The Chicago Cultural Center Announces New Visual Art Exhibitions

CHICAGO — The City of Chicago and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) announces new visual art exhibitions, along with tours, lectures, and more taking place this winter and early spring throughout the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. Recently highlighted in the Chicago Tribune’s “Best of 2022,” the Chicago Cultural Center is a stunning destination in the heart of downtown attracting locals and visitors with its breathtaking architecture, history, and free arts programming. Visit ChicagoCulturalCenter.org and follow on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for the latest events and updates.

New program highlights include the exhibition, “Surviving the Long Wars: Reckon and Reimagine” featuring powerful artwork of Indigenous and Native American artists opening March 4 in the 4th floor Exhibit Hall. Presented as part of second Veteran Art Triennial and Summit, there will be adjacent exhibitions and programming at the Hyde Park Art Center and Newberry Library.

In February, Chicago African Americans in Philanthropy present “Giving Back: The Soul of Philanthropy Reframed and Exhibited,” showcasing dynamic photography along with poetry, prose, and film to reveal the long and unsung legacy of Black philanthropists.

The critically acclaimed “Nelly Agassi: No Limestone, No Marble” exhibition has been extended through February 26 in the Chicago Rooms. Selected for the Chicago Tribune’s “Best of 2022,” Lori Waxman praised “Nelly Agassi’s surreal observations about architecture, plants, and the female body.”

The popular immersive exhibition, “Exact Dutch Yellow” by Luftwerk continues through January 29th featuring a series of sculptural light installations using botanical pigments and dynamic, changing light conditions. A live, free performance from cellists and interdisciplinary artists Lia Kohl and Katinka Kleijn takes place today, January 17 from 6-7pm in the Exhibit Hall.

The Chicago Cultural Center welcomes A Long Walk Home’s artists Scheherazade Tillet, Leah Gipson, and Robert Narciso as artists in residence in The Learning Lab this spring. As part of the “Meet an Artist” series, visitors will be invited to participate in the creation of “The Black Girlhood Altar” to honor and create awareness for missing and murdered Black girls and young women. The artists seek to transform public spaces from sites of trauma to places of collective remembrance and power. More details at ChicagoCulturalCenter.org.