Leather and Fetish Halloween Spectacular
@ Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, October 30th, at 6PM
Viva La Vida: Day of the Dead
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 30th, from 3PM - 8PM
Memorial for Victims of Police Violence
@ PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, October 30th, from 11AM - 1PM
Ian Miyamura: OCTOBER 31
@ 4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, October 30th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, December 4th
Chicago Performance Artist Jefferson Pinder
@ Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 2:30PM - 3:30PM
Artist Talk: Rafael Blanco
@ Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, Illinois 60126
Opening Saturday, October 29th, at 1PM
Marvin Tate’s D-Settlement with Theaster Gates & Black Monks
@ Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, October 29th, at 8:30PM
Arts in the Dark Halloween Parade
@ Chicago Loop
State Street (Chicago)
Opening Saturday, October 29th, at 6PM
Día de los Muertos Xicágo
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 3PM - 8PM
Dialogues in Monochrome
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 29th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, January 8th
Inside the American Presidency with Pete Souza & David Axelrod
@ David Rubenstein Forum
1201 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 11AM - 12PM
Edra Soto: La Distancia
@ ENGAGE Projects
864 N. Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 9th
Kevin Nealon: Brushes with Fame with Tim Meadows
@ University of Chicago, David Rubenstein Forum
University AB 1201 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Anna Martine Whitehead: Notes on the Territory – Meditation
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, November 20th
Anand Patwardhan: REASON (2018)
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 11AM - 3:30PM
Voicing Art Poetry Reading + Call to Poets
@ poartry
Online
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 2PM - 3PM
FAMILY FRIGHT MATINEES
@ FACETS
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 2PM - 6PM
Alexander Valentine: Dorsal/Wilder
@ Sonnenzimmer HQ
4045 N Rockwell St, Chicago IL 60618
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, November 12th
Art Talks! with Block Student Associates
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
24th Gwendolyn Brooks Black Writers’ Conference
@ Gwendolyn Brooks Center at Chicago State University
Online
On view through Saturday, October 29th
Jesus Monsivais: Paracosm
@ Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, December 10th
Vito Acconci: Maze Table
@ Rhona Hoffman Gallery
1711 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, December 3rd
Mary Lou Zelazny: Whistling In The Dark
@ Carl Hammer Gallery
740 N Wells St. Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 5:30PM - 8M
On view through Friday, December 30th
Adriana Miranda: DOMESHTICK
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 19th
Anand Patwardhan: JAI BHIM COMRADE (2012)
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 6PM - 9:30PM
Cecilia Beaven: Pieces of Consciousness: Closing Reception
@ Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, October 28th
INSIGHTS V
@ Zolla/Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 29th
THE DARK ARTS SHOW
@ THE SEVENTH CORNER GALLERY
4222 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, October 28th
UNDEAD & QUEER
@ FACETS
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 7PM - 12AM
David Hauptschein and Leo Segedin: SELF PORTRAITS
@ Rare Nest Gallery
3433 N Kedvale Ave, Chicago IL 60641
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 6:30 - 8:30
On view through Tuesday, November 15th
Newtok: Seen and Unseen
@ salonlb.
1010 W 35th Street, Suite 500, Chicago, Illinois 60609
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, January 13th
PERSPECTIVES: FIGURATION AND ABSTRACTION IN CONTEMPORARY BLACK ART
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 19th
5 YEARS : 25 MURALS
@ Hyatt House Evanston
1515 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Thursday, October 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
Ada Limón: Poetry Reading and Conversation. Moderated by Ionit Behar and Billy Johnson Gonzalez
@ DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago IL 60614
Opening Thursday, October 27th, at 6PM
Artist Talk: Amanda Williams
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 27th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, January 8th
To Ponder: Bethany Collins and Regina Agu
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, October 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
ANXIOUS BODIES
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, October 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
Designing Discoveries
@ University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle, Normal, IL 61761
On view through Sunday, December 18th
Beyond the Norm 2022
@ University Galleries of Illinois State University
103 Uptown Circle, Normal, IL 61761
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Motif: Silent Language
@ UIS Visual Arts Gallery
One University Plaza, Springfield, IL 62703
Opening Thursday, October 27th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Free Berlin: Art, Urban Politics, and Everyday Life
@ City Lit Books
2523 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, October 27th, at 6:30PM
PO Box Poetry Reading Series
@ PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Wednesday, October 26th, at 7:30PM
Comfort Film Halloween Presents: Eyes of Fire (1983)
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, October 26th, from 8PM - 10PM
Artist Talk: Walid Raad
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, October 26th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Truth As I Speak It: A Feature/Open Mic Storytelling Gathering
@ Semicolon Bookstore
1714 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, October 26th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Tanda: Cumbia/Truth Teller and Backbone
@ Chuquimarca
Online
Opening Wednesday, October 26th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Threewalls Dreaming Circle featuring WILD YAMS artist-in-residence Shonna Pryor
@ THE cre.æ.tive ROOM
7034 S Martin Luther King Dr
Opening Wednesday, October 26th, from 6 PM - 7:30 PM
Savage Beauty
@ The Art Factory
112 N. May St. Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, October 26th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Tuesday, November 22nd
Wendy Red Star with Katerina Stathopoulou and Gaylord Torrence
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 25th, at 12PM
History Wars: A Conversation about the Politics of Representing America’s Past
@ Newberry Library Hybrid Event
60 W Walton St, Chicago, 60610
Opening Tuesday, October 25th, from 6PM - 7PM
Maren Hassinger
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, October 24th, at 6PM
Memorial for Victims of Police Violence
@ PO Box Collective
6900 N. Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, October 23rd, from 11AM - 1PM
Discussion with Eunsong Kim
@ THE RENAISSANCE SOCIETY
5811 S Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, October 23rd, from 3PM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, November 6th
Curator’s Tour of ‘A Natural Turn’
@ DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago IL 60614
Opening Sunday, October 23rd, at 1PM
Snow Yunxue Fu
@ Chicago Gamespace
2418 W Bloomingdale Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 23rd, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, December 11th
Photo Editing and Art Documentation Workshop Featuring Amy Shelton
@ Dispatch Gallery
Online
Opening Sunday, October 23rd, at 6:30 PM
Packing Light
@ Ohklahomo
2518 W. Iowa St., Chicago, IL, 60622
Opening Sunday, October 23rd, from 12PM - 7PM
Rick Lowe on the Transformative Power of Public Art
@ Northwestern University - Norris University Center
1999 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 12PM - 1PM
Mictlan Xochitl
@ 18th Street Casa de Cultura
2057 W 18th St Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 1PM - 1PM
Luftwerk: Exact Dutch Yellow
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
On view through Sunday, January 29th
The Art of Architecture: Perspectives on Sullivan & Nickel
@ The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 10AM - 6PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Hot Mess!
