Illinois State University, University Galleries
Founded in 1973, University Galleries of Illinois State University is one of the premier exhibition spaces for contemporary art in the Midwest.
University Galleries is open seven days a week year-round, with free one-hour parking available directly above our facility. Admission to all exhibitions and events is free to the public.
University Galleries produces exhibitions and interpretive programming that reflect the shifting dynamics of contemporary artistic practice. Consistent with our university heritage, we cultivate a laboratory of expression that embraces various approaches to creating and experiencing art. We bring socially engaged art, performance, and experimental process to our region, while furthering the careers of artists through residencies, exhibitions, publications, and funding for new projects.
University Galleries’ permanent collection includes work by Robert Mapplethorpe, Andy Warhol, Jeanne Dunning, Terry Adkins, Jason Lazarus, Jennifer Bartlett, August Sander, Danny Lyon, Gladys Nilsson, Jasper Johns, Minnie Evans, Kathe Burkhart, Kiki Smith, George Grosz, Michelle Grabner, David Wojnarowicz, Dennis Oppenheim, David Driskell, Claire Prussian, Gertrude Abercrombie, Ansel Adams, Deborah Muirhead, Bob Jones, Joseph Yoakum, and hundreds of others.