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Exhibitions and Events

Explore our wide-ranging exhibitions and various programs for all ages.

17 Jul Thu
- Conversation: Caillebotte, Sailing, and Society from Mackinac to the Seine
  
  Join Gloria Groom, Winton Green Curator, Painting and Sculpture of Europe at the Art Institute of Chicago and Madeline Crispell, curator at the Chicago Maritime Museum, for a lively conversation on how boating emerged as a gentleman’s sport in both France and the United States.
  
  6:00–7:00
  Registration Required
26 Jul Sat
- Artist Conversation and Performance: Pixy Liao and Takahiro Morooka as PIMO
  
  Artist Pixy Liao and her partner Takahiro Morooka join assistant curator Yechen Zhao in a conversation about the evolution of their partnership and perform a set as PIMO, their performance collective.
  
  1:00–2:00
  Registration Required
07 Aug Thu
- Lecture: Gustave Caillebotte—The Artist as Collector
  
  Join curatorial assistant Megan True for a talk exploring Caillebotte’s expansive collection of Impressionist art, the impact that it had on his work, and the scandal that followed its donation.
  
  6:00–7:00
  Registration Required
13 Sep Sat
- Conversation: Modern Men—Gustave Caillebotte and the Language of Masculinity
  
  Join curator Gloria Groom and professor André Dombrowski for a discussion of the language of masculinity in Caillebotte’s work and discover how his paintings offer a nuanced view of gender that continues to resonate today.
  
  2:00–3:00
  Registration Required
18 Sep Thu
- Performance: Charles Gaines’s Manifestos 4—The Dred and Harriet Scott Decision
  
  The text of the 1857 Supreme Court decision denying US citizenship to people of African ancestry is transformed into a performance-based installation.
  
  5:30–7:00
  Registration Required

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