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| Art Institute of Chicago's Modern Wing Offers Conference Rooms and Italian-Mediterranean Restaurant |
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Open to the public since May 16—and the cause of 26 opening events—the Art Institute of Chicago's new modern wing devotes 264,000 square feet to modern European painting and sculpture, contemporary art, architecture, photography, film, and video. Events hosted within the space—which has a capacity of about 2,500—can involve open viewing of some or all the galleries, with additional fees for museum security.
Designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, the wing comprises two pavilions that surround the first-floor Griffin Court. The bilevel circulation space can host 1,800 for receptions or accommodate seated dinners for 350. |
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 | The contemporary gallery, which can remain open during private events, overlooks the Chicago skyline.
Photo: Dave Jordano |
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 | Griffin Court connects the wing's two pavilions and can host receptions for 1,800 guests.
Photo: Charles G. Young, Interactive Design Architects |
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 | The modern gallery houses European painting and sculpture.
Photo: Dave Jordano |
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 | The modern wing overlooks Millennium Park's Lurie Garden.
Photo: Charles G. Young, Interactive Design Architects |
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 | Architect Renzo Piano crowned the building in a canopy of aluminum blades that are engineered to bring northern light into the galleries, but block out the more intense southern light.
Photo: Dave Jordano |
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On the second level, the Nichols Trustee suite—which has already hosted a conference for the 2016 Olympic Evaluation Commission—overlooks Millennium Park. Accessible via a private elevator, the space offers a 16- by 16-foot drop-down screen and seating for 65 at a U-shaped table. A pantry, lobby, and smaller conference room with seating for about 16 also occupy the second floor.
With a menu of Mediterranean-Italian fare created by chef Tony Mantuano (of Spiaggia), Terzo Piano restaurant is located on the wing's third level. The restaurant's patio provides seating for 60; inside, the space can seat 300. Mantuano can create customized menus for private events, and Bon Appetit Management Company—the museum's in-house caterer—can also create food stations, plated dinners, or passed appetizers for events held in the restaurant and throughout the modern wing.
—Jenny Berg
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