Exhibitions

Opening Receptions

Closing Receptions

Walkthroughs/​Tours

Auctions

Talks

Food & drink

Performance

Thursday, September 17

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7:30 pm
Performance
Dancing with Bob: Rauschenberg, Brown, and Cunningham Onstage
at Harris Theater
Thursday, September 17, 7:30pm
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
7:00 pm
Opening Reception: Human-Nature
at The Franklin
Thursday, September 17, 7–9pm
6:30 pm
Nothing Is Wasted: A Material Afterlife Lab
at Flatline Gallery
Thursday, September 17, 6:30–7:30pm
5:00 pm
Opening Reception: Olivia Zubko, Nymphaeum
at Western Exhibitions
Thursday, September 17, 5–8pm
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

Saturday, September 19

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Early afternoon
Opening
Southside Gallery Openings
at Pilsen, Bridgeport, Hyde Park
Saturday, September 19, early afternoon–evening
2:00 pm
Talk
AIC Conversation: Jill Mulleady, David Joselit, and Giampaolo Bianconi
at Art Institute of Chicago
Saturday, September 19, 2pm
5:00 pm
Auction
Arts of Life Cosmic Rodeo Benefit
at Venue West
Saturday, September 19, 5–11pm
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
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
4:30 pm
Reception: Victoria Martinez, Ribbon Fence
at Process/Process
Saturday, September 19, 4:30–6:30pm
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
Where I Sleep: Family Dinner
at Forum 301
Saturday, September 19
2:00 pm
Ecologies of Architecture: Aleksandra Kędziorek and Jeff Carter in Conversation
at Hyde Park Art Center
Saturday, September 19, 2–3:30pm
6:00 pm
Wheel of Fire: A Night of Form and Function
at Tmpl
Saturday, September 19, 6–10pm

Ongoing

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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 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
On view during Chicago Exhibition Week
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
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
Claire Sherman: Tannic Waters
at PATRON
On view during Chicago Exhibition Week
Clotilde Jiménez: Éramos silencios
at Mariane Ibrahim
On view during Chicago Exhibition Week
CLs: Urban Grain
at Elephant Room
September 18 – October 31, 2026
Connie Wilson: Dazzle Pig
at Prairie
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
Opens Saturday, August 29, 2026
From the Middle Ages to Michigan Avenue
at Les Enluminures
On view during Chicago Exhibition Week
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
Human-Nature
at The Franklin
September 17, 2026 – September 17, 2027
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
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 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
On view during Chicago Exhibition Week
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
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
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
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
Opens Friday, August 21, 2026
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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