which were acquired by prescient Chicago collectors when the works were just as contemporary as Steve McQueen’s are today. Presenting new works of art against the backdrop of art history is one of the great distinctions of the Art Institute, and I hope you will take the opportunity to forge these connections this fall in our galleries.

Douglas DruickPresident and Eloise W. Martin Director

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Exhibition Schedule

OPENINGAllen Ruppersberg: No Time Left to Start Again/The B and D of R ’n’ RSeptember 21–January 6 Gallery 188

A sweeping survey of classic American popular music from blues singers of the early 1900s through guitar legends of the 1960s, artist Allen Ruppersberg’s latest piece debuts at the Art Institute as a five-part installation composed of scanned record covers, amateur snapshots, musicians’ obituaries, and screenprinted pegboard. See page 13.

Danh Vo: We the PeopleSeptember 23–October 28 Pritzker Garden November 8–April 7 Bluhm Family Terrace

Continuing his career-long investigation of inherited cultural values, conflicts, and displacement, Vietnamese-born, New York–based artist Danh Vo brings his installa-tion of reconstructed fragments of the Statue of Liberty to the Art Institute. See page 14.

Building: Inside Studio Gang ArchitectsSeptember 24–February 24 Galleries 283–285 Catalogue Available

The first exhibition in the world devoted to the work of

Steve McQueenOctober 21–January 6 Regenstein Hall catalogue available

The first American museum survey of the work of Steve McQueen, known popularly for his critically acclaimed films Hunger and Shame, this exhibition draws on the Art Institute’s substantial collection of the artist’s work—the largest of any museum in the United States—to feature 15 installations, including one world premiere. See page 10.

Studio Gang Architects. Aerial view of plan for Northerly Island, Chicago.

Chicago-based Studio Gang Architects, this presentation, developed in concert with the firm and its principal, Jeanne Gang, offers a unique studio- like environment that reflects the group’s collaborative, inquiry-based, and research-driven approach. See page 16.

Burnham Library CentennialSeptember 25–December 3 Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

Celebrating 100 years of the museum’s Burnham Library of Architecture, this exhibi-tion highlights archival collections received over the past 25 years, including correspondence, photographs, project files, and sketchbooks from the collections of numerous artists and architects.

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CLOSINGRoy Lichtenstein: A Retrospectivethrough September 3Regenstein HallCatalogue Available

The largest exhibition of the influential Pop artist to date, this retrospective brings to-gether more than 160 works, from the familiar to the completely unexpected, offer-ing a profound exploration of Lichtenstein’s signature style and its myriad applications across one of the most prolific careers in 20th-century art.

Dawoud Bey: Harlem, U.S.A.through September 9 Gallery 189Catalogue Available

This series of 25 photo-graphs, which has not been shown in its entirety since it debuted in 1979, captures the diversity and dignity of Harlem’s residents and is augmented for the Art Institute’s presentation by five never-before-seen works.

ParcoursThrough September 9 Gallery 188

A collaboration between two outstanding mid-career artists, Liz Deschenes and Florian Pumhösl, this exhibition leads

viewers through a simple laby-rinth of parallel walls with a spare hanging of photographs, inviting viewers to contemplate the space of display as much as individual artworks.

Fashioning the Object: Bless, Boudicca, Sandra BacklundThrough September 16 Galleries 182–184 Catalogue Available

Presenting more than 30 works from three of today’s most visionary fashion studios—Bless, Boudicca, and Sandra Backlund—this exhibition examines designs that straddle the line between established craft techniques and cutting-edge processes.

Modern Inkers: Experimentation in Comics through September 24 Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

This exhibition chronicles the development of comics from the early innovators who established the medium to contemporary creators who continue to reshape comics into a prominent mode of graphic expression both locally and internationally.

Katharina FritschThrough October 28 Bluhm Family Terrace

German sculptor Katharina Fritsch brings a seductive and disturbing otherworldliness to the Bluhm Family Terrace with her large-scale and meticulously handcrafted reproductions of quotidian objects.

Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Japanese Artthrough October 28 Gallery 109

A testament to the Art Institute’s long-held commit-ment to collecting contem-porary works by Japanese artists, this exhibition features ceramics and prints from the 1960s through today.

Told and Retold: Picture Book Artists from Studio Goodwin Sturgesthrough October 28 Ryan Education Center

Familiar stories get an update through the original illus-trations and preparatory sketches of eight contempo-rary illustrators.

ongoingThe Formation of the Japanese Print Collection at the Art Institute: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie SchoolThrough November 4 Gallery 107

A collaboration among the departments of Asian Art, American Art, Architecture and Design, and the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries, this exhibition brings together Japanese prints purchased from Wright’s collection, photos of a 1908 Art Institute print exhibition organized by Wright, and presentation drawings by the architect and

his studio that demonstrate a deep appreciation for Japanese prints.

Fabric of a New Nation: American Needlework and Textiles, 1776–1840Through November 11 Galleries 57–59

Through over 45 bedcovers, coverlets, needlework, printed handkerchiefs, and other household textiles, this exhibition explores the evolution of an American textile tradition.

Film and Photo in New Yorkthrough November 25 Galleries 1–4

Drawn from the extensive permanent collection, this exhibition pairs nearly 100 photographs with rarely seen films, all made between the 1920s and the 1950s, offering a compelling glimpse of a pivotal time in the history of New York City as well as photography and film.

Rarely Seen Contemporary Works on Paperthrough January 13 Galleries 124–127

Often selected for private viewings in the Prints and Drawings Study Room as exemplars of specific techni-cal methods, these nearly 100 works on paper, including several works by Ed Ruscha, Carroll Dunham, and Martin Kippenberger, have never or rarely been seen in our galleries.

extended hours for Final Weekend of

Roy Lichtenstein: A RetrospectiveSee page 18.

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Steve McQueenOctober 21–January 6 regenstein Hall

Born in London in 1969 to West Indian immigrants, McQueen made his first major work, Bear, in 1993 as he was completing his studies in the visual arts at Goldsmiths College. In the following two decades, he has produced a steady stream of evocative moving-image installations that blend elements of contemporary life and social com-mentary. His subject matter varies widely—meditations on immigration and diaspora, hip-hop culture, mining conditions in Africa, gun violence in Britain—but is al-ways underscored by an emphasis on the individual body, often his own, as the surface on which contemporary life is written. Just as emphatically, McQueen uses film to explore the very essence of the medium itself. Distilled into contrasts between light and darkness, motion and stillness, and sound and silence, McQueen’s installations are formally rich and multifaceted, redrawing the bound-aries between fine art and filmmaking. Also included in the exhibition and on view for the first time outside the

United Kingdom is Queen and Country (2006), a project composed of stamps bearing portraits of the British men and women who lost their lives in Iraq, which McQueen completed as an official British war artist. McQueen won the prestigious Turner Prize in 1999 and represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2009. In 2011, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his contributions to the visual arts. The Art Institute is the only museum in the country presenting this exhibition, which will travel to Switzerland in 2013.

