Exhibitions

Opening Receptions

Closing Receptions

Walkthroughs/​Tours

Auctions

Talks

Food & drink

Performance

Thursday, September 17

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5:00 pm
Opening
West Town Gallery Openings
at Galleries throughout West Town
Thursday, September 17, 5–8pm
5:00 pm
Opening
Opening Reception: Laleh Motlagh – Rooted. Uprooted.
at SoNa Chicago
Thursday, September 17, 5–8pm
5:00 pm
Opening Reception: Gordon Cheung, Consensual Halluci/nation
at Kavi Gupta
Thursday, September 17, 5–8pm
5:00 pm
Opening Reception: Brendan Fernandes, The Noise Will Sound
at monique​meloche
Thursday, September 17, 5–7pm
6:00 pm
Opening Reception: Jaume Plensa, Beyond Silence
at GRAY
Thursday, September 17, 6–8pm
6:30 pm
Nothing Is Wasted: A Material Afterlife Lab
at Flatline Gallery
Thursday, September 17, 6:30–7:30pm
7:00 pm
Opening Reception: Human-Nature
at The Franklin
Thursday, September 17, 7–9pm
5:00 pm
Opening Reception: Olivia Zubko, Nymphaeum
at Western Exhibitions
Thursday, September 17, 5–8pm
4:00 pm
Art After Subcultures: Sean Tatol and Troy Sherman in Conversation
at Gertie Hub
Thursday, September 17, 4–5pm
9:00 pm
Sophie Becker and Ronnie Woods present: Ronnie’s World
at Gertie Hub
Thursday, September 17, 9pm
5:00 pm
Opening
Opening Reception: Best Nest
at Studio Gang
Thursday, September 17, 5–7pm
4:00 pm
Hands-on
Collage-Making Workshop + Open Studios
at Chicago Artists Coalition
Thursday, September 17, 4–6pm
5:00 pm
Opening
Opening Reception: Sophia Heymans, Xiaohan Jiang, Anne Toebbe
at ANDREW RAFACZ
Thursday, September 17, 5–8pm
5:00 pm
Opening
Opening Reception: Karla Wong – Journeys of Being
at Intuit Art Museum
Thursday, September 17, 5–8pm
5:00 pm
Opening Reception: Second Star
at Secrist | Beach
Thursday, September 17, 5–8pm
5:00 pm
Opening Reception: Nolis Anderson, No Such Thing
at Elise Seigenthaler Gallery
Thursday, September 17, 5–8pm
5:30 pm
Meld Form: Along the Way — One Night Only
at The Digs Chicago
Thursday, September 17, 5:30–9pm
5:00 pm
Opening
Opening Reception: Pinhole
at Latitude Chicago
Thursday, September 17, 5–8pm
3:00 pm
Hands-on
Glass Plate Inkjet Transfers
at Latitude Chicago
Thursday, September 17, 3–8pm
6:00 pm
Guida Family Creative Wing Open Studio Night
at Hyde Park Art Center
Thursday, September 17, 6–8pm
6:00 pm
Opening
Magic Hour Gallery Inaugural Opening
at Magic Hour Gallery
Thursday, September 17, 6–9pm
7:30 pm
Performance
Dancing with Bob: Rauschenberg, Brown, and Cunningham Onstage
at Harris Theater
Thursday, September 17, 7:30pm

