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Willem de Kooning at the Art Institute of Chicago: more than 200 works, June 14 to September 20, 2026. Here is what to know.
From June 14 through September 20, 2026, the Art Institute of Chicago hosts Willem de Kooning Drawing, a major ticketed exhibition in the museum's main Regenstein Hall. It is billed as the first exhibition to show the full scope of de Kooning's drawing. It gathers more than 200 works from roughly seven decades: drawings, paintings, sculptures and prints. Together they trace how he moved between figuration and abstraction.
Willem de Kooning was a central figure of Abstract Expressionism, the postwar movement that made New York the center of the art world. Many of his peers stuck to one signature style. De Kooning kept moving between the figure and pure abstraction across a long career, and drawing ran through all of it.
A show of more than 200 works on one artist's drawing is rare. If you like modern art, it is worth seeing in person, where the size and texture of the work come through better than on a screen.
The Art Institute of Chicago was founded in 1879. Its two bronze lions guard the Michigan Avenue entrance. The collection is one of the finest in the country, and includes:
You can spend one focused hour with de Kooning or a full day in the galleries.
The Art Institute sits on Michigan Avenue between the Loop and the lakefront, one of the busiest and priciest places to park in Chicago. Downtown garage rates are steep, street parking is rare, and on a nice weekend the whole area is crowded.
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A day with the Art Institute of Chicago's de Kooning works pairs well with a car service that skips downtown parking.
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