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Tuesday, April 23
"The painting last left home in 1958, when it traveled to the Museum of Modern Art in New York and narrowly escaped a fire. Now it stays in Chicago, making the current show a one-stop-only event, unlikely to be repeated anytime soon." The New York Times reviews the Art Institute's current exhibit, "Seurat and the Making of La Grande Jatte."