Exhibitions and Events

In this conversation led by museum educator Nancy Chen, explore works of art with representational, sculptural, and social dimensions that shed light on the relationship between land and power.

Rem Koolhaas is a Pritzker Prize-winning Dutch architect, theorist, and urbanist. For this year’s Butler-VanderLinden Lecture on Architecture, Koolhaas discusses a fundamental strand of his practice—exhibition making—with Irene Sunwoo, the museum’s new John H. Bryan Chair and Curator of Architecture and Design.

Join visual artists Gabriela Salazar and Jenny Kendler, choreographer Carrie Hanson, and co-founder of Artists Commit Laura Lupton for a conversation exploring the intersections between artistic practice and environmental activism. The program is moderated by Mika Tosca, assistant professor at the School of the Art Institute.

Observe the changing environment around you—-plants, animals, and climate—and create your own seasonal phenology wheel with artists from Seeds InService.

Join curator Caitlin Haskell and professor Richard Shiff, as they discuss the installation of works by Alberto Giacometti and Barnett Newman in the Modern Wing.

Join Chicago-based artist Caroline Kent and curators of Modern and Contemporary Art Jordan Carter and Hendrik Folkerts for a conversation on Kent’s practice as an abstract painter.

Discover the dazzling history of the Hartwell Memorial Window, one of the most extraordinary leaded glass windows ever made by Tiffany Studios.

Explore artworks that reflect on the experience of change in this virtual conversation led by a museum educator.

Join associate curator Jonathan Tavares and senior industrial designer at Priority Designs Kevin Vititoe for a conversation on tournament armor in the Art Institute’s collection.

Associate curator of Textiles Erica Warren and Rhoades curatorial intern Hanne Graversen discuss how questions of medium, gender, and nationality inform the hierarchy of art forms.