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Chicago Museum and Gallery Exhibitions, February 2022
posted Dec 21, 2021
Although CAA’s 110th Annual Conference has changed entirely to virtual, we still wanted to share a list of museum and gallery exhibitions that will be open this winter in Chicago.
Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603
Free admission for CAA Annual Conference attendees with badge
Hours of operation: Daily (except Thursday), 10:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Thursday 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
On view: Senju’s Waterfall for Chicago, Subscribe: Artists and Alternative Magazines, 1970-1995
Aspect/Ratio
864 N. Ashland, Chicago IL 60622
Free and open to the public
Hours of operation: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Chicago Architecture Center
111 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601
Discounted admission for CAA Annual Conference attendees with badge
Hours of operation: Daily, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Exhibits open at 9:30 a.m.
On view: Housing for a Changing Nation; Chicago Gallery; Chicago City Model; From Me to We: Imagining the City of 2050
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602-4801
Free and open to the public
Hours of operation: Monday–Friday, 10:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m.
On view: Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott
Columbia College Chicago, Student Center
754 S Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL 60605
Free and open to the public
Hours of operation: Monday – Friday, 7:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m., Saturday, 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
On view: Soft Allergy (Closes February 18)
Columbia College Chicago, Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Free and open to the public
Hours of operation: Monday—Wednesday and Friday, 9:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m., Thursday, 9:00 a.m.—7:00 p.m.
On view: Soft Allergy (Closes February 18)
DePaul Art Museum
935 West Fullerton Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614
Free and open to the public
Hours of operation: Wednesday and Thursday, 11:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Closed Monday and Tuesday
On view: A Natural Turn: María Berrío, Joiri Minaya, Rosana Paulino, and Kelly Sinnapah Mary, (Closes February 19), Solo(s): Krista Franklin, Closes February 19)
Field Museum
1400 South Lakeshore Drive, Chicago IL, 60605
Discounted admission for CAA Annual Conference attendees with badge
Hours of operation: Daily, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (last admission at 4:00 p.m.)
On view: Permanent Exhibition Highlights: Evolving Planet and SUE the T. rex; Maximo the Titanosaur; Inside Ancient Egypt; Ancient Americas; Lions of Tsavo; Hall of Gems. Ticketed Exhibitions: Pokagon Potawatomi Black Ash Baskets: Our Storytellers
Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S. Cornell Avenue, Chicago, IL 60615
Free and open to the public
Hours of operation: Monday – Thursday, 9:00 a.m.—8:00 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, 9:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m.
Sunday, 12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Easily accessible by Number 6 bus from the South Loop
On view: Dream
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60642
Free admission for CAA Annual Conference attendees with badge
Hours of operation: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Thursday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
Sunday, 12 p.m.–5 p.m.
Closed Monday
On view: The Life and Death of Charles Williams
Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605
Free and open to the public
Hours of operation: Daily (except Thursday and Sunday), 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Thursday, 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Sunday, 12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
On view: American Epidemic: Guns in the United States
National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 West 19th Street, Chicago, IL 60608
Free admission for CAA Annual Conference attendees with badge
Hours of operation: Tuesday– Sunday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Closed Monday
On view: Nuestras Historias: Stories of Mexican Identity from the Permanent Collection
Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 East Erie Street, Chicago, IL 60611
Free admission for CAA Annual Conference attendees with badge
Hours of operation: Open daily 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
On view: William H. Bradley and The Chap-Book from the Collection of Richard H. Driehaus
Riverside Arts Center
32 E Quincy St, Riverside IL 60546
Free and open to the public
Hours of operation: Tuesday through Saturday, 1:00—5:00 p.m.
Easily accessible by Metro BNSF train or car
On view: Muse, an exhibition of photography and costumes by Niki Grangruth and James Kinser
Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago
72 E. Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601
Free and open to the public
Hours of operation: Daily (except Monday and Thursday), 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Thursday, 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Closed Monday
On view: All Together Now: Sound × Design
Sullivan Galleries
33 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60603, 7th Floor
Free and open to the public
Hours of operation: Tuesday–Saturday, 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Closed Sunday and Monday
VGA Gallery
2418 West Bloomingdale Avenue, Unit 101, Chicago, IL 60647
Free and open to the public
Hours of operation: Thursday, 5:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Saturday, 12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.