Intuit Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art

The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, located in Chicago, Illinois, USA, was founded in 1991 and opened its current location in 1999. The museum is dedicated to presenting self-taught and outsider art, featuring works by artists who often work outside traditional art institutions. The museum’s collection includes notable works by Henry Darger, one of the most famous outsider artists, whose epic narrative “The Story of the Vivian Girls” is a centerpiece of the collection. Intuit also hosts rotating exhibitions, educational programs, and the Henry Darger Room Collection, a meticulously recreated version of the artist’s living and working space.e but has hosted exhibitions in cities such as London, Paris, and Moscow. Each exhibition transforms its venue into a vibrant showcase of art created outside the mainstream, featuring works by artists with disabilities, psychiatric patients, and those with no formal training. Notable exhibitions have included works by Nek Chand, Judith Scott, and Morton Bartlett.