This exhibition is organized by the Art Institute of Chicago and Schaulager, Basel, Switzerland. Lead sponsorship is provided by Donna and Howard Stone. Major funding is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Lannan Foundation. Co-sponsorship is provided by Stephanie Skestos Gabriele and James Gabriele and Barbara Ruben. Additional funding is provided by Judith Neisser and Penelope Steiner. Generous annual support is also provided by the Exhibitions Trust: Goldman Sachs, Kenneth and Anne Griffin, Thomas and Margot Pritzker, the Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation, the Trott Family Foundation, and the Woman’s Board of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Though he is most recognized now as the director of the unflinching feature films Hunger (2008) and Shame (2011), Steve McQueen has had a nearly 20-year career as a visual artist working primarily in moving images. As the holder of the largest collection of work by McQueen in any museum in the United States, the Art Institute of Chicago is proud to present, in the first large-scale survey ever devoted to the artist, 15 of his works, including one created specially for the exhibition and on view for the first time.

Left: Steve McQueen. Still from Deadpan (detail), 1997. Courtesy of the artist; Thomas Dane Gallery, London; and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York / Paris. Photo courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York / Paris.

RELATED EVENTs

Catalogue available

Member Previews October 19–20, 10:30–5:00 Regenstein Hall

Member Lectures October 19 and 20 at 1:00 Fullerton Hall ■ Reservations required; visit www.artic.edu/memberevents.

Exhibition OverviewOctober 30 at 12:00Griffin Court

Member SeminarNovember 10, 10:30–1:00Ryan Education Center ■ Reservations required; visit www.artic.edu/memberevents.

4:00 Film Screening: Hunger Rubloff Auditorium

6:00 Artist Talk: Steve McQueen Rubloff Auditorium

7:00 Opening Reception Millennium Park RoomHosted by the Evening Associates and Leadership Advisory Committee; see page 32.

8:00 Film Screening: Shame Rubloff Auditorium

9:00 After Dark Modern WingBuy tickets at museumtix.com.

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Allen Ruppersberg No Time Left to Start Again/The B and D of R ’n’ RSeptember 21–January 6Gallery 188

Since the start of his artistic career in the late 1960s, Allen Ruppersberg has had a formative influence on at least three generations of artists. As a pioneer of Conceptual Art, he developed uses of narrative and appropriation that foretold waves of new work in the 1970s such as the Pictures Generation circa 1977. Shuttling among Los Angeles, New York, and Amsterdam throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Ruppersberg came into contact with a variety of local art scenes, becoming an “artist’s artist” with an important following in Europe. Over the last several years, Ruppersberg has become even more visible with his participation in prominent exhibitions and art fairs, including most recently Light Years: Conceptual Art and the Photograph, 1964–1977 at the Art Institute. Ruppersberg’s latest piece, No Time Left to Start Again/The B and D of R ’n’ R, is a sweeping survey of American vernacular music from blues singers of the early 1900s through guitarists of the 1960s. Ruppersberg has compiled a history of folk, gospel, blues, and rock by scanning and laminating three kinds of source mate-

RELATED EVENTs

Opening Celebration: The Birth and Death of Rock ’n’ RollSeptember 28 at 7:00Modern WingHosted by the Auxiliary Board; see page 32.

Exhibition Overviews September 26 at 2:00 October 19 at 2:00 Griffin Court

Artist Talk: Allen Ruppersberg October 4 at 6:00 Fullerton Hall

Allen Ruppersberg. No Time Left to Start Again/The B and D of R ’n’ R (detail showing one of five sections), 2010–2012. Courtesy of Margo Leavin Gallery, Greene Naftali Gallery, and Galerie Micheline Szwajcer.

rial: covers for vinyl records, amateur snapshots taken at music events, and musicians’ obituaries. Thousands of these photocopies will be hung on brightly colored pegboard and stacked in specially made boxes for the show’s various sections, which deal with music in the home, church, sock hop, and elsewhere. The colorful de-sign of the pegboard and boxes, a look that Ruppersberg has used with remarkable variety for many years, itself deliberately recalls posters for high school dances. All of the photocopies will be available for reading in binders at a station in the center of the exhibition, where visitors can also hear the approximately 1,400 popular songs that the artist has collected, some dating as far back as 1906. Ruppersberg’s equally extensive collection of snapshots will also be projected in its entirety on a wall outside the exhibition. In lieu of a catalogue, Ruppersberg will produce a set of LP albums that will be available in the Museum Shop.

This exhibition is supported by the Auxiliary Board of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Danh Vo: We the PeopleSeptember 23–October 28 Pritzker Garden

November 8–April 7 Bluhm Family Terrace

Through performance-based works inspired by his life experiences and historically rich readymade objects, Vietnamese-born, New York–based artist Danh Vo inter-rogates the construction of inherited cultural values, conflicts, and displacement. His recent projects evince an interest in how objects mark the intersection between individual biographies and historic events. When he was a child, Vo’s family left Vietnam in a boat built by his father. By chance, they were picked up by a Danish freighter and brought to Denmark, where they became

xcitizens. Vo’s conceptual work draws on documents and artifacts that both directly and indirectly touch on this experience—such as the watch, ring, and lighter that his father acquired upon arriving in Denmark or hand-copies of a personal letter written by the canonized French mis-sionary Théophane Vénard days before his execution in Vietnam—to examine how such items are dispersed across borders or symbolize transnational movements. This fall the Art Institute is presenting a new work by Vo in conjunction with his solo exhibition at the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago. The installation will constitute part of Vo’s two-year project, We the People, which seeks to reconstruct the colos-sal Statue of Liberty on a 1:1 scale. The artwork’s title echoes the first three words of the preamble to the U.S. Constitution, which includes the promise to secure the “Blessings of Liberty” for posterity. The statue—a long-standing symbol of hope for a better life for refugees and immigrants—embodies this same promise. The objective of We the People, however, is not to erect another statue in its totality but to reconstruct its individual elements and disperse them. The scattered fragments emphasize the abstract nature of freedom, while the recreation of only the statue’s thin copper skin reveals the material and conceptual fragility of the monument, contrary to the original’s bold proclamations of stability and imperme-ability. The installation by Vo not only works against the mythical position of the statue but recalls the statue’s first public appearances: prior to its full assembly in New York in 1886, the torch-wielding hand was displayed in Philadelphia at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition, while the head was shown at the Paris Exposition of 1878.

This exhibition is organized by the Art Institute of Chicago with major funding from the Bluhm Family Endowment Fund. Additional support is provided by the Society for Contemporary Art. Annual support is provided by the Exhibitions Trust: Goldman Sachs, Kenneth and Anne Griffin, Thomas and Margot Pritzker, the Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation, the Trott Family Foundation, and the Woman’s Board of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Danh Vo. We the People (detail), 2011. Installation at Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Chantal Crousel. Photo by Nils Klinger.

