December 2025
OFF CENTER: KUCHAR XMAS
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, December 29th, at 6PM
Sunday Reading Series: David Welch, Virginia Smith Rice, & Teresa Dzieglewicz
@ Hungry Brain
2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, December 21st, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Stop Worshipping Corpses
@ KIOSK
3054 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Sunday, December 21st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, January 25th
The Beauty of Chicago
@ Forum301chicago
301 W Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, December 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME – Picture Restart 16mm Series
@ Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, December 20th, at 6PM
TCA Zinefest 2025: The Power of Prints
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, December 20th, from 1PM - 5PM
Bruce Goff: Material Worlds
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Sunday, March 29th
Keep On Rollin’ : An Adam Hines Art Show
@ Project Onward
1200 W 35th St, 4th floor, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, December 19th, at 6:30 PM
On view through Friday, January 10th
Emilka Wolniewicz: the base material is an already consumer used object: Closing
@ neomediapolis
Studio 473, 2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 19th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
On view through Friday, December 19th
Josh Cook: Shadow of Your Smile
@ Fourtunehouse
4410 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, December 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, January 4th
Holiday Gift Party at Oliva Gallery
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 19th, from 5PM - 8PM
Art After Work: IAM crafting
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Thursday, December 18th, from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
From Page to Pixel: Discovering the Digital Newberry
@ Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
On view through Saturday, March 7th
RE:ALIZE Becoming Infinite
@ Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE)
1010 W 35th Street, Suite 697, Chicago, IL, United States
Opening Wednesday, December 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, January 25th
ICE Actions at Arts Venues
@ Lawyers for the Creative Arts
Online
Opening Wednesday, December 17th, from 12PM - 1:30PM
Pleiades Series: Heavy Tiny, Laurie Lee Moses + Sarah Craft
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Tuesday, December 16th, at 8PM
Brian Dettmer: In·Formation
@ Riverside Arts Center
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, December 14th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, January 24th
Veterans Reflect: Michael Bever, Ines Gardea, Ty Hanyzewski, Jerry Loza, Anna Nothnagel, and Ramona Pozek
@ Riverside Arts Center at the Tiverside Town Hall
27 Riverside Rd, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, December 14th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, February 27th
Natasha Moustache: Every Man is an Island
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, December 14th, from 2PM - 5PM
Shane-Jahi Jackson: Black Female Presence
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, December 14th, from 2PM - 5PM
Rebecca Keller: Hope Is the Last Thing
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, December 14th, from 2PM - 5PM
Noel Mercado: How Could We Forget About You
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, December 14th, from 2PM - 5PM
Chicago Artist Coalition: The Language We Create
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, December 14th, from 2PM - 5PM
Jordan Porter-Woodruff: The Children Play Games
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, December 14th, from 2PM - 5PM
15th Annual Sit on a Polar Bear’s Lap: Celebrate the Holiday Spirit
@ 4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, December 14th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, December 14th
Nora Moore Lloyd: NATIVE LEGACIES: PAST PRESENT FUTURE
@ Fourth Presbyterian Church
126 E Chestnut St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, December 14th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Thursday, January 29th
Day 3: Monet it Forward : Our Annual Holiday Art Exhibition & Charity Fundraiser @TimelessArtsChicago : 3-Day Opening!
@ Timeless Arts Gallery & Studio
3040 N. Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Sunday, December 14th, from NOON - 6PM
On view through Sunday, January 18th
Jesse Malmed — Seasides, Decides
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, December 14th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, January 17th
Elastro: SMACT Ensemble, Yes Yes Nooky, Giallorenzo/Jesalva/Damon
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, December 13th, at 8PM
Kira Scerbin: Kisses
@ M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 31st
Day 2: Monet it Forward : Our Annual Holiday Art Exhibition & Charity Fundraiser @TimelessArtsChicago : 3-Day Opening!
@ Timeless Arts Gallery & Studio
3040 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 6 PM - 9 PM
On view through Sunday, January 18th
KC Crow Maddux: THROAT
@ Tala
1644 W Chicago, #1, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 31st
Little, but Bold!
@ CSI Project Space
1912 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, January 30th
SANTA’S NAUGHTY WORKSHOP
@ Childhood Fractured Phygital Art Gallery
1432 W Irving Park Rd Chicago
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, December 14th
Art and AI: Friend or Foe? | Artist Talk
@ South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 4PM - 6PM
>>pass^10<< Expanded Line course SAIC
@ compound yellow
244 Lake Street, Oak Park, Il 60302
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 4PM - 8PM
TSA Exhibition walk-through with Dove Hornbuckle, Self-Portrait as a Faerie with Large and Powerful Breasts
@ Tiger Strikes Asteroid
2233 S Throop St, #419 Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 13th, at 3Pm
On view through Saturday, December 20th
Jessica Zawadowicz: Crossover
@ Regards
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 3PM - 6PM
In Conversation: Finnegan Shannon, Ignacio G. Galán, & Bess Williamson
@ Gallery 400
Online
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 2PM - 3PM
Gnarly or Nice – Holiday Ceramics Market
@ Co-Prosperity
3219-21 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 1PM - 5PM
Artist Talk: Alfonso “Piloto” Nieves Ruiz
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 1PM - 2PM
Artist Talk for Tom Torluemke: “Sorted Sheets”
@ Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Tuesday, January 13th
The Perpetual Feast
@ VSG Contemporary
673 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago IL 60642
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Center Day!
