TisF visits the Fabulous new Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Designed by Pritzker Prize–winning architect Renzo Piano, the new Modern Wing opened in May 2009.  The building showcases the Art Institute’s renowned collection of modern and contemporary art.  The new wing comprises galleries for modern and contemporary painting and sculpture, photography, film and video, and architecture and design as well as an outdoor sculpture terrace. The extraordinary scope and quality of these collections is stunning and each is displayed more comprehensively than ever before.  Now a decade in the making, this 264,000 square-foot building makes the Art Institute the second largest art museum in the United States.  The opening of the Modern Wing has allowed the Art Institute to take its rightful place as one of the world’s great collections of modern and contemporary art.  The Modern Wing also includes several public spaces that are accessible and free of charge to all visitors as an extension of Chicago’s Millennium Park.

The new Modern Wing is truly Fabulous!

Photography by Constance K.