Richard Hunt

Hunt's stature and impact cannot be overstated.

Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)

Chicago Sculpture Exhibit: Richard Hunt Award Entries

The 2025 Chicago Sculpture Exhibit - Richard Hunt Award application is now open! CSE is pleased to offer this award in Richard Hunt's name to offer financial support to emerging or mid-career Chicagoland sculptors for a new artwork sited at a prominent location in the city. The award is part of CSE’s mission to encourage a broader range of artists to design and fabricate large-scale public sculpture.

Richard Hunt:
From Paper to Metal

Drawn from the the Amon Carter Museum’s holdings, Richard Hunt: From Paper to Metal highlights the artist’s prints produced at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop during a residency in 1965 and a newly-acquired sculpture, Natural Form, created in Hunt’s signature direct-welded metal technique.

The exhibition is open from October 12, 2024 through March 2, 2025.

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Freedom in Form: Richard Hunt

Freedom in Form at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum tells the story of an artist affected by the civil rights struggle of his time and committed to artistic freedom of expression and the possibility of transformation. Visitors will experience Hunt’s work and personal biography as it intersected with milestones in the struggle for equal treatment under the law.

The exhibition is open from October 25, 2024 through April 20, 2025.