Let me tell you about one of my favorite places in the entire Midwest: The Art Institute of Chicago ... You know, that famous painting of the farmer and his daughter with the pitchfork?

You'll find pieces created in the Byzantine era, as well as paintings completed ... pieces from famous artists like van Gogh, Monet and Renoir. The Art Institute of Chicago sits just south of ...

Curator Emerson Bowyer says the gift will help the museum reframe its presentation of early modern French art. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago ... Neoclassical Paintings from The Horvitz ...