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Building: Inside Studio Gang ArchitectsSeptember 24–February 24Galleries 283–285

Though best known for Aqua Tower, the undulating 82-story mixed-use high-rise that is the tallest building in the world designed by a woman, Gang is also distin-guished by the great diversity of her work, which includes the Hyderabad O2, a high-rise community in Hyderabad, India; the Zhong Bang Village residential towers in Shanghai; an ecological revitalization project for Lincoln Park Zoo’s South Pond; and Oculus, a concert venue and public park in Taipei. All of these projects—which reflect the wide range of today’s built environment—are marked by an open-minded practice committed to research and experimentation with materials and technologies. Visitors will be able to see beyond the buildings and into the cre-ative process that brought them into being.

The exhibition, a custom-made installation designed by SGA in collaboration with curators from the museum’s Department of Architecture and Design, echoes the firm’s studio-like environment, allowing visitors to see material samples, full-scale project mock-ups, research materials, digital media, and films. The exhibition also includes a workshop space that will host programs and roundtable discussions, or Archi-Salons, throughout the run of the exhibition. Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects truly brings contemporary architecture to life, showing the full lifespan of the creative architectural process—how an idea becomes a building.

This exhibition is generously supported by Leslie Bluhm and David Helfand; Antheus Capital, LLC; the Arcus Foundation; Magellan Development Group; James McHugh Construction Co.; the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts; the Architecture & Design Society of the Art Institute of Chicago; and the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. Annual support is provided by the Exhibitions Trust: Goldman Sachs, Kenneth and Anne Griffin, Thomas and Margot Pritzker, the Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation, the Trott Family Foundation, and the Woman’s Board of the Art Institute of Chicago. In-kind support is provided by Thornton Tomasetti.

Immerse yourself in the richly creative environment of one of today’s most innovative architectural firms with Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects, the first exhibition in the world devoted to the Chicago-based group headed by MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang. This innovative presentation of the work of Studio Gang Architects (SGA) allows visitors to see how buildings and projects are created, what issues they resolve, and how solutions are shaped. Rightly recognized for such landmark buildings as Chicago’s Aqua Tower, SGA is as much a laboratory for ideas and problem-solving as it is an architectural firm. Building brings visitors into that laboratory by examining SGA’s built and unbuilt works in an engaging studio-like space.

Left: Studio Gang Architects. Aqua Tower, c. 2005. Photo by Butler V. Adams. Courtesy of Studio Gang Architects.

RELATED EVENTs

Catalogue available

Member PreviewsSeptember 22–23, 10:30–5:00

Member Lecture September 22 at 2:00 Rubloff Auditorium■ Reservations required; visit www.artic.edu/memberevents.

Archi-Salons October 6, 2:00–4:00Led by Clare Lyster, CLUAAGallery 283

November 17, 2:00–4:00Led by Iker Gil, MAS StudioGallery 283

Exhibition Overviews October 2 at 12:00November 15 at 6:00 December 7 at 12:00 January 15 at 12:00 February 21 at 6:00 Karen Kice, assistant curator, and a team member from SGA Griffin Court

Artist Talk: Jeanne Gang January 17 at 6:00Fullerton Hall

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Program and Event Highlights Extended Hours Final Weekend of Lichtensteinfriday, August 31– Monday, September 3 5:00–8:00Regenstein Hall (enter at Michigan Ave.)

Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective is open until 8:00 for its closing days.

Lifelong Learning 18th Annual Senior CelebrationsWednesday, September 5 9:30–2:30Modern Wing ■

This free day for visitors 55 and over includes lectures, gallery talks, music, and sketching. For information, call (312) 857-7602 or visit www.artic.edu/lifelonglearning.

Lecture On Cicero’s How to Win an Election: Modern Advice from Ancient RomeSaturday, September 8 10:45

Fullerton Hall

Philip Freeman, Luther College, offers timeless political wisdom.

Sponsored by the Boshell Foundation Lecture Fund

Lecture New Light on Persian Paintingsthursday, September 13 6:00

price auditorium

Sheila Canby, Metropolitan Museum of Art, explores Persian paintings from the Art Institute’s permanent collection.

Sponsored by the Community Associates

Concerts Latino Music Festival 2012Fridays: September 14 and October 12 and 266:30Fullerton Hall

The Latino Music Festival kicks off in the acoustical splendor of Fullerton Hall.

member sketch class

Light and ShadowEight Saturdays: September 15–November 311:00-1:30

Morton Auditorium ✱ ■

$195; all materials provided

Sketch from works in the museum’s gal-leries under the guidance of experienced instructors. Call (312) 499-4111.

Performances Hubbard Street Dance ChicagoThursdays: September 20 and October 25 6:00Fullerton Hall

Another season of art-inspired dance be-gins with programs reacting to Chagall’s America Windows and Steve McQueen.

Presented with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

Concerts Avalon String QuartetSundays: September 23 and October 21 2:00Fullerton Hall

The Avalon String Quartet returns with programs that mix contemporary music with classics of the repertoire.

Presented with Northern Illinois University School of Music

Conversation On Richard Strauss’s ElektraThursday, September 27 6:00Fullerton Hall

Lyric Opera dramaturg Roger Pines interviews director David McVicar and reviews production designs by John Macfarlane; includes recorded musical excerpts and art commentary by curator Gloria Groom.

Presented with Lyric Opera of Chicago

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Above left to right: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Photo by Todd Rosenberg; Lyric Opera’s set for Elektra. Design by John Macfarlane.

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Lifelong Learning

Art in the Moment: Everyday ExtraordinaryWednesday, October 3 2:00–4:30

Meet in Ryan Education Center ■

$45 per pair of participants

Individuals with dementia and their care partners or family members join in discussions and art-making projects. Visit www.artic.edu/lifelonglearning or call CJE SeniorLife at (773) 508-1117.

Artist talk Allen RuppersbergThursday, October 4 6:00Fullerton Hall

Allen Ruppersberg comments on his installation No Time Left to Start Again/The B and D of R ’n’ R.

Lecture Artists Connect: EC Brown Connects with Frank Stellasaturday, October 62:00Price Auditorium

EC Brown, a painter and exhibition orga-nizer who co-directed the COMA space from 2006 to 2008 and organized the ASCII series, discusses his own work in relation to that of Frank Stella.

Lecture Ritual Mask from TeotihuacanThursday, October 116:00Fullerton Hall

Curator Richard Townsend offers insights about ritual objects from ancient Teotihuacan.

Lecture Inventing History: How Restorations Shape What We Know about the Art of the Roman WorldThursday, October 116:00price auditorium

Jerry Podany, senior conservator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum, examines and characterizes early restora-tions of Roman sculpture in the Art Institute’s collection.

Sponsored by the Community Associates

Concert Chicago Chamber Musicians: Debussy and ImpressionismSunday, October 14 2:00 Fullerton Hall

As part of the CCM’s Debussy festival, this concert features the composer’s only string quartet and his final composition, the Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor, regarded as the culmination of his impressionistic sensibility.

