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360 Degrees: Art beyond Borders
September 27, 2008–June 16, 2009

360 Degrees: Art beyond Borders brings together the Art Institute, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Poetry Foundation, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs for a globe-spanning array of concerts, lectures, performances, readings, and symposia. In tandem with exhibitions pulled from the Art Institute’s encyclopedic collection, leading museum directors, renowned musicians, international poets, and cultural leaders explore the role of art and culture around our ever-shrinking globe. This season will offer visitors the singular opportunity to see, hear, and consider the riches the world has to offer, all under one roof.

Explore our concerts, conversations, lectures, readings, and symposia, or take a look at entire season by date.

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Ticketed Events

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Support for performance programs is provided by Electronic Theater Controls.

Southern Barbarians (Namban byobu) (detail), early 17th century. Japan. Robert Allerton Endowment Fund.