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A couple stands before Gustave Caillebotte’s painting “Paris Street; Rainy Day,” the woman’s head on the man’s shoulder. The painting shows a man in a tophat and a woman in a black dress and coat walking together under an umbrella along a cobblestone street with mid-rise buildings. A couple stands before Gustave Caillebotte’s painting “Paris Street; Rainy Day,” the woman’s head on the man’s shoulder. The painting shows a man in a tophat and a woman in a black dress and coat walking together under an umbrella along a cobblestone street with mid-rise buildings.

Five Things to See Before They Go

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Fall can be a busy time of year, and before you know it, that special exhibition, loaned work, or installation you’ve been so excited to visit will have neared the end of its run.

But never fear—we’ve made this short list to help you keep track of the highlights, so you won’t miss a thing.

#1 Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World
Through October 5

Painting in loose brushstrokes of three light-skinned men, each in their own very slim rowboat, rowing down a river. The water ripples genty in greens, blues, and yellows.

Skiffs, 1877


Gustave Caillebotte

Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of the Milwaukee Journal Company, in honor of Miss Faye McBeath, M1965.25. Photo by John R. Glembin

Called “superlative” by the New York Times, our summer blockbuster continues into fall—but only through October 5. Return with family and friends to see Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World in its final weeks and take in over 120 works by the most unique of all the Impressionists, beloved by Chicagoans for his iconic painting Paris Street; Rainy Day.

#2 Contemporary Reinterpretations of Buncheong Ware
Through October 19

Photo shows an art gallery with four sculptures arranged behind glass. The sculptures vary in size, but all have a similar organic form resembling a domed rock formation.

Buncheong Landscape, 2015–20


Lee Kang-Hyo

Collection of the artist

Contemporary ceramics in Korea originated as an effort to preserve traditions of the past, but the practice soon expanded to produce visually innovative, conceptually engaging works that speak to audiences across the globe. Spend some time in the Andō Gallery with works by seven artists—Lee In-Chin, Yoon Kwang-Cho, Kwon Dae-sup, Lee Kang-hyo, Yikyung Kim, Hyejeong Kim, and Young-jae Lee—that take their inspiration from traditional ceramic forms such as buncheong ware, a traditional and unique greyish stoneware with white slip decorations. In advance of your visit, learn more about the installation—on view through October 19—from associate curator Yeonsoo Chee.

#3 Sculptures by Louise Bourgeois
Through December 2025

Photo of a white-walled art gallery containing six sculptures seen at a distance, each very different from the other: a white triangular form; a tall rectangular form; a thin, green rodlike form with a flat surface on top; a squat white form; and a globular red form that roughly evokes a female body.

© The Easton Foundation

Six sculptures spanning Louise Bourgeois’s nearly 75-year career have been brought together in this focused installation, from early works made of wood that evoke the body to architectural structures resembling cages and prison cells. Head up to Gallery 293 to see them for yourself before the installation ends in December.

#4 Contemporary Drawings from the Stenn Family Collection
Through September 15

A print in oil paint of four squares, each smaller than the last and with rough edges, superimposed upon one another, each of a different color: teal, bright green, sage green, and forest green.

Josef Albers

Gift of the Irving Stenn, Jr. Family. © The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, 2025

Over the course of five decades, Chicagoan Irving Stenn Jr. has assembled a collection of 20th-century art that includes more than 200 works on paper, most by contemporary artists whose work has been linked to Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Minimalism, and Post-Minimalism. Stenn, who began collecting art with his wife, Marcia, in 1971, largely as a way of enhancing their Lincoln Park home, is dedicated to sharing his collection with the public. This exhibition celebrates the family’s most recent gift to the Art Institute: 100 drawings and prints given in 2023. See it in Galleries 124–27 through September 15.

#5 Selections from the Photography and Media Collection
Through October 13

A color photograph of a young, light-skinned woman with dark hair sitting in a car with leather upholstery, fastening an earring while looking downward.

Ben Gest

Purchased with funds provided by The David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Arts Foundation. © 2005 Ben Gest

Gallery 10, on the museum’s lower level, serves as a showcase for a rotating selection of works from across our collection of photography and media, which encompasses nearly 25,000 objects from the 19th century to the present. Each rotation is hung for a period of of six to eight months. The current rotation, on view through October 13, offers a representative sampling of the collection as a whole and features works by artists including Émile Zola, Irving Penn, Margaret Bourke-White, and Ben Gest.

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