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87th Exhibition of Professional Artist Members

A series of artworks are hung gallery-style on a white wall. More artworks are visible in the next room back.
Installation view, 87th Exhibition of Professional Members, The Arts Club of Chicago, 2016.
A series of artworks are hung gallery-style on a white wall. More artworks are visible in the next room back.
Installation view, 87th Exhibition of Professional Members, The Arts Club of Chicago, 2016.

Past exhibition

87th Exhibition of Professional Artist Members

About the Exhibition

The first exhibition of artist members’ work took place in 1916, the same year that The Arts Club of Chicago was established. This year’s exhibition features the work of The Arts Club’s visual artist members, and continues The Arts Club’s long-standing tradition of, and commitment to, furthering the arts. Included in this exhibition will be locally, nationally, and internationally esteemed artists, working in a wide variety of media and a breadth of historical influences.

The Arts Club of Chicago was founded with the mission to expand the artistic horizons of a public interested in the arts and related activities, and maintains its public galleries, free of admission, to that purpose. Since its inception, and as a part of its mission, The Arts Club membership has included both professional artists and lay members. Throughout its history, The Arts Club has produced significant exhibitions of artists such as Pablo Picasso, Constantin Brancusi (installed by Marcel Duchamp), Jackson Pollock, Alexander Calder, Auguste Rodin, Peter Doig, John Baldessari, David Hockney, Sigmar Polke, Maya Lin, and Chris Ofili.