Exhibition Review: ‘Materialities’ at the Driehaus Museum

Curator Giovanni Aloi asked fourteen contemporary Chicago artists to create pieces that explore the material objects and features that make up the Gilded Age-era Samuel Nickerson Mansion.

Panels of flimsy fabric hang from midway up a papered wall surrounding an art installation featuring yellow circles on a gray square

“Materialities” is at the Driehaus Museum through April 27, 2025.

Exhibition Review: ‘Materialities’ at the Driehaus Museum