Gallery: The City Lost and Found at the Art Institute of Chicago

How did artists turn the chaotic transformations of the USA’s big cities into powerful and resonant art? A new exhibition explores different artistic impressions of New York, Chicago and Los Angeles during the 1960s and ’70s. Click on any image below to open a slideshow of some of the highlights.

Click here for the curator’s introduction to the exhibition.

(c. 1968), Julius Shulman

(detail; 1972)

‘The City Lost and Found: Capturing New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, 1960–1980’ is at the Art Institute of Chicago from 26 October–11 January 2015.