Saturday, September 19

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12:15 pm
Talk
Laleh Motlagh Artist Talk
at SoNa Chicago
Saturday, September 19, 12:15–1:30pm
6:00 pm
Closing Reception: Jesse Bond, Own Who You Are
at Sawhorse
Saturday, September 19, 6–9pm
12:00 pm
Open Hours: Urban Grain by Charles L. Shriver (CLS)
at Elephant Room
Saturday, September 19, 12–5pm
1:00 pm
Christy Matson and Diana Guerrero-Maciá in Conversation
at Volume Gallery
Saturday, September 19, 1pm
12:30 pm
Printmaking Workshop with the Chicago Printers Guild
at UIC Gallery 400
Saturday, September 19, 12:30–4:30pm
6:00 pm
First Look: Intentionality, 1960
at Arts + Public Life
Saturday, September 19, 6–8pm
12:00 pm
Open Hours: Kevin Blake, Sundowning, Curated by Dan Cameron
at Bert Green Fine Art
Saturday, September 19, 12–5pm
12:00 pm
FREEDOM FIGHTERS Preview Tour
at Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, September 19, 12pm
1:00 pm
Performance
Xenia Mansour: was, still is
at The Driehaus Museum
Saturday, September 19, 1–2pm
4:00 pm
An Afro Nu-Wave Band: John Corbett & Hamza Walker in Conversation
at Corbett vs. Dempsey
Saturday, September 19, 4–5:30pm
6:00 pm
Opening Reception: Geof Oppenheimer
at SHANGHAI SEMINARY
Saturday, September 19, 6–10pm
5:00 pm
DEATH MAGIC: Gallery Hours with Curator Ryan Michael Pfeiffer
at Arts of Life​/​Circle Contemporary
Saturday, September 19, 5–8pm
6:00 pm
Opening Reception: Long Habits
at Julius Caesar
Saturday, September 19, 6–9pm
1:00 pm
Meet and Greet with the Artist
at Thomas McCormick Gallery
Saturday, September 19, 1–3pm
4:30 pm
Reception: Victoria Martinez, Ribbon Fence
at Process/Process
Saturday, September 19, 4:30–6:30pm
Where I Sleep: Family Dinner
at Forum 301
Saturday, September 19
5:00 pm
Cocktail Party at Kavi Gupta
at Kavi Gupta
Saturday, September 19, 5–8pm
6:00 pm
Wheel of Fire: A Night of Form and Function
at Tmpl
Saturday, September 19, 6–10pm
2:00 pm
To Be Remembered: Woven Matters of the Heart Artist Talk
at Chicago Cultural Center
Saturday, September 19, 2pm
2:00 pm
Ecologies of Architecture: Aleksandra Kędziorek and Jeff Carter in Conversation
at Hyde Park Art Center
Saturday, September 19, 2–3:30pm
2:00 pm
Talk
AIC Conversation: Jill Mulleady, David Joselit, and Giampaolo Bianconi
at Art Institute of Chicago
Saturday, September 19, 2pm
2:00 pm
Opening Reception: A Plot of One’s Own 一亩三分地
at Chinese American Museum of Chicago
Saturday, September 19, 2–5pm
The Laksmi Project Salon: Yvette Mayorga
at Cerdito Muerto
Saturday, September 19
4:30 pm
Curator-led Walkthrough: Longer Than the Sky, with Jenny Harris
at Logan Center Exhibitions
Saturday, September 19, 4:30pm
5:00 pm
Auction
Arts of Life Cosmic Rodeo Benefit
at Venue West
Saturday, September 19, 5–10pm
Early afternoon
Opening
Southside Gallery Openings
at Pilsen, Bridgeport, Hyde Park
Saturday, September 19, early afternoon–evening

