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Catch The Great Wave
As a light-sensitive print, Hokusai’s masterpiece can only be on view for a short time every five years. Don’t miss the rare chance to see this iconic print in the Art Institute galleries this fall.
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- Paula Modersohn-Becker: I Am Me Oct 12, 2024 – Jan 12, 2025
- Now Open Jeremy Frey: Woven Oct 26, 2024 – Feb 10, 2025
- Now Open French Neoclassical Paintings from The Horvitz Collection Oct 19, 2024 – Jan 6, 2025
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- Lecture: Neoclassical Drawings—What’s Old Is New Again Sat, Nov 2 | 2:00–3:00
- Drop-In Sketching Thurs, Nov 7 | 12:00–2:00
- Artist Conversation: Feminist Portraiture from Paula Modersohn-Becker to Renee Cox Thurs, Nov 7 | 6:00–7:00
- Artist Conversation: Jeremy Frey Thurs, Nov 14 | 6:00–7:00
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Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) is best known in the United States for his groundbreaking speech to the 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions in which he introduced Hinduism to America and called for religious tolerance and an end …
Today is the 11th of September. on this day in 1893 #SwamiVivekananda shared his world-famous speech at the World's Parliament of Religions at Chicago and given the message "We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept …
The World's Parliament of Religions started on 11 September 1893 at the Permanent Memorial Art Palace (also identified as the World's Congress Auxiliary Building), now the Art Institute of Chicago, as part of the World's Columbian Exposition. Vivekananda gave his first lecture on that day. Towards the afternoon his turn came, after so much of procrastination. He bowed to Saraswati
Explore the full text and audio of Swami Vivekananda’s historic address at the Parliament of the World's Religions in 1893. Discover the powerful words that introduced Hinduism to the world …
Swami Vivekananda 1893 Speech. The inspirational speechs given by Swami Vivekananda at Parliament of World Religion in Chicago in 1893.
Between September 11 and 27, Swami Vivekananda delivered six speeches in Chicago. Of these, the opening address is the best known, if only for the novel and the somewhat dramatic way it began—addressing the audience as …
On September 11, 1893, an eloquent and charismatic Indian monk, Swami Vivekananda, delivered a speech at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago. His speech not only captivated...
It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us. I thank you in the name of the most ancient order of monks in the world; I thank you in the name of the mother of religions; …