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Past Exhibitions

Browse a complete list of past exhibitions, from 1883 to 2007, at the exhibition history archive.

Irving Penn: Underfoot
January 17, 2013–May 12, 2013
Gallery 188
The complete series of master photographer Irving Penn's close-ups of Manhattan pavements transforms gum and cigarettes into cosmic abstractions.
Picasso and Chicago
FINAL DAY—Sunday, May 12
Regenstein Hall
The first major Picasso exhibition organized by the Art Institute in almost 30 years presents over 250 of Picasso’s paintings, sculpture, prints, and drawings.
Picturing Poetry
November 17, 2012–May 12, 2013
Ryan Education Center, Picture Book Gallery
Award-winning picture book artists Carin Berger, R. Gregory Christie, Brian Pinkney, James Rumford, Peter Sís, and Ed Young transform poetry into unique and unexpected illustrations.
The Picasso Effect
February 20, 2013–May 12, 2013
Galleries throughout the museum
A museum-wide celebration of Pablo Picasso's legacy and influences
When Collecting Was New: Photographs from the Robert A. Taub Collection
December 15, 2012–May 12, 2013
Galleries 1–4
More than 100 photographs chart the rebirth of an American photo market from the 1960s through the 1980s.
Danh Vo: We The People (detail), 2010–2013
November 17, 2012–May 5, 2013
Bluhm Family Terrace
Vietnamese-born, New York–based artist Danh Vo brings his installation of reconstructed fragments of the Statue of Liberty to the Art Institute.
Project Projects: Test Fit
November 17, 2012–April 28, 2013
Gallery 286
New York–based graphic design firm Project Projects offers a model of an exhibition that addresses issues of representation and reproductions in a playful, yet critical way.
Material Translations: Japanese Fashion from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
November 3, 2012–April 7, 2013
Gallery 109
Designs by Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons, Junya Watanabe, Yohji Yamamoto, and Issey Miyake commemorate the 25th year of SAIC’s Fashion Resource Center.
Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects
September 24, 2012–February 24, 2013
Galleries 283–285
The first exhibition to explore the work of Studio Gang Architects offers a studio-like environment that reflects the firm’s collaborative, inquiry-based, and research-driven approach.
Blood, Gold, and Fire: Coloring Early German Woodcuts
August 13, 2012–February 17, 2013
Gallery 202A
Raw colors and burnished gold explode in this special exhibition of the Art Institute of Chicago’s earliest, boldest, and least-seen devotional woodcuts.

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