Reading Seamus Heaney, poetThursday, October 186:00Rubloff Auditorium ■

(enter at MOdern Wing.)

Tickets for the Nobel Prize–winning poet will be available starting October 1 at seamusheaney.eventbrite.com or (312) 787-7070.

Presented with the Poetry Foundation

Artist Talk Steve McQueenFriday, October 196:00Rubloff Auditorium (enter at 230 S. Columbus Dr.)

The British artist and filmmaker discusses his work. The talk will be bookended by screenings of McQueen’s films Hunger at 4:00 and Shame at 8:00. See page 11.

Clockwise from left: Allen Ruppersberg. No Time Left to Start Again/The B and D of R ’n’ R (detail showing one of five sections), 2010–2012. Courtesy of Margo Leavin Gallery, Greene Naftali Gallery, and Galerie Micheline Szwajcer; Seamus Heaney. Photo by Jemimah Kuhfeld; Steve McQueen. Still from Current (detail), 1999. Courtesy of the artist; Thomas Dane Gallery, London; and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York / Paris. Photo courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York / Paris.

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12:00 modern wing highlights tour gc

last days of Lichtenstein Exhibition open until 8:00 p.m. Enter at Michigan Avenue.

12:00 gallery talk American Impressionists: What’s New? Gc

2:00 highlights tour g 100

9:30 lifelong learning 18th Annual Senior Celebrations. See page 18.

12:00 express talk Chinese Porcelain g 100


12:00 gallery talk From 1893 to Now: Architecture of the Art Institute g 100

11:30 Stroller Tour Sculpture Garden. See page 27. g 100 ■ $


12:00 gallery talk Archibald J. Motley Jr., Chicago Painter Gc


12:00 express talk Ugliness G 100


6:00 artist talk Lynda Benglis. See page 32. fh ■ $

12:00 gallery talk Japanese Prints g 100

6:00 lecture New Light on the Persian Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago, Sheila Canby, Metropolitan Museum of Art. See page 18. pa


12:00 gallery talk Made for Sweetness G 100


12:00 express talk Secret Technologies g 100

1:00 Inside Art The Realist Tradition. See page 26. FH ■ $


12:00 gallery talk Asian Art g 100

6:00 lecture The Delphic Oracle: Ancient Myths and Modern Science, John Hale, University of Louisville. See page 32. pa

6:00 performance Dancing in the Light, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. See page 18. FH


12:00 gallery talk The Sea through Painters’ Eyes G 100


12:00 express talk Exhibition Overview of Allen Ruppersberg: No Time Left to Start Again/The B and D of R ’n’ R Gc

1:00 Inside Art The Expressive Tradition. See page 26. FH ■ $


12:00 gallery talk Ancient Art g 100

6:00 conversation On Richard Strauss’s 1909 Elektra, Lyric Opera of Chicago. See page 18. fh

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12:00 gallery talk Choose Your Own Adventure: Visitor-Sculpted Tour g 100

2:00 express talk A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat g 100

10:45 lecture On Cicero’s How to Win an Election: Modern Advice from Ancient Rome, Philip Freeman, Luther College. See page 18. FH



12:00 lecture Fans of A Harlot’s Progress and the Commodification of Hogarthian Motifs, Christina Michelon, University of Minnesota pa

2:00 express talk High Renaissance vs. Mannerism g 100

6:30 Concert Latino Music Festival fh

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11:00 Member sketch class Light and Shadow. See page 18. MA ■ $



12:00 gallery talk The Romantic Dandy G 100

2:00 express talk Images of Africans in European Art g 100

Member Preview Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects


2:00 lecture Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects See page 27. RA ■

Member Preview Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects


2:00 Concert Fluid Reflections, Avalon String Quartet. See page 18. fh

7:00 special event Opening Reception: Danh Vo. See page 14. GC

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7:00 special event The Birth and Death of Rock ’n’ Roll. See page 32. MW ■ $



Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective is open until 8:00 for its final weekend, August 31–September 3. Don’t miss this acclaimed exhibition before it takes off on a world tour!

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1:00 Inside Art The Abstract Tradition. See page 26. FH ■ $


12:00 gallery talk Old Masters G 100

6:00 reading Seamus Heaney, poet. See page 20. RA

6:00 Dining event Third Annual Farm to Fork Fest. See page 40. BFT ■ $


12:00 gallery talk Exhibition Overview of Film and Photo in New York, Katherine Bussard, associate curator G 100


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6:00 performance Elements of the Image, HSDC. See p. 18. FH

6:00 lecture Italy before Rome: Etruscan Art, Fred S. Kleiner, Boston University pa

11:30 Stroller Tour Architecture See page 27. g 100 ■ $


12:00 gallery talk The Romantic Dandy G 100


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6:00 lecture Ritual Mask from Teotihuacan, Richard Townsend, curator fh

6:00 lecture How Restorations Shape What We Know about the Art of the Roman World, Jerry Podany, J. Paul Getty Museum. See page 20. pa

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2:00 lifelong learning Art in the Moment. See page 20. rec ■ $

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5:30 class Art and Yoga for Adults Call (312) 499-4111. rec ■ $

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2:00 express talk The Culture of Wine in Chinese Art G 100

6:30 Concert Latino Music Festival, Victoria Luperi, clarinet, and the Kaia String Quartet fh


6:00 special event The Modern Ball, hosted by the Architecture & Design Society. For tickets, call (312) 443-3631. MW ■ $


2:00 Concert Debussy and Impressionism, Chicago Chamber Musicians. See page 20. fh

Member Preview Steve McQueen

12:00 gallery talk Landscapes of the Hudson River School Gc

1:00 Lecture Steve McQueen FH ■

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1:00 Lecture Steve McQueen See page 27. FH ■


2:00 Concert Stand No More but Fly, Avalon String Quartet fh

12:00 gallery talk The Sea through Painters’ Eyes G 100

2:00 express talk A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat g 100

6:30 Concert Latino Music Festival, Goran Ivanovic, guitar, and the Lincoln Trio fh



2:00 Concert Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chamber Music Series: First Impressionisms, Quartet from CSO. For tickets, call (312) 294-3000. fh

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Opposite page, above left: Studio Gang Architects. Developing Aqua Tower; above right: Steve McQueen. Still from Five Easy Pieces, 1995. Courtesy of the artist; Thomas Dane Gallery, London; and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York / Paris. Photo courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York / Paris; bottom left: © Chris Lake.

Just for Members

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■ To make reservationS, visit www.artic.edu/memberevents or call (312) 499-4111.

