The Loop: Art Institute & Design Museum

Two museums a few blocks apart. Start with Voices Embodied at the Design Museum on Randolph Street, then give the afternoon to the Art Institute: Raqib Shaw’s 100-foot Paradise Lost, Mary Cassatt, Lee Miller, Karimah Ashadu’s Machine Boys and four more shows.

Stops9

Walking0.43 mi

On foot11 min

Door to door3 hr 11 minincl. 20 min per gallery

Tour in App

Voices Embodied: Prognostication

Design Museum of Chicago

72 E Randolph St, Loop · Mon–Sun 10am–5pm

Voices Embodied: Prognostication at Design Museum of Chicago. Art, film and performance by local and international artists imagining a disability-forward future for design and museums. Through Jan 18.

Jun 26 - Jan 18

11 min walk · 0.4 mi · to The Art Institute of Chicago

Head east on E Randolph St toward N Garland Ct — 282 ft
Turn right onto N Michigan Ave — 230 ft
Turn left — 85 ft
Turn right — 194 ft
Turn right — 46 ft
Turn left Take the stairs — 233 ft
Turn right — 226 ft
Turn left toward Nichols Bridgeway — 118 ft
Sharp right toward Nichols Bridgeway — 322 ft

Raqib Shaw: Paradise Lost

The Art Institute of Chicago

111 S Michigan Ave, Loop · Mon 11am–5pm, Wed 11am–5pm, Thu 11am–8pm, Fri–Sun 11am–5pm

Raqib Shaw: Paradise Lost at The Art Institute of Chicago. A 21-panel painting over 100 feet long that travels from his Kashmiri childhood through the Western art world to a fragile dawn. Through Nov 15.

Jun 7 - Nov 15

1 min walk · 1 ft · to The Art Institute of Chicago

Head on Nichols Bridgeway — 1 ft

Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism

The Art Institute of Chicago

111 S Michigan Ave, Loop · Mon 11am–5pm, Wed 11am–5pm, Thu 11am–8pm, Fri–Sun 11am–5pm

Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism at The Art Institute of Chicago. More than 75 paintings, pastels and prints from her most experimental years, plus material on her lost 1893 World’s Fair mural. Through Jan 3.

Sep 6 - Jan 3

1 min walk · 1 ft · to The Art Institute of Chicago

Head on Nichols Bridgeway — 1 ft

Lee Miller: Fearless

The Art Institute of Chicago

111 S Michigan Ave, Loop · Mon 11am–5pm, Wed 11am–5pm, Thu 11am–8pm, Fri–Sun 11am–5pm

Lee Miller: Fearless at The Art Institute of Chicago. About 150 photographs, from Surrealist Paris and portraits of Chaplin and Picasso to her wartime reporting for Vogue. Through Dec 7.

Aug 29 - Dec 7

1 min walk · 1 ft · to The Art Institute of Chicago

Head on Nichols Bridgeway — 1 ft

Karimah Ashadu: Machine Boys

The Art Institute of Chicago

111 S Michigan Ave, Loop · Mon 11am–5pm, Wed 11am–5pm, Thu 11am–8pm, Fri–Sun 11am–5pm

Karimah Ashadu: Machine Boys at The Art Institute of Chicago. Her Silver Lion–winning 2024 video on the okada motorcycle riders of Lagos and the informal economy around them. Through Jan 31.

Sep 11 - Jan 31

1 min walk · 1 ft · to The Art Institute of Chicago

Head on Nichols Bridgeway — 1 ft

Abigail Lucien: Blood of the Earth

The Art Institute of Chicago

111 S Michigan Ave, Loop · Mon 11am–5pm, Wed 11am–5pm, Thu 11am–8pm, Fri–Sun 11am–5pm

Abigail Lucien: Blood of the Earth at The Art Institute of Chicago. An immersive installation staged as a working metalsmithing shop, with furnace, bellows and anvil, about iron and belonging. Through Jan 25.

Jun 18 - Jan 25

1 min walk · 1 ft · to The Art Institute of Chicago

Head on Nichols Bridgeway — 1 ft

Embroidered Traditions from Morocco to Afghanistan

The Art Institute of Chicago

111 S Michigan Ave, Loop · Mon 11am–5pm, Wed 11am–5pm, Thu 11am–8pm, Fri–Sun 11am–5pm

Embroidered Traditions from Morocco to Afghanistan at The Art Institute of Chicago. More than 70 embroidered textiles, garments and jewelry from Southwest Asia and North Africa, most never shown before. Through Jan 25.

May 2 - Jan 25

1 min walk · 1 ft · to The Art Institute of Chicago

Head on Nichols Bridgeway — 1 ft

Saint-Porchaire Ceramics: Rediscovered Treasures of the French Renaissance

The Art Institute of Chicago

111 S Michigan Ave, Loop · Mon 11am–5pm, Wed 11am–5pm, Thu 11am–8pm, Fri–Sun 11am–5pm

Saint-Porchaire Ceramics at The Art Institute of Chicago. Nine rare, intricately ornamented French Renaissance earthenwares, most unseen in public for more than a century. Through Nov 15.

