Archived - Shows And Events

April 18 - May 27, 2016 - Enter the mysterious world of one of nature’s most awe-inspiring marine mammals. Narrated by Ewan McGregor and set in the spectacular waters of Alaska, Hawaii and the remote islands of Tonga, this ocean adventure offers an up-close look at how these whales communicate, sing, feed, play and take care of their young. Join a team of researchers as they unlock the secrets of ...

April 18, 2016 - February 28, 2017 - Exhibit / Brick by Brick - The sensational LEGO® structures and hands-on challenges in Brick by Brick reveal the power of play as a gateway to creating greatness. Spectacular LEGO®-built marvels of engineering will inspire the builder within you in this world-premiere exhibit. Brick by Brick features more than a dozen giant constructions by LEGO® Certified Prof...

April 18 - August 14, 2016 - This exhibition, featuring 100 photographs drawn exclusively from the Art Institute’s extensive holdings of Siskind’s work, examines some of his most influential abstract photographs and series. Beginning with Siskind’s new attention to the power of a single object in the 1940s, the presentation continues through formally graphic series such as barely touching rocks in...

April 11 - October 10, 2016 - The selections for the intimate Supernatural Shakespeare presentation copy several paintings Fuseli created for the 1790s Boydell Shakespeare Gallery in London, one of the catalysts for the Romantic revival of Shakespeare in the early 1800s.

April 11 - August 28, 2016 - This focused exhibition unites two marbles portraying Antinous—which recent discoveries reveal were originally one. After years of careful study, an international collaboration among the Art Institute of Chicago, the Palazzo Altemps Museum in Rome, and the University of Chicago determined that the Art Institute’s fragment of a portrait of Antinous was originally the fa...

April 11 - August 7, 2016 - Comprising approximately 140 works, including selected subjects from Van Dyck’s Iconography, this exhibition features prints from five centuries. The earliest works, by artists such as Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) and Hendrick Goltzius (1558–1617), precede Van Dyck’s career, while portraits by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–69) and Jan Lievens (1607–74), artists who followed V...

April 11 - May 1, 2016 - This exhibition is the first to draw back the curtain on that practice. Featuring over 100 drawings and prints as well as 12 sculptures—many borrowed directly from the artist and never displayed before—the presentation offers an unprecedented look into Puryear’s inspirations, methods, and transformative process. Uniting these rarely seen drawings, several sculptures, and s...

April 9-10, 2016 - The market includes more than 200 vendors featuring gardening items, antiques, art collectibles, vintage clothing and more. Offered for sale will be a variety of antiques and collectibles, including country furniture, estate jewelry. Victoriana, postcards, art glass and porcelains, advertising items, old toys, vintage clothing and linens, coins, decorator items, paintings, primi...

April 9-10, 2016 - This Joliet gun show is held at Chicagoland Speedway and hosted by The Cloe Group LLC of Illinois. All federal, state and local firearm ordinances and laws must be obeyed. Sunday 8:00am – 3:00pm Admission:General: $10.00

April 3, 2016 - This Wheaton gun show is held at DuPage County Fairgrounds and hosted by Pioneer Valley Sportsman's Association of Illinois. All federal, state and local firearm ordinances and laws must be obeyed. Enjoy one of the largest local sporting good shows in Illinois. Shows are held monthly October through April. Over 100 vendors and 200 tables offering gear and supplies for Hunting, Fish...