Inside Art: The Rise of ModernismThird and fourth Wednesdays at 1:00Fullerton Hall $12 per lecture or $195 for full 17-lecture series Reservations required ■

The year 2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the Armory Show at the Art Institute, a traveling exhibition that not only in-troduced the American public to modern art and artists such as Picasso and Matisse but also inspired a generation of American artists to embrace the new European styles. In celebration of this influential event, this year’s lecture series, Inside Art: The Rise of Modernism, focuses on early 20th-century modern art in both Europe and America. For the first months, the lectures explore the various traditions in which modern art is rooted—dating back to the ancient world. Then the series moves on to survey modern movements; discussions of particular European move-ments, such as Cubism, Futurism, or Dada, will be followed the next week by a talk on the corresponding movement in America. The series also includes a special lecture in April on the Armory Show itself. These popular programs sell out quickly, so be sure to reserve your seat at one or all of these fascinating lectures!

September 19 The Realist Tradition September 26 The Expressive Tradition

October 17 The Abstract Tradition October 24 The Decorative Tradition

Michelle Lehrman JennessAssociate Vice President of Protection Services

What path brought you to the Art Institute?

I have degrees in both political science/criminal justice and art and have always loved the museum environment. I spent 12 years at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, but the opportunity here at the Art Institute was one I just couldn’t pass up.

What surprises most people about your job?Mostly that I have the job. There are not many women at this level of security. In fact, I’m the first woman to hold this posi-tion at the museum.

How has security changed over the years at the museum?We’ve certainly come a long way from the 1920s when German Shepherds patrolled the galleries, but we’ve also evolved in the last decade from the people sitting in a corner chair to engaged customer service officers representing the museum with a smile.

Is the role of a security officer simply to protect the art? That is an important aspect of the job. However, we also answer visitor questions, respond to emergencies, escort contractors and VIPs, report building issues, and assist in numerous other duties. Officers are a ubiquitous presence in the galleries, so we’re really an important part of the visitor experience.

Is visitor experience the reason officers now use quiet earpieces to communicate instead of walkie talkies?Yes, we were fortunate to upgrade the radio system this year. It’s an effective and crucial tool. The earpiece is our way of keeping the galleries quiet so everyone can enjoy the collection.

How do officers keep their focus when surrounded by beautiful works of art—or challenging art with repetitive sound?We have developed a new and innovative way of rotating the posts. The officers love the ability to move around and learn more about our entire collection.

What is your most memorable moment at the museum?I have several, but my favorite is opening the museum after-hours for Johnny Depp to see Nighthawks.

What is your favorite work of art?The Henry Moore sculpture reminds me of the Kansas City Sculpture Park, and Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings remain the rea-son why I fell in love with museums, but I just adore our work by Willem de Kooning.

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Member Previews: Steve McQueenEnjoy an exclusive sneak peek at Steve McQueen, the first American museum survey of the work of the renowned artist and filmmaker.

Stroller Tours Second Mondays, 11:30–12:15$10 members; $25 nonmembers; Reservations required ■

These tours are a great way for parents and caretakers with kids 18 months and younger to make the most of their memberships.

September 10 Sculpture Garden October 8 Architecture

Member PreviewsSeptember 22–23, 10:30–5:00Galleries 283–285Reservations are not required— just show your member card!

Member LectureSeptember 22 at 2:00Rubloff Auditorium Reservations required ■

Member Previews: Building—Inside Studio Gang ArchitectsBe among the first to experience this unique presentation featur-ing the work of Chicago-based Studio Gang Architects.

Member PreviewsOctober 19–20, 10:30–5:00 Regenstein HallReservations are not required— just show your member card!

Member LecturesOctober 19 and 20 at 1:00Fullerton Hall Reservations required ■

Autumn Garden Walking ToursOctober 24 and 25 at 1:00$15; Reservations required ■

Take in the Technicolor fall foliage on a guided tour of the Art Institute’s gardens with Tom Wolfe, the museum’s chief groundskeeper.

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Member Travel

Regina Mamou. Seven Hills, 2010.The crew at Chicago Crucible casting bronze sculpture.

Forging Culture: Bronze Sculpture in ChicagoSeptember 13 OR 149:00–3:30; $90 ✱Join Barbara Geiger on an excursion to see some of the city’s best—and least—known bronze monuments by such masters as Daniel Chester French, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and Lorado Taft, who designed the fountain in the Art Institute’s South Garden. Then enjoy a lesson in bronze casting with Lloyd Mandelbaum at his Chicago Crucible. After lunch at Francesca’s Fiore, tour the Conservation of Sculpture and Objects Studio with director Andrzej Dajnowski, and wrap up the day with a look at a few more special sculptures.

Expo Chicago/2012: An Insider’s Look September 21 OR 2210:00–4:00; $90 ✱ _ u

Tony Karman, president and direc-tor of Expo Chicago/2012, welcomes Joan Arenberg and Art Institute mem-bers for an insider’s visit to the first annual International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art at Navy Pier. After a stop at a private collection

and lunch at Riva, experience Expo Chicago/2012 with tips and information on the unique Studio Gang Architects de-sign features. Then enjoy a guided walk-ing tour with selected dealer introduc-tions. Complimentary passes to return to Expo Chicago/2012 will be provided.

Wright in Wisconsin: Madison and Spring GreenSeptember 28–29 $680 (single supplement, add $80) ✱ _ u

Bill Hinchliff leads this two-day ex-ploration of important Frank Lloyd Wright sites. Tour Monona Terrace, the remarkable convention center that Wright designed for the city in 1938 but which was not built until 1997 with alterations to his design. Next, visit the Unitarian Meeting House (1947) and the Herbert Jacobs House (1936), the first of Wright’s Usonian homes. Continue to Spring Green and check into the House on the Rock Resort, designed by Taliesin Associates. On the second day, tour Taliesin in two parts: the house itself and the Hillside Home Complex, which today houses the Taliesin Fellowship, the school that Wright founded in the early 1930s, and Taliesin Associates, the related archi-tectural firm.

Celebrating Chicago Artists MonthOctober 24 OR 259:00–4:00; $95 uEnjoy visits to four local artists’ studios with Joan Arenberg as your guide. Ann Toebbe’s meticulous process combines cut paper, collage, paintings, and nota-tions to create virtual blueprints of domestic interiors. Photographer Regina Mamou, inspired by a recent Fulbright Fellowship to Jordan, shows her large-format prints that explore navigational methods and memory aids in Amman. After lunch at the Old Oak Tap, visit sculptor Michael Rea, who uses unfin-ished lumber to make larger-than-life objects, scenes, and narratives involving humor, pop culture, literature, and art history. Finally, view Afterimage at the Roger Brown Study Collection featuring Carl Baratta’s installations—colorful and strange landscapes populated by robots, aliens, and animals from popular and not-so-popular culture.

✱ Includes standing and slow walking _ Portions of tour are outdoors—dress for the weather.

u Portions of tour may not be fully handicapped accessible. Please call (312) 443-3115 for detailed information.

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TO REGISTERfor these tours or to receive information on our international travel programs, call (312) 443-3115 or visit www.artic.edu/travel.

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All ages

The Artist’s Studio: Over and Over—Printmaking Saturdays and Sundays in September Drop in 11:00–2:00No registration required

Explore the exhibition The Formation of the Japanese Print Collection at the Art Institute: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School on your own; then create a Japanese-inspired print.

