The Murphy Auditorium inside Chicago’s Driehaus Museum is an unusual room with a lot of churchy touches. Choir stalls line the back wall, a pipe organ console sits parked at the side of the balcony, and a large stained-glass window identifies the space’s former owner, the American College of Surgeons.
The artist Brendan Fernandes first saw the space during its renovation. The Driehaus’ executive director, Lisa Key, showed it to him with a new-toy glee — the museum had recently acquired the building that houses it. Fernandes read the hint and asked if he could make something here.
May 6, 2026
