Despair Mirage
@ Positive Space Studios Logan Square
3520 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 6PM - 11PM
Dreaming Inside History: Chicago’s Alternative Pedagogies on Screen
@ Watershed Art & Ecology
1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
With Tact
@ Purple Window Gallery
2233 S Throop St, #845, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 27th
Nayeon Yang: Inverse Proportion: Art As (not) Labor
@ NEIU Fine Art Center Gallery
5500 N St. Louis Ave, Building E, Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 25th
Austin Pope: The (Mis)Education of Chicago
@ Blanc Gallery
4445 S MLK Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 8th
Janice Marin & Pia Cruzalegui: STORIES Y DESEOS
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, December 6th
Julian Schnabel: BASQUIAT (1996)
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, October 11th, at 5:30PM
On view through Thursday, October 17th
Cocktails and Canvas
@ Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile
540 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Double Ground
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 5 PM - 9 PM
On view through Saturday, November 9th
Voices Embodied: Reverberations: Closing Reception
@ Design Museum of Chicago
72 E Randolph St Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, October 11th
Spooky & Gay-er: a queer horror storytelling show!
@ Dorothy
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Gina María Balibrera and Nishanth Injam
@ Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 11th, from 7PM - 8PM
Festival del Arte Popular
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
On view through Sunday, October 20th
Comfort Music: [jef]Frey Michael Austin and Chirstopher Dammann
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
A Conversation with Sixty’s Midwest Arts Writers Fellows
@ Sixty Inches From Center
Online
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Activist Lens: Bev Grant & Newsreel Films
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston Il
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 7 PM - 9 PM
2024 Annual Studio Sale
@ Arts of Life
2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 12th
Open Door
@ Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Indigenous Artists and the Archives
@ Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 6PM - 7PM
More Anxious Bodies
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 6 PM - 8 PM
Art as Civic Ritual
@ 21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E. Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
MAS Context Presents: Klaus: Welcome to Tribuneville
@ Society of Architectural Historians
1365 N Astor St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
Inflection Point: Gender Futures, Political Possibilities
@ Koehnline Museum of Art
1600 E Golf Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60016
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, November 1st
Approaches to What: Latitude Benefit
@ Soccer Club Club
2923 N Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 5PM - 9PM
Walk: Encounters with Roman-Influenced Architecture in Chicago
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, October 10th, at 4PM
Portraying Women
@ Visual Arts Gallery at GSU
1 University Parkway, University Park, IL 60484
Opening Thursday, October 10th, from 3:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Friday, November 15th
ACRE Hearth After-Party
@ Dorothy
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, October 9th, from 10PM - ?
HANGDOG Q&A ROAD SHOW!
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Wednesday, October 9th, from 8PM - 10PM
Dissident Sisters: Bev Grant and Feminist Activism, 1968-72: Exhibition Keynote: Bev Grant in Conversation
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, October 9th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Antawan I. Bryd – ART NOW! Lecture
@ Film Row Cinema
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, October 9th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Mark Hawk: Artist Talk
@ Hokin Gallery
623 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, October 9th, from 6PM - 6:30PM
On view through Thursday, October 10th
Roundtable: The Classroom as Community and the Community as Classroom
@ Gallery 400 Lecture Room
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, October 9th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Artist Talk with Nayeon Yang: Inverse Proportion: Art As (not) Labor
@ NEIU Fine Art Center Gallery
5500 N St. Louis Ave, Building E, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Wednesday, October 9th, from 3PM - 4PM
On view through Friday, October 25th
Claire Moore and Zander Raymond
@ Lula Cafe
2537 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, October 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
The Minneapolis Reckoning: Michelle Phelps and Julian Go
@ Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, October 8th, from 7PM - 8PM
Morris Barazani: 1966 Paintings
@ Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Tuesday, October 8th, at
On view through Saturday, October 12th
Talk Hard Chicago
@ The Raven Theater
6157 N Clark St, Chicago IL 60660
Opening Monday, October 7th, from 7PM - 10PM
Visionary: Celebrating Leadership in the Arts
@ The Four Seasons
120 E Delaware Pl, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Monday, October 7th, from 11 AM - 1:30PM
Dmytro Krishovsky: Heritage of Resistance: Heavyweight Graphics of War
@ Chicago Grand Gallery
2842 W Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 5PM - 9PM
Paludarium
@ Grunts Rare Books
1500 S Western Ave, Ste. 403 Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 4PM - 7PM
Austin McCann: Turn Over
@ Letters to Nora
1500 S Western Ave, Ste. 407 Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, December 8th
damsel. & Friends at Dorothy
@ Dorothy
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
Art/Access Lab: Meet & Make
@ Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 & Online
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 2PM - 4PM
YAWN SIGH!
@ Mayfield
505 Marengo Ave, Forest Park, IL 60130
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 2PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, December 1st
Evanston Made’s 10th Annual Artist Studio Tour
@ Joanna Kramer Ceramics
1100 Florence Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 6th
Maker’s Market
@ Maple Avenue Garage 5th Floor Parking
1800 Maple Ave, Garage 5th Fl, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 12PM - 5PM
Dmytro Krishovsky: Heritage of Resistance: Heavyweight Graphics of War
@ Chicago Grand Gallery
2842 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Wednesday, November 6th
Endless House
@ Unda.m. 93
DM or email for address.