The Artist’s Studio: Mini Model SculptureSaturdays and Sundays in October Drop in 11:00–2:00No registration required

Build a small-scale version of your favorite public sculpture in Chicago—inspired by models in the Art Institute’s collection—or design a monument to celebrate your favorite spot in the city.

Ages 3–5

Mini Masters: Stories and Sketches Sundays, October 21 and 28, 11:00–12:00Registration required ■

Listen to a story as part of your visit to the exhibition Told and Retold, and create your own story in a studio art activity.

AGES 6–12

Family Workshop: Autumn Wonders—Organic SculptureSaturday, September 22, 2:00–4:00Registration required ■

Explore the colors and textures of the season on a tour of the Art Institute galleries and the Lurie Garden. Then, use dried plants and other organic materials to create a garden sculpture.

Family Workshop: Movers and Makers with Hubbard Street Dance ChicagoSaturday, October 27, 12:30–2:30Registration required ■

Focusing on Marc Chagall’s America Windows, this special collaborative workshop, led by educators from Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and the Art Institute, includes an interactive guided gallery visit and a movement workshop in the studios.

Ages 13–19

Teen Workshop: Experimental FashionSaturday, September 8, 11:00–4:00$10 Members; Registration required ■

Explore contemporary design in the exhibition Fashioning the Object: Bless, Boudicca, Sandra Backlund; then create your own innovative designs in the studio. For more information and to register, call (312) 857-7142 or e-mail [email protected].

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Family Program Highlights

For a complete list of programs or a copy of our brochure, visit www.artic.edu/kids, call (312) 857-7161, or e-mail [email protected].

Family Programs are free and meet in the Ryan Education Center unless otherwise noted. Children under 14 must be accompanied by adults.

■ to REGISTER, visit www.artic.edu/calendar. For assistance or more information, call (312) 857-7161.

All Mini Masters, Family Workshops, Special Workshops, Tween Workshops, and Teen Workshops require registration. Find more programs on our website.

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From left: Studio Gang Architects. Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo, pavilion detail; Joseph Pennell. The Treasury of Athens, Delphi, 1913. Joseph Brooks Fair Collection.

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Affiliate Group Events

www.artic.edu/affiliategroups

The Art Institute’s various affiliate groups foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of the museum’s collections through lectures, meetings, and special events related to their interests and missions. For more information on individual groups, visit www.artic.edu/affiliategroups. Events below are open to all members unless otherwise noted.

A rc h i t e c t u r e & D e s i g n s o c i e t y Opening Celebration: Building—Inside Studio Gang ArchitectsSeptember 21 at 6:00Modern Wing

The Architecture & Design Society celebrates the debut of Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects (see page 16), the first exhibition in the world devoted to the work of the Chicago-based architec-tural firm. This event is for A&D Society members only. RSVP by September 14 to Jennifer Breckner at [email protected]. For more information, please call (312) 443-3631.

A s i A n A rt co u n c i l Lecture: Creating Sacred Space—Burmese Wall Paintings of the Nyaungyan and Konbaung DynastiesOctober 4 at 6:00Price Auditorium

Alexandra Green, British Museum, London, discusses the murals that adorn

the walls of many temples in central Burma (present-day Myanmar) and explores their diverse imagery in context of their sacred spaces and the social, economic, religious, and cultural trends of their times.

Au x i l i A ry B oA r DOpening Celebration: The Birth and Death of Rock ’n’ RollSeptember 28 at 7:00Modern Wing

This evening celebrating Allen Ruppersberg: No Time Left to Start Again/The B and D of R ’n’ R (see page 13) offers exclusive exhibition viewings, food, cocktails, and a special performance by the cast of the award-winning musical Million Dollar Quartet. Tickets start at $175. For tickets or information, contact Jamie Summers at (312) 443–3674.

c l A s s i c A l A rt s o c i e t yLecture: The Delphic Oracle—Ancient Myths and Modern Science September 20 at 6:00 Price Auditorium

For the J. William Holland Memorial Lecture, John Hale, University of Louisville, recounts a modern archaeologi-cal and scientific quest for the truth about history’s most important oracular shrine.

evening AssociAtes AnD leADership ADvisory committeeOpening Reception: Steve McQueenOctober 19 at 7:00MIllennium Park Room

This special evening in honor of the opening of Steve McQueen (see page 10) includes McQueen’s talk and film screen-ings in Rubloff Auditorium, a VIP recep-tion with the artist, an exhibition viewing, and the evening’s After Dark. Advance tickets are $60 for members and $70 for nonmembers. For further details, contact Jaime Norwood at [email protected] or Natalie Harris Lenz at [email protected].

sustAining FellowsSeminar Series: American Art Thursdays, October 25–November 15, at 11:00FELLOWS

Focusing on the Department of American Art, this series ranges from lectures on Homer, Cassatt, and Whistler to previews of next year’s exhibition Art and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine. The series is open to Sustaining Fellows and their guests. For more information, call the Sustaining Fellows Office at (312) 443-3735.

society For contemporAry ArtArtist Talk: Lynda BenglisSeptember 12 at 6:00Fullerton Hall

Lynda Benglis discusses her four-decade career as a sculptor and art-world provo-cateur. Tickets are $15 for SCA members and $20 for non–SCA members; contact John McKinnon at (312) 443-3630 or [email protected].

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News

Sylvain Bellenger, Searle Chair and Curator of the Department of Medieval through Modern European Painting and Sculpture.

Director Receives Special French HonorOn July 17, President and Eloise W. Martin Director Douglas Druick was named an Officier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. This distinguished honor by the French government recogniz-es individuals who have made significant contributions to French art and culture. Druick’s award was presented by François Delattre, French Ambassador to the United States, who made a special trip to Chicago for the occa-sion. Graham Paul, Consul General, Consulate General of France; Marie-Anne Toledano, Cultural Attaché, Consulate General of France; and Jean-François Rochard, Deputy Cultural Attaché, Consulate General of France, were also in attendance.

French Audio GuideThe visit of French Ambas-sador Delattre also marked the launch of a new French audio guide. Thanks to the encouragement of the Cultural Services of the Consulate General of France in Chicago and with the generous financial support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the mu-seum has produced a 50-stop French-language audio guide focused on our world-re-nowned Impressionist collec-tion. Through this continued partnership, an additional 50-stop tour featuring our 20th-century modern art collection is planned for March 2013.

Digital Member Card AppOn July 10 at a special launch party at the Apple Store in Lincoln Park, the Art Institute introduced the Digital Member Card, the first muse-um app of its kind. Available for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, this free app makes it possible for members to lighten the load in their wal-lets and carry their member cards on their mobile devices. Members need only to enter their member number once to download the card and then enjoy all the benefits the muse-um has to offer—from special exhibition viewing hours to exclusive programs and entry into the Member Lounge. The member card features a selection of images from the permanent collection and a barcode that can be scanned at entrances to the museum and special exhibitions.

