Mission
Intuit champions the diverse voices of self-taught art, welcoming both new and familiar audiences. Intuit is a premier museum of self-taught artalso known as outsider art. These artists typically work outside the mainstream and may have faced societal, economic or geographic barriers to a traditional path of art making. The museums mission is grounded in the ethos that art can be found anywhere and made by anyone. The instinct to create is universal and the arts must embrace, represent and be accessible to all. Chicago is recognized as one of the first places in the nation to embrace self-taught art as a legitimate genre, ultimately leading to Intuit being formed in 1991 by a group of artists, collectors, art dealers and art enthusiasts devoted to outsider art. Today, Intuit is renovating and expanding its facility into a modern, welcoming museumscheduled to reopen in 2025in service of its vision to be the leading museum advocate for self-taught art. The renovation will: triple exhibit