Art Exhibitions in Chicago

116 shows currently on view across 3 venue types

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Matisse's Jazz: Rhythms in Color

Henri Matisse

Art Institute of Chicago

Mar 7 – Jun 1

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Carroll Dunham: Drawings, 1974–2024

Carroll Dunham

Art Institute of Chicago

Jan 31 – Jun 1

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Firelei Báez

MCA

Nov 15 – May 31

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Theaster Gates - African Still Life #3: A Tribute to Patric McCoy and Marva Jolly

Theaster Gates

Smart Museum

Sep 23 – Jul 5

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Context 2026

Andrés Altamirano, Mark Ambruster, Joshua Aronson +22 more

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Mar 6 – Apr 18

$Word Play III$

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Word Play III

Alberto Aguilar, Alex Bradley Cohen, Jesse Malmed

Roots & Culture Contemporary Art Center

Mar 20 – Apr 18

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Debra Kayes: I seem to be a verb.

Debra Kayes

TSA

Mar 7 – Apr 18

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Junonia

Carrie Gundersdorf

4WPS

Mar 15 – Apr 19

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Texas Art Now | Rhythms and Myths

Michael Roqué Collins, Sherry Owens, Carlos Canul +1 more

EAC

Mar 28 – Apr 19

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La Jaula de Oro | Azul Alberto Nogueron

Azul Alberto Nogueron, Taly Inkz, Lily Guillen +3 more

EAC

Mar 14 – Apr 19

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Context 2026

Andrés Altamirano, Mark Ambruster, Joshua Aronson +22 more

Filter Photo

Mar 6 – Apr 18

$Word Play III$

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Word Play III

Alberto Aguilar, Alex Bradley Cohen, Jesse Malmed

Roots & Culture Contemporary Art Center

Mar 20 – Apr 18

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Debra Kayes: I seem to be a verb.

Debra Kayes

TSA

Mar 7 – Apr 18

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Junonia

Carrie Gundersdorf

4WPS

Mar 15 – Apr 19

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Texas Art Now | Rhythms and Myths

Michael Roqué Collins, Sherry Owens, Carlos Canul +1 more

EAC

Mar 28 – Apr 19

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La Jaula de Oro | Azul Alberto Nogueron

Azul Alberto Nogueron, Taly Inkz, Lily Guillen +3 more

EAC

Mar 14 – Apr 19

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The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living

James Schenck, Michelle Stone

Heaven Gallery

Mar 6 – Apr 19

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Hyphen

Diana Noh, Michelle Chun, Christine Jung +1 more

Heaven Gallery

Mar 6 – Apr 19

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DUALITY

Sabrina Katz, Bumpy Wilson, Dan Gemkow +20 more

Jackson Junge Gallery

Mar 2 – Apr 19

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2026 BA Thesis Exhibition: still pouring

Lucy Bulley, Raquel Dawson, Ayla Eichler +3 more

LCE

Mar 27 – Apr 19

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Art in Bloom

Georgia O'Keeffe, Helen Frankenthaler, Alex Katz

MAM

Apr 16 – Apr 19

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Illinois High School Art Exhibition 2026

BAC

Mar 20 – Apr 19

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It Will Destroy You

Michelle Alexander, Lauren Bertelson, Matias Brimmer +20 more

UIMA

Feb 13 – Apr 19

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Vertical Gallery's all-star 13-Year Anniversary Show

Andria Beighton, Blake Jones, Grant William Thye +10 more

Vertical Gallery

Mar 13 – Apr 19

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MENASA+: Thresholds of Representation

Alemeh Bagherian, Haya Zaidi, Gordon Cheung +6 more

Kavi Gupta

Feb 14 – Apr 20

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Continuing Resistance: A Century of Black Liberation (1925–2025)

Kerry James Marshall, Mary Sibande, Stephen Shames +10 more

Kavi Gupta

Feb 14 – Apr 20

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Keiichi Tanaami - Red Shade

Keiichi Tanaami

CvD

Mar 13 – Apr 25

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Robert Nickle - Collages 1966–1979

Robert Nickle

CvD

Mar 13 – Apr 25

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B. Ingrid Olson - All Lock No Key

B. Ingrid Olson

CvD

Mar 13 – Apr 25

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The Lower World

Taj Matumbi

Devening Projects

Mar 22 – Apr 25

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Waves of Return of Waves

Andrew Zarou

Devening Projects

Mar 22 – Apr 25

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Nyeema Morgan : take my wife…PLEASE!

