Gilded Glory: European Treasures from the Martin D'Arcy Collection
Permanent Collection
A little-known gem of Chicago’s museum scene, the Martin D’Arcy Collection is one of the finest collections of medieval, Renaissance and Baroque art in the Midwest. For additional information click here.
The Art of Consumption: Innovations in Renaissance Decorative Arts from the Martin D'Arcy and Larry A. and Lynn Janes Schmidt Collections
 through February 21, 2010
Across Europe, the Renaissance was a time of economic growth and conspicuous material consumption engendering new forms in the decorative arts, illustrated here by loans from a private collection. For additional information click here.
Masterpiece under the Microscope
 through February 21, 2010
Learn what science can tell us about Portrait of a Jesuit Saint: San Francisco de Borja, the earliest dated work by the eighteenth-century Spanish painter Bernardo Lorente Germán. For additional information click here.
This exhibition is part of Science Chicago: Life's a Lab.
Art and Faith of the Crèche: The Collection of James and Emilia Govan
 December 5, 2009 – January 17, 2010
Crèche-makers from around the world interpret the nativity scene through the eyes of their own cultures. For additional information click here.
Lost in Venice: Photographs by Sarah Hadley
 December 5, 2009 – January 17, 2010
Sarah Hadley's work highlights the Renaissance past of Venice, a city that she has photographed for over 20 years. For additional information click here.
Moholy: An Education of the Senses
 February 10 – May 9, 2010
The exhibition aims to reignite interest Hungarian-American artist, László Moholy-Nagy, to introduce Chicagoans to his multidisciplinary process, and to examine the relevance of modernism’s life-improving message. For additional information click here.
The Papercut Haggadah by Archie Granot
 February 10 – May 9, 2010
Modern papercut artist Archie Granot continues a five-hundred year tradition with a fifty-five page Haggadah. Using geometric and abstract shapes instead of traditional Hebrew symbols, Granot has created a work that evokes the intense emotions attached to Seder. For additional information click here.
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