In this immersive installation featuring a series of new sculptural objects, Haitian American artist Abigail Lucien explores the ways that iron connects us to histories, the material world, and each other.

Exhibition on view April 14, 2025 – December 20, 2026.

Speaker: Jithin George, Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern

The Driehaus Museum is proud to present Brendan Fernandes: In the Round as the next iteration of our A Tale of Today series that places contemporary art in dialogue with the art, architecture, and design of the Museum. The Museum’s first artist-in-residence, Fernandes will transform the Museum’s 1926 Murphy Auditorium into a dynamic site for sculptural installation, movement, sound, and dance. Conceived as an evolving, episodic residency, In the Round will unfold throughout 2026 with performance dates and public programs announced at intervals across the year. Organized by guest curator Stephanie Cristello, Brendan Fernandes: In the Round takes place at the Driehaus Museum, 50 E. Erie Street , from April 9 to November 14, 2026 .

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The College of Engineering, Applied Science, and Health presents its ECE seminar series featuring Yingdan Shi, a Ph.D.

An interdisciplinary, supportive community for graduate students in the early stages of dissertation research on early modern trans studies.

The first exhibition at the Art Institute devoted to the artistic and cultural traditions of SWANA, this exhibition highlights the region’s distinctive beauty and iconic visual expressions through more than 70 works from the 18th through 20th century.

The Driehaus Museum announces dates for Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History , a touring exhibition that examines the full scope of Stebbins’s history-making career as one of the most significant American sculptors of the nineteenth century. From 1857 to 1870, Stebbins created innovative marble and bronze sculptures while living in Rome and studying within the circles of historic sculptors. Her work models inventive and incisive interpretations of literary and biblical subjects, as well as unprecedented allegories of American industry. With the Bethesda Fountain in 1863, Stebbins became the first woman to earn a commission for a public sculpture from the City of New York. Organized by the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, New York, earlier this year, Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History is curated by Karli Wurzelbacher, Chief Curator of the Heckscher Museum, and is the first museum exhibition devoted to the late artist’s work. Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History takes place at the Drie

Exhibition on view April 14, 2025 – December 20, 2026.

Exhibition on view Through January 3, 2027.