Art Exhibitions in Chicago

87 shows currently on view across 3 venue types

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Haya Zaidi: Up Against

Haya Zaidi

Kavi Gupta

May 2 – Jul 11

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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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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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Brendan Fernandes: In the Round

Brendan Fernandes

Driehaus Museum

Apr 12 – Nov 14

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Allen Moore and Wendy Robles & Michael Zhang

Allen Moore, Wendy Robles, Michael Zhang

Roots & Culture Contemporary Art Center

May 15 – Jun 20

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All My Jewelry

Daniel Fleur

Anthony Gallery

May 21 – Jun 21

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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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Emerging from Darkness: Prints by Hamanishi Katsunori

Hamanishi Katsunori

Art Institute of Chicago

Apr 8 – Jun 22

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Motion Pictures

Lawrence Schiller

Hilton Contemporary

Jun 5 – Jun 23

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Allen Moore and Wendy Robles & Michael Zhang

Allen Moore, Wendy Robles, Michael Zhang

Roots & Culture Contemporary Art Center

May 15 – Jun 20

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All My Jewelry

Daniel Fleur

Anthony Gallery

May 21 – Jun 21

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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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Emerging from Darkness: Prints by Hamanishi Katsunori

Hamanishi Katsunori

Art Institute of Chicago

Apr 8 – Jun 22

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Motion Pictures

Lawrence Schiller

Hilton Contemporary

Jun 5 – Jun 23

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Body Sovereignty

Sarah Barnett, Patrick Bell, Neb Berry +36 more

ARC Gallery

Jun 5 – Jun 26

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BAC's 14th Annual Juried Art Competition

BAC

May 15 – Jun 26

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Sacred Madness: A Retrospective

Augusto Yanacopulos

Agitator

Jun 5 – Jun 27

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Chicago Alliance of Visual Artists: Small Works Exhibition 2026

EAM

May 31 – Jun 27

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Joan Holleb, "Woodland Tales"

Joan Holleb

Addington Gallery

Jul 1 – Jun 30

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PAINT THE TOWN IN PRIDE 2026 Elle Ziemianin

Elle Ziemianin

EAM

Jun 11 – Jun 30

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Patrick Miceli / Darren Oberto - Outside Looking In

Patrick Miceli, Darren Oberto

Lillstreet

May 30 – Jun 30

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The Richard J. Abrahamson Collection

Richard Norton Gallery

Sep 24 – Jun 30

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Canvas, Color, & Vision

Ron Jerak, Michael Preski

BAC

May 15 – Jul 3

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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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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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Smart to the Core: Wise to Power

Smart Museum

Sep 23 – Jul 5

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Haya Zaidi: Up Against

Haya Zaidi

Kavi Gupta

May 2 – Jul 11

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Haya Zaidi: Up Against

Haya Zaidi

Kavi Gupta

May 2 – Jul 11

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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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Palomar (Part 2)

The Renaissance Society

Jun 10 – Jul 12

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Bruno Surdo, An exhibition in two parts

Bruno Surdo

Jan 1 – Jul 14

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Mary Abbott: I am a Sailor's Daughter

Mary Abbott

McCormick Gallery

Jun 4 – Jul 17

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Abuela's House

Destyni 'Desi' Swoope

NMPRAC

Sep 6 – Jul 18

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Willie Cole: All These Growing Things

Willie Cole

Kavi Gupta

Aug 23 – Jul 19

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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

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Black Culture in Chicago

Mark Joseph, Ada Nivia López

LCE

Apr 17 – Jul 30

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Melanie Authier Liminal Reveries

Melanie Authier

Andrew Rafacz

Jun 12 – Aug 1

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Krystle Lemonias / ANDREW RAFACZ

Krystle Lemonias

Andrew Rafacz

Jun 12 – Aug 1

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After the Empire: American Prints from the Haggerty Collection

Haggerty Museum

Jun 4 – Aug 1

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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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TV Party: The Sublimely Intolerable Show

CvD

Jun 18 – Aug 8

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Steven Urry

CvD

Jun 18 – Aug 8

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Rodney Graham Secondary Modern

Rodney Graham

CvD

Jun 18 – Aug 8

Reception Jun 26

LOCUS OF A GESTURE

David Ondrik, Dakota Mace, Daniel Hojnacki

Filter Photo

Jun 26 – Aug 8

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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

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The Saturday Man: At the Edge of the Game

Peter Robinson

CCMA

May 30 – Aug 9

Now Open

Currents 40: Widline Cadet

Widline Cadet

MAM

May 8 – Aug 9

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CHICAGO | Kazuhito Tanaka: Picture(s)

