Art exhibitions in Chicago
70 exhibitions in Chicago · Browse and filter →
Chicago pairs the Art Institute’s permanent collection with a working gallery scene in the West Loop and Pilsen, plus artist-run spaces like ARC Gallery that keep a rotating, emerging-artist program going year-round.
Misha Goro: Images of the City
Misha Goro
Addington Gallery · Chicago
Ben Tinsley: Thick as Thieves
Ben Tinsley
McCormick Gallery · Chicago
Stacey Lee Gee: ROTATOR: OSCILLATIONS
Stacey Lee Gee
ARC Gallery · Chicago
Monuments of Stillness
Carole A. Feuerman
Hilton Contemporary · Chicago
On the Shelf 2026
Henri Airo, Courtney Allen
Filter Photo · Chicago
Claire Sherman: Tannic Waters
Claire Sherman
PATRON · Chicago
Adam Umbach: The Weight of Play
Adam Umbach
Carousel Fine Art Chicago · Chicago
Clotilde Jiménez: Éramos Silencios
Clotilde Jiménez
Mariane Ibrahim · Chicago
Olivia Zubko: Nymphaeum
Olivia Zubko
Western Exhibitions · Chicago
Affairs to Remember
Lilli Carré, Journie Cirdain
Western Exhibitions · Chicago
Pope.L - No Thing Skin Sets
Pope.L
Corbett vs. Dempsey · Chicago
Sophia Heymans, Xiaohan Jiang, Ann Toebbe
Sophia Heymans, Xiaohan Jiang
ANDREW RAFACZ · Chicago
Unseen Connections: Nancy Good, Layl McDill, and Jemsy Pradun
Nancy Good, Layl McDill
Evanston Art Center · Evanston
Laura Haberer: Lingering Stardust
Laura Haberer
Jackson Junge Gallery · Chicago
Alexa Frangos: (Re)arranging
Alexa Frangos
Perspective Gallery · Evanston
Ground Floor 2026
Lamia, Gabby Banks
Hyde Park Art Center · Chicago
Karimah Ashadu: Tendered
Karimah Ashadu
The Renaissance Society · Chicago
In Full View
Pánne Ally, Loraine Anderson
MADE Gallery · Chicago
Laleh Motlagh: Rooted. Uprooted.
Laleh Motlagh
SoNa Chicago · Chicago
CHICAGO | The Awnings
Alexandra Barth
DOCUMENT · Chicago
Tangible Sound: Arrival to a Higher Ground
Lauren Deutsch, Jonathan Woods
Chicago Cultural Center · Chicago
LISBON | Nossa Estrela
John Opera
DOCUMENT · Chicago
Self, Made: Fourteen Modern Artists from the Richard and Ellen Sandor Family Collection
Eddie Arning, William Edmondson
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago
... before the dawn
Lita Albuquerque, Lisa Beck
SECRIST | BEACH · Chicago
Whitney Bedford: Nocturnes
Whitney Bedford
SECRIST | BEACH · Chicago
Brendan Fernandes: In the Round
Brendan Fernandes
The Richard H. Driehaus Museum · Chicago
Pat Phillips: Untitled: Dad Drew All of My Book Report Posters
Pat Phillips
Anthony Gallery · Chicago
Raqib Shaw: Paradise Lost
Raqib Shaw
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago
Wind and Other Dangers
Sasha Arutyunova
Filter Photo · Chicago
LeRoy Neiman: A Keen Observer of Style
LeRoy Neiman
SAIC Galleries · Chicago
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Travis Shaffer
Filter Photo · Chicago
Gordon Cheung: Consensual Halluci/nation
Gordon Cheung
Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd. · Chicago
61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia by Koyo Kouoh
Michael Joo
Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd. · Chicago
Daniel Hojnacki: Continuous Exchange
Daniel Hojnacki
Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago · Chicago
Molly Blumberg: Second Hand
Molly Blumberg
Co-Prosperity · Chicago
Where Memory Lives: 40 Years of Día de Muertos
Josefina Aguilar, Mary J. Andrade
National Museum of Mexican Art · Chicago
Rafael Tufiño: El Café Portfolio
Rafael Tufiño