First E-book from PublicationsThe Department of Publications is also going digital with the release of their first e-book, an electron-ic version of the catalogue Fashioning the Object: Bless, Boudicca, Sandra Backlund. The print version has been wildly popular, almost sell-ing out in the five months it has been available, and the new digital version echoes the successful design of the original but offers elements, such as audio/video materi-als featured in the exhibition, that could not be included in a print format. An expanded digital version of Dawoud Bey: Harlem, U.S.A. is also in the works. For iPad only, the e-books will be available in the App Store this fall.

New Chair of Medieval through Modern European Painting and SculptureThe Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to announce the appoint-ment of Sylvain Bellenger as the Searle Chair and Curator of the Department of Medieval through Modern European Painting and Sculpture. This position was previously held by Douglas Druick, who became the Art Institute’s President and Eloise W. Martin Director in August 2011. A French citizen, Bellenger will assume his responsibili-ties at the museum at the beginning of October. Bellenger was the chief curator of national heritage at the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art in Paris. From 1999 to 2005, Bellenger served as the Paul Vignos and Edith Ingalls Curator of European Sculpture and Paintings at the Cleveland Museum of Art, where he was also the head of the Department of European and American Art 1500–1950. There he was responsible for many significant acquisitions, particularly in French, Italian, and American paintings and sculpture from the early 17th century to the early 20th century. From 1992 to 1999, he was the direc-tor and chief curator of the Château and Museums of Blois, France, and from 1987 to 1991 the director of the Museums of Montargis. Bellenger has received numerous professional honors and awards and is the only French curator to be awarded a Samuel H. Kress Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts from the National Gallery of Art. In 2002, he became a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, and in 2006, in recognition of his work on the French Romantic painter Girodet and his contributions to the history of French art, he became a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, presented by Philippe de Montebello, then director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bellenger is also a pioneer among French museum directors for his innovations in community development, conservation initiatives, and interpretation and education. His administrative and fundraising experience will ensure that the department will retain its leading position among museums around the world.

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The 28th installment of the series, focus: Hito Steyerl, opens this November.

Supporting the Mission Focused Support

Over the last 25 years, the focus exhibition series at the Art Institute has been a dynamic means for the Department of Contemporary Art to showcase important artists—those just emerging as well as under-recognized mid- and late-career artists. Always highlighting the work of a single artist, focus de-buted in May of 1987 with Robert Ryman: The Charter Series. At that time the goal of the series was to present contemporary artists that the museum saw to be under-represented in the Midwest. Artists of local, national, and international significance were selected, giving many viewers their first access to the work of now-acclaimed artists such as Robert Gober, whose 1988 focus presentation was his first museum exhibition. After a hiatus of 11 years, the department decided to restart the focus program in 1999, broadening its aim to showcase work by emerging artists, provide fresh perspectives on estab-lished artists, and reach new audiences. In 2002, trustee Nancy Lauter McDougal and her husband, Alfred L. McDougal, made a generous gift to endow the series, allowing for up to three focus exhibitions each year. “We are deeply grateful for Nancy and Fred’s sponsorship of this important endeavor,” James Rondeau, Dittmer Chair and Curator, Department of Contemporary Art, noted. “Their gift was a game-changing proposition at the time it was made and

Fred and Nancy McDougal.

Guests visit the interactive exhibition focus: Monica Bonvicini—Light Me Black, which was on view in the Abbott Galleries November 20, 2009–January 24, 2010.

continues to enliven, enrich, and expand our contemporary art program in innumerable ways. They have helped to make us a leader in the field. Their support has become even more signifi-cant now that the Modern Wing allows the series much greater visibility.” “When the focus series began, it put contemporary art on the map in ways that it hadn’t been for a long time,” said Nancy. “It has been especially satisfying for Fred and me to see this boost throughout the museum and the city. The opportunity to learn about new artists and then hear them speak firsthand about their work has been a wonderful learning experience for all visitors.” Thanks to the encyclopedic nature of the museum, the series also reveals how today’s art fits into the broad range of art his-tory. The featured artists are sure to be counted among the most influential of our times; in fact, many focus artists now have major works in the museum’s permanent collection as a direct result of their exhibitions.

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Business Council

Dale TaylorPresident and CEO

Tim MaloneyIllinois President

Wendy Breuder, Co-General Manager

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Byron D. TrottChairman and CEO

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The Art Institute thanks members of the business com-munity who help us welcome more than 500,000 visi-tors including schoolchildren, educators, and families to learn from our world-class collection every year. We are especially proud to recognize the members of our new Business Council, whose annual commitments touch all parts of the museum.

ChairmanFrederick H. WaddellChairman and CEO, Northern Trust

Honorary ChairThomas J. Pritzker Executive Chairman, Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Honorary ChairJohn H. Bryan Retired Chairman, Sara Lee Corporation

Founding Members

Business Council Chairman and trustee Frederick H. Waddell, trustee Anne Pramaggiore, Board of Trustees Chairman Thomas J. Pritzker, and President and Eloise W. Martin Director Douglas Druick launch the Business Council with a special breakfast for the founding members.

Business Council

The Art Institute around the World The Impressionists: Fashion Jet-Setters

In the last issue of Member Magazine, we looked at where works from across the collection were spending their summers. Now we focus in on a group of paintings from the museum’s much-beloved and celebrated Impressionist collection that will be traveling together for the next several months in the exhi-bition Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity. After debut-ing at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris and then moving on to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the much-anticipat-ed exhibition and our paintings will arrive back in Chicago in June 2013. Organized by Gloria Groom, the David and Mary Winton Green Curator of 19th-Century European Painting, with major underwriting support from Alexandra and John Nichols and JPMorgan Chase, Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity is the first exhibition to examine the ways in which artists in France responded to cultural and consumer changes during the rise of the modern fashion industry, when department stores and fash-ion magazines were just beginning to proliferate. While many exhibitions and studies have centered on the Impressionists, this exhibition explores their artistic endeavors in a new way—by looking at how they exploited trends in fashion for their own

artistic gain. Spanning the period from the mid-1860s to the mid-1880s, the show includes 90 major figure paintings by Gustave Caillebotte, Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Georges Seurat—with the paintings from our collection serving as keystones of the show. Works by artists who painted “portraits of fashion,” such as Charles Carolus-Duran, Alfred Stevens, and James Tissot, as well as a judicious selection of costumes, photographs, fashion plates, advertisements, and other printed materials from the period, will enhance the context of this à la mode era. While the museum certainly looks forward to the arrival of this groundbreaking show in Chicago and the return of our treasured works, we are thrilled to have the exhibition and our paintings serve as our art—and fashion—ambassadors around the world.

