Staffordshire Pottery Houses in a major art museum
If you ever wanted to own artwork from a major museum for just $51, here’s your chance.
Fun with the Art Institute of Chicago
19th century chair as a Transformer
I might have gone too far. I have come up with three different Transformer names for this 19th century armchair in the Art Institute’s collection.
Rough pigs by Charles Émile Jacque
The roughness of how these pigs are drawn seems to be more accurate for how they are in real life.
That random piece of art history would make a great coloring page
You can be the person who loves to color random artwork that was never meant to be colored.
Sailing from a quiet to violent seascape
So quiet. The exhaust from one tiny ship pulling a grand sailboat. The exhaust floats into the sky like the larger clouds. Then…
Comparing the cost of an Art Institute of Chicago membership
Let’s get into the math of buying regular tickets at the ticket window versus getting an annual membership.
Leprechaun vs Pataikos
Hello little green person. You look like a leprechaun, but you come from Ancient Egypt.
Cat lovers will love the feline art from the Art Institute of Chicago’s collection
Searching for ‘feline’ instead of cat yields more ancient results.
Medieval armor as cubism?
Do a search for “cubism” on the Art Institute of Chicago’s website, and you’ll get some medieval armor.