In this immersive installation featuring a series of new sculptural objects, Haitian American artist Abigail Lucien explores the ways that iron connects us to histories, the material world, and each other.

Featuring 65 artists from more than 23 countries, this exhibition explores how abstraction emerged as a powerful visual language between 1940 and 1970, a period of global upheaval and transformation.

The first exhibition at the Art Institute devoted to the artistic and cultural traditions of SWANA, this exhibition highlights the region’s distinctive beauty and iconic visual expressions through more than 70 works from the 18th through 20th century.

This exhibition—Mulleady’s first solo show at a major museum—brings together approximately 20 paintings by the artist.

Karimah Ashadu’s 2024 video Machine Boys explores the informal economy in Lagos, Nigeria, that centers on okadas, commercial motorcycles that serve as unofficial modes of public transportation in the city.

Lee Miller: Fearless is the first comprehensive survey of Miller's photographs in more than 25 years and gathers together the major episodes of her singular career.

The first Art Institute exhibition dedicated to the artist in more than 25 years showcases 70 paintings and works on paper from the late 1880s through the early 1900s, a pivotal period when she pursued some of her most ambitious and experimental work.

The more-than 100-feet-wide, 21-panel painting Paradise Lost (2009–25) takes viewers on a spellbinding journey from the nocturnal solitude of the artist’s childhood in Kashmir to the frenzied daylight of the Western art world to a fragile, renewed dawn.

Experience the refined craftsmanship, luxurious playfulness, and enduring fascination of Saint Porchaire wares with this exceptional group of nine ceramics from a private collection—most on public view for the first time since the late 1800s.

This exhibition tells stories of self-invention in photography, drawing, and sculpture, most of them from artists working beyond the gallery and museum system that typically validates creative work.

For his first public outdoor presentation in Chicago, Cokes presents a two-part installation on the Art Institute’s Bluhm Family Terrace: a billboard viewable from Millennium Park and a freestanding sign, all accompanied by music.

This exhibition brings together more than 40 of Utamaro’s most celebrated designs, all drawn from the Art Institute’s collection.

In this immersive installation featuring a series of new sculptural objects, Haitian American artist Abigail Lucien explores the ways that iron connects us to histories, the material world, and each other.

The first exhibition at the Art Institute devoted to the artistic and cultural traditions of SWANA, this exhibition highlights the region’s distinctive beauty and iconic visual expressions through more than 70 works from the 18th through 20th century.