Exhibitions and Events

How can visual art inspire writing? How can writing enhance or change the way we see? In this multi-session course, we’ll investigate these and other questions through a series of close-looking and generative writing exercises. 

Join Grace Ebert, vice president of Chicago Books to Women in Prison, and Marielle Epstein, assistant director of interpretation, to discuss the carceral system and tools for intellectual and physical emancipation.

Looking for a good place to start your museum visit? Join a knowledgeable guide for a tour of museum icons and lesser-known treasures. This tour starts at the Grand Staircase, on the first level near the glass doors.

Looking for a good place to start your museum visit? Join a knowledgeable guide for a tour of museum icons and lesser-known treasures. This tour starts in the Modern Wing’s Griffin Court.

Bring mindful attention to your museum visit during this monthly program combining close looking and meditation with artworks in the collection.

Join artist Ana De Orbegoso for a conversation on how her reconfigurations of ancient Andean ceramics challenge our relationship with history.

Can a window act as a portal to another world? Can it connect time, space, and memory? Join us for a peek into the collection as we explore the world of windows.

Looking for a good place to start your museum visit? Join a knowledgeable guide for a tour of museum icons and lesser-known treasures. This tour starts at the Grand Staircase, on the first level near the glass doors.

Looking for a good place to start your museum visit? Join a knowledgeable guide for a tour of museum icons and lesser-known treasures. This tour starts in the Modern Wing’s Griffin Court.

Acompaña a los artistas Juliana Góngora Rojas y Matías Quintero Sepúlveda, y a los líderes indígenas ko’revaju, Juven y Yinela Piranga Valencia, a una charla en la que indagarán sobre algunos de los principios que guían su exhibición, En el principio/ In the beginning.