Modern and contemporary highlights from the Art Institute of Chicago

Lora Marx (American), Bust from the Tavern Club, Chicago, Illinois, c. 1937, plaster. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

foreground: Cindy Sherman (American), Untitled #92, 1981, Chromogenic print. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

background: John Currin (American), Stamford after Brunch, 2000, oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Leonora Carrington (English, active Mexico), The Chad (O las hystericas), 1962, oil on panel. Private collection, on view at the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Marcel Duchamp (American, born France), Hat Rack, 1964 (1916 original now lost), wood. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Pavel Tchelitchew (American), Untitled, 1948, pen and black ink with brush and gray wash on paper. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Constantin Brancusi (French, born Romania), left to right:

White Negress II, 1928; white marble, black marble, stone, and wood;

Leda, c. 1920, marble on concrete base;

Golden Bird, 1919/20 (base about 1922); bronze, stone, and wood.

Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Ellen Gallagher (American), Untitled, 1999; enamel, rubber, and paper on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Kurt Seligmann (American, born Switzerland), The Dance [detail], 1940, oil on glass. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Takashi Murakami (Japanese), Mr. Pointy, 2011, acrylic on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Katharina Fritsch (German), Woman with Dog, 2004; polyester, iron, wood, and paint. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Francis Bacon (English, born Ireland), Figure with Meat, 1954, oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Jeff Koons (American), Bourgeois Bust—Jeff and Ilona, 1991, marble. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Felix Gonzalez-Torres (American, born Cuba), “Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.), 1991; candies individually wrapped in multicolor cellophane, endless supply. Promised gift, on display at the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Ellsworth Kelly (American), Tableau Vert, 1952, oil on wood. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Andy Warhol (American), Big Electric Chair, 1967–68, acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Marlene Dumas (South African), Albino, 1986, oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Kelly Church (Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Pottawatomi, Ottawa, and American), Sustaining Traditions—Digital Teachings, 2018; black ash, sweetgrass, copper; medicine pouch; glass vial containing emerald ash borer; USB flash drive. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Robert Rauschenberg (American), Untitled, c. 1955, combine painting (oil, house paint, paper, fabric, and printed reproductions, with sock and parachute on canvas). Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

foreground: Jean (Hans) Arp (French, born Alsace), Growth, 1938/60, white marble. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

background: Joan Miró (Spanish), The Policeman, 1925, oil on canvas. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Lora Marx (American), Bust from the Tavern Club, Chicago, Illinois, c. 1937, plaster. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

In shades of blue and gold: highlights from the American and European collections of the Grand Rapids Art Museum

Charles Harold Davis (American), A Summer Night, c. 1910, oil on canvas. Collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Ferdinand Bol (Dutch), Portrait of a Man, c. 1650, oil on canvas. Collection of the Grand Rapids Museum of Art.

Joseph Stella (American), Still Life, c. 1925, oil on canvas. Collection of the the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Andrea Kowch (American), Sojourn, 2011, acrylic on canvas. Collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Al Wildey (American), Midland, 2010, digital composite on aluminum. Collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Alexander Archipenko (American, born Ukraine), White Torso, c. 1916, silvered bronze. Collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

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Stuart Davis (American), Configuration, 1946, oil on canvas. Collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Charles Warren Eaton (American), The Afterglow, c. 1900, oil on canvas. Collection of the Grand Rapids Museum of Art.

George Bellows (American), Portrait of Leon Kroll, 1915, oil on panel. Collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

William Ritschel (American, born Germany), Moonlight at Monterey, c. 1920, oil on canvas. Collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Robert Henri (American), Portrait of Gertrude Kaska, 1904, oil on canvas. Collection of the Grand Rapids Museum of Art.

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (American), Five Ducks on a Bank, 1870, oil on artist board. Collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Johann Nicolaus Treu (German)/unkown German, Portrait of Johann Joseph Baptist Wucherer, 1761, oil on canvas. Collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Hans Arp (French), La Sainte de la Lisière, 1964, white marble. Collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Lawton Silas Parker (American, 1868–1954), First Born, n.d., oil on linen. Collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Armand Merizon (American), Rocks and Gull, 1955, oil on board. Collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Jan Brueghel the Elder (Belgian), Madonna and Child Surrounded by Flowers, c. 1600, oil on panel. Collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Lewis Luman Cross (American), Passenger Pigeons, c. 1900, oil on canvas. Collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Frederick W. Freer (American), Choosing a Title, 1882, oil on panel. Collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

George Inness (American), The Last Glow, 1885, oil on panel. Collection of the Grand Rapids Museum of Art.

Ferdinand Bol (Dutch), Portrait of a Woman, c. 1650, oil on canvas. Collection of the Grand Rapids Museum of Art.

Stephen Hannock (American), Golden Launch at Dawn, 2001, oil on canvas. Collection of the Grand Rapids Museum of Art.