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The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.

Ida B. Wells
“A Lecture,” an advertisement for one of Wells’s speeches, Washington Bee, 22 October 1892

Art Design Chicago

The Great Ideas in this section of the exhibition features great ideas from Chicagoans interpreted by Chicago artists and designers. These works are presented as part of Art Design Chicago, an initiative of the Terra Foundation for American Art exploring Chicago’s art and design legacy, with presenting partner The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.


Design Museum of Chicago, Passing the Torch, 2020.


Great Ideas at ChiDM, 2018. Photo: Chris Mendoza, Dozaster.

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