Closes 9 Nov
Self, Made: Fourteen Modern Artists from the Richard and Ellen Sandor Family Collection
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago
June 25 – November 9, 2026
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United States
Exhibitions in Chicago
Chicago has 2 museums in the Museum Compass index, with 15 special exhibitions on view or already announced.
14 on view · 1 opening soon · 2 museums
On view now
Closes 15 Nov
Raqib Shaw: Paradise Lost
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago
June 7, 2025 – November 15, 2026
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Closes 15 Nov
Saint-Porchaire Ceramics: Rediscovered Treasures of the French Renaissance
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago
March 25 – November 15, 2026
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Until 21 Dec
Utamaro: Elements of Beauty
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago
September 23 – December 21, 2026
Until 3 Jan 2027
Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago
September 6, 2026 – January 3, 2027
Until 18 Jan 2027
Jill Mulleady: The Passenger
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago
September 19, 2026 – January 18, 2027
Until 25 Jan 2027
Embroidered Traditions from Morocco to Afghanistan
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago
May 2, 2026 – January 25, 2027
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Until 25 Jan 2027
Abigail Lucien: Blood of the Earth
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago
June 18, 2026 – January 25, 2027
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Until 31 Jan 2027
Kenzi Shiokava
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago · Chicago
June 27, 2026 – January 31, 2027
Until 14 Mar 2027
Slow Dance
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago · Chicago
September 12, 2026 – March 14, 2027
Until 14 Mar 2027
Tony Cokes: On Boredom
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago
October 3, 2026 – March 14, 2027
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Until 20 Jun 2027
Atrium Project: Celeste Rapone
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago · Chicago
June 27, 2026 – June 20, 2027
Until 11 Jul 2027
From the Center: Looking at Lucy Lippard
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago · Chicago
August 1, 2026 – July 11, 2027
Opening soon
Opens 7 Nov
Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago · Chicago
November 7, 2026 – April 25, 2027
Plan the trip
Museums in Chicago
Every venue in the index for this city, with what each has on.
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
10 on view
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Chicago, United States
4 on view · 1 opening soon
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Where to stay
Recently closed in Chicago3 shows
- Beyond Form: Abstraction at MidcenturyArt Institute of Chicago · June 27 – October 19, 2026
- Willem de Kooning DrawingArt Institute of Chicago · June 14 – September 20, 2026
- Edgar Calel: Corn Mountain of Life (Ixim Juyu K'aslem)Art Institute of Chicago · May 8 – September 13, 2026