Kazuhito Tanaka

Document

Jun 12 – Aug 15

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Anneke Eussen

Document

May 29 – Aug 15

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Gerald Williams: Screaming at the Sky

Gerald Williams

Kavi Gupta

Jun 19 – Aug 15

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Gerald Williams: Screaming at the Sky

Gerald Williams

Kavi Gupta

Jun 19 – Aug 15

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Prix Pictet Storm

Takashi Arai, Marina Caneve, Tom Fecht +9 more

MoCP

May 29 – Aug 15

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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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Images of Faith: : 3000 Years of Spiritual Expressions in Mexico

José Manuel Benavides, Fray Joaquín Bolaños, Hermenegildo Bustos +47 more

NMMA

Apr 24 – Aug 16

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Yollocalli Class of 2025

Malakai Marquez

NMMA

Feb 24 – Aug 16

It's About Time Counterproductive Conceptualisms in Chicago

Alex Chitty, Shir Ende, Max Guy +7 more

GRAY

Jul 10 – Aug 22

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Impressions of a City: Drawings by Marvin Young

Marvin Young

Intuit

Apr 9 – Aug 23

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On Wonder, Mind, & Magic: Jeanette Andrews

Jeanette Andrews

EAM

May 30 – Aug 24

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Near Eternity: Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford

Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford

EAM

May 30 – Aug 24

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Nora Turato: I hear you, I hear you.

Nora Turato

Art Institute of Chicago

May 22 – Aug 26

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Pierogi: Flat Files

Mana Contemporary

Apr 3 – Sep 1

Reception Jun 26

FEEDING A SWAN TO A WOLF

Marzena Abrahamik, Rebecca Kressley

Filter Photo

Jun 26 – Sep 12

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Edgar Calel: Corn Mountain of Life (Ixim Juyu K’aslem)

Edgar Calel

Art Institute of Chicago

May 2 – Sep 13

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Ink & Outrage: 18th Century Satirical Prints in London and Dublin

James Gillray, Thomas Rowlandson

Driehaus Museum

May 15 – Sep 13

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Jitish Kallat: Public Notice 3

Jitish Kallat

Art Institute of Chicago

Sep 9 – Sep 14

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Dancing the Revolution: From Dancehall to Reggaetón

Isaac Julien, Edra Soto, Alberta Whittle +3 more

MCA

Apr 14 – Sep 20

Now Open

Jeff Carter: The Singer Pavilion Project

Jeff Carter

HPAC

Jun 6 – Sep 27

Now Open

Midwestern Biennial 2026

RAM

May 22 – Sep 27

Now Open

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

Opening Soon

Teen Exhibition 2026

HPAC

Jun 27 – Oct 11

Reception Jul 11

Longer Than the Sky: Art of the Obama Years

Kevin Beasley, Andrea Fraser, Glenn Ligon +19 more

LCE

Jul 10 – Oct 11

Now Open

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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Walking With Giants

Judith Mayer, Rich Lo

CCMA

Jun 3 – Oct 18

Reception Jul 3

Kindred Spirits: Margaret Wharton and Betsy Odom

Margaret Wharton, Betsy Odom

Lubeznik

Jul 3 – Oct 25

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Seeking Revelation: German Romantic Prints and Drawings

Carl Wilhelm Kolbe the Elder, Johann Christian Clausen Dahl, Karl Friedrich Schinkel +19 more

MAM

Jun 19 – Nov 1

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Brendan Fernandes: In the Round

Brendan Fernandes

Driehaus Museum

Apr 12 – Nov 14

Now Open

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

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Monuments of Stillness

Carole Feuerman

Hilton Contemporary

Jun 1 – Nov 15

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Three Generations Intertwined by Lace

Mili Arango, Lisa Cappalli, Cecilia Fernández Cappalli

NMPRAC

Mar 14 – Jan 9, 2027

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Abigail Lucien: Blood of the Earth

Abigail Lucien

Art Institute of Chicago

Jun 18 – Jan 25, 2027

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Embroidered Traditions from Morocco to Afghanistan

Art Institute of Chicago

May 2 – Jan 25, 2027

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

Henry Darger

Intuit

Apr 22 – Jan 31, 2027

Opening Soon

Kenzi Shiokava

MCA

Jun 27 – Jan 31, 2027

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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

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Monumental: Sculpture by Dr. Charles Smith

Dr. Charles Smith

Intuit

Apr 29 – Apr 25, 2027