Art Institute or The Art Institute may refer to: The Art Institutes, a franchise of for-profit art colleges with many branches in North America The Art Institute of Boston, part of Lesley University Art Institute of Chicago, a noted museum and higher education School in Chicago, Illinois Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri Miami International University of Art & Design, an Art Institute school in Miami, Florida San Francisco Art Institute, a school of higher education in contemporary art in San Francisco, California