Exhibitions

The Poetry Foundation presents engaging, multifaceted exhibitions that interrogate what poetry can look like.

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Portrait of a woman with a gray hat, wearing a blue dress, both with flowers, appears against a yellow background.

Escaramuza, the Poetics of Home

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Poetry and portraiture provide a rare view into contemporary Mexican American women’s equestrian performance in this exhibition.
On the left, an overlapping image of women in identical blue dresses with red trim. One women adjusts the others garments. On the right, a triptych of photographs including, left to right, a woman in white on horseback, three seated women, two in dark green dresses, one in a tan dress, and three seated women, all in red dresses.

Featured Exhibition

Escaramuza, the Poetics of Home (Remix)

Nick Adam’s team at Span designed a public installation that extends the work of Escaramuza, the Poetics of Home through a satellite exhibition at Navy Pier.

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Upcoming Exhibitions

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  • Victoria Martinez: Frente a la vida / Facing Life

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    Frente a la vida / Facing Life is an exhibition of murals and ceramic paintings by artist Victoria Martinez that responds to the life and work of Peruvian poet and activist…
    An abstract image of dark gray swirls appears amid a background of aqua and yellow.
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