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 1PM - 4PM
DCASE Presents: Open House @ Chicago Cultural Center
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 1PM - 6PM
POST POST POST POST, POST, POST POST! POST! POST! POST- POST- POST POST? POST? POST? POST POST POST: Closing Reception
@ Patient Info
902 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, December 13th
Of Faith or Fetish Talk
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, January 11th
UIMA Winter Makers Market
@ Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 West Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, 60622
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 12PM - 5PM
Winter Makers Market
@ TQ EXPERIENCE
1545 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 11am - 4PM
Family Day | Shorelines
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 11AM - 3PM
Field Notes Holiday Market
@ Field Notes HQ
401 N Racine Ave., Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, December 13th, from 10am - 6PM
Lillstreet 50th Anniversary Studio Members Exhibition: Trunk shows and free demonstrations
@ Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Mutuality
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
On view through Sunday, March 8th
Ghosts of Winters Past & Future
@ Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 12th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, January 17th
ASI SOMOS: A Digital Photo Exhibit at Humboldt
@ Humboldt Park,
1440 N Humboldt Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 12th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
The Preservation of Solidarity, the Labor Mural at UE, Chicago
@ Uri-Eichen Gallery
2101 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, January 1st
Monet it Forward ~ Holiday Art Exhibition & Charity Fundraiser
@ Timeless Arts Gallery & Studio
3040 NA shland Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, December 12th, from 6 PM - 9 PM
On view through Sunday, January 18th
Never So Free: Artists + Space Makers Mixer
@ Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, December 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
ART MARKET DAY & ART SHOW
@ Childhood Fractureds Phygital Art Gallery
1432 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, December 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, December 14th
Luftwerk | The Sun Standing Still
@ SECRIST | BEACH
1801 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 28th
Cat Strikes Back
@ Purple Window Gallery
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 28th
Ava L. Peterson: Missionaries of Taste
@ Art City
1400 N Halsted St
Opening Friday, December 12th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, January 2nd
Many Times
@ Yes Project Space
3705 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Friday, December 12th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, February 20th
Poets for Chicago: A Night of Art & Community Benefiting ICIRR
@ Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, December 11th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Art of Science: Exploring X-Ray Bursts: How Stars Ignite in Binary Systems
@ Parlour & Ramp Gallery
2130 W. 21st St., Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, December 11th, from 7 PM - 10 PM
Test Literary Series
@ The Whistler
2421 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, December 11th, at 6PM
Letterio Calapai: Cosmos, Spheres and Divinity
@ Koehnline Museum of Art
1600 E Golf Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60016
Opening Thursday, December 11th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, January 23rd
Play. Design. Move: A Teen Arts Experience
@ Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, December 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
After Line, Before Form
@ Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, December 9th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, March 1st
Porcelain War
@ Chopin Theater
1543 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Monday, December 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
FRUTAS Holiday Mercado
@ Roman Susan at Institute of Cultural Affairs
4750 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago IL 60640
Opening Monday, December 8th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
Transvengence Vol. 10: Holiday Edition
@ Podlasie Club
2918 N Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, December 7th, at 7PM
Figure Drawing Session
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, December 7th, from 3 PM - 6 PM
Sean Sullivan: Kitchen Harmonics
@ Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, December 7th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, January 10th
Allison Wade: am is are was were
@ Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, December 7th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, January 10th
Sean Sullivan: Kitchen Harmonics
@ Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, December 7th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, January 10th
Allison Wade: am is are was were
@ Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, December 7th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, January 10th
lindy b soffer: lost/found
@ Artful Framer Studios
2938 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Sunday, December 7th, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Friday, January 2nd
Fruity Night – Artist Talk
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, December 7th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, January 11th
Freedom From and Freedom To
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, December 6th, at 7PM
Lampo: Eve Aboulkheir: Medea(s) – Tskaltubo
@ Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 7PM - 8PM
Decoherence
@ LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave #3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, January 25th
Please Set Me At Ease
@ RUPCORP
3012 S. Archer Ave, Chicago, IL, 60608
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 6th
Closing Performances of Gender Multifariousness
@ Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 7PM - 10PM
Cheek to Cheek
@ Comfort Station
2579 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, December 16th
MINI RADICAL PRINT FAIR
@ Little Red Nest
5456 N Ashland Ave Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 4PM - 8PM
Artist as Archivist
@ Heritage Museum of Asian Art
3500 S Morgan St, 3rd Fl, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 2PM - 4PM
H Marsh Schenck: Both/And: A Queer Archive of Belonging
@ boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, December 13th
Underground Art Market
@ Revolution Brewing Taproom
3340 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 12 PM - 5 PM
On view through Saturday, December 6th
Doc Chicago Conference
@ Chicago Cultural Center, Studio Theater, first floor
78 E. Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from noon - 5PM
MAS Context | Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2025
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 11:30AM - 1PM
Cornelia Arts Building December Open Studios SECOND DAY
@ cornelia arts building
1800 W Cornelia Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 11am - 3PM
On view through Saturday, December 6th
16th Street Studios 29th Annual Studio Open House
@ Racine Arts and Business Center
1405 16th St, Racine, WI 53403
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 10AM - 4PM
Molly J. Schiff Holiday Event – Through the Decades (By Appointment Only)
@ Molly Schiff Estate
744 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 10 AM - 2 PM
On view through Saturday, December 6th
QUEERKINDLMARKT
@ Gerber/Hart Library and Archives
6500 N Clark St 2nd Fl, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, December 6th, from 10AM - 4PM
Doc Chicago Shorts
@ Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, December 5th, from 7PM - 9PM
CLOSING: Polly curated by Julia Rose Marks
@ recess gallery @ Schoolhouse
2247 N Maplewood Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 5th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, December 5th
Douglas Degges: a real animal biting itself
@ Space & Time
3307 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, December 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 28th
