Closes 20 Sept
Willem de Kooning Drawing
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago
June 14 – September 20, 2026
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United States
Exhibitions in Chicago
Chicago has 2 museums in the Museum Compass index, with 14 special exhibitions on view or already announced.
13 on view · 1 opening soon · 2 museums
On view now
Until 19 Oct
Beyond Form: Abstraction at Midcentury
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago
June 27 – October 19, 2026
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Until 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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Until 15 Nov
Raqib Shaw: Paradise Lost
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago
June 7, 2025 – November 15, 2026
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Until 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 3 Jan 2027
Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago
September 6, 2026 – January 3, 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
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Until 14 Mar 2027
Slow Dance
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago · Chicago
September 12, 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
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Until 11 Jul 2027
From the Center: Looking at Lucy Lippard
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago · Chicago
August 1, 2026 – July 11, 2027
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Opening soon
Opens 7 Nov
Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago · Chicago
November 7, 2026 – April 25, 2027
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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
9 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 Chicago1 shows
- Edgar Calel: Corn Mountain of Life (Ixim Juyu K'aslem)Art Institute of Chicago · May 8 – September 13, 2026