Mar 25 - Nov 15

1 min walk · 1 ft · to The Art Institute of Chicago

Head on Nichols Bridgeway — 1 ft

Self, Made: Fourteen Modern Artists from the Richard and Ellen Sandor Family Collection

The Art Institute of Chicago

111 S Michigan Ave, Loop · Mon 11am–5pm, Wed 11am–5pm, Thu 11am–8pm, Fri–Sun 11am–5pm

Self, Made at The Art Institute of Chicago. Photography, drawing and sculpture by fourteen modern artists who worked outside the usual gallery and museum system. Through Nov 9.

Jun 25 - Nov 9

The Loop: Art Institute & Design Museum

Stops9

Walking0.43 mi

On foot11 min

Door to door3 hr 11 minincl. 20 min per gallery

Tour in App

Voices Embodied: Prognostication

Design Museum of Chicago

72 E Randolph St, Loop · Mon–Sun 10am–5pm

Jun 26 - Jan 18

11 min walk · 0.4 mi · to The Art Institute of Chicago

Head east on E Randolph St toward N Garland Ct — 282 ft
Turn right onto N Michigan Ave — 230 ft
Turn left — 85 ft
Turn right — 194 ft
Turn right — 46 ft
Turn left Take the stairs — 233 ft
Turn right — 226 ft
Turn left toward Nichols Bridgeway — 118 ft
Sharp right toward Nichols Bridgeway — 322 ft

Raqib Shaw: Paradise Lost

The Art Institute of Chicago

111 S Michigan Ave, Loop · Mon 11am–5pm, Wed 11am–5pm, Thu 11am–8pm, Fri–Sun 11am–5pm

Jun 7 - Nov 15

1 min walk · 1 ft · to The Art Institute of Chicago

Head on Nichols Bridgeway — 1 ft

Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism

The Art Institute of Chicago

111 S Michigan Ave, Loop · Mon 11am–5pm, Wed 11am–5pm, Thu 11am–8pm, Fri–Sun 11am–5pm

Sep 6 - Jan 3

1 min walk · 1 ft · to The Art Institute of Chicago

Head on Nichols Bridgeway — 1 ft

Lee Miller: Fearless

The Art Institute of Chicago

111 S Michigan Ave, Loop · Mon 11am–5pm, Wed 11am–5pm, Thu 11am–8pm, Fri–Sun 11am–5pm

Lee Miller: Fearless at The Art Institute of Chicago. About 150 photographs, from Surrealist Paris and portraits of Chaplin and Picasso to her wartime reporting for Vogue. Through Dec 7.

Aug 29 - Dec 7

1 min walk · 1 ft · to The Art Institute of Chicago

Head on Nichols Bridgeway — 1 ft

Karimah Ashadu: Machine Boys

The Art Institute of Chicago

111 S Michigan Ave, Loop · Mon 11am–5pm, Wed 11am–5pm, Thu 11am–8pm, Fri–Sun 11am–5pm

Karimah Ashadu: Machine Boys at The Art Institute of Chicago. Her Silver Lion–winning 2024 video on the okada motorcycle riders of Lagos and the informal economy around them. Through Jan 31.

Sep 11 - Jan 31

1 min walk · 1 ft · to The Art Institute of Chicago

Head on Nichols Bridgeway — 1 ft

Abigail Lucien: Blood of the Earth

The Art Institute of Chicago

111 S Michigan Ave, Loop · Mon 11am–5pm, Wed 11am–5pm, Thu 11am–8pm, Fri–Sun 11am–5pm

Jun 18 - Jan 25

1 min walk · 1 ft · to The Art Institute of Chicago

Head on Nichols Bridgeway — 1 ft

Embroidered Traditions from Morocco to Afghanistan

The Art Institute of Chicago

111 S Michigan Ave, Loop · Mon 11am–5pm, Wed 11am–5pm, Thu 11am–8pm, Fri–Sun 11am–5pm

May 2 - Jan 25

1 min walk · 1 ft · to The Art Institute of Chicago

Head on Nichols Bridgeway — 1 ft

Saint-Porchaire Ceramics: Rediscovered Treasures of the French Renaissance

The Art Institute of Chicago

111 S Michigan Ave, Loop · Mon 11am–5pm, Wed 11am–5pm, Thu 11am–8pm, Fri–Sun 11am–5pm

Saint-Porchaire Ceramics at The Art Institute of Chicago. Nine rare, intricately ornamented French Renaissance earthenwares, most unseen in public for more than a century. Through Nov 15.

Mar 25 - Nov 15

1 min walk · 1 ft · to The Art Institute of Chicago

Head on Nichols Bridgeway — 1 ft

Self, Made: Fourteen Modern Artists from the Richard and Ellen Sandor Family Collection

The Art Institute of Chicago

111 S Michigan Ave, Loop · Mon 11am–5pm, Wed 11am–5pm, Thu 11am–8pm, Fri–Sun 11am–5pm

Self, Made at The Art Institute of Chicago. Photography, drawing and sculpture by fourteen modern artists who worked outside the usual gallery and museum system. Through Nov 9.

Jun 25 - Nov 9