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Art Design Chicago exhibitions and events took place mainly in 2018, with some programming extending into 2019 and beyond. Use the search tool above to explore past, current, and upcoming programming.

  • September 21, 2017, 3–5 p.m.

Ten Decades, Ten Under-Appreciated Chicago Designs

Newberry Library
  • September 29, 2017, 2–5 p.m.

American Art and Visual Culture Seminar

Newberry Library
  • October 19, 2017, 3–5 p.m.

Chicago Design 1946-1970: Place, People, and Products

Newberry Library
  • October 26–27, 2017

Public Art Symposium

Chicago Cultural Center
  • November 2–3, 2017

Transforming Culture and Society: Midwest Women Artists, 1960s–1980s

Bradley University
  • November 15–18, 2017

The Black Metropolis, Between Past and Future: Race, Urban Planning, and Afro-American Culture in Chicago

Various locations in Paris, France
  • November 16, 2017, 3–5 p.m.

Graphic Design: between Negation and Affirmation in Container Corporation’s Great Ideas Advertising Series, c. 1950-1980

Newberry Library
  • January 18, 2018, 3–5 p.m.

Walter Paepcke, IDCA, and the Challenge of Design in Post-War Corporate Culture​

Newberry Library
  • January 26, 2018, 2–5 p.m.

American Art and Visual Culture Seminar

Newberry Library
  • February 22, 2018, 3–5 p.m.

Collecting Chicago Design: Who Should Do It, When, and Where

Newberry Library
  • March 15, 2018, 3–5 p.m.

CANCELED: March 15 Seminar

Newberry Library
  • March 30, 2018, 2–5 p.m.

American Art and Visual Culture Seminar

Newberry Library
  • April 26, 2018, 3–5 p.m.

Will Bradley's Art of Design

Newberry Library
  • May 24, 2018, 3–5 p.m.

Moholy-Nagy and the Materiality of Industry

Newberry Library
  • May 26, 2018, 2–3:30 p.m.

Art Speaks: Curating Chicago

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
  • June 5, 2018, 6–7:30 p.m.

Leading Ladies of Chicago’s Columbian Exposition: Celebrating 125 Years

The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
  • July 11, 2018, 6–7:30 p.m.

Art Speaks: A Proposition, or The Allure of Photography

Zhou B Art Center
  • August 30, 2018, 2:15–3:45 p.m.

Teaching Sculpture Now: A Panel Discussion

Oakton Community College, Des Plaines Campus, Room 1604
  • September 11, 2018, 6–7:30 p.m.

Wish You Were Here: Postcards and Visual Culture

Newberry Library
  • September 13, 2018, 3–5 p.m.

Bruce Rogers, Modern Design, and Chicago's Caxton Club

Newberry Library