Yousuf Karsh: Regarding Heroes

Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave., 312-443-3600, presents Yousuf Karsh: Regarding Heroes through April 26.
Location: Art Institute of Chicago
Starts: Mar 16
Ends: Apr 26

Lens Paintings by Sigmar Polke

Arts Club of Chicago, 201 E. Ontario, 312-787-3997, presents Lens Paintings by Sigmar Polke through April 17.
Location: Arts Club of Chicago
Starts: Mar 16
Ends: Apr 17

ORD: Documenting the Definitive Modern Airport

Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 S. Michigan Ave., 312-922-3432, hosts ORD: Documenting the Definitive Modern Airport runs through May 1.
Location: Chicago Architecture Foundation
Starts: Mar 16
Ends: May 01

Miles Lowry: Forest and Savannah

Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe, 847-835-5440, presents Miles Lowry: Forest and Savannah through April 5.
Location: Chicago Botanic Garden
Starts: Mar 16
Ends: Apr 05

Two Lithuanian Printmakers: E. Vertelkaite and B. Zokaityte

Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., 312-744-6630, presents Two Lithuanian Printmakers: E. Vertelkaite and B. Zokaityte through Mar. 29.
Location: Chicago Cultural Center
Starts: Mar 16
Ends: Mar 29

Reverence Renewed: Colonial Andean Art from the Thoma Collections

DePaul University Museum, 2350 N. Kenmore, 773-325-7506, presents Reverence Renewed: Colonial Andean Art from the Thoma Collections through Mar. 20.
Location: DePaul University Museum
Starts: Mar 16
Ends: Mar 20

The Aztec World: A Unique View of a Mighty Empire, and Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship

Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., 312-922-9410, hosts The Aztec World: A Unique View of a Mighty Empire through April 19. Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship runs Feb. 27 through Oct. 25.
Location: Field Museum
Starts: Mar 16
Ends: Oct 25

Abandoned Demolition: New Painting by Andy Paczos and Sandra Rosas Ridolfi: Highrise

Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave., 773-324-5520, presents Abandoned Demolition: New Painting by Andy Paczos through April 5. Sandra Rosas Ridolfi: Highrise runs through April 12.
Location: Hyde Park Art Center
Starts: Mar 16
Ends: Apr 12

Sticks

Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, 756 N. Milwaukee Ave., 312-243-9088, features Sticks through April 18.
Location: Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Starts: Mar 16
Ends: Apr 18

The Picture Tells the Story: The Drawings of Joseph E. Yoakum

Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, 756 N. Milwaukee Ave., 312-243-9088, features The Picture Tells the Story: The Drawings of Joseph E. Yoakum continues through June 27.
Location: Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Starts: Mar 16
Ends: Jun 27

Let's Play Railway

Kohl Children's Museum of Great Chicago, 2100 Patriot Blvd., Glenview, 847-832-6600, presents Let's Play Railway through May 4.
Location: Kohl Children's Museum of Great Chicago
Starts: Mar 16
Ends: May 04

The Eternal Light of Egypt: The Photography of Sarite Sanders

Loyola University Museum of Art, 820 N. Michigan Ave., 312-915-6394, presents The Eternal Light of Egypt: The Photography of Sarite Sanders through May 10.
Location: Loyola University Museum of Art
Starts: Mar 16
Ends: May 10

Polaroids: Mapplethorpe

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, 40 Arts Circle, Evanston, 847-491-4000, hosts Polaroids: Mapplethorpe through April 5.
Location: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Ar
Starts: Mar 16
Ends: Apr 05

Black Creativity

Museum of Science and Industry, 5700 S. Lake Shore Dr., 773-684-1414, hosts Black Creativity through Mar. 1.
Location: Museum of Science and Industry
Starts: Mar 16
Ends: Mar 16

Amazing Amphibians

Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N. Cannon Dr., 773-755-5100, presents Amazing Amphibians through April 12.
Location: Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Starts: Mar 16
Ends: Apr 12

The "Writing" of Modern Life: The Etching Revival in France, Britain and the U.S. 1850-1940

Smart Museum of Art, 5550 S. Greenwood, 773-702-0200, presents The "Writing" of Modern Life: The Etching Revival in France, Britain and the U.S. 1850-1940 through April 19.
Location: Smart Museum of Art
Starts: Mar 16
Ends: Apr 19

African American Art and The Julius Rosenwald Fund

Spertus Museum, 610 S. Michigan Ave., 312-322-1700, hosts African American Art and The Julius Rosenwald Fund through July 5.
Location: Spertus Museum
Starts: Mar 16
Ends: Jul 05

Wondrous Cold

Museum of Science and Industry, 5700 S. Lake Shore Dr., 773-684-1414, hosts Wondrous Cold runs Mar. 21 through May 31.
Location: Museum of Science and Industry
Starts: Mar 21
Ends: May 31