Ongoing

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82 Nights Only*
at Gertie Hub
September 16 – December 13, 2026
Abigail Lucien: Blood of the Earth
at Art Institute of Chicago
June 18, 2026 – January 25, 2027
Alexandra Barth: The Awnings
at DOCUMENT
September 17 – November 7, 2026
All Is Fish That Comes to the Net
at Chicago Artists Coalition
September 4 – October 15, 2026
All My Love: Bernie and Albert's Love in Letters
at Chinese American Museum of Chicago
On view during Chicago Exhibition Week
A Plot of One's Own 一亩三分地
at Chinese American Museum of Chicago
September 19, 2026 – August 31, 2027
Arina Erdélyi: Arrangements
at Volume Gallery
Opens September 17, 2026
Best Nest: Design for Nature and Culture
at Studio Gang
September 17, 2026 – January 3, 2027
Beyond Form: Abstraction at Midcentury
at Art Institute of Chicago
June 27 – October 19, 2026
Bob Faust: Ways & Means
at Navy Pier
September 14 – October 22, 2026
Brendan Fernandes: In the Round
at The Driehaus Museum
April 9 – November 14, 2026
Brendan Fernandes: The Noise Will Sound
at monique​meloche
September 17 – October 24, 2026
Candace Hunter: Intentionality, 1960
at Arts + Public Life
September 24 – December 12, 2026
Carol Jansson
at Union League Club of Chicago
Open to the public Saturday, September 19 and Sunday, September 20, 12–6pm
Christy Matson: Flowers and Leaves
at Volume Gallery
Opens September 17, 2026
Claire Sherman: Tannic Waters
at PATRON
On view during Chicago Exhibition Week
Clotilde Jiménez: Éramos silencios
at Mariane Ibrahim
September 16 – October 31, 2026
CLs: Urban Grain
at Elephant Room
September 18 – October 31, 2026
Connie Wilson: Dazzle Pig
at Prairie
August 8 – September 20, 2026
Dancing the Revolution: From Dancehall to Reggaetón
at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
April 14 – September 20, 2026
Danny Bredar: Demand and Supply
at Met him pike hoses
August 1 – September 26, 2026
Death by Landscape
at Flatline Gallery
September 4 – 25, 2026
DEATH MAGIC
at Arts of Life​/​Circle Contemporary
September 2026
de palper ton corps électrique
at Hans Goodrich
September 19 – November 1, 2026
Embroidered Traditions from Morocco to Afghanistan
at Art Institute of Chicago
May 2, 2026 – January 25, 2027
Fine Arts Building Group Show
at Fine Arts Building
September 1 – October 31, 2026
Flyway City: Architecture for a Flourishing Ecosystem
at Chicago Architecture Center
June 11, 2026 – January 2, 2027
FREEDOM FIGHTERS: Dorothy I. Burge
at Chicago Cultural Center
October 2, 2026 - October 3, 2027
From the Middle Ages to Michigan Avenue
at Les Enluminures
September 14–20, 2026
Geof Oppenheimer: Permission Structures and Decorative Art
at SHANGHAI SEMINARY
September 19 – October 31, 2026
Gordon Cheung: Consensual Halluci/nation
at Kavi Gupta
September 17 – November 21, 2026
Ground Floor 2026
at Hyde Park Art Center
August 9 – November 1, 2026
Housing for All, Art for All, Posters for the People
at National Public Housing Museum
Ongoing
Human-Nature
at The Franklin
September 17, 2026 – September 17, 2027
If Emmett Till Lived: Freedom on American Ground
at Museum of Contemporary Photography
September 10 – December 19, 2026
Interior Alteration
at ARC Gallery
September 4 – September 25, 2026
Jaume Plensa: Beyond Silence
at GRAY
September 17 – December 19, 2026
Jeff Carter: The Singer Pavilion Project
at Hyde Park Art Center
June 6 – September 20, 2026
Jesse Bond: Own Who You Are
at Sawhorse
July 24 – September 20, 2026
Jesús Hilario-Reyes
at Tala
On view during Chicago Exhibition Week
Jill Mulleady: The Passenger
at Art Institute of Chicago
September 19, 2026 – January 18, 2027
Joseph Grigely: Monologue of a Deaf Man
at M. LeBlanc
On view during Chicago Exhibition Week
José Taymani
at MICKEY
On view during Chicago Exhibition Week
