May 2021
Josh Harks and Hannah Breitfuss
@ Belong Gallery
2712 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, May 31st, from 3 PM - 7 PM
On view through Monday, May 31st
Gallery Talk: Chicago Surrealist Group
@ Gallery Sabine
1002 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, May 30th, from 7PM - 9PM
Virginia Carstarphen: Wanderings, Maps and Memories
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, May 29th, from 4PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, June 19th
Leasho Johnson: OUT & BAD: Artist Guided Tour & Talk
@ FLXST Contemporary
2251 S Michigan Ave, Suite 220, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, May 29th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, May 30th
PLAIN AIR
@ Carrie Secrist Gallery
900 W. Washington BLVD, Chicago, IL 60607
On view through Saturday, July 17th
Alberto Aguilar and Alex Bradley Cohen: Everything
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, May 29th, from 5PM - 9PM
Evanston Made
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Wednesday, June 30th
Jeffrey Gibson: Sweet Bitter Love
@ Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
On view through Saturday, September 18th
Theaster Gates: How to Sell Hardware
@ Gray Warehouse
2044 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, July 31st
Photos at Zoom Discussion Session: Dave Jordano
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Friday, May 28th, at 12PM
Trauma and Loss, Reflection and Hope: Selections from the Collection
@ Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Sunday, August 22nd
I A G salon at OLIVA Gallery, art, music, discussion
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 28th, from 5PM - 7PM
Sistazz of the Nitty Gritty, Brooklynn Skye Scott & Anaiet and Angel Bat Dawid
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, May 28th, from 7PM - 9PM
Angel Bat Dawid
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, May 28th, from 7PM - 9PM
Kelly Kristin Jones: We forgot the moon while holding up the sun
@ 062
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, May 28th, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, July 23rd
Cameron Spratley: Sleeping
@ Bubbles
418 N Clark St, 3rd floor, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, May 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, June 11th
Cherrie Yu: Lydia and Matthew
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
On view through Wednesday, June 2nd
The Catalyst and Preservation of Cultural Institutions
@ Hyde Park Art Center
Online
Opening Thursday, May 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 24th
Hebru Brantley
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Online
Opening Thursday, May 27th, from 12PM - 1:30PM
Virtual Conversation: Jo Ractliffe, Philip Miller, and Catherine Meyburgh
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
online
Opening Thursday, May 27th, at 5PM
One Night Stand: Mr. Imagination
@ Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Online
Opening Wednesday, May 26th, from 6:30PM - 7PM
Documenting Our Lives: A Conversation about Film, Memory, and Preservation
@ Newberry Library
Online
Opening Tuesday, May 25th, from 5PM - 6PM
Virtual Japanese Culture through Ghibli Movies
@ Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館
online
Opening Tuesday, May 25th, from :30PM - 7PM
Zine Club Chicago Online: Zine Bingo II Edition
@ Quimby's Bookstore
Online
Opening Tuesday, May 25th, at 7:30PM
May Intro to Printing Workshop
@ LATITUDE
Online
Opening Monday, May 24th, at 6:30PM
On view through Wednesday, May 26th
Garrett Bradley: Short Films
@ Block Museum of Art
Omline
Opening Monday, May 24th, at 12 PM
On view through Sunday, May 30th
Shelter in Place: An Afternoon with Artist Mothers
@ Extended Practice
Online
Opening Monday, May 24th, from 3:30 - 4:30
JOSEPH BEUYS: I LIKE AMERICA AND AMERICA LIKES ME
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
Online
On view through Tuesday, May 25th
Julia Arredondo: Accessories: Closing
@ VVP Showroom
Call or Text (312) 857-3024 for Info
Opening Sunday, May 23rd, from 10am - 3PM
On view through Sunday, May 23rd
Mary Sibande: Unhand Me Demon!
@ Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
On view through Saturday, July 31st
Virtual Artist Talk: Bounce Back
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 22nd, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Saturday, May 22nd
Tiger Strikes Asteroid: It feels like the first time
@ Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 22nd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Thursday, September 30th
Adam Reh
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, May 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 13th
Kelly Witte: Influence: Paintings of My Family Matriarchs
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, May 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 13th
Nature Nurture Nature
@ Gallery Studio Oh!
4839 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, May 22nd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Friday, June 18th
Devin Balara & Bobby Gonzalez: Deeper and Deeper
@ Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, May 21st, from 4PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 19th
Virtual Reading: FAT AND QUEER: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives
@ Women & Children First Bookstore
Online
Opening Friday, May 21st, at 7PM
Josh Garber: Amorous Terrain
@ Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, May 21st, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, July 17th
Dennis Lee Mitchell: Recorded Traces
@ Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, May 21st, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, July 17th
Laurie Anderson on the Thorne Miniature Rooms
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
online
Opening Friday, May 21st, at 6PM
Dawoud Bey: Portraits from Chicago (1993–2001)
@ ARTS INCUBATOR
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
On view through Saturday, August 28th
Architect Joel Sanders on COVID-19, Built Spaces, and Inclusive Design
@ The Arts Club of Chicago
Online
Opening Friday, May 21st, from 11:30AM - 12:30PM
Nyeema Morgan: Soft Power. Hard Margins.
