One artwork at a time. What it is, what to notice in the few minutes you are standing there, and the number on its label so you know you are in front of the right thing. These are the works travellers look up most.
- Self-Portrait
Vincent van Gogh · Art Institute of Chicago · 1954.326
- The Three O'Clock Sitting
Henri Matisse · The Met, New York · 2008.551
- Laurette in a Green Robe, Black Background
Henri Matisse · The Met, New York · 1999.363.43
- Wheat Field with Cypresses
Vincent van Gogh · The Met, New York · 1993.132
- Bathers by a River
Henri Matisse · Art Institute of Chicago · 1953.158
- Four Mona Lisas
Andy Warhol · Art Institute of Chicago · 2015.129
- Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler)
Vincent van Gogh · The Met, New York · 67.187.70a
- Water Lilies
Claude Monet · Art Institute of Chicago · 1933.1157
- Mona Lisa
Andy Warhol · The Met, New York · 65.273
- The Bedroom
Art Institute of Chicago · 1926.417
- The Starry Night
Vincent van Gogh · Museum of Modern Art · 472.1941
- Water Lilies
Claude Monet · The Met, New York · 1998.325.2
- Window
Anton Dieffenbach · The Met, New York · 2010.279
- Lancet Window
The Met, New York · 35.143.1
- The Goldfish Bowl
Henri Matisse · The Met, New York · 1984.433.19
- The Poet's Garden
Art Institute of Chicago · 1933.433
- The Potato Peeler (reverse: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat)
Vincent van Gogh · The Met, New York · 67.187.70b
- Water Lilies
Claude Monet · The Met, New York · 1983.532
- Young Sailor II
Henri Matisse · The Met, New York · 1999.363.41
- A Peasant Woman Digging in Front of Her Cottage
Art Institute of Chicago · 1968.92
- Starry Night and the Astronauts
Alma Thomas · Art Institute of Chicago · 1994.36
- The Concert, plate from La Vie de Chateau
Marie Laurencin · Art Institute of Chicago · 1952.1181b
- Lancet Window
The Met, New York · 35.143.3
- Reflection in the Mirror
Henri Matisse · The Met, New York · 1975.1.669
- The Open Window
Edward Wadsworth · Art Institute of Chicago · 2013.873
- Water Lilies
Jack Beal · Art Institute of Chicago · 1976.649
- A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Georges Seurat · Art Institute of Chicago · 1926.224
- Cabin from Point of Pines Plantation
Built by enslaved carpenters, Edisto Island, South Carolina · National Museum of African American History and Culture · 2013.57
- Julia Jackson
Art Institute of Chicago · 1968.227
- Mona Lisa
Department of Paintings of the Louvre · INV 779
- Mona Lisa
Museo del Prado · P000504
- Mona Lisa (La Joconde)
Augustine Fauchery · The Met, New York · 47.100.409
- Shoes
The Met, New York · 1992.374
- Tomahawk Missile, in Americans
United States Navy · National Museum of the American Indian · americans-tomahawk
- Water Lilies
Helena de Kay · The Met, New York · 2024.73
- Water Lilies
Claude Monet · Museum of Modern Art · 666.1959.a-c
- Woman Holding a Balance
Johannes Vermeer · National Gallery of Art · 1942.9.97
- Woman before an Aquarium
Henri Matisse · Art Institute of Chicago · 1926.220
- Alassio: Starry Night
Art Institute of Chicago · 1930.413
- Greyed Rainbow
Art Institute of Chicago · 1955.494
- Home of Revolution: Chinese family works to improve a cave home in hills outside Yenan. After its Long March in 1935, th
Art Institute of Chicago · 2023.3318
- Hope Diamond
Smithsonian Institution
- Interior at Nice
Henri Matisse · Art Institute of Chicago · 1956.339
- Julia Jackson
Julia Margaret Cameron · The Met, New York · 1996.99.2
- Mao
Andy Warhol · Art Institute of Chicago · 1974.230
- Mona
The Met, New York · 17.3.703
- Open Window
Juan Gris · Philadelphia Museum of Art · 1950-134-97
- Potato
Joan Miró · The Met, New York · 1999.363.50
- Starry night
Arthur Secunda · Art Institute of Chicago · 1973.141
- THE CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF WHITE
Jenny Holzer · Museum of Modern Art · 1340.2016.a-d
- The African Bush Elephant in the Rotunda
Mounted by William L. Brown with Norman Deaton; hide donated by Josef Fenykovi · National Museum of Natural History · A21128
- The Annunciation
Philippe de Champaigne · The Met, New York · 2004.31
- The Jackson Family
Martin Jackson · Museum of Modern Art · 264.1952
- The Public Viewing David's "Coronation" at the Louvre
Louis Léopold Boilly · The Met, New York · 2012.156
- Untitled
Art Institute of Chicago · 1966.350
- Water Lilies
Claude Monet · Museum of Modern Art · 712.1959
- Wheat Field
Vincent van Gogh · The Met, New York · 64.125.3
- Wheat Fields
Jacob van Ruisdael · The Met, New York · 14.40.623
