The Art Institute of Chicago will open Body and Being in African Art on November 6, 2026, a landmark exhibition of more than 50 objects examining the body across African artistic traditions. The show explores themes of ritual, spirituality, ethics and Indigenous knowledge systems. Organizers describe it as a reframing of African art through embodied experience rather than colonial categories. The presentation draws on major collections and recent scholarship. It is positioned as one of the most important African art exhibitions in the United States this decade.