We’re thrilled to share another round of exciting events at the Museum! Join us to
🌸 celebrate spring with our first-ever morning yoga class
🚪launch the brand new photography book from @doorwaysofchicago
🎶 enjoy Brazilian music with Tempero Brasileiro
🧱 explore the Driehaus Museum neighborhood through the lens of the humble brick @brickofchicago
🏘️ discover how Chicago became the alleyway capital of the country
🌟 learn about Gilded Age history with Chicago’s prominent arts & culture leaders
🎼 hear vibrant chamber music by black queer composers with @playoutchicago
Don’t miss out; reserve your tickets today at the link in bio!
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'Brendan Fernandes: In the Round' returns to the Museum this week!
This week of Fernandes' genre-defying residency features a series of free public programs including the premiere of 'Inosculate' by Jenna Weatherbie and Laura Baumeister and the second iteration of Fernandes' work, 'Score for the Murphy Auditorium'.
Visit the link in bio to read Graham Meyer's @chicagosuntimes@wbezchicago article and explore the full schedule of programs at driehausmuseum.org.
Image: Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times
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📣 Opening in 2 weeks 📣
This summer, the Driehaus Museum presents 'Ink & Outrage: 18th‑Century Satirical Prints in London & Dublin'. The exhibition explores the wit and graphic brilliance of Georgian‑era satirical prints that lampooned civics, society, and culture through bold image and text.
Placing original works by leading London artists alongside pirated Irish copies, 'Ink & Outrage' sparks conversations about originality, reproduction, and the enduring power of satire.
Visit the link in bio to learn more!
#driehausmuseum #chicagomuseum #irishinchicago #cartoonist
✨Now on View✨
Two powerful contemporary pieces have returned to the Museum:
Chicago artist Nate Young’s 'Untitled' (2020) reflects on migration, memory, and visibility. Originally created for our 'A Tale of Today' series, the work draws from Young’s family history during the Great Migration. Young pairs detailed woodcraft with haunting horse bones that surface buried narratives within the home’s historic architecture.
Nearby, Luftwerk’s 'Konstellation' (2024) invites guests to look up. Inspired by the Museum's early electrical innovations, the sculptural installation maps the transition from gas to electric light and transforms historic fixtures into a glowing constellation.
Together, these works open a dialogue between past and present, craftsmanship and innovation, and memory and illumination.
📍 Visit them now on the Third Floor of the Museum
Credits:
Nate Young (American, b. 1981), 'Untitled', 2020, Courtesy of the artist and Monique Meloche Gallery. Photo by Michael Tropea.
Luftwerk, (Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero), 'Konstellation', 2024,
The Richard H. Driehaus Museum Collection. Photo by @bob.mov .
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'Brendan Fernandes: In the Round' is back at the Museum next week!
Join us for week two of Fernandes’ residency, featuring a dynamic slate of free, public programs from open rehearsals with Laura Baumeister (@laura.baumeister ) and Jenna Weatherbie (@jennaa.nicole ), to a live performance of Fernandes’ durational, site-specific work 'Score for the Murphy Auditorium', and the world premiere of Baumeister and Weatherbie’s 'Inosculate'.
Visit the link in bio to view the full schedule and reserve your spot.
Video by @bob.mov
Dancers @laura.baumeister , @hanna.dilorenzo , @sheismoving , @_nick_kearns , @princessjreid , Brian Josiah Martinez, @y3nya
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So happy to share the catalog for 'Materialities', the exhibition I curated in 2025 for the Driehaus Museum in Chicago. The catalog features all 14 artists who were invited to respond to the materials and histories of the Nickerson's Gilded Age mansion, following trajectories of ecological sustainability, loss, and hope.
Lavishly illustrated, it includes extended commentaries on each work, a foreword by the Museum’s Executive Director Lisa Key, and an essay on the curatorial rationale by yours truly.
Those who visited the exhibition know what a collective labour of love this was. The catalog captures the essence of the kind of curation I am most interested in: curation that builds community and opens spaces for dialogue; that listens carefully to artists, materials, and histories; that allows contemporary art to enter into meaningful conversation with the past to negotiate present challenges.
'Materialities' was, above all, an invitation to think through matter: what it carries, what it conceals, what it remembers, and what it might still help us imagine.
Revisiting this exhibition while working on the catalog has been an absolute delight. I am deeply grateful to the wonderful artists, the amazing team at the Driehaus Museum, and everyone who helped bring this project to life.
Signed copied of the catalog are available at the museum store. Those who don't live in Chicago can find the catalog at online bookstores.
