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As autumn slowly unfolds and the trees dip themselves in gold and red, the desire to explore new places and new spaces takes hold. Recently, it was Chicago's Millennium Park and The Art Institute of Chicago. In the park, it is impossible not to be fascinated by Anish Kapoor's
Cloud Gate, a 110-ton elliptical sculpture of polished stainless steel, and the Frank Gehry-designed pavilion. Highlights from the Art Institute include an Edouard Vuillard painting; a Van Gogh self-portrait; Georgia O'Keeffe's
Sky Above Clouds IV painting from 1965, so perfectly presented on a staircase landing; two contemporary chairs,
Honey-Pop Armchair by Takujin Yoshioka, and the pleated paper
Cabbage Chair by Oki Sato that is shipped to the consumer as one compact roll to be open, cut and rolled back into shape upon installation (How cool is that?); a close-up of a must-see-to-believe Jackson Pollack drip painting; and the intensely beautiful stain glass window by Marc Chagall, one of three. Finally, no weekend visit would be complete without a viewing of George Seurat's
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.
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Images by D. Sleziak
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