Nyeema Morgan

PATRON

Mar 20 – Apr 25

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Daniel G. Baird : Margin

Daniel G. Baird

PATRON

Mar 20 – Apr 25

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Sandra Hansen | Our Exquisite Pollution Series: Under the Sea

Sandra Hansen

EAC

Mar 28 – Apr 26

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Joan Ruppert | Making the Cut

Joan Ruppert

EAC

Mar 28 – Apr 26

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Rieles y Raíces: Traqueros in Chicago and the Midwest

NMMA

Nov 21 – Apr 26

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Living with Modernism: Kelli Connell's Pictures for Charis and Double Life

Kelli Connell, Edward Weston

EAM

Jan 25 – Apr 27

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storaging: this necessary moment

Regin Igloria

OSP

Apr 4 – Apr 30

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ARC Collective Members' Show: The Given Distance

Kina Bagovska, Raissa Bailey, Nancy Bechtol +17 more

ARC Gallery

Apr 2 – May 1

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Modern Quilt Studio

Weeks Ringle, Bill Kerr

Ferguson Art Gallery

Mar 16 – May 1

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Ethical Managers Make Their Own Rules

Jessica Diamond, Hélène Fauquet, Jason Hirata

Bodenrader

Mar 21 – May 2

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Carmen Neely: a trace beyond the life of the body

Carmen Neely

Mariane Ibrahim

Feb 2 – May 2

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Pulse

Bianca Brandolino, Sabrina Rose Sabella

Purple Window Gallery

Apr 10 – May 2

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Nelson W. Armour: Teaching

Nelson W. Armour

Perspective Gallery

Apr 2 – May 3

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Results May Vary Student Showcase 2026

LUMA

Apr 24 – May 7

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Janny Baek: Life Forms

Janny Baek

Joy Machine

Mar 20 – May 9

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Sheri Rush - The Calm of Chaos

Sheri Rush

McCormick Gallery

Mar 26 – May 9

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Seeds of Resilience

Brooke Bartholomew, Sharon L Bjyrd, Sharon Bladholm +38 more

WMG

Apr 11 – May 9

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Forty Tows

Mario Ayala

Anthony Gallery

Mar 12 – May 10

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Yoonshin Park: Prompt and Prompted

Yoonshin Park, Kimberly Bailey, Miriam Bisby +10 more

HPAC

Jan 24 – May 10

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This Side of the Stars: Rauschenberg's "Stoned Moon" in the Company of Kite, Paglen, and Yi

Robert Rauschenberg, Kite, Trevor Paglen +1 more

Haggerty Museum

Jan 23 – May 16

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Let the Real World In

Kirsten Leenaars

Haggerty Museum

Jan 23 – May 16

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Declaration of ____

Aaron Hughes, Art Build Workers, Nicolas Lampert +1 more

Haggerty Museum

Jan 23 – May 16

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Cheryl Pope: ALL THERE IS

Cheryl Pope

Monique Meloche Gallery

Mar 28 – May 16

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MoCP at Fifty: Collecting Through the Decades

Raul Corrales, Uta Barth, Dorothea Lange +2 more

MoCP

Jan 29 – May 16

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New Affiliates on Goff's Domestic Matter

New Affiliates (Ivi Diamantopoulou and Jaffer Kolb), Bruce Goff

Art Institute of Chicago

Jan 7 – May 18

Graduate Exhibition Two

SAIC Galleries

May 8 – May 20

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Abdolreza Aminlari - Border

Abdolreza Aminlari

Andrew Rafacz

Apr 10 – May 23

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Berenice Vargas Bravo - Un patio particular

Berenice Vargas Bravo

Andrew Rafacz

Apr 10 – May 23

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Pieces

Sara Greenberger Rafferty

Document

Feb 6 – May 23

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Youssef Nabil: No one Knows but the Sky

Youssef Nabil

Mariane Ibrahim

Apr 8 – May 23

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Maternal Offering: A Solo Show by Debora Koo

Debora Koo

VSG

Apr 11 – May 23

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Victoria Adams, John McCormick & Leslie Wu: Reflections