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208 Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 4:20PM - 9:30PM
Red Jacket Optional 2022
@ The Geraghty
2520 S Hoyne Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 6PM - 11PM
Miranda July on Art in All its Forms with Carrie Brownstein
@ Northwestern University - Cahn Auditorium
600 Emerson St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Kintsugi Gala
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 7PM - 11PM
Alice Hargrave and Barbara Diener: Unfolded and Brought to Light: Artist Talk
@ Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 29th
TTTEN YYYEARS OF TTRITRIANGLE
@ Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 8PM - 11:55PM
Sean Bishop: Paintings in Alternative Media
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 6th
Anonymous Boh: Force of Momentum
@ {\}() {/}∆‡|{}{\} Laboratorio Tangeπcial de Arte Posnac!óπ [No Nation Tangential Unspace Art Lab]
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 7PM - 10PM
performance art | DFBRL8R@{\}() {/}∆‡|{}{\}
@ {\}() {/}∆‡|{}{\} LABORATORIO TANGEΠCIAL DE ARTE POSNAC!ÓΠ
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Floors 2-4, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 9:30PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, October 22nd
Lovely Vision
@ Baby Blue Gallery
2233 S Throop St, suite 518, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 19th
I’m Not a Robot
@ Chicago Fine Art Salon
2623 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 29th
Fred Moten, Brandon López, and Gerald Cleaver Performance
@ PATRON
1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 7PM - 9PM
The Living Architectural History of Chicago’s Loop
@ Bezazian Branch, Chicago Public Library
1226 W Ainslie St, Chicago, IL 6064
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 12PM - 2PM
Beyond the Frame: Curatorial Tour
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, October 30th
Daniel Bruttig: Blue Dream Migrations
@ 65GRAND
3252 W North Ave,Chicago IL 60647
On view through Saturday, November 19th
18th Street Pilsen Open Studios – 2022
@ Pilsen Arts & Community House
Pilsen, Chicago, IL
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Mary Jones: Whereabouts
@ The Sacristy Gallery at Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 25th
Cornelia Arts Building October Open House
@ Cornelia Arts Building
1800 W Cornelia, Chicago IL 60657
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, October 22nd
Remnants
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Floor 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, November 27th
Carolina Vélez Muñiz and Roger Buttles: Horizontal family practice jones
@ The carl
1957 W Cullerton St, #2f, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 6:30PM - 10:30PM
Canciones de mi Padre
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, November 27th
Chicago Graduate Portfolio Day
@ School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 4PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 22nd
Assayas’s Techno-Horror
@ FACETS
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 7PM - 12AM
David Hauptschein: Almost True
@ Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35ths St, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, November 14th
Andrew Falkowski: In/Side/Out
@ ADDS DONNA
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 19th
Artecito Virtual – Xoloitzcuintle
@ OPEN Center for the Arts
Online
Opening Thursday, October 20th, from 6PM - 7PM
Zine Club Chicago Online: Queer History Month Edition with Special Guests QZAP
@ Quimby's Bookstore
online
Opening Thursday, October 20th, at 7:30PM
Artist Talk: Sheila Hicks
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
online
On view through Saturday, January 8th
Artist Talk
@ Perspective Gallery
online
Opening Thursday, October 20th, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Finding Ceremony: Closing day
@ Austin Town Hall
5610 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60644
Opening Thursday, October 20th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, October 22nd
Toolbox @ Twenty Performance: Maggie Vannucci, Dee Alaba & Jackie Kazarian
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, October 20th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, November 13th
Gallery Talk: “Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World”
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, October 20th, at 12:30PM
Diana Solís: Encuentros, Photographs of Chicago Poetry Communities, 1978–1994
@ The Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, October 20th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, January 14th
Marta Pajek: Impossible Figures and Other Stories
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, October 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
DiFFA Chicago 2022/ Art Auction
@ Bush temple
108 W Chicago Ave, rooftop, Chicago, IL 60654
On view through Friday, November 25th
Gallery Reopening Party + Artist Talk (Sadaf Syed)
@ The Abrahamic Center for Cultural Education
55 W Van Buren St, 5th floor, Chicago, IL 60605 5TH FLOOR
Opening Thursday, October 20th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
