Opening Reception: A Plot of One’s Own

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Chinese American Museum of Chicago is proud to present our fall 2026 exhibition, A Plot of One’s Own 一亩三分地 , as part of the Chicago Exhibition Week 2026. A Plot of One’s Own 一亩三分地 presents extraordinary contributions from ten Chinese diasporic artists alongside the Chinese American Museum of Chicago’s research and archives. Through artworks that span painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, sc

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