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THis painting was listed as being housed here but on it's page it is listed as being in washington DC. I don't think it's at the AIC. I have removed it but someone should double check me on this. Infact the list of housed paintings should be checked by someone in the know. Dannygutters 19:33, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This iconic painting(also called The Rower's Lunch) is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago. It will travel to the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, in the summer of 2008. Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (The Rower's Lunch) should not be confused with Luncheon of the Boating Party. (Rodney Hutton, rjhuttondfw@sbcglobla.net) March 19, 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.64.149.105 (talk) 16:23, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Although a good introduction to the AIC today, this article ignores virtually all of the institution's history, including its former close ties to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (which pre-dates it) and interesting curatorial controversies of the past. It needs more information to be really encyclopedic. Artemis-Arethusa (talk) 15:46, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think a more full list of the museum's notable collection is needed, possibly in bullet point form. For example, major pieces like de Kooning's Excavation and Bacon's Figure with Meat are completely missing from the page. 71.201.132.221 (talk) 00:49, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I'll try to draft a list of "important" works in the collection, especially works which already have Wikipedia pages. This has the potential to be very contentious, so I'll post here first and seek comments. Everyone please contribute since I have my own biases towards the types of art I like and have knowledge about; other opinions are needed to help round out the list. Mosfet007 (talk) 02:39, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm beginning a major overhaul of this page. Some of the information is out of date or incomplete and there are major bits of information missing. The organization can use some work, too. This will be a multi-step process, but I'll work as quickly as I can so the page doesn't sit in limbo for too much longer. If anyone has anything you'd like to see added/subtracted/expanded/fixed and don't know how to do it, let me know here and I'll see what I can do. I'm a Chicago resident and a member of the Art Institute, so *hopefully* I can track down some of the answers.Mosfet007 (talk) 06:19, 19 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why does the article start on FN 2? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.250.85.65 (talk) 11:53, 9 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• John Hughes commentary - The Museum scene from Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

This is a very moving tribute to the Institute by Hughes. The scene from the film shows many of the Institute's greatest works. Perhaps it may be of use in the article. It's a great scene anyway. --TS 02:28, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Your interpretation of NFCC#8, no valid article-specific NFCC rationale - is dead wrong and IMO verges on vandalism. The policy states Non-free content is used only if its presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding. This painting precisely needs to be seen to increase readers understanding of the topic. Don't do it again. The image is specifically mentioned in the text about the art collection, the image is of an important part of the art collection and in case you don't know - this is an article about an art museum. Visual art needs to be seen - read WP:NFCC more carefully..Modernist (talk) 22:15, 23 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This is absolute nonsense; we've been through similar arguments at length regarding other articles. You don't need to see a nonfree image of the painting to understand that it's in the museum's collection; text alone is sufficient to convey the point. NFCC8 violation. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 17:40, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Disagree -- an image of, in the words of the article, the "famous" painting -- substantially increases reader's understanding of this museum collection and reader's understanding would be harmed without it. The point isn't that it's any painting; the point is that it is this painting that looks like this, and famously conveys this mood, moment, time, etc. Alanscottwalker (talk) 17:58, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to me that the image Nighthawks clearly has contextual significance in the article Art Institute of Chicago. Bus stop (talk) 18:37, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Visual art needs to be seen, don't revert again...Modernist (talk) 21:11, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• The only nonsense is your misreading of NFCC8; you do not own some right from on high to delete valid and important visual art...Modernist (talk) 21:13, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]