Judith Geichman: Wiegala
at Regards
September 17 – October 24, 2026
Karimah Ashadu: Tendered
at The Renaissance Society
September 12 – November 1, 2026
Karla Wong: Journeys of Being
at Intuit Art Museum
September 3, 2026 – January 10, 2027
Kevin Blake: Sundowning
at Bert Green Fine Art
September 12 – October 17, 2026
Laleh Motlagh: Rooted. Uprooted.
at SoNa Chicago
September 12 – November 7, 2026
Latinitudes: A Collection of Latin American Modern Architecture
at Graham Foundation
Lee Miller: Fearless
at Art Institute of Chicago
August 29 – December 7, 2026
LeRoy Neiman: A Keen Observer of Style
at SAIC Galleries
August 31 – November 21, 2026
LeRoy Neiman: A Keen Observer of Style
at School of the Art Institute of Chicago
August 31 – November 21, 2026
Lindsay Adams: Errantly
at PATRON
On view during Chicago Exhibition Week
Longer Than the Sky: Art of the Obama Years
at Logan Center Exhibitions
Through October 11, 2026
Long Habits
at Julius Caesar
September 19 – October 24, 2026
Magic Hour
at Magic Hour Gallery
September 17 – December 31, 2026
Martyna Alexander and Andrew Hayes
at old friends
On view during Chicago Exhibition Week
Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism
at Art Institute of Chicago
September 6, 2026 – January 3, 2027
Meditation at the United Nations
at Bodenrader
September 12 – October 24, 2026
Meld Form
at The Digs Chicago
September 17, 2026
Michael Bala
at Hans Goodrich
September 19 – November 1, 2026
Nolis Anderson: No Such Thing
at Elise Seigenthaler Gallery
September 17 – October 31, 2026
Olivia Zubko: Nymphaeum
at Western Exhibitions
September 17 – October 31, 2026
olivier: An O & Their ABC (American Born Cat)
at Chinese American Museum of Chicago
On view during Chicago Exhibition Week
Pat Phillips: Untitled: Dad Drew All of My Book Report Posters
at Anthony Gallery
September 17 – November 7, 2026
Percy Lam: Light Light Light
at Chinese American Museum of Chicago
On view during Chicago Exhibition Week
Picturing the Modern Metropolis: Prints and Photographs from The Block's Collection
at The Block Museum of Art
September 9 – December 6, 2026
Pinhole
at Latitude Chicago
September 17 – December 7, 2026
Pope.L: No Thing Skin Sets
at Corbett vs. Dempsey
September 15 – October 31, 2026
Press & Pull: A Legacy of the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop
at UIC Gallery 400
September 11 – December 12, 2026
Road to the Farthest Room
at Devening Projects
September 13 – October 24, 2026
Saffronia Downing: Pressed Flower
at ACRE
On view during Chicago Exhibition Week
Self, Made: Fourteen Modern Artists from the Richard and Ellen Sandor Family Collection
at Art Institute of Chicago
June 25 – November 9, 2026
Sophia Heymans, Xiaohan Jiang, Ann Toebbe
at ANDREW RAFACZ
September 17 – October 31, 2026
Style is the Body Thinking
at School of the Art Institute of Chicago
August 31 – December 5, 2026
Style is the Body Thinking
at SAIC Galleries
August 31 – December 5, 2026
Tangible Sound: Arrival to a Higher Ground
at Chicago Cultural Center
April 25 – Nov 8
Terra Machina
at VSG Contemporary
Opens August 28, 2026
The Block Collects 2026
at The Block Museum of Art
September 9 – December 6, 2026
Thick As Thieves
at Thomas McCormick Gallery
September 10 – October 30, 2026
Tiphanie Kim Mall
at Good Weather
On view during Chicago Exhibition Week
To Be Remembered: Woven Matters of the Heart
at Chicago Cultural Center
August 21, 2026 - February 28, 2027
Victoria Martinez: Ribbon Fence
at Process/Process
September 14 – October 31, 2026, by appointment
Where I Sleep
at Forum 301
September 4 – October 4, 2026
Whitney Bedford: Nocturnes
at Secrist | Beach
September 11 – November 14, 2026
Willem de Kooning Drawing
at Art Institute of Chicago
June 14 – September 20, 2026
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