Chicago
Exhibitions
On now
Edgar Calel: Corn Mountain of Life (Ixim Juyu K'aslem)
Maya-Kaqchikel installation art by Edgar Calel
Embroidered Traditions from Morocco to Afghanistan
70+ works celebrating SWANA embroidery across three centuries
Raqib Shaw: Paradise Lost
A 21-panel epic spanning Kashmir to the Western art world
Jitish Kallat: Public Notice 3
A landmark installation back on Chicago's Grand Staircase
Lee Miller: Fearless
A landmark survey of Lee Miller's fearless photography
Beyond Form: Abstraction at Midcentury
65 artists chart abstraction's global rise, 1940-1970.
Abigail Lucien: Blood of the Earth
New sculptures on iron, history, and human connection.
Willem de Kooning Drawing
Seven decades of de Kooning's drawing in one landmark show.
Saint-Porchaire
Nine rare Saint-Porchaire ceramics, unseen since the 1800s.
Double Feature with Short Subject
Sunlight and architecture reimagine film projection.
Body and Being in African Art
50+ African works exploring the body and identity
Self, Made: Fourteen Modern Artists from the Richard and Ellen Sandor Family Collection
Fourteen artists who reinvented themselves beyond the mainstream
The Floating World Emerges: Japanese Prints from the Clarence Buckingham Collection
40 Japanese ukiyo-e prints from the Buckingham Collection
Life and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
3,000 years of ancient Egyptian art in one gallery
Vilhelm Hammershøi: Pictures from Home
The first North American exhibition devoted to Hammershøi in over 25 years focuses exclusively on his iconic Copenhagen interior paintings, presenting more than half of the 65 domestic scenes he ever made.
Zurbarán: Divine Light
The first major US exhibition dedicated to Zurbarán in 40 years, uniting ~50 works from 30 lenders worldwide to celebrate the Spanish Golden Age master's extraordinary achievements in painting.
Beatriz González: In Series and Full Color
80+ works across González's career, many seen for the first time.
Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism
75+ works from Cassatt's bold, experimental late period.
Tony Cokes: On Boredom
Tony Cokes presents a two-part outdoor installation on the Art Institute's Bluhm Family Terrace, featuring a billboard visible from Millennium Park and a freestanding sign with accompanying music.
Utamaro: Elements of Beauty
Over 40 celebrated designs by the master of ukiyo-e prints, Utamaro, drawn from the Art Institute's collection.
Jill Mulleady: The Passenger
Mulleady's museum debut: ~20 paintings in Chicago
Karimah Ashadu: Machine Boys
Karimah Ashadu's 2024 video explores the informal economy in Lagos through the lens of okadas, commercial motorcycles that form the city's unofficial public transport network.
Past exhibitions (7)
Korean National Treasures: 2,000 Years of Art
140 works tracing 2,000 years of Korean artistic heritage
Lucas Samaras: Sitting, Standing, Walking, Looking
Photos, sculptures & paintings from a restless innovator
Jeremy Frey: Woven
Extraordinary Passamaquoddy basketry elevated to fine art.
Nora Turato: I hear you, I hear you.
A disquieting video flood of self-improvement platitudes.
Emerging from Darkness: Prints by Hamanishi Katsunori
Mezzotints by Hamanishi Katsunori at the Art Institute
Anne Frank The Exhibition
A full-scale recreation of Anne Frank's hiding place brings one of history's most powerful stories to life — an unmissable immersive experience.
Revolution to Restoration: French Drawings from The Horvitz Collection
French drawings spanning Revolution to Restoration