@ table
3240 N Springfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
On view through Wednesday, September 1st
The Long Day
@ Logan Center Gallery
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
On view through Sunday, June 27th
Wangari Mathenge: The Expats Studies: Impressions on Paper
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 3rd
Amina Ross: Specular Cry
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
On view through Wednesday, May 26th
Student Works Show
@ ArtSpace Chicago
3418 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 21st, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, May 21st
Hope Wang & Farnaz Khosh-Sirat: The Hunger Will Wake Us
@ Spudnik Press Cooperative
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 21st, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Friday, July 2nd
Amplify Series 2020-21 Commissions Concert
@ Poetry Foundation
Online
Opening Friday, May 21st, from 7 PM - 8:30 PM
On Collaboration with Dianna Frid and Carla Nappi moderated by Cesáreo Moreno
@ DePaul Art Museum
Online
Opening Thursday, May 20th, at 6PM
2021 Co-MISSION Festival of New Works
@ Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, May 20th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
On view through Sunday, May 30th
Write it Out: A Journaling Workshop
@ Northern Illinois University (NIU) Art Museum
online
Opening Thursday, May 20th, at 1PM
Dawoud Bey and Tonika Lewis Johnson 2021 Public Humanities Awards Recipients
@ Illinois Humanities
Online
Opening Thursday, May 20th, at 12PM
Alex McElroy and Alex Higley celebrate THE ATMOSPHERIANS
@ Pilsen Community Books
Online
Opening Thursday, May 20th, from 7PM - 8PM
Anti-Oppression & Resistance in Design Panel
@ DePaul School of Design Talks
Online
Opening Thursday, May 20th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Aden Kumler and Jill Magid
@ Renaissance Society
Online
Opening Thursday, May 20th, at 12PM
On view through Sunday, May 23rd
Art After Work: William Hawkins
@ Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Online
Opening Thursday, May 20th, from 5PM - 6PM
Celebrating the Poets of Forms & Features
@ Poetry Foundation
Online
Opening Thursday, May 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Past and Future of Comics
@ Chicago Humanities Festival
Online
Opening Thursday, May 20th, from 7PM - 8PM
Virtual Conversation: Fracture Lines—Jan and Benedikte Groth’s Tegn I (Sign)
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
online
Opening Wednesday, May 19th, from 2PM - 3PM
Keisha Janae/Ben Lamar Gay & Ayako Kato/Jason Roebke
@ Constellation Chicago
Online
Opening Wednesday, May 19th, from 8PM - 9PM
I ♡art Asians: Art Advancing Justice Virtual Celebration!
@ CAAU and Mana (virtual co-hosts)
Online
Opening Wednesday, May 19th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Curator Conversations with DPAM’s Assistant Curator Ionit Behar and Artist José Lerma
@ DePaul Art Museum
Online
Opening Tuesday, May 18th, at 6PM
The Education Trap: The Education Trap: Cristina Groeger and Jon Shelton
@ Pilsen Community Books
Online
Opening Tuesday, May 18th, from 7PM - 8PM
Joseph Yoakum’s Atlas
@ Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Online
Opening Tuesday, May 18th, from 4PM - 5PM
Undocumented Archives: Exposition & Tools
@ Glass Curtain Gallery
Online
Opening Monday, May 17th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, May 21st
Beyond the Box 4.3 – Black Hair E {m} urge
@ Links Hall
Online
Opening Sunday, May 16th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 16th
Documenting LGBTQ+ Histories: Panel Discussion co-sponsored by Gerber/Hart Library and Archives
@ Women & Children First Bookstore
Online
Opening Sunday, May 16th, at 11AM
Performative Acts of the Everyday
@ Defibrillator Gallery
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, May 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
JC Rivera: It’s Tricky Skateboard Exhibit
@ Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery
2780 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
On view through Sunday, June 13th
Virtual Tour | Union Station
@ Chicago History Museum
Online
Opening Saturday, May 15th, from 1PM - 2PM
A Practicum for Digging a Grave
@ Northwestern University
618 Colfax St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, May 15th, from 9AM - 1PM
VERS Live! featuring Lassai & Danny Strange
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, May 15th, from 7PM - 11PM
Chicago Market for Makers
@ Artifact Events
4325 N Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, May 15th, from 11 AM - 5 PM
On view through Sunday, May 16th
I Don’t Wanna Be Lonely
@ Fluffy Crimes
1760 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago IL 60614
On view through Friday, June 4th
Behind the Lens: Tabitha Soren
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Friday, May 14th, from 12PM - 1PM
Alliance Contemporary: Multitaskers
@ Beverly Area Arts Alliance
2411 W 105th St, Chicago, IL 60655
Opening Friday, May 14th, from 5PM - 9PM
Art Show with Delisha McKinney, Dovie Golden, Myron Laban & YAMS
@ Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 29th
BOTANICALS
@ Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 14th, from 7PM - 10PM
reVISION: An Immersive Art Experience
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Wednesday, June 30th
5th Annual Urban Native Education Conference
@ Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative
Online
On view through Saturday, May 15th
Interwoven: Symposium Introduction, Performance, and Panel Discussion
@ Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
online
Opening Friday, May 14th, from 10AM - 11:45AM
Fred Holland: Commentaries
@ Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 14th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 12th
From the Magiciens de la Terre to the Global Art Platforms: The Rise of Contemporary African Art
@ DOVA
Online
Opening Friday, May 14th, at 12:30PM
Our Two Scents
@ Cleaner Gallery + Projects
1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, May 26th
