2026 Annual Meeting and Acquisition Vote

The Annual Meeting is sold out. Please contact info@scaaic.org to be added to the waitlist.

VIEW. VOTE. CELEBRATE!
SCA Members and their guests are invited to view the 2026 SCA Annual Exhibition featuring potential acquisitions for the Art Institute of Chicago’s collection.

VIEW
SCA Annual Exhibition
Saturday 30 May - 31 August 2026
The Modern Wing, Gallery 294

VOTE
Curatorial Presentations | Acquisition Vote
Thursday 4 June 2026
6:00PM Reception and Exhibition Viewing
7:00PM Dinner and Annual Meeting
The Member Bar at Terzo Piano

CELEBRATE
Since 1940, the SCA has supported acquisitions for the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Celebrate this legacy along with the 2026 SCA Exhibition and Acquisition!

REGISTER NOW
SCA membership provides an invitation for two to the Annual Meeting and one acquisition vote. Joint members may split one acquisition vote into two half-votes.

2026 Acquisition Considerations

Kerstin Brätsch (German, born 1979)
hMƎTA series, 2024
Oil on canvas
250.2 × 195 cm (98 1/2 × 76 3/4 in.)

Jana Euler (German, born 1982)
Where the energy comes from, connected, 2025
Acrylic on canvas
285.8 × 175.3 cm (112 1/2 × 69 in.)

Tadaaki Kuwayama (Japanese, 1932–2023)
TK6169-75, 1975
Acrylic and aluminum powder on canvas with aluminum
175.3 × 175.3 cm (69 × 69 in.)

Klara Lidén (Swedes, born 1979)
Lamp Post (Square Moon), 2025
Concrete, steel, plexiglass, and LED wiring
390 × 80 × 80 cm (153 9/16 × 31 1/2 × 31 1/2 in.)

Walid Raad/ The Atlas Group (Lebanese, born 1967)
Sweet Talk: Commissions (Beirut) _ Solidere 1994-1997, 2019
Panoramic, single-channel video, color, silent;
10 min. 22 sec., continuous loop

2026–27 Board Slate

Officers
President: Larry Antonatos
Vice President: Michelle Holland
Treasurer: Linda Usher
Secretary: Zach Smith

Directors
Trissa Babrowski*
Fenton Booth
Caroline Brown
Macol Stewart Cerda
Jessica Diamond
Aron Gent
Eric McKissack
Robert Munch
Kate Neisser
William Padnos
Dara Pizzutti*
Enrichetta Ravina*
Paul Rehder
Joe Reinstein*
David Salkin
John Sirek*

*Nominated for an initial three-year term on the Board of Directors commencing on July 1, 2026.