Chagall Windows Go Back On Display In Chicago

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Oct 29th 2010 at 11:02PM

November 1 marks the return of Marc Chagall's America Windows to the Art Institute of Chicago. The popular exhibit underwent conservation and research treatment the past five years. The stained- glass windows commemorate the American Bicentennial and first debuted at the Art Institute in 1977. They also appeared in the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off.: The windows are now the centerpiece for a presentation of public art in the Rubloff Auditorium.

The Art Institute website tells the story of the windows. It began in the early 1970s, when Chagall came to the city as part of his work on the mosaic installed outside Chase Tower, The Four Seasons. He offered to create a set of stained-glass windows for the museum and worked on the six-panel work which celebrates the America as a place of cultural and religious freedom. He dedicated the work to Mayor Richard J. Daley. Admission to the institute is $18

[via Chicago Tribune]

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