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The museum is housed in a historic 1917 mansion originally designed by architect Howard Van Doren Shaw for socialite Eleanor Robinson Countiss. The design was inspired by the French Petit Trianon (at Versailles). The building features four floors of gallery space and remains a fine example of early-20th-century luxury residential architecture now adapted for museum use. The IMSS aims to enrich people’s lives by enhancing their appreciation and understanding of the history, development, and advances in surgery and related subjects in health and medicine. While its core is medical history and surgical science, the museum also explicitly supports contemporary art exhibitions that explore the body, medicine, diagnostics, technology, and how they intersect with culture.
For more information visit imss.org.
Image: Hall of Immortals, Michael Robinson Photography
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The International Currents Gallery of the John David Mooney Foundation exhibits and offers residencies to international artists whose challenging work push boundaries and explore new territories. Lectures, workshops, and Master Classes are interwoven into Chicago’s diverse creative communities; exhibitions run concurrently in three galleries, each 4,000 sq. ft.
Since 2022, the Foundation’s Art Bridge Fellowships have supported “At-Risk” artists from war-torn countries, including 16 Ukrainian artists and one Palestinian artist from the West Bank.
The Albert I. Goodman Collection of wartime paintings, posters, and drawings from the 1960 and 70’s is on view in the third-floor gallery. This unique and important Collection serves as a study center for Chicago colleges and universities engaging in cross-cultural investigations. Ongoing are the Foundation’s environmental projects helping to control Climate Change in vibrant new ways through Art.
The JDMF is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 educational arts organization.
All events are free and open to the public.
Image: Performance: Daria Holovchanska, “Night Call I,” January 21, 2024. Photo by JDM.
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CAB 6: SHIFT: Architecture in Times of Radical Change
The 6th edition runs September 19, 2025–Feb 28, 2026
chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org
Image: Image:100 Links: Architecture and Land, in and out of the Americas, 2023, The Buell Center and AD—WO, Columbia University. Photo by Cory Dewald
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Image: Elmhurst Art Museum with Sentrock’s Bird City Saint. Image courtesy of Elmhurst Art Museum. Photo by Liz Chilsen.
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The Museum is located just steps from the Magnificent Mile. The exquisite building was saved twice, first by a collective of over 100 Chicago citizens in 1919, and then by philanthropist Richard H. Driehaus, who sponsored its restoration from 2003-2008.
More information is available at driehausmuseum.org
Our new entrance: 50 E. Erie, at the Murphy Auditorium
The Museum offers both private and guided tours and has a downloadable app for a self-guided experience. Consult the website for more information
Image: The Maher Gallery. Photo by Alexander Vertikoff, 2011
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The Cultural Center is a vibrant hub of arts and culture, offering a wide range of free public programs, exhibitions, and events. Visitors can explore the building’s many galleries, performance spaces, and event rooms, which showcase a diverse array of visual art, music, dance, and theater. Whether you’re a local resident or a visitor to the city, the Cultural Center offers an enriching and inspiring experience that celebrates the power of art to unite and inspire.
Image: the exterior of the Chicago Cultural Center as see from Michigan Ave.
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SPRING 2026 | April 17 – July 18, 2026
Dispossessions in the Americas
Martin Wong: Chinatown USA
FALL 2026 | September 25 – December 19, 2026
One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama
Yuan Goang-Ming: Everyday War”
Join the e-news list at wrightwood659.org to receive updates on exhibitions and programs.
Admission to Wrightwood 659 is only available during the public showing of exhibitions. Advanced reservations are required and available exclusively at wrightwood659.org. Walk-up admission cannot be accommodated.
Image: Interior view of Wrightwood 659.Photography: © Jeff Goldberg/Esto, All Rights Reserved.
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Image Courtesy of Sharon Vanorny
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