Clockwise from top left: Edgar Degas. The Millinery Shop, 1879/86. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection; Gustave Caillebotte. Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877. Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection; Édouard Manet. Woman Reading, 1879/80. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection; Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Woman at the Piano, 1875/76. Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection; Henri Fantin-Latour. Édouard Manet, 1867. Stickney Fund.

chicagoThe Art Institute of ChicagoJune 26–September 22, 2013

parisMusée d’OrsaySeptember 25, 2012–January 20, 2013new york

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtFebruary 19–May 27, 2013

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Digital Developments Bringing European Decorative Arts to Life

On the wall before you hangs an exquisite Rococo clock. Its elaborate scrolling brass and gilt bronze decoration radiates a golden brilliance, while a lively figure of Apollo is poised atop, his bow drawn, his arrow aimed at winged Python below. Yet de-spite this animated ornamentation, the ornate timepiece remains inert, its functional nature lost in the past. Then suddenly on a screen in your hands, the clock dances to life: candlelight flickers, gears begin to turn, and when the minute hand strikes the hour, a sprightly melody—not heard in 300 years—chimes brightly. This magical experience may sound like the stuff of dreams, but it is just one of the many fascinating ways over 50 objects from the collection of European decorative arts will come alive with Gallery Connections. Beginning October 28, this new inter-active resource will be accessible via 25 iPads stationed through-out the Eloise W. Martin Galleries of European Decorative Arts and two iPads in the Member Lounge. As with the enchanting video of the 18th-century wall clock, Gallery Connections will offer visitors the chance to get up close to these centuries-old objects and discover their hidden stories through several innova-tive technologies. Users will be able to virtually handle objects, turning them over to examine the exquisite artistry on each and every side, through advanced 360-degree imaging. And three-dimensional animated videos of works like the magnificent multi-chambered Augsburg Cabinet will let users open doors to appreciate the beautiful carvings hidden on the interior and pull out drawers to see examples of the pharmaceutical tools and bottles that would have been stored inside. Some of the new offerings are less technological but just as insightful. A dozen videos focus on the skilled craftsmanship that went into making the pieces. One such film captures Patrick Edwards, one of very few Americans trained in traditional 18th-century French marquetry, or wood inlay, recreating sections of an intricate coffer by André Charles Boulle and a secretary desk by David Roentgen in his San Diego studio—without a power tool in sight! Another records two artists, one from the School of the Art Institute’s ceramics department, fashioning a replica of an earthenware vase step by step, from throwing to painting to glazing. Special thanks are owed to Melinda Sullivan, whose great generosity has funded the project in honor of her mother, Eloise W. Martin, after whom the EDA galleries, the department chair, and the museum’s directorship are named. With its host of unique resources—which even includes a 17th-century recipe for rabbit stew for our rabbit-shaped porcelain soup tureen—Gallery Connections will certainly enhance visitors’ experience and ap-preciation of the museum’s rich holdings of European decorative arts. And soon the interactive project will enrich further museum galleries—look for it in the Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art in November.

Stills from a video featuring Wall Clock, 1735/40. Cabinetmaker: attributed to Jean-Pierre Latz. Clockworkmaker: Francis Bayley. Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund.

Get a sneak peek at the some of the fascinating videos featured on Gallery Connections at www.youtube.com/artinstitutechicago.

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The Final DetailA fitting accessory for October’s eerie end, this tiny macabre pendant—under two inches tall and wide—is also a rather surprisingly complicated spice box. The miniature spring-loaded button on the top opens the skull to reveal two sections, the back one divided into four compartments, and a panel engraved with the names of four aromatics: Negal (cloves), Muscha (nutmeg), Canel (cinnamon), and Schlag (schlagwasser, a mixture of brandy, primrose petals, and violets, thought to be a cardiac stimulant). The openings for the eye sockets, nasal passages, and missing teeth are not just anatomically correct; these perforations would have allowed the fragrances of the secreted spices to waft out and work their medicinal magic. Find this fascinating little object—along with the rest of the Alsdorf Collection of Renaissance Jewelry—recently reinstalled in Gallery 237, and enjoy more hidden delights like this with our latest mini-tour, “Look a Little Closer,” available online and in the museum galleries.

Spice Box Shaped as a Skull, 17th century. German or Dutch. Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf.

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Shopping and Dining

s h o p p i n gShoppingMain Museum ShopMichigan Avenue lobby

Modern Shop Modern Wing entrance

Friday–Wednesday: 10:30–5:30 Thursday: 10:30–8:00

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On Site September 15, 10:30–5:30Members enjoy 20% off in the museum’s shops and restaurants—all day long!

D i n i n gTerzo PianoThird level Modern Wing

Modern Italian cuisine Lunch daily: 11:00–3:00 Thursday evening: 5:00–8:00

Caffè ModernoSecond level Modern Wing

Convenient pick-me-ups Friday–Wednesday: 10:30–4:30 Thursday: 10:30–7:00

Museum CaféLower level near Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room

Casual and family dining Lunch daily: 11:00–4:00

McKinlock Court Restaurant Lower level McKinlock Court

A variety of small platesThursday evening: 5:00–7:30

Third Annual Farm to Fork FestOctober 18 at 6:00 Bluhm Family Terrace $85.50 members/ $95 nonmembers*

Our mini-farmer’s market reception is back with a new twist! While nibbling on hors d’oeuvres and sipping cocktails, guests will be treated to a mentor-versus-mentee “Quickfire Challenge” as chef Tony Mantuano goes up against Top Chef Texas runner-up and Spiaggia chef Sarah Grueneberg. A seated four-course dinner with wine pairings follows. Beer and cock-tails will also be available for purchase. Visit www.terzopiano-chicago.com or call (312) 443-8650 to reserve your seats.

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General Information

HoursMuseum and Member LoungeDaily: 10:30–5:00Thursdays until 8:00

The museum is closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s days.

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AccessibilityHandicapped and Stroller AccessThe museum is fully wheel-chair and stroller accessible. The Michigan Avenue and Millennium Park entrances are accessible by ramp and electronic doors. Wheelchairs and strollers are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Visitors with ambulatory disabilities may call (312) 443-3507.

CheckroomThe checkroom is complimentary for members and their guests. The following items must be checked: any bag larger than 13 x 17 inches, backpacks, baby carriers, long umbrellas, and briefcases. Food and drink cannot be checked and are not permitted in the galleries or Member Lounge.

Assisted ListeningFullerton Hall is equipped with assisted-listening devices, available at the Michigan Avenue checkroom counter. American Sign Language interpretation is offered for any scheduled gallery talk. Please call TDD/TTY (312) 443-3680 or send an e-mail to [email protected] two weeks in advance.

Your MembershipParkingMembers at the Member Plus level and above save $5 on park-ing at the Millennium Garages (indicated by a star on the map at left). To get your discounted ticket, show your member card and parking ticket at any mem-bership desk or in the Member Lounge. Not Member Plus? Call (312) 499-4111 to upgrade today.

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Member LoungeRelax, recaffeinate, renew! The Member Lounge offers a wide range of Art Institute publications, complimentary coffee and tea, and a cash bar during Thursday happy hours. A Member Lounge representative can also help you renew your membership, update your personal information, or sign up for exclusive member-only programming. The lounge is open to members and their guests during museum hours. Beverage service ends one hour before closing.

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