Victoria Adams, John McCormick, Leslie Wu

Loucks Gallery

Mar 13 – May 30

Reception May 1

Open Call for May 2026 Solo Exhibition

ARC Gallery

May 1 – May 30

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Pieces Too Short To Save: A Survey of Contemporary Collage - Special Exhibition Honoring Tony Fitzpatrick

Lisa Barcy, Lou Beach, Monica J. Brown +7 more

SoNa Chicago

Apr 8 – May 30

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Jonathan Muecke

Volume

Apr 10 – May 30

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Interweaving — Fiber and Clay

Terumi Saito

Volume

Apr 10 – May 30

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Firelei Báez

MCA

Nov 15 – May 31

Reception May 9

STUDENT PERSPECTIVES 2026

Perspective Gallery

May 7 – May 31

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Matisse's Jazz: Rhythms in Color

Henri Matisse

Art Institute of Chicago

Mar 7 – Jun 1

Featured Now Open

Carroll Dunham: Drawings, 1974–2024

Carroll Dunham

Art Institute of Chicago

Jan 31 – Jun 1

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Nature is Arts Muse

Dorian Sylvain, Kari Blak, Amira Sylvain +14 more

HPAC

Jul 31 – Jun 1

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Dabin Ahn

Document

Mar 27 – Jun 6

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Nocturne

Dabin Ahn

Document

Mar 27 – Jun 6

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Marshall Brown - Palaces and Prisons

Marshall Brown

Western Exhibitions

Mar 27 – Jun 6

Reception May 2

Palomar (Part 1)

The Renaissance Society

May 2 – Jun 7

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Weathering, To Form More Time

Daniel Hojnacki

Hana Pietri

Mar 10 – Jun 8

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Evergreen

Elena Ailes, Mark Alcazar Diaz, Kayla Anderson +14 more

ROMAN SUSAN

Mar 10 – Jun 8

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Schippa Wildfong Liberté

Schippa Wildfong

Twelve Ten Gallery

Mar 10 – Jun 8

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Charles Swedlund: No Small Pictures

Charles Swedlund

Goldfinch

Mar 20 – Jun 12

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John Stezaker - Raft

John Stezaker

GRAY

Mar 28 – Jun 13

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Roger Brown Weathervane

Roger Brown

GRAY

Mar 19 – Jun 13

GOLDEN VISION: Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Celebrates 50 Years

Deborah Butterfield

ZLG

May 1 – Jun 13

We can make any two stories touch: 2026 Art, Theory, and Practice MFA Thesis Exhibition

Lamia Abukhadra, Pegah Bahador, Gabby Banks +2 more

Block Museum

May 8 – Jun 14

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Beneath the Surface: Labor and Consumerism

Sammy Baloji, Teresa Montoya

Block Museum

Mar 21 – Jun 14

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Hamdia Traoré's "Des marabouts de Djenné" and Muslim Portraiture in Mali

Hamdia Traoré, Mamadou Cissé, Abdourahmane Sakaly +1 more

Block Museum

Feb 4 – Jun 14

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Teresa Montoya's Tó Łitso (Yellow Water): Ten Years after the Gold King Mine Spill

Teresa Montoya

Block Museum

Feb 4 – Jun 14

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The Block Collects: Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing 215

Sol LeWitt

Block Museum

Feb 4 – Jun 14

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Ann Toebbe: Cooler by the Lake

Ann Toebbe

HPAC

Feb 28 – Jun 14

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2026 - Cosmic Connections

Ravi Arupa, Megan Greene, Michiko Itatani

Lubeznik

Mar 6 – Jun 14

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Atrium Project: Edie Fake

Edie Fake

MCA

Mar 25 – Jun 14

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Barbara Nessim: My Compass Is the Line

Barbara Nessim

DPAM

Mar 5 – Jun 21

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Alice Tippit: Rose Obsolete

Alice Tippit

DPAM

Mar 5 – Jun 21

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The Richard J. Abrahamson Collection

Richard Norton Gallery

Sep 24 – Jun 30

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Wisconsin Made: Work from RAM's Wustum Teachers

Veronica Gagliano Averkamp, Susan Buhler-Maki, Kelly Darrah +10 more

RAM

Mar 13 – Jul 4

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Korean National Treasures: 2,000 Years of Art