National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture · Chicago
Style is the Body Thinking
Benny Andrews, Diane Arbus
SAIC Galleries · Chicago
Picturing the Modern Metropolis: Prints and Photographs from The Block's Collection
Edward Steichen, Vivian Maier
The Block Museum of Art · Evanston
Lee Miller: Fearless
Lee Miller
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago
Press & Pull: A Legacy of the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop
Ron Adams, Haig Aivazian
Gallery 400 · Chicago
Cydney Lewis: Reflection
Cydney Lewis
Gallery 400 · Chicago
Mernet Larsen: Situational Awareness
Mernet Larsen
The Arts Club of Chicago · Chicago
If Emmett Till Lived: Freedom on American Ground
Lance Omar Thurman, Hanif Abdur-Rahim
Museum of Contemporary Photography · Chicago
Yuan Goang-Ming: Everyday War
Yuan Goang-Ming
Wrightwood 659 · Chicago
Jaume Plensa: Beyond Silence
Jaume Plensa
GRAY Chicago · Chicago
Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism
Mary Cassatt
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago
Pierre Bismuth: Love Bless America
Pierre Bismuth
Neubauer Collegium Gallery · Chicago
Three Generations Intertwined by Lace
Mili Arango, Lisa Cappalli
National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture · Chicago
Karla Wong
Karla Wong
Intuit Art Museum · Chicago
Jill Mulleady: The Passenger
Jill Mulleady
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago
Voices Embodied: Prognostication
Alex Stark, Baiq Enggardianti
Design Museum of Chicago · Chicago
Abigail Lucien: Blood of the Earth
Abigail Lucien
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago
Karimah Ashadu: Machine Boys
Karimah Ashadu
The Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago
Cutting and Pasting a World: The Paper Craft of Henry Darger
Henry Darger
Intuit Art Museum · Chicago
Kenzi Shiokava
Kenzi Shiokava
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago · Chicago
Vivir la Tierra
Gordon C. Abbot, Hugo Brehme
National Museum of Mexican Art · Chicago
Mike Cloud: Worldless Obstruction
Mike Cloud
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago · Chicago
Our Island of Treasures: Puerto Rican Voices from Indiana
Elisa Barety, D. Del Reverda-Jennings
National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture · Chicago
¡TINTA ARDIENTE! Igniting Community Through Collective Action
Daniel Amora Mora, René Arceo
National Museum of Mexican Art · Chicago
teamLab: Everything Exists in Infinite Continuity
teamLab
Smart Museum of Art · Chicago
To Be Remembered: Woven Matters of the Heart
ebere agwuncha, Nnaemeka Ekwelum
Chicago Cultural Center · Chicago
Creative Rebellion
Ismail Abu Hatab, Jamiah Calvin
Chicago Cultural Center · Chicago
Slow Dance
Brendan Fernandes, Gordon Hall
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago · Chicago
Life Is an Art: The Collection of Jan Petry
Emery Blagdon, James Castle
Intuit Art Museum · Chicago
Drawing with Metal: Sculpture by Bill Brady
Bill Brady
Intuit Art Museum · Chicago
Caitlyn Min-ji Au: Horse Shrimp Car
Caitlyn Min-ji Au
The Arts Club of Chicago · Chicago
RESISTING THE LONG WAR: Shifting Horizons
Venancio Aragon, Cog*nate Collective
Hyde Park Art Center · Chicago
Monumental Sculpture by Dr. Charles Smith
Dr. Charles Smith
Intuit Art Museum · Chicago
Atrium Project: Celeste Rapone
Celeste Rapone
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago · Chicago