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The growth of the collection has warranted several additions to the museum's 1893 building, which was constructed for the [[World's Columbian Exposition]]. The most recent expansion, the Modern Wing designed by [[Renzo Piano]], opened in 2009 and increased the museum's footprint to nearly one million square feet, making it the second largest art museum in the United States, after the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in [[New York City]].<ref name="secondlargest">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/arts/design/14inst.html?ref=design| title=A Grand and Intimate Modern Art Trove| date=May 13, 2009| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| first=Roberta| last=Smith| access-date=2011-06-13}}</ref> The Art Institute is associated with the [[School of the Art Institute of Chicago]], a leading art school, making it one of the few remaining unified arts institutions in the United States.