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ART SHOW! ART PARTY! LET’S HAVE SOME FUN!
@ Childhood Fractured's Phygital art Gallery
1432 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, November 13th, from 7PM - 1130PM
On view through Friday, November 20th
Lit & Luz Live Magazine Show: cross-cultural experimentations between artists and writers on stage
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60611
Opening Friday, November 13th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Living Madness: Joy, Anguish, and the Terrors of Existence
@ The Center for Mad Culture
410 S Michigan Ave, #419, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, November 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, December 17th
The In-Between
@ Roots and Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, November 13th, at 6 PM
On view through Sunday, December 20th
Small Works – Annual Holiday Exhibition
@ Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, November 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, January 9th
UIC School of Art Open Studios
@ Art and Exhibition Hall
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, November 13th, from 5PM - 9PM
Casual Arrangements
@ Alma Gallery
3636 S Iron St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, November 13th, from 5 PM - 9 PM
On view through Sunday, February 28th
Chill Set 2026
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
Andrew Ek: Languid Summer Dreams Part 2
@ Olive Black
3032 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, November 13th, from 4PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, January 13th
Liz Bail: Discovery Through Process and Intuition
@ Art City
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, November 13th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 5th
Demi Sedrakyan: Where One Place Ends and Another Begins
@ Art City
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, November 13th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 5th
Chicago Art Book Fair
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, November 13th, from 10am - 5PM
On view through Sunday, November 15th
THIS WEEK
Saturday
November 14th
OFF THE CLOCK: Fundraising after hours
@ Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 8PM - 11PM
SAIC Fall Undergraduate Exhibition
@ SAIC Galleries
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Wednesday, November 18th
Intermissions: François Chaignaud & Aymeric Hainaux
@ The Renaissance Society
5811 South Ellis Avenue Cobb Hall, 4th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60637
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 7PM - 8:20PM
50 @ 50: Open Call for Collaborative Punk Album + Listening Session
@ KIOSK
3054 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, November 14th, at 7PM
On view through Sunday, November 15th
Database Animals
@ Mavra
5338 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago IL 60630
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, December 20th
Both/And
@ Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
2026 Gala
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 5:30PM - 11:30PM
Midwest Rave Culture Archive Exhibition: DJ sets
@ Midwest Rave Culture Archive
1535 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 10PM - 2AM
On view through Saturday, November 21st
Plastic Surgery to Look Like Family Members
@ SHANGHAI SEMINARY
3740 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 26th
MadMade Print Fair
@ Access Living
115 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 12PM - 4:30PM
The Artwork of Rupture
@ COMING SOON
3701 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Monday, November 23rd
Brendan Fernandes: Score for the Murphy Auditorium with Live Score by Alex Inglizian
@ The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
50 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 3PM - 5PM
Artist Panel & Closing Reception: Still Crazy: 40 Years of the Crazy IN Style Artists
@ South Shore Arts
1040 Ridge Rd, Munster, IN, 46321
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, November 14th
Lists and Letters: An Author Conversation with Marina Azahua and Karen Villeda
@ Pilsen Community Books
1531 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 2PM - 3PM
Barbara Cooper: Anthropogenic Life Forms
@ OS Projects
601 Sixth St, Racine, WI 53403
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, January 9th
Structure and Stature Presents Make and Sip: Sustainable Jewelry Workshop
@ Forum 301
301 W Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Friday, November 20th
Kara Hunsinger: Return to Us
@ The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
50 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Intuit Store Art Market
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 12 PM - 5 PM
Create With Us: Eric Perez
@ Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 12 PM - 4 PM
From the Archives: Reimagining Chicago: Brick by Brick
@ Harold Washington Library Center
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 11AM - 12PM
On view through Friday, April 30th
Community Day: IAM a collector
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 11 am - 6 PM
The Randolph Street Market Festival Returns with Its Iconic Holiday Market November 14–15 & December 12–13, 2026
@ Randolph Street Market Festival
1341 W Randolph St, Chicago IL, 60607
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 10AM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, December 13th
I Saw the Light
@ SZNL Chicago
2015 S Racine Ave, Chicago, 60608
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, December 12th
Tiger Woods | Parker Ito and Cameron Spratley
@ M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 23rd
Chicago Printers Guild Publishers Fair
@ Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 10AM - 4PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Sunday
November 15th
Jump Magazine Release Party
@ Color Club
4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, November 15th, from 7PM - 11PM
Lecture | Between Revolution and Slumber: Yiddish Writers, Utopian Ideology, and the Kibbutz
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 420 Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Sunday, November 15th, at 3 PM
Documentation Workshops and Open Studios
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, November 15th, from 10am - 12PM
Monday
November 16th
Kathy Maloney Johnson: Lessons In and Out of School
@ McHenry County College | Epping Gallery
8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
On view through Wednesday, December 23rd
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. Lecture
@ Fullerton Hall, The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, November 16th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
A Quilt is a Poem That We Say Again
@ Harold Washington Library Center
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Monday, November 16th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Monday, January 11th
Queer Movie Monday: Stud Life
@ Dorothy
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Monday, November 16th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Tuesday
November 17th
VOICES: Aliza Nisenbaum
@ UIC Architecture + Design Studio Lecture Hall
845 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, November 17th, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
Wednesday
November 18th
Aurora Film Society Presents: “Five Easy Pieces”
@ The Venue
21 S Broadway Ave, Aurora, IL 60505
Opening Wednesday, November 18th, from 6:30PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
The MCC Art & Design Faculty Exhibit
@ McHenry County College | Galleries One & Two
8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Opening Wednesday, November 18th, from 3:30PM - 4:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 23rd
Sixty On Stage: Sonic Becomings
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, November 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
Thursday
November 19th
DES Across The Atlantic
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, November 19th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, November 19th
Trademark Issues for Creatives: Costly Mistakes Worth Avoiding
@ Lawyers for the Creative Arts
Online
Opening Thursday, November 19th, from 12PM - 1:15PM
Anjan Chatterjee & Judith Schaechter on Neuroaesthetics
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, November 19th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Friday
November 20th
When Ground Meets Light
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 20th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, January 10th
NEITHER HERE NOR THERE | NI AQUÍ NI ALLÁ | 비승비속 (非僧非俗)
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee, Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 20th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, January 10th
The Tales We Share
@ Vjosa Cafe & Events
1010 W 35th St, Ste 102, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, November 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, December 18th
Chicago Alliance of Visual Artists:2026 Year-End Exhibition
@ Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, November 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, January 1st
sounding/BODY presents: V. Vecker, Casey Adams, and Paige Alice Naylor
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, November 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
REFLECTIONS, DISTORTIONS, SUBVERSIONS: INTERNATIONAL VISUAL SOCIOLOGY ASSOCIATION EXHIBITION 2026
@ Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, November 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 30th
Plyformed Wood Company 1942
@ Arts of Life and Circle Contemporary
2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, November 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, January 8th
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