1. Losing yourself on a Sunday to the dots that make up Georges Seurat’s “Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.” (Gallery 226)
2. Watching the sun set on marble sculptures in the American Sculpture Garden (Rice building, lower level).
3. Striking your own “Green Acres” pose next to Grant Wood’s “American Gothic” (Gallery 263; you know you want to!).
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What are your favorite three things about the Art Institute?
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