30,000 Piles of Rice in Chicago (looking only)

You can see it in person at the Art Institute of Chicago, through December 23, 2011.  German artist Wolfgang Laib worked with School of the Art Institute alumni for 10 days in October to pour precise mounds of rice in an installation that covers most of the Sullivan...

I Would So Wear Spider Silk

The Art Institute of Chicago is celebrating the opening of their redesigned galleries of African Art and Indian Art of the Americas. Golden Textile at the Art Institute of Chicago, photo courtesy of www.prweb.com This incredible fabric was conceived and created by...