January 2026
Materials and Processes for an Expanding World
@ Soft Systems
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, January 31st, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 31st
In Bloom
@ LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, #3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, January 31st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, March 8th
320-grit Kiss
@ compound yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, January 31st, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, February 28th
Stories Sewn
@ Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
1010 W 35th St, Suite 697, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, January 31st, from 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
On view through Friday, February 20th
Winter Florals
@ Third City Studio
5538 W North Ave Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Friday, January 30th, from 4PM - 7PM
Talk + Community Dinner | German Writer Navid Kermani on the Holocaust, Colonialism, and Today’s World
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, January 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
MoCP at Fifty: Collecting Through the Decades
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, January 29th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, May 16th
Dianna Frid: Matter Is the Nectar of Writing / La materia es el néctar de la escritura
@ University Galleries
University Galleries 11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103, Normal, IL 61761
Opening Thursday, January 29th, at 4PM
On view through Sunday, March 1st
Transformative Care Collective
@ Walls Turned Sideways
2717 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Wednesday, January 28th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
Artists & Prints: From Studio to Press to Market
@ Chicago Artists Coalition
1431 W Hubbard St, Suite 201 Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Wednesday, January 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
Sarah Maldoror: And the Dogs Were Quiet / Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words (1978 / 1987)
@ Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, January 27th, at 7PM
Copyright Guidance for Designers: A practical guide in the age of AI
@ Virtual
Online
Opening Tuesday, January 27th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
VOICES: Aliza Nisenbaum
@ Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St., 5th Floor Room 5100, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, January 27th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
OFF CENTER: WHISPERING PINES
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, January 26th, at 6PM
W. J. T. Mitchell: THE ACADEMY IN A STATE OF SIEGE: PICTURES OF AN INSTITUTION
@ The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, January 26th, at 5PM
Smashpiece
@ Recess Gallery at Schoolhouse
2247 N Maplewood Ave, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Sunday, January 25th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, February 25th
Closing reception + Pop up shop: 𝒮𝑒𝒶𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓈, 𝒟𝑒𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓍𝒽𝒾𝒷𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒷𝓎 𝒥𝑒𝓈𝓈𝑒 𝑀𝒶𝓁𝓂𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓉 𝒞𝑜𝓂𝓅𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝒴𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌
@ compound yellow
244 Lake Street, Oak Park, Il 60302
Opening Sunday, January 25th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, January 25th
Christopher Michlig: Catalog
@ Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, January 25th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, March 7th
HOLY MOTHER, CALL ME!
@ GAG
3528 W Fulton Blvd, Chicago IL 60624
Opening Saturday, January 24th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, February 20th
surprise screening
@ KIOSK
3054 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, January 24th, at 7PM
if i were a blade of grass by Niya Gao
@ SPACE 01
4850 W Bloomingdale Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Saturday, January 24th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, February 21st
Paint Your Date: A BYOB date night
@ Art City
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, January 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, January 24th
Traces of Devotion
@ Julius Caesar
3808 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, January 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 21st
Alex Chitty and Norman Teague: Chair-ish
@ Cleve Carney Museum of Art
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Saturday, January 24th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, April 11th
Material Witness
@ TQ Exerience
1545 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, January 24th, from 5PM - 9PM
Carroll Dunham Conversation and Book Launch
@ Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, January 24th, from 3PM - 4PM
LIT! Site-Specific Installations by Maria Burundarena and Luftwerk: Free Family Day
@ Lubeznik Center for the Arts
101 W 2nd St, Michigan City, IN 46360
Opening Saturday, January 24th, from 1 PM - 3 PM
On view through Sunday, February 15th
Eli Williamson: Fellowship
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, January 24th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, March 1st
Stable – Artist Talk
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, January 24th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, March 1st
NewberryFest: All About Maps!
@ Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, January 24th, from 12PM - 3PM
Yoonshin Park: Prompt and Prompted
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
On view through Sunday, May 10th
a person chosen, named, or honored…
@ PATRON
1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, March 7th
Orchid Rain
@ Timeless Arts Gallery & Studio
3040 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, January 23rd, from 6 PM - 10 PM
On view through Saturday, January 24th
Living with Modernism: Kelli Connell’s Pictures for Charis and Double Life
@ Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Friday, January 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, April 26th
World in My Eyes
@ Joy Machine
4148 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, January 23rd, from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
On view through Saturday, March 14th
Shelf Show
@ SAWHORSE
4222 W. Fullerton Ave.
Opening Friday, January 23rd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
MIE KONGO: Straight Lines and Fragments of Elliptical Lines
@ 65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, January 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 21st
Anju Lukose-Scott | Horizon Lines: Imagining Potentiality
@ CWAC Exhibitions
5540 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, January 23rd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, February 27th
Multicentered and Reverberating
@ Circle Contemporary
2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago IL 60612
Opening Friday, January 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, February 27th
RE:ALIZE Artist Panel & Closing Reception
@ Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
1010 W 35th Street, Suite 697 Chicago, IL 60609-1401 United States
Opening Friday, January 23rd, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, January 24th
MAATC Exhibition 2026
@ SAIC Galleries
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, January 23rd, from 11AM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, January 31st
The 92nd Exhibition of Visual Artist Members
@ The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Saturday, March 7th
A Close Look: The Art of Bruce Conner
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, January 22nd, from 3:30PM - 4:30PM
2026 Clothing Swap
@ ACRE Projects
2921 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Thursday, January 22nd, from 1PM - 4PM
Aurora Film Society Presents: Hundreds Of Beavers
@ The Venue
21 S Broadway Ave, Route 25, Aurora, IL 60505
Opening Wednesday, January 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
Isabelle Frances McGuire: Book Launch
@ Chicago Athletic Association
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, January 21st, at 7PM
The Young Lords Speak: Conversation and Celebration
@ DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, January 21st, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, February 8th
Film Screening: Our Disappeared / Nuestros Desaparecidos plus Q&A with director Juan Mandelbaum & Alejandra Dixon
@ Chicago Justice Gallery
1344 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, January 21st, from 6PM - 8:30PM
Maria Sisul: The Posture of a Place
@ McHenry County College | Epping Gallery
8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
On view through Friday, February 13th
MLK Day 2026: Chaos or Community?
