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Human+Nature
Discover Human+Nature, the latest exhibition at The Morton Arboretum. Created by internationally renowned artist Daniel Popper, five large-scale artworks between 15 to 26 feet tall will inspire…
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Ice Age Giants
A long, long time ago—2.6 million years to be exact—the Quaternary Ice Age began and continues today. However, it wasn’t until more recently that entire…
Southwest Suburbs
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Wings of Mexico in Chicago
The “Wings of Mexico” sculpture is a symbol of immigrant journey. The sculpture has travelled around the world and will arrive in Chicago on May 5th to…
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Life Behind the Wire: Prisoners of War
What happens when a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine is captured during war? Most people aren’t aware of the drastic differences that exist between varying…
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Flourish: The Garden at 50
The Chicago Botanic Garden has experienced extraordinary growth over the last five decades and it is marking its 50th birthday in 2022 with Flourish: The…
North Suburbs
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Nick Cave: Forothermore
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presents the first career-spanning retrospective of the internationally renowned Chicagoan Nick Cave (American, b. 1959), an artist celebrated for…
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My Painted Lyre: Seeing music in Chicago’s Greektown
Greektown Chicago has opened its new outdoor art exhibit My Painted Lyre: Seeing music in Chicago’s Greektown, with 26 vibrant three-dimensional artworks lining Halsted Street…
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Nature’s Blueprints: Biomimicry in Art and Design
Central to Elmhurst Art Museum summer season is the interactive, family-friendly exhibition, Nature’s Blueprints: Biomimicry in Art and Design, open June 18 – August 14,…
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Victoria Fuller: Bring Back The Extinct Northern White Rhino
Bring Back the Extinct Northern White Rhino is Victoria Fuller’s tribute to a species of animal that is functionally extinct. The last male northern white rhinoceros,…
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The Language Between Worlds
Hyde Park Art Center, the renowned non-profit hub for contemporary art located on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, announces a major new group exhibition, The Language…
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The Black Metropolis Research Consortium: Documenting and Preserving Black History and Culture in Chicago
How can we connect all who seek to document, share, understand, and preserve Black experiences? Making these connections is the mission of the Black Metropolis…
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Cesar Conde & C.J. Hungerman: C + C = COLLISION
Abstract collides with Realism. The exhibition C + C = COLLISION presents a collaborative series between Cesar Conde and C.J. Hungerman. With their own unique style, Cesar…
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Caroline Kent
How does language structure our world? Who gets to be inside or outside a language? What would it mean to invent a new mode of…
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Unbearable Memories, Unspeakable Histories – The Partition Anti-Memorial Project
Pritika Chowdhry’s exhibition “Unbearable Memories, Unspeakable Histories” investigates the Partition of India in 1947, which created Pakistan, and eventually, Bangladesh in 1971. Chowdhry’s experiential art…
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An Instrument in the Shape of a Woman
With brilliant color and provocative forms, the artists in this exhibition suggest an alternate universe, at once familiar and surreal, seen through the prism of…
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Aron Gent- Shur Shot
Aron Gent Shur Shot Slemmons Gallery July 15, 2022 to August 27, 2022 The newest exhibition taking place in Slemmons Gallery as part of The Chicago…
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Lewis Achenbach- The Sonic Story Continues
Self-proclaimed absurdist and artist Lewis Achenbach continues to visually improvise and document the music scene as he has done for the last 10 years, capturing…
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Interactive Louvre Exhibit
Experience the most famous works of the Louvre™ in an interactive and innovative way without ever leaving the city with Louvre Fantastique, coming to Oakbrook…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
An Instrument in the Shape of a Woman
With brilliant color and provocative forms, the artists in this exhibition suggest an alternate universe, at once familiar and surreal, seen through the prism of…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Aron Gent- Shur Shot
Aron Gent Shur Shot Slemmons Gallery July 15, 2022 to August 27, 2022 The newest exhibition taking place in Slemmons Gallery as part of The Chicago…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Lewis Achenbach- The Sonic Story Continues
Self-proclaimed absurdist and artist Lewis Achenbach continues to visually improvise and document the music scene as he has done for the last 10 years, capturing…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Special Exhibit-The Artful Soul of Faust
Special Exhibit The Artful Soul of Faust through August 31, 2022 The legendary story of Faust is told in fourteen large cameos carved by Dieter…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Interactive Louvre Exhibit
Experience the most famous works of the Louvre™ in an interactive and innovative way without ever leaving the city with Louvre Fantastique, coming to Oakbrook…
Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Handmaidens for Travelers: The Pullman Company Maids
The Pullman Company maids have long been overshadowed by the more well-known Pullman porters. Handmaidens for Travelers, on view in the Newberry galleries June 3…
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