Intuit Art Museum

Intuit Art Museum (IAM) champions the diverse voices of self-taught art, welcoming both new and familiar audiences. IAM collects and exhibits work by artists who often work outside the mainstream due to societal, economic, or geographic barriers that have prevented them from pursuing formal training in the arts. Yet, they have developed a sustained artistic practice. The museum’s mission is grounded in the ethos that the instinct to create is universal, and the arts must embrace, represent and be accessible to all. Chicago is recognized as one of the first places in the nation to embrace self-taught art as a legitimate genre, ultimately leading to Intuit being formed in 1991 by a group of artists, collectors, art dealers and art enthusiasts devoted to outsider art. In 2025, IAM completed a 20-month, $10 million renovation and expansion, transforming its facility into a modern museum—in service of its vision to be the most welcoming museum in Chicago and the leading museum advocate for self-taught art.