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Monday, January 19th, from 11AM - 4PM
Stop Worshipping Corpses Screening
@ UNDA.M.93 @ Kiosk
3054 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Sunday, January 18th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
On view through Sunday, January 25th
Sunday Reading Series: Mary Ardery, Donna Vorreyer, & Snežana Zabić
@ Hungry Brain
2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, January 18th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Blood Drive
@ Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, January 18th, from 5PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, January 18th
Bomba Performance at DePaul School of Music
@ Murray and Michele Allen Recital Hall, Holtschneider Performance Center
2330 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Sunday, January 18th, from 3PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, February 8th
Michael Ireland: Different Strokes
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, January 18th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Wednesday, February 11th
Monet it Forward ~ Holiday Art Exhibition & Charity Fundraiser: 3-Day Closing Reception
@ Timeless Arts Gallery & Studio
3040 N. Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Sunday, January 18th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, January 18th
Not With Symbols
@ Bodenrader
1620 West Carroll Avenue, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, January 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 28th
Monet it Forward ~ Holiday Art Exhibition & Charity Fundraiser: 3-Day Closing Reception
@ Timeless Arts Gallery & Studio
3040 N. Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, January 17th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, January 18th
The Uncivil Canvas: Art in the Age of Discord
@ Woman Made Gallery
1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, January 17th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, February 14th
Magicfeifei: Emancipation Park
@ SkyART SOUTH
3026 E 91st St, Chicago, IL 60617
Opening Saturday, January 17th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, March 28th
Sturtevant: Ecce Homo
@ SHANGHAI SEMINARY
3262 S Morgan St, Sto, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, January 17th, from 3PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 7th
The Puppet Zoo!
@ Roman Susan at Berger Park Cultural Center
6205 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago IL 60660
Opening Saturday, January 17th, from 1PM - 4PM
to see and be seen
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Floor #2 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 16th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, March 1st
Stable
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave
Opening Friday, January 16th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, March 1st
TRACES IN TIME
@ Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, January 16th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, March 6th
Art Speaks: Abstract Expressions
@ Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, January 16th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, March 6th
PICTURES OF YOU
@ Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, January 16th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, March 6th
Project Onward’s Annual Clearance Show
@ Project Onward
1200 W 35th St, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, January 16th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
On view through Tuesday, February 17th
Imagination Doctors
@ Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, January 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 21st
Goldilocks Moment
@ SoNa Chicago Art Gallery
1527 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 7th
No More Parades: Interrupted Joy
@ Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave. Chicago, Il 60605
Opening Friday, January 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 31st
Brian Calvin, Maureen Gallace, Diane Simpson
@ Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, January 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 28th
Lui Shtini: Capo Testa
@ Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, January 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 28th
Ellen Berkenblit: Lines Roar
@ Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, January 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 28th
Per Elof Nilsson Ricklund: Mov Gïele | My Voice
@ Swedish American Museum
5211 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, January 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, April 12th
^-.-^
@ The Plan
610 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, January 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, February 15th
Jesse Ly & Maven Kennedy: Permeable Images
@ ACRE Projects
2921 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, January 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, March 1st
Dibs
@ ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 16th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 14th
Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A History of DC Punk Fanzines John Davis in Conversation with Liz Mason
@ Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 16th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Monet it Forward ~ Holiday Art Exhibition & Charity Fundraiser: 3-Day Closing Reception
@ Timeless Arts Gallery & Studio
3040 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, January 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, January 18th
Night School
@ Bim Bom
5226 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Thursday, January 15th, from 8PM - 10PM
Alex Tatarsky: Sad Boys in Harpy Land
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, January 15th, at 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, January 17th
Art After Work: IAM crafting
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, January 15th, from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Canceled: Drink & Draw: New Year’s Resolutions with Meg and Avery
@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, January 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
GHOST BUSTERS: portraits of the departed [from the torso up]
@ Empty Bottle
1035 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, January 14th, at 6PM
Something in the Air
@ The O'Connor Gallery
7900 W Division St, River Forest, IL 60305
Opening Wednesday, January 14th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Wednesday, February 18th
DEI: Legal Information for Arts Organizations
@ Lawyers for the Creative Arts
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 14th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Chris Strong and Grant Newman
@ Lula Cafe
2537 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, January 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
Window show
@ Chuck walker studio
3918 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
On view through Friday, February 13th
IAEA Art Club
@ Illinois Art Education Association
Online
Opening Monday, January 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
Sherwin Ovid: What is the Poesis of Dis-Possession? Cartographies of Spirit and Signal
@ UIS Visual Arts Gallery
One University Plaza, VPA 62, Springfield, IL 62703-5407
On view through Thursday, February 19th
Collaboration in Progress: Normal Editions Workshop at 50
@ University Galleries
University Galleries 11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103, Normal, IL 61761
On view through Wednesday, March 25th
Chantal Danyluk: Uncanny Valley
@ Harold Washington Library Center 8th Floor
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
On view through Sunday, March 29th