Featuring the work of:
Rebecca Beachy
Jonas Becker
Olivia Block
Barbara Cooper
Richard Hunt
Beth Lipman
Luftwerk
Dakota Mace
Bobbi Meier
Laleh Motlagh
Industry of the Ordinary
Ebony Patterson
Jefferson Pinder
Edra Soto
#atotmaterialities #ataleoftoday #driehausmuseum #materialities
#art #ecology #history #materials #posthumanism #guildedage #chicago #nature #newmaterialism @rbbeachy@jonasntbecker@oliviablocksound@barbaracooperartist@richardhuntsculptor@industryoftheordinary@luftwerk@dmaceart@bobbimeier@lalehmotlagh@jeffersonpinder@edrasoto@beth_lipman_artist@the.lisa.key@driehausmuseum@garyfmetzner@saicpics@the.lisa.key
Celebrate spring with a morning of movement, relaxation, and inspiration🌷
This program begins with a one-hour guided yoga class in our Murphy Auditorium led by certified instructor Amy Baker. Her approach focuses on mindful, intentional movement that builds strength, flexibility, and mental clarity.
After class, enjoy light breakfast bites and a tour of the Museum just for program participants. Museum admission is included and all levels are welcome!
✨TICKET GIVEAWAY✨
Like & share this post and tag your yoga buddy in the comments for a chance to win a pair of tickets to this event!
📅 Entries close at 11:59 pm on Thursday, April 30
🌟Winner announced May 1
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A selection of rare Oz items and artifacts currently on display at the Driehaus Museum in Chicago as part of their exhibit - The Land of Oz: Beyond the Page 🌈
The following items are featured here:
1. Western Costume Co. replica pair of ruby slippers created for the film’s 50th anniversary in 1989 from Judy Garland’s shoe lasts
2. Courage badge replica created from the original 1938 MGM mold
3. Original Emerald City matte painting
4. Original Emerald City men’s jacket
5. Endpaper page from a copy of L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”
6. Rare inter-office memo regarding director George Cukor
The exhibit is set to close this Sunday, April 19. Don’t miss your chance to see all this and more!
Object Credits:
Western Costume Company, Replica Ruby Slippers from “The Wizard of Oz,” 1989, fabric, leather, beads, paper board, The Richard H. Driehaus Collection
Cowardly Lion “Badge of Courage” Replica, From the original 1938 MGM mold, after 1938, painted metal, fabric, The Richard H. Driehaus Collection
MGM, Matte Painting of The Emerald City, 1939, pastel on board, The Richard H. Driehaus Collection.
Gilbert Adrian (American, 1903-1959), Emerald City Townsman Jacket, 1938, The Richard H. Driehaus Collection
L. Frank Baum (American, 1856-1919), “The Wizard of Oz” Children’s Book, ca. early 1900s-1930s, The Richard H. Driehaus Collection
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (American, est. 1924) Production Memo, October 26, 1938, The Richard H. Driehaus Collection
Photo Credit: Alex Brescanu (images 1-2, 4-5)
The Magnificent Mile is blooming! 🌷✨
This year, we’re celebrating spring by joining the Mag Mile’s Tulips and Trumpets: A Mile Full of Jazz series of free pop-up performances.
On Thursday, April 23, join us at 3pm for an afternoon of live jazz with the Natalie Scharf Quartet in our Murphy Auditorium 🎷🎶
Visit the link in bio to discover more ways to celebrate spring in Chicago 🔗
#driehausmuseum #chicagospring #magmile #freeconcert
Don’t miss out on these two exclusive exhibitions!
Tiffany Lamps: Beyond the Shade and The Land of Oz: Beyond the Page close Sunday, April 19.
Learn more & purchase tickets at the link in bio 🔗
#driehausmuseum #chicagomuseum #landofoz #wizardofoz #tiffanylamp
Reminder! Brendan Fernandes: Score for the Murphy Auditorium premieres tomorrow, April 10, 5-8pm.
In this newly commissioned durational work choreographed by Brendan Fernandes, the first artist-in-residence to activate the Driehaus Museum’s 1926 Murphy Auditorium, an ensemble of performers from across Chicago’s vibrant independent dance community gather to create a dynamic site for sculptural installation, movement, and sound.
This event is free and open to the public. Visit the link in bio to learn more about Fernandes' groundbreaking work and reserve your spot for opening night!
Photos by @selfoto for @bob.mov
Dancers: Hanna DiLorenzo, Kara Hunsinger, Xenia Mansour, Princess Reid, Brian Martinez
Lead support for Brendan Fernandes: In the Round is provided by Cari and Michael J. Sacks.
Major support is provided by the Driehaus Trust Company, LLC, Anne L. Kaplan, and Gary Metzner and Scott Johnson.
Generous support is provided by the Kovler Family Foundation, Elizabeth Liebman, and Abby Pucker.
Additional support is provided by Friends of Brendan Fernandes.
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