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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Department of Exhibitions and Exhibition Studies brings the boundary-pushing work of acclaimed and emerging artists to Chicago audiences. A vibrant public art space located in the heart of Chicago’s Loop, SAIC Galleries feature 26,000 square feet of exhibition space for annual student and faculty shows. The galleries also present special exhibitions featuring national and international artists. The School’s exhibition spaces are teaching galleries that engage process as a pedagogical model and mode of research. Exhibitions are free and open to the public.

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Style is the Body Thinking

August 31 – December 5, 2026

A group exhibition of international artists curated for SAIC Galleries by Crown Family Professor in Painting and Drawing Michelle Grabner.

The exhibition examines the social and aesthetic affordances of style and figuration from the 1960s to the present, addressing style's relationship to identity, power, labor, resistance, taste, the body, technology, and affect.

Presented by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Department of Exhibitions and Exhibition Studies as one of two major parallel exhibitions at SAIC Galleries this fall. Together, the exhibitions speak to the continued resonance of the body by illustrators and artists as a critical presence, conveyor, and social marker of identity within culture.

LeRoy Neiman: A Keen Observer of Style

August 31 – November 21, 2026

Organized by the Kent State University Museum in collaboration with the LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation, this exhibition focuses on Neiman's (SAIC 1947–50, HON 2006) striking fashion illustrations.

Curated by Sara Hume, the exhibition unites 85 illustrations spanning Neiman's early work in retail and commercial illustration in Chicago and his sketches and studies throughout the ensuing decades, exploring themes such as masculinity, celebrity, and the formal elements of gesture, line, and color.

Presented by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Department of Exhibitions and Exhibition Studies as one of two major parallel exhibitions at SAIC Galleries this fall. Together, the exhibitions speak to the continued resonance of the body by illustrators and artists as a critical presence, conveyor, and social marker of identity within culture.

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