September 2025
Kaneko & Mallozzi: Sonic Speculations in the Documents of Postwar Japanese Art
@ Audible Gallery at Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Tuesday, September 30th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 10th
AfroFuturist Weekend 10 Day 1: @ at The.BlkRoom | The Diaspora and Community Building.
@ The.BlkRoom
4015 W Carrol Ave, Unit 204, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Tuesday, September 30th, at 6PM
Faye Yingfei Liang: Air Crash Report
@ CWAC Exhibitions
5540 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
On view through Friday, October 31st
OFF CENTER: ANALOG DREAMING
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, September 29th, at 6PM
German-Language Tour: Two Roses and a Briar Pipe
@ Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, September 29th, at 6PM
Mark Spiegelman in Conversation with Mark Pascale
@ School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Online
Opening Monday, September 29th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
Anne Hughes: Home
@ McHenry County College | Epping Gallery
8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
On view through Friday, October 31st
Side Yard Sounds: Dustin Laurenzi, Dan Bitney, and Daniel Van Duerm
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, September 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
Tending to the M{other}
@ Facility Theater
1138 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, September 28th, from 2PM - 3PM
Dwight Hwang: Gyotaku: Impressions of the Sea
@ Heritage Museum of Asian Art
3500 S Morgan St, 3rd Fl, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, September 28th, from 2PM - 4PM
Water Music on the Beach
@ 6018 North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, September 28th, from 2PM - 4PM
CSI | Materiality in Sculpture: A Dialogue Between Substance and Form
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, September 28th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, November 9th
Circular Flow
@ 6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, September 28th, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, March 1st
Elastro A/V Day 2: ‘Expanded Cinema Performances’ – Curated by Yousif Alzayed
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 27th, at 8PM
Abstract Concepts: Closing Reception
@ Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 27th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 27th
Lampo: Concepción Huerta
@ Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, September 27th, at 7PM
Show & Tell with madeleine aguilar of bench press
@ Quimby's Bookstore
1854 West North Avenue Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 27th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Companions
@ Joy Machine
4148 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, September 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 8th
Retro Night X Terrain Biennial Preview
@ Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, September 27th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 15th
A Matter of the Invisible
@ The National Building Art Center
2300 Falling Springs Rd, Sauget, IL 62206
Opening Saturday, September 27th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, November 21st
Winifred Mason: Recent Works
@ SHANGHAI SEMINARY
3262 S. Morgan St. Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 27th, from 3PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 22nd
Residual: Irse sin dejar rastro: Artist/Curatorial Talk
@ El Schomburg
2538 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 27th, at 2PM
On view through Saturday, November 22nd
Walking Tour: Lincoln Park and the Young Lords
@ DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, September 27th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, February 8th
Words of Art: in conversation with Lora Fosberg
@ Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, September 27th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Chicago Printers Guild Guided Tour: All for Print. Print for All.
@ Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State Street Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, September 27th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
ART X AID
@ Co-prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 27th, from 12PM - 6PM
Slow & Steady: Twenty Years of Art by Jennifer Cronin
@ Vanderpoel Art Museum
Ridge Park Fieldhouse, 9625 S Longwood Dr, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, September 27th, from 11AM - 3:30PM
On view through Sunday, October 19th
Indigifest 2025
@ Jackson Park Grove 6B (Behind Griffin Museum of Science and Industry)
1894 Columbia Dr, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, September 27th, from 11AM - 5PM
Elastro A/V Day 1: Curated by Suspended Culture
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 26th, at 8PM
Her Space
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 26th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, November 16th
THE FOREIGNER and ASCENDING/DESCENDING (Amos Poe/Sandra Binion, 1978)
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 26th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Residual: Irse sin dejar rastro
@ El Schomburg
2538 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 26th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, November 22nd
Fred Schmidt-Arenales: Committee of Six
@ ACRE Projects
2921 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, September 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 26th
Soledad Muñoz: We’re Not All Here / No Estamos Todes
@ Chicago Justice Gallery
1344 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 26th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
On view through Friday, August 7th
606 Da Vault
@ Walls Turned Sideways
2717 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, September 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
You’re All Dead To Me
@ Circle Contemporary
2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, September 26th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, October 30th
DCASE Presents: Open House @ Chicago Cultural Center
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, September 26th, from 4PM - 8PM
Ariella Granados: Like and Subscribe
@ Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, September 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 13th
Sandie Yi: Digital Technology
@ Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, September 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 13th
agustine zegers: A toxin threatens, but it also beckons
@ Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, September 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 13th
Art of Science: Archaeology of China’s Southern Silk Road: Concept, Physical Reality, or a Marco Polo Fantasy?
@ Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, September 25th, from 7 PM - 10 PM
Seth Scriver and Peter Scriver: Endless Cookie
@ Siskel Film Center
164 N. State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, September 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
Don’t mind if I do:
@ Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, September 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 13th
Urbanite
@ Weatherproof
3336 W Lawrence Ave, #303, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Thursday, September 25th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 2nd
Chicago Transatlantic
@ Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, September 25th, at 6PM
Alexandra Lange: Family-Friendly Public Spaces
@ National Public Housing Museum
919 South Ada St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, September 25th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
olya salimova: arrival
@ Seerveld Gallery at Trinity's Art + Design Department
6601 W College Dr, Palos Heights, IL 60463
Opening Thursday, September 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, September 25th
Zoya Cherkassky: The Global Political Crisis
@ Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, September 25th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, January 9th
Okey Ofomata: You Should Get Some Sleep
@ Anthony Gallery
1360 West Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, September 25th, from 5PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, November 1st
Debra Cartwright: Wandering Womb: From Myth to Market
@ Anthony Gallery
1360 West Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, September 25th, from 5PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, November 1st
CLEAT Series: Transsonic // Fluid Ontologies , Senem Pirler & Monica Duncan
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Wednesday, September 24th, at 8PM
Fireside Wisdom: Honoring the Truth of Our Ancestors
@ Elgin Community College Lakeside Patio B
1700 Spartan Dr, Elgin, IL 60123
Opening Wednesday, September 24th, from 4PM - 6PM
The Chicago Film Society Presents: Chris + Heather’s Big Screen Blowout #2 on 16mm
@ Music Box Theatre
3733 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Tuesday, September 23rd, at 7PM
The Chicago Film Society Presents: Chris + Heather’s Big Screen Blowout #2 on 16mm
@ Music Box Theatre
3733 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Tuesday, September 23rd, at 7PM
Objects of Common Interest Lecture
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
Fullerton Hall, 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, September 23rd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Smart to the Core: Wise to Power
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, September 23rd, at
On view through Friday, June 26th
Artist Talk with Jan Tichy
@ SAIC Galleries
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Monday, September 22nd, from 4PM - 5PM
Imagine, Create, Activate!
@ Harris Theater for Music and Dance
205 E Randolph, Chicago, IL 60601
On view through Wednesday, September 24th
Cheech Marin: Culture, Comedy, and Chicano Art
@ Apollo's 2000
2875 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, September 21st, from 6PM - 7:15PM
SAME -but- DIFFERENT
@ HUMBOLDT PARK BOATHOUSE
1301 N Humboldt Dr, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, September 21st, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, September 21st
Lullaby Exchange with Tria Smith
@ 6018 North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL, 60660
Opening Sunday, September 21st, from 4PM - 6PM
In Context: A Docent Tour of Mexican Identity
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, September 21st, from 3PM - 4PM
The Lemon Stand
@ The Franklin
3522 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Sunday, September 21st, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, April 18th
Red Clay Dance Company, Freedom Square: The Black Girlhood Altar
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Sunday, September 21st, from 2PM - 3PM
Exhibition Conversation: What Material Do I Want To Be?
@ The Franklin
3522 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Sunday, September 21st, from 2PM - 3PM
David De Baca: Inside the World of Teen Angel’s Magazine
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, September 21st, from 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Support Practices Artist and Collector Perspectives
@ Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, September 21st, from 1PM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, September 21st
Clubby Material Record Fair
@ Hans Goodrich
1747 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, September 21st, from 1PM - 6PM
Winter Sounds Residency: Music for Autumnal Equinox
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, September 21st, from 1PM - 5PM
Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson: Artist Talk
@ ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, September 21st, at 1PM
Stephen Guenther: Remnants
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, September 21st, from 1PM - 4PM
Pilsen Public Art Tour
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, September 21st, from 12:15PM - 1:15PM
Home Grown (Vol. II) – Artist Talk
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, September 21st, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, September 21st
Chicago Art Book Fair Presents: Preface
@ Chicago Art Book Fair
400 N Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Sunday, September 21st, from 10AM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 21st
Sunken Garden
@
40-50 W Schiller St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Sunday, September 21st, from 11AM - 4PM
On view through Monday, September 29th
An Easy Sunday with Sechor
@ VSG Contemporary
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Sunday, September 21st, from 10am - 2PM
Ripples for Peace in honor of World Peace Day
@ Public Park at 10,000 Ripples Installation - DuSable Lake Shore Drive between Diversey and Fullerton
DuSable Lake Shore Drive between Diversey and Fullerton
Opening Sunday, September 21st, from 11AM - 2PM
Side Yard Sounds: “Outside In” John Sutton, Norman W. Long, Ben LaMar Gay, Tommaso Moretti
@ compound yellow
244 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
Across The Waters: Songs of Memory and Migration
@ Queen of Angels Church
2330 W Sunnyside Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
Eric Anderson: DRIVEN BY DESIGN
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 25th
Stephen Ursino, BLACK, BLUE & WHITE
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 25th
Gailene Cowger & Libby Roper — New Art & Perspectives
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 25th
Affective States
@ Junior.
1905 S Troy St, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 6PM - 10PM
Judith Mullen: Waka
@ boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 1st
Tam Ochiai: Shopping Bag
@ Hans Goodrich
1747 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 5 PM - 9 PM
On view through Sunday, November 2nd
Margaret Crowley and Madeline Gallucci: Sympathy Ribbon
@ Grunts Rare Books
1500 S Western Ave, Ste. 403, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, November 9th
Sara MacKillop: The Cutaway View
@ Good Weather
1524 S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 15th
Luke Agada: To Translate is to Move Across
@ moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, November 1st
Braxton Garneau: Antilles Lace
@ moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, November 1st
SHIFT: Architecture in Times of Radical Change Panel Discussion
@ Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, Illinois 60610
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 3:30PM - 5PM
Expanded Conceptions of Collage
@ LATITUDE CHICAGO
2003 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Gallery Talk: Luke Agada & Braxton Garneau moderated by Danny Dunson
@ moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 3PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, November 1st
Thanks For Saving Our Art Gallery
@ Childhood Fractured's Phygital Art Gallery
1432 W Irving Part Rd CHicago Illinos 60613
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 3PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 11th
Devin T. Mays
@ Regards
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, November 8th
DEATHMATCH Artist Talk by Mac Pierce
@ Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave Suite 620, Chicago Il 60603
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 18th
Ruyell Ho and Li Lin Lee: Language of Abstraction
@ Ruth and Samuel Moy Gallery, Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 W 23rd St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, April 26th
Don’t mind if I do: Tour and reception
@ Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, December 13th
Victoria Martinez: Frente a la vida / Facing Life
@ Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, September 20th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, February 21st
