Even if you have never set foot in the Windy City, you may still feel as if you’ve ambled through the Art Institute of Chicago. No American art museum, besides the Met in New York, has so embedded itself in the popular imagination, whether through the iconic montage of Ferris Bueller and pals visiting the museum in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off or via the classic Parker Brothers board game Masterpiece, whose 1996 version features works from the Art Institute’s collection.
Yes, American Gothic, Nighthawks, and A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte are all must-sees. But there are plenty of other treasures that are just as worthy of your time—if you know where to look. With the help of Art Institute curators, we have gathered 20 of them here.
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Source: artnews.com