All Ages Artmaking: Giant Exquisite Corpse
Sun, Oct 12, 2025
11 am–3 pm
H.C. Westermann, Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea, 1958. Pine, bottle caps, cast-tin toys, glass, metal, brass, ebony, and enamel, 56 1/2 × 38 × 14 1/4 in. (143.5 × 96.5 × 36.2 cm). The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Susan and Lewis Manilow Collection of Chicago Artists. © 2025 Dumbarton Arts, LLC / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Photograph by Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
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Floor 3, Artspace
Open to all ages
Artists of all ages are invited to play a giant version of the Surrealist drawing game, Exquisite Corpse! Create your own drawing and then mix and match it with others to see what surprising, funny, and unexpected combinations emerge.
The 1960s were anything but ordinary—and the art was just as bold. Sixties Surreal brings together more than 100 artists who turned to vivid color, strange imagery, and unexpected ideas to make sense of a rapidly changing world. From striking portraits to dreamlike scenes, see iconic works by artists including Andy Warhol, Yayoi Kusama, Faith Ringgold, Ed Ruscha, Jack Whitten, and many more that capture the energy and complexity of a decade defined by change.
