A general art museum founded in 1883 with an encyclopedic collection of more than 54,000 works spanning 5,000 years, set in Newfields, a 100-acre Art & Nature Park. Highlights of the collection include African, American, Asian, European and contemporary art, textiles and fashion art, and a growing collection of design arts.The collection of Neo-Impressionist paintings is one of the most comprehensive in North America.
Exhibitions & Dates
Mastering Materials: Rare Objects From the IMA's Asian Collection
Nov 20 2015 - Jul 15 2018
Objects in various materials served various purposes in various cultures
Portraits of Our City
Oct 27 2017 - Dec 2 2018
Black and white photographs explores human connections through people and their place
On the Flip Side: Secrets on the Backs of Paintings
Jul 28 2017 - Jul 8 2018
A chance to view interesting details about a work's history, condition, ownership, dedications, etc.
Director's Choice: Gifts of Art 2017
Sep 29 2017 - Jun 24 2018
Collection of art across history and disciplines
Bes-Ben: The Mad Hatter of Chicago
Apr 20 2018 - Jan 6 2019
Elaborate, humorous, and flamboyant creations
Natural Abstraction: Brett Weston and His Contemporaries
Jun 15 2018 - Mar 17 2019
Black and white images capture increasingly-abstract forms
Summer Wonderland: Spectacular Creatures
Jun 1 2018 - Aug 26 2018
A campus-wide experience fuses art and nature
Sensual/Sexual/Social: The Photography of George Platt Lynes
Sep 30 2018 - Feb 24 2019
Images explore an artistic legacy and visionary work
Clowes Portraits
Mar 1 2019 - Dec 31 2019
Popular works in a wide range of styles
700 Years of Japanese painting at the IMA
Oct 26 2019 - Jan 26 2020
Signature paintings by important artists from all the major schools of Japanese painting
Collecting Contemporaries: Recent Acquisitions - from the Koch and Wolf Collections
May 4 2018 - Nov 4 2018
Beautiful and rare works of art
Making Faces: The Remarkable Masks of Master Bidou Yamaguchi
Sep 7 2018 - Feb 3 2019
Contemporary Noh mask carver creates a body of work inspired by Old Master paintings
Japanese Fashion
Apr 19 2019 - Jan 5 2020
Innovative designs set new standards for contemporary fashion and created a definition of “universal beauty.”