Opening Sunday, October 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 27th
Queer History Symposium at Gerber/Hart
@ Gerber/Hart Library and Archives
6500 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 9AM - 5PM
Reflections: Arushi Jain with Dorothy Carlos
@ Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, October 5th, at 8:30PM
Janna Lee, Hali Palombo, Ania Pieroni, Terran Wretch
@ Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 5th, at 8PM
AfroFuturist Weekend Day 4: Freedom From and Freedom To @AFW9
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 5th, at 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 6th
Gender Jumble Juggernaut
@ Agitator Artist Collective
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 7:30PM - 11:30PM
On view through Sunday, October 27th
Angelo Madsen Minax: Chicago Sex Change 2002-08
@ Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
TRANS & QUEER ARTIST SHOWCASE
@ Chicago Therapy Collective
5237 N Clark St Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 6th
Lee Bey: Five Years of Southern Exposure
@ The Block House Gallery, PullmanArts
11137 S Langley Ave Chicago, IL 60628
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 6PM - 10PM
Marsi Rex + Zack Rafuls: Modern Boys and Mobile Girls
@ Hardboiled
DM For Address
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, November 1st
Archiving Sites as Resistance and Reimagination
@ Chicago Artist Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Unit B Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Death and Untimes of Jackson and CASUAL T
@ Anthony Gallery
1360 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 2nd
Empowered Support: A Conversation with Benedicta Badia
@ Tala
1644 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
Patrick M Palsgrove: A/Symmetry
@ Open Studio Project: Gallery 901
901 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 27th
Anna Marie Tendler: Men Have Called Her Crazy
@ UIC Dorin Forum
1213 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 4:30PM - 5:30PM
Ray Madrigal: Fear of Losing, Love of Having
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 27th
Luis J. Rodriguez: Todos los caminos llevan a casa (All Roads Lead Home) Book Release
@ 18th Street Casa de Cultura
2057 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 4PM - 7PM
LUCKY NUMBER
@ Patient Info
902 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 4PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 16th
PPP — THE PREPARATOR’S PET PIANO: Third Ear Nocturne #7
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, November 30th
Tali Halpern: Artist Talk
@ Twelve Ten Gallery
1210 W Thorndale Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 4PM - 6PM
Family Day: Arts and Craft with the Chicago Mosaic School
@ DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 10AM - 1PM
Drum Talk 2024 Annual Book Fair
@ The DuSable
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 11AM - 4PM
YANIRA CASTRO: I CAME HERE TO WEEP
@ Honeycomb Network
2657 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 3PM - 8:30PM
On view through Sunday, November 17th
Spotlight Artist Chien-An Yuan – Closing Reception Concert & Artist Q&A
@ Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 W 23rd St, 4th floor, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 2:30PM - 5PM
Alberto Ortega Trejo: One of the qualities of nocturnal animals is that they speak words of truth: Closing Reception
@ Prairie
2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 5th, at 2PM
On view through Saturday, October 5th
Jim Smestad: A Celebration of His Life Through His Work
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 2PM - 5PM
Artist Talk: Visions of Home: Lagos to Accra with Orry Shenjobi
@ Omenai Gallery
1716 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 2PM - 4PM
Talk | Notes in the Margins: “Why I Don’t Talk About ‘The Body’”
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago- Edlis Neeson Theater
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Nicholas Sistler: Artist Talk
@ SoNa Chicago Contemporary Art
1527 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, October 26th
Holly Holmes: Companions Artist Talk
@ Riverside Arts Center FlexSpace
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 12th
Sa Schloff: Filtered Through Time: Closing Reception
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 2 PM - 4 PM
On view through Saturday, October 5th
OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage – Film and Q+A
@ 21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Quilt-Making Workshop
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 5th, at 12PM
Postponed: Side Yard Sounds: Carol Genetti/Peter Maunu
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, October 5th, at 7PM
CXW Gallery Talk with David Antonio Cruz and Jasmine Wahi
@ moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 1:30PM - 2:30PM
On Display
@ LATITUDE CHICAGO
2003 W Fulton St. Suite 211, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Tuesday, November 26th
60 wrd/min Art Critic: Red Line Service Edition
@ Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 1PM - 7PM
Latham Zearfoss: Third Space
@ The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Tuesday, April 29th
Evanston Made’s 10th Annual Artist Studio Tour
@ Ben Blount Letterpress Studio - MAKE
1123 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 6th
Evanston Made Artist Studio Tour
@ 1100 Florence
1100 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 6th
Kartemquin Films: Documentaries for Democracy Symposium
@ Cobb Hall
5811 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 9AM - 5:30PM
Embracing Chicago
@ The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
50 E Erie St Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 11AM - 12:30PM
Chicago Zine Fest + Midwest Perzine Fest
@ Columbia College Student Center
754 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 11AM - 6PM
Learning Series | The Creative Classroom and Post-Quarantine Gaps, Part 1
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 10 AM - 12 PM
Exorcism = Liberation
@ Multiple Locations
Chicago
Opening Saturday, October 5th, at 10AM
On view through Wednesday, November 6th
Trio: Seeking Synergy
@ Black Sheep Flower Farm
11055 N Dixon Mounds Rd, Lewiston, IL 61542
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 10am - 5PM
On view through Sunday, October 13th
AFTERNOON MEET & GREET // Lefty Out There
@ VSG Contemporary
673 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago IL 60642
Opening Saturday, October 5th, from 12PM - 3PM
Nancy Holt: Seeing in the Round
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Sunday, April 20th
Sweet Void Presents… The Video Village
@ FACETS
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, October 4th, at 7PM
Jared Brown and AJ McClenon: A Girly Show
@ Berger Park Cultural Center (Coach House)
6215 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, October 4th, at 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 5th
