three of the most studied and celebrated paintings of the past 150 years await at an art museum to match the best in the world. These works are Nighthawks by Edward Hopper, American Gothic by Grant Wood and Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. They are all obligatory, as is Picasso’s Old Guitarist, but are only a gateway to a whole feast of art. The Art Institute of Chicago has the largest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting outside Paris, with more than 30 paintings by Monet, as well as works by Cézanne, Renoir, van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec. For modern art there’s Jackson Pollock, Warhol, Jasper Johns and Matisse, while the modern architecture and design collection has drawings and models by Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier and more. You can also delight in ancient Greek, Egyptian, Etruscan and Roman artefacts, from mosaics, to pottery, glass, coins, bronze and jewellery. Tip: Entrance is included in the Go Chicago Card: All-Inclusive Attraction Pass
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