Bihyeon (비현), Yi Myeonggi (이명기), Park Rehyun (박래현) +4 more

Art Institute of Chicago

Mar 7 – Jul 5

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Collection in Conversation with Pablo Helguera

Pablo Helguera, Rebecca Horn, Magdalena Abakanowicz

MCA

Aug 2 – Jul 5

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Beyond Boundaries: Three Decades of Contemporary Chinese Art at the Smart

Ai Weiwei, Lu Yang, Magicfeifei +12 more

Smart Museum

Mar 29 – Jul 5

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Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas from the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Alma Thomas

Smart Museum

Mar 24 – Jul 5

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Smart to the Core: Wise to Power

Smart Museum

Sep 23 – Jul 5

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Theaster Gates - African Still Life #3: A Tribute to Patric McCoy and Marva Jolly

Theaster Gates

Smart Museum

Sep 23 – Jul 5

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Cydney M. Lewis: Weeds Grow in All Directions

Cydney M. Lewis

HPAC

Apr 4 – Jul 12

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Alison Ruttan: The Paradox of Inaction

Alison Ruttan

HPAC

Apr 4 – Jul 12

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Abuela's House

Destyni 'Desi' Swoope

NMPRAC

Sep 6 – Jul 18

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Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery

Gertrude Abercrombie

MAM

Mar 27 – Jul 19

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Lucas Samaras: Sitting, Standing, Walking, Looking

Lucas Samaras

Art Institute of Chicago

Jan 31 – Jul 20

Reception Apr 17

Black Culture in Chicago

Mark Joseph, Ada Nivia López

LCE

Apr 17 – Jul 30

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Defying Empire: Revolutionary Prints from Britain and America

William Hogarth, Thomas Cook, George Robinson +6 more

Haggerty Museum

Jan 23 – Aug 1

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Leticia Pardo: Carcasa (109 E. Ontario St.)

Leticia Pardo

Arts Club

Apr 1 – Aug 8

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Oren Pinhassi: Into Your Arm's Length

Oren Pinhassi

Arts Club

Mar 31 – Aug 8

Currents 40: Widline Cadet

Widline Cadet

MAM

May 8 – Aug 9

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City in a Garden: Queer Art and Activism in Chicago

Nick Cave, Edie Fake, Mary Patten +2 more

MCA

Jul 5 – Aug 16

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Yollocalli Class of 2025

Malakai Marquez

NMMA

Feb 24 – Aug 16

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Impressions of a City: Drawings by Marvin Young

Marvin Young

Intuit

Apr 9 – Aug 23

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Dancing the Revolution: From Dancehall to Reggaetón

Isaac Julien, Edra Soto, Alberta Whittle +3 more

MCA

Apr 14 – Sep 20

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Cut It Out: Papercutting Traditions and Beyond

Kanako Abe, Blanka Amezkua, Rene Mendoza +24 more

RAM

Feb 18 – Oct 3

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Drawing with Metal: Sculpture by Bill Brady

William Brady

Intuit

Apr 9 – Oct 4

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Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and The Survival of a People

La Vaughn Belle, Rebel Betty, Mónica Ching +9 more

NMPRAC

Jan 31 – Oct 17

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Brendan Fernandes: In the Round

Brendan Fernandes

Driehaus Museum

Apr 12 – Nov 14

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Saint-Porchaire Ceramics: Rediscovered Treasures of the French Renaissance

Art Institute of Chicago

Mar 25 – Nov 15

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Raqib Shaw: Paradise Lost

Raqib Shaw

Art Institute of Chicago

Jun 7 – Nov 15

Now Open

Three Generations Intertwined by Lace

Mili Arango, Lisa Cappalli, Cecilia Fernández Cappalli

NMPRAC

Mar 14 – Jan 9, 2027

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Cutting and Pasting a World: The Paper Craft of Henry Darger

Henry Darger

Intuit

Apr 22 – Jan 31, 2027

Chicago Works | Mike Cloud: Worldless Obstruction

Mike Cloud

MCA

May 2 – Feb 7, 2027

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Life is an Art: The Collection of Jan Petry

Emery Blagdon, James Castle, Ulysses Davis +10 more

Intuit

Apr 9 – Mar 21, 2027

Monumental: Sculpture by Dr. Charles Smith

Dr. Charles Smith

Intuit

Apr 29 – Apr 25, 2027