Shows I'm Chasing Before They Close

Marisol Trejo

@trejo_curates

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A Pilsen gallery coordinator's working list of Chicago museums, the kind you actually revisit instead of just photograph once for the feed. Some are free, some are a short Pink Line ride from my apartment, all of them have earned a line in my spreadsheet. Updated whenever a new rotation drops and I have to rearrange my whole weekend.

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Shows I'm Chasing Before They Close — 7 items
Name	Comment	Address	City
1National Museum of Mexican Art	My home base, basically. Free admission, no excuse not to drop by weekly and check what's rotated in.	1852 W 19th St	Chicago
2Art Institute of Chicago	The heavyweight. I go for one wing at a time or I burn out by the Impressionists.	111 S Michigan Ave	Chicago
3Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago	Great for whiplash. One floor is quiet minimalism, the next is loud video installation. Keeps me honest.	220 E Chicago Ave	Chicago
4Smart Museum of Art	Small, free, and the curation punches way above its square footage. Hyde Park day trip material.	5550 S Greenwood Ave	Chicago
5Museum of Contemporary Photography	A single-medium museum that never feels narrow. In and out in forty minutes, every time worth it.	600 S Michigan Ave	Chicago
6Driehaus Museum	Less white cube, more Gilded Age mansion. Good for when I need a break from staring at didactics.	40 E Erie St	Chicago
7National Veterans Art Museum	Small, specific, unflinching. Not a long visit but it sits with you after.	4712 N Western Ave	Chicago