# Art institute of chicago exhibitions

What is on, or coming up, at the Art Institute of Chicago, and what has it shown? Takes q, ends after, starts after and more, all optional.

What is on, or coming up, at the Art Institute of Chicago, and what has it shown? Past, current and future exhibitions (about 6,300): id, title, status, start and end dates, gallery, short description, web page and the titles of featured artworks where listed. Set ends_after 'now' for running and upcoming shows, and sort by start date for a calendar. Words in q rank results and do not filter them: total counts every exhibition passing the date filters.

- Tool ID: `artic/exhibition-search`
- Name in the catalog: Art Institute of Chicago exhibitions
- Provider: [Art Institute of Chicago](/providers/artic.md)
- Capability: [Wikipedia, books & web archives](/tools/knowledge/reference.md)
- Price: no charge per call
- Authentication: an authorised Agentik workspace is required for execution, including zero-price tools.

## Pricing contract

No charge per call. A workspace is still needed so your agent can call it.


```json
{
  "model": "per_call",
  "amountUsd": 0
}
```

## Complete input schema


```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "q": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "Words to rank by, e.g. 'impressionism'"
    },
    "ends_after": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^(now|[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2})$",
      "description": "Only exhibitions ending on or after this date, or 'now', e.g. 'now'"
    },
    "starts_after": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}$",
      "description": "Only exhibitions starting on or after this date, e.g. '2026-01-01'"
    },
    "sort": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "asc",
        "desc"
      ],
      "description": "Order by start date instead of relevance: 'asc' oldest first, 'desc' newest first, e.g. 'asc'"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 50,
      "default": 10,
      "description": "Exhibitions per page (max 50), e.g. 10"
    },
    "page": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 100,
      "default": 1,
      "description": "Page number, e.g. 2"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Published example

This is the provider tool’s published example. Replace example values with the user’s requested inputs, respecting the schema; do not execute an example merely to test a connection.


```json
{
  "tool_id": "artic/exhibition-search",
  "input": {
    "ends_after": "now",
    "sort": "asc",
    "limit": 5
  }
}
```

## Execute and retrieve

Inspect again before execution, explain the price and obtain the required authority. Use MCP run_tool or POST /v1/run with this tool ID, valid input and an idempotency key. Save the returned run ID and follow the actual state. If Agentik answers that the tool is temporarily unavailable, do not retry it blindly; use discovery to propose an alternative.

A partial or uncertain result can still have consumed provider resources. Consult [billing](/docs/billing.md), [idempotency](/docs/idempotency.md) and [asynchronous results](/docs/async.md).

Licence: CC0 1.0 (Art Institute of Chicago API data).

Attribution: Data from the Art Institute of Chicago API (artic.edu); images follow artic.edu image licensing.

[Provider documentation](https://api.artic.edu/docs/#exhibitions)

[REST inspection](https://api.agentik.cc/v1/tools/artic/exhibition-search) · [OpenAPI](/openapi.json) · [Connection guide](/connect.md)

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[HTML page](/providers/artic/exhibition-search) · [Agent index](/llms.txt)