Day 2: The Art Institute of Chicago

It's become a tradition to mimic the poses in artworks that we admire, and there were plenty of opportunities in the very famous Art Institute of Chicago...

We haven't gone the extra step of mimicking the wardrobe, though adjustments can be made:

After a while, we focused on the art, rather than our replication of it. It's a HUGE gallery, and we had to limit ourselves. The Lichtenstein exhibit of Pop Art was fascinating, so much so that we didn't seem to take pictures of any of his traditional works. Instead, we have one of the few sculptural works in the show:

And no visit to the midwest is complete without a photo of American Gothic

The explanatory notes said the models were artist Grant Wood's dentist and the dentist's sister.

The gardens outside the gallery were befitting the art within, and Anita to special note of the baskets.