Free general admission is being offered to visitors of the Art Institute of Chicago during February 2008.
The Art Institute of Chicago is offering free general admission in February 2008 to its permanent collection, lectures, screenings and family events. Among the museum's highlights are:
- February 2: Behind the Lions Day, a family event that introduces American heroes in the AIC's collection through gallery tours, art-making activities and more.
- Every Saturday in February: Conservation Conversations, where AIC scientists explain how works of art and artifacts are preserved using state-of-the-art methods.
- Every weekend in February: Question & Answer Discussions with AIC curators, scholars and experts.
- February 23 and 24: The Chicago premiere of The Gates, the HBO documentary about the Winter 2005 public art installation in New York City by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The Gates chronicles the project's 26-year development. It features archival footage of meetings and conversations between the two artists and various New York City government officials from the 1970s through 2005, when 7503 fabric-paneled gates were erected temporarily in Manhattan's Central Park.
From February 16 to 29, there's a separate $10.00 ticket fee that covers admission to both Edward Hopper and Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light, two special exhibitions about these great American artists.
