Art Institute of Chicago Now Offers Thousands of Free Artwork Images

Following in The Met's footsteps, the Art Institute of Chicago is now enabling free high-res downloads of images portraying iconic artworks from their vast collection. A total of 53,438 photos encapsulate the online launch, from Vincent Van Gogh's The Bedroom (1888) to Piet Mondrian's Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray (1921). All of these images have been made available under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license that displays the works without any copyright. Accordin...