- Wheatfield
Georges Braque · Art Institute of Chicago · 1970.1037
- Woman with a Parrot
Gustave Courbet · The Met, New York · 29.100.57
- 190 años después Túpac Amaru está ganando la guerra (190 Years Later, Túpac Amaru is winning the war)
Jesús Ruiz Durand · Art Institute of Chicago · 2024.181
- Andrew Jackson
The Met, New York · 94.14
- Andy Warhol's Children's Book
Andy Warhol · Museum of Modern Art · 460.1999
- Andy Warhol's Index (Book)
Andy Warhol · Museum of Modern Art · 690.1981
- Andy Warhol's Index (Book)
Andy Warhol · Museum of Modern Art · 854.2013.325
- Apollo Theatre
Museum of Modern Art · 120.1985.22
- Apollo and Marsyas
Art Institute of Chicago · 2008.555
- At Mouquin's
William James Glackens · Art Institute of Chicago · 1925.295
- Bowl
The Met, New York · 1979.206.1438
- Bowl with Large Diamond-Shaped Area Interior with Dotted Lines and Diamonds, and Interlocking Stepped Motifs
Ancestral Pueblo · Art Institute of Chicago · 1889.45
- Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies
Claude Monet · The Met, New York · 29.100.113
- Burgomaster Jan van Duren (1613–1687)
Gerard ter Borch the Younger · The Met, New York · 1975.1.141
- Calla Lilies
Arthur B. Carles · Art Institute of Chicago · 2008.183
- Chairman of the Board
Museum of Modern Art · 631.1994
- Composite Armor for Heavy Cavalry (Cuirassier)
Art Institute of Chicago · 1982.2393b-j
- Cosmetic Spoon in the Shape of a Tilapia with Water Lilies
The Met, New York · 17.190.1966
- Emma Van Name
Joshua Johnson · The Met, New York · 2016.116
- Episodes de la Vie de Napoléon Ier (Episodes from the life of Napoleon the first) (Furnishing Fabric)
George Zipelius · Art Institute of Chicago · 1986.82
- Expressionisme, van van Gogh tot Picasso
Dick Elffers · Museum of Modern Art · 618.1951
- Girl by a Window
Henri Matisse · The Met, New York · 1994.545
- Grey Diamond
Ilya Bolotowsky · Art Institute of Chicago · 2006.82
- Head of Apollo
Art Institute of Chicago · 1997.543
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
George Platt Lynes · Art Institute of Chicago · 1960.468
- Henri Matisse Etching
Henri Matisse · Museum of Modern Art · 75.1969
- Henri Matisse, Jazz
Henri Matisse · Museum of Modern Art · 478.1951
- Hydria (Water Jar)
Ancient Greek · Art Institute of Chicago · 1889.15
- Hydria (Water Jar)
Ancient Greek · Art Institute of Chicago · 1889.96
- Infantry Armor
Art Institute of Chicago · 1982.2395a-j
- Irises
The Met, New York · 58.187
- Liz #3 [Early Colored Liz]
Andy Warhol · Art Institute of Chicago · 2015.160
- Lucas van Uffel (died 1637)
Anthony van Dyck · The Met, New York · 14.40.619
- Madame Auguste Cuoq (Mathilde Desportes, 1827–1910)
Gustave Courbet · The Met, New York · 29.100.130
- Margaretha van Haexbergen (1614–1676)
Gerard ter Borch the Younger · The Met, New York · 1975.1.142
- Martin Vanden Bogaert Desjardins
Gérard Edelinck · Art Institute of Chicago · 1888.59
- Nighthawks
Art Institute of Chicago · 1942.51
- Orchid and rock
The Met, New York · 1982.1.7
- Pendant Depicting Apollo
Art Institute of Chicago · 1889.312
- Pierre Matisse
Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski) · The Met, New York · 2002.456.7
- Plate 30: four busts of Nero, with three sets of coins of his wives, Octavia, Poppaea, and Messalina, from 'Emperors, Ca
The Met, New York · 41.97.472
- Pulpit
The Met, New York · 41.190.472a, b
- Rip Van Winkle
Art Institute of Chicago · 1982.765
- Scaraboid
The Met, New York · 41.160.472
- Self-Portrait
Walter Shirlaw · Art Institute of Chicago · 1887.234
- Shoe prototype
The Met, New York · 2009.300.3403
- Starry Night
Edvard Munch · J. Paul Getty Museum · 84.PA.681
- Sun and Shade, Vol. IV, Nos. 1-12
The Met, New York · 1972.689
- Tahiri (handle for a fly whisk)
The Met, New York · 1978.412.875
- The Boat Swing
Eileen Alice Soper · Art Institute of Chicago · 1930.443
- The Key
Art Institute of Chicago · 1987.261
- The Words of the Chairman
Museum of Modern Art · 489.2011
- To'o (ritual image)
The Met, New York · 1979.206.1481
- Untitled (van Gogh)
Franz West · Museum of Modern Art · 3406.2005
- Van Gogh
Carlos Alonso · Museum of Modern Art · 176.1967
- Van Gogh textile
Althea McNish · Museum of Modern Art · 301.2020
- Water Lilies
Eugène Atget · The Met, New York · 2005.100.521
- Water Lily Pond
Claude Monet · Art Institute of Chicago · 1933.441
- Wheat
The Met, New York · 25.3.152
- Wheat
William Henry Fox Talbot · Museum of Modern Art · 372.1938
- Worker Shabti of Nauny
The Met, New York · 30.3.30.49