The Modern Wing: Renzo Piano and the Art Institute of Chicago

by James Cuno, Paul Goldberger, Joseph Rosa, et al.

Book Overview

This handsome book examines the remarkable new addition to the Art Institute of Chicago, designed by Renzo Piano and scheduled to open in May 2009. This expansion to the Art Institute of Chicago, already one of the largest museums in the country, will provide new galleries for modern and contemporary painting and sculpture, as well as for photography, film and video, and architecture and design. The structure is Piano's largest art museum building...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300141122
• ISBN13: 9780300141122
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Art Institute of Chicago
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.4" x 11.3"