Exhibition History
Browse exhibitions from as far back as 1883. For more information on exhibitions that may be partially listed, contact the Ryerson Archives at ryerson@artic.edu.
2020
Showing 17 out of 17 Exhibitions-
Carissa Rodriguez: The Maid
The artist’s first Chicago exhibition features The Maid, a film that considers the material and social conditions under which works of art are produced, reproduced, and circulated.
Jan 24–Mar 13, 2020 | July 30–Sep 7, 2020 -
Pure Drawing: Seven Centuries of Art from the Gray Collection
A collection of extraordinary breadth and quality tells the medium’s history.
Jan 25–Mar 13, 2020 | July 30–Oct 12, 2020 -
Vaginal Davis: The White to be Angry
A video that offers a stirring and, over 20 years later, still timely look at white supremacist culture.
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Signs and Wonders: The Photographs of John Beasley Greene
The first retrospective of the 19th-century photographer, whose scenes of ancient Egypt prompt consideration of the complex relationships between photography, archaeology, colonialism, and modern art.
Feb 8–Mar 13, 2020 | July 30–Aug 10, 2020 -
PHOTOGRAPHY + FINE ART: Material Meanings—Selections from the Constance R. Caplan Collection
In the first-ever exhibition of Caplan’s private collection, 30 works ranging from early 20th-century decorative art objects to abstract paintings and sculptures come together to offer a singularly affecting and enriching encounter with art.
Feb 22–Mar 13, 2020 | July 30–Sep 14, 2020 -
Noda Tetsuya: My Life in Print
The largest presentation of the artist’s work in North America in 15 years brings together key works from across his career, showcasing Tetsuya’s distinctive printing technique and his dedication to documenting the small and large moments of life.
Feb 29–Mar 13, 2020 | July 30–Nov 16, 2020 -
El Greco: Ambition and Defiance
Featuring over 57 works that trace the singular career of the artist known as El Greco, this major exhibition considers the astounding ambition that drove him to develop his remarkable style and to continually reinvent his practice in pursuit of success.
Mar 7–13, 2020 | July 30–Oct 19, 2020 -
Toulouse-Lautrec and the Celebrity Culture of Paris
This focused installation features dynamic and instantly recognizable works by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec that helped catapult his clients to fame.
July 30–Nov 16, 2020 | Feb 11–June 6, 2021 -
Intimate Modernity
This focused installation highlights works by Intimist artists, who depicted interior scenes as a way to experiment with color, form, pattern, and atmosphere.
July 30–Nov 16, 2020 | Feb 11–June 7, 2021 -
Beatriz Gonzalez Historias Wiwa II
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Malangatana: Mozambique Modern
This exhibition brings together more than 40 paintings and drawings and invites us to consider Malangatana’s development as an artist part and parcel with the emergence of modern African art.
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Monet and Chicago
The first exhibition to explore the unique connection between the city and the “Father of Impressionism” brings together over 60 paintings, including beloved major works as well as rarely seen still lifes, landscapes, and portraits of the artist’s family.
Sep 5, 2020–Nov 16, 2020 | Feb 11, 2021–June 14, 2021 -
Richard Hunt: Scholar’s Rock or Stone of Hope or Love of Bronze
The first exhibition dedicated to the legendary Chicago sculptor debuts a monumental bronze work alongside two other large-scale stainless steel sculptures and a selection of smaller-scaled bronzes.
Sep 17, 2020–Nov 16, 2020 | Feb 11, 2021–Sep 20, 2021 -
Jo Ractliffe: DRIVES
The first-ever survey of the South African photographer’s work brings together more than one hundred works from across her career, including haunting, dreamlike landscapes and allegorical images of common animals, illustrating the aftermath of apartheid.
Oct 17, 2020–Nov 16, 2020 | Feb 11, 2021–Aug 9, 2021 -
Mark Rothko / Felix Gonzalez-Torres
The Art Institute of Chicago has the unprecedented opportunity to present five works by the American painter Mark Rothko, including two loans and three works from the museum’s collection. These extraordinary works show the artist at the height of his ability to create deeply experiential paintings that radiate light as if through an inner source. Rothko’s five paintings join “Untitled” (1989) by Felix Gonzalez-Torres, a key work by this pioneering conceptual artist in the Art Institute’s collection.
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Bisa Butler: Portraits
This exhibition brings together more than 20 of Butler’s vibrant quilted portraits, which both pay tribute to the role of quilts as bearers of cultural memory and celebrate historical narratives of Black life.
Nov 14–16, 2020 | Feb 11–Sep 6, 2021 -
Holiday Thorne Rooms 2020
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