Located on the first floor of the Modern Wing’s west pavilion, the Abbott Galleries are the Art Institute’s newest special exhibition space. Rotating exhibitions featuring artwork focused on a specific artist or theme occupy the space. These new galleries are inaugurated by recent work of Cy Twombly, one of the greatest American artists of our time.

All exhibitions are included in the price of general admission.

Summer Exhibitions

Cy Twombly: The Natural World, Selected Works 2000–2007
May 16–October 11, 2009
Modern Wing Galleries 182–184
Cy Twombly's distinctive canvases merge drawing, painting, and symbolic gesture in the pursuit of a direct, intuitive form of expression. This exhibition, which presents more than 30 recent works in a full range of media, derives from the artist's enduring concern with the natural world, specifically seascape, landscape, and flora.

Judith Turner: Framing the Modern
Gallery 286
May 16–January 15, 2010
Noted architectural photographer Judith Turner turns her lens to the Modern Wing. In a suite of stunning, highly abstract photographic compositions, Turner captures the essential visual characteristics of Renzo Piano’s design vocabulary.

Beyond Golden Clouds: Japanese Screens from the Art Institute of Chicago and the St. Louis Art Museum
June 27–September 27, 2009
Regenstein Hall
Part utilitarian and part fine art, the Japanese folding screen has captured the imaginations of those in the West since the 16th century. This exhibition will bring the scope of the significant permanent collections of Japanese screens at the Art Institute and the St. Louis Art Museum to the public eye.

A Case for Wine: From King Tut to Today
July 11–September 20, 2009
Regenstein Hall
Presenting classical antiquities, sacred and secular drinking vessels, wine bottles and labels, corkscrews, and more, A Case for Wine explores wine as a stimulus and source of inspiration for artistic endeavor.

_{Cy Twombly. Untitled, 2007. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Marron, New York. © Cy Twombly. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.}