February 2026
Art Talks! Hamdia Traoré’s “Des marabouts de Djenné”
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, February 28th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
NASHVILLE (1975) in 35mm with Professor Heather Hendershot
@ The Block Cinema
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, February 27th, from 6:45PM - 9PM
In the Realm of Senses presents: Myths & Legends
@ Chopin Theatre
1543 W Division St, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Thursday, February 26th, from 8PM - 10PM
Plática con Marisa Hicks-Alcaraz: Archiving Muxerista Moviemaking
@ Sin Cinta Previa
Online
Opening Thursday, February 26th, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, February 26th
Conversations at the Edge | Kioto Aoki: Findings
@ Siskel Film Center
164 N. State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, February 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
Visiting Artist Talk: Leslie Hewitt
@ Northwestern University Department of Art, Theory, and Practice
Kresge Hall 1515, 1880 Campus Dr, Room 1515, Evanston IL 60208
Opening Thursday, February 26th, at 4:30PM
ATP Visiting Artist Talk: Leslie Hewitt
@ Northwestern University Department of Art, Theory, and Practice
Kresge Hall, 1880 Campus Dr, Room 1515, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, February 26th, from 4:30PM - 5:30PM
Viva la Vida: Linocuts
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, February 26th, from 10AM - 12PM
Justice Lens Film Series: Still Searching
@ Chicago Justice Gallery
1344 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, February 25th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
Dreaming Through Spreadsheets
@ Chicago Artists Coalition
1431 W Hubbard St, Ste 201, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Tuesday, February 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984-1992
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Tuesday, February 24th, at 6PM
Performance | Halsted Street
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, February 24th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Tonja Torgerson: Plant / Person
@ Western Illinois University Art Gallery
Western Illinois University, 1 University Dr, Macomb, IL 61455
Opening Tuesday, February 24th, from 430PM - 6PM
On view through Tuesday, February 24th
Heartbreak Show
@ Studio on Kedzie
2106 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Monday, February 23rd, from 7PM - 12AM
Lucy Dolan: THIRTY-TWO
@ McHenry County College | Epping Gallery
8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
On view through Friday, March 27th
Mosaic Series
@ Gerber/Hart Library & Archives
6500 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Monday, February 23rd, at 6PM
Choreographic Place
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St., Evanston, IL, 60201
Opening Sunday, February 22nd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, March 15th
tether me to the ground or let me float
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, February 22nd, from 2PM - 5PM
Alexa Viscius: Portraits of People Who Make Music
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, February 22nd, from 2PM - 5PM
Ben Foch: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, February 22nd, from 2PM - 5PM
Noël Morical and Mat Mancini: Ringleader
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, February 22nd, from 2PM - 5PM
Forget Me Not
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, February 22nd, from 2PM - 5PM
Soo Shin and Tim Stone: Parallel Acts: A Practice of Staying
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, February 22nd, from 2PM - 5PM
Sarah Nguyen: In Paper & Shadow
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, February 22nd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, March 15th
Ruth Poor: Beatrice
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, February 22nd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Wednesday, March 18th
Art Talks! Teresa Montoya’s Tó Łitso (Yellow Water)
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Sunday, February 22nd, from 2PM - 3PM
Micah Schippa-Wildfong: LIBERTÉ
@ Twelve Ten Gallery
1104 W Thorndale Ave, Chicago IL 60660
Opening Saturday, February 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 28th
Marika Thunder: Demolition
@ M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 28th
Essence – Survival Through Connection
@ ShadowBoxX Gallery
116 Washington St., Waukegan, IL 60085
Opening Saturday, February 21st, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 14th
Artist Walkthrough with Luftwerk and Kate Joyce
@ SECRIST | BEACH
1801 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 21st, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, March 7th
Ross Sawyers Artist Talk
@ Riverside Arts Center
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, February 21st, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, March 7th
Colin Matthes: The Intelligentsia is at the Gates
@ OS Projects
601 Sixth St, Racine, WI 53403
Opening Saturday, February 21st, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, April 11th
to see and be seen – Artist Talk
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 21st, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, March 1st
Educator Workshop | Accessibility in the Arts Classroom with Ariya Hawkins
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, February 21st, from 11AM - 1PM
Zosha Warpeha
@ The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, February 21st, at 7PM
Equipment Loan Social
@ Access Living
115 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, February 21st, from 3:30PM - 5PM
Ava Peterson Artist Talk
@ Elise Seigenthaler Gallery
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 21st, at 2PM
On view through Saturday, March 21st
Des Marabouts de Djenné: Exhibition Keynote
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, February 21st, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Kate Spencer Stewart: Level Level
@ Soccer Club Club
2923 N Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, February 20th, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, March 27th
Glory! Glory!
@ Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St. Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, February 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, March 20th
Reclaim
@ Project Onward
1200 W 35th St, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, February 20th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
On view through Saturday, April 11th
Curator Walk Through with Donté K. Hayes
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, February 27th
Russell Hamilton: Distances B-Tween Us
@ Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave., Chicago, Il 60605
Opening Friday, February 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 4th
Many Times: Closing
@ Yes Project Space
3705 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Friday, February 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, February 20th
Jack Poker: Beneath an Economy of Sky
@ SoNa Chicago Art Gallery
1527 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 21st
Al Burts: The Fabric of Us
@ Gallery Guichard
436 E 47th St, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, February 20th, from 6PM - 10PM
Free Screening: Bernadette Corporation, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Les Levine
@ Hans Goodrich
1747 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 20th, from 6PM - 7PM
Stories Sewn Closing Reception
@ Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
1010 W 35th St, Suit 697, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, February 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, February 20th
Michelle Wasson: Songs of the Marauder
@ ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 4th
Soheila Kayoud: When the Div Came Home
@ ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 4th
College Arts Association: SAC Figurative Master Class with Alex Bostic and Renée Reizman
@ Hilton Chicago - 2nd Floor - Boulevard
720 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
Opening Friday, February 20th, from 2:30 PM - 4 PM
College Arts Association: 2026 SAC Portfolio Review and Industry Advice for Artists
@ Hilton Chicago, 2nd Floor - Boulevard.
Hilton Chicago, 720 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, February 20th, from 11AM - 12:30PM
Decisive Gesture Towards Uncertain Outcome
@ NEIU Fine Arts Center Gallery
5500 N St. Louis Ave, Building E, Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, February 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, February 20th
Parallel Worlds: CAA Services to Artists Committee Exhibition
@ Heritage Auctions
222 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, February 19th, from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
On view through Saturday, February 21st
Marina Ross: COUNTDOWN
@ Chicago Athletic Association
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, February 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Portable Gray Critical Art Soirée
@ Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
Werkz in the Archive
@ National Public Housing Museum
919 South Ada St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, February 19th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
College Arts Association: Embodied Creative Practices: A Calligraphy and Meditation SAC Masterclass with Han Dai-Yu
@ Hilton Chicago - Lower Level - Mobley Room
720 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, February 19th, from 2:30 PM - 4PM
Artist Opportunity Swap: A Reciprocal Cyclic Exchange: Services to Artists Committee, College Arts Association
@ Hilton Chicago - Lower Level - Mobley Room
720 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
Opening Thursday, February 19th, from 1PM - 2:20PM
Night for Yoko Ono
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, February 18th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Chicago Poetry Center Presents: Blue Hour featuring Jalen Eutsey + Michelle Penuloza
@ Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Wednesday, February 18th, from 7PM - 8:30
Post-Baccalaureate Annual Exhibition
@ SAIC Galleries
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Wednesday, February 18th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, February 26th
Graduate Exhibition One
@ SAIC Galleries
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Wednesday, February 18th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, February 26th
Perry Pollock: Interplay
@ McHenry County College | Galleries One & Two
8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Opening Wednesday, February 18th, from 3:30PM - 4:30PM
On view through Friday, February 20th
Norman Teague Lecture
@ The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, February 17th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Stories Sewn
@ Chicago Arts Partnership in Education
1010 W 35th St, Suit 697, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Tuesday, February 17th, from 3:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Friday, February 20th
Ari Norris: The Enormity of an Atom
@ Annex Gallery, Western Illinois Univeristy
Western Illinois University, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455
Opening Tuesday, February 17th, from 430PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, March 13th
OPC: Rashayla Marie Brown (RMB)
@ The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, February 16th, at 6PM
Stories Sewn
@ Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
1010 W 35th St, Suite 697, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Monday, February 16th, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Friday, February 20th
Night School
@ Kiosk
3054 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Sunday, February 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
Sunday Reading Series: David Baker, Julie Iromuanya, & Jennifer Sperry Steinorth
@ Hungry Brain
2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, February 15th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
if i were a blade of grass by Niya Gao – Closing Reception
@ SPACE 01
4850 W Bloomingdale Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Sunday, February 15th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, February 15th
ILA X AIR
@ Kimball Arts Center
1757 N Kimball Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, February 15th, from 3PM - 6PM
Eli Keszler: Performance
@ The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall, 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, February 15th, at 2PM
Immigrant Owned: Photographer Jonathan Castillo in Conversation
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Sunday, February 15th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Winter Torch: A Gathering of Warmth & Resilience
@ Epiphany Center For The Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, February 15th, from 4PM - 5:30PM
Elastro: Westerlund/Hagen, Bonnie Han Jones, Clinkman/Greene
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, February 14th, at 8PM
Side Yard Sounds presents: Official Claire with Bill Harris and LeRoy Bach
@ compound yellow
244 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, February 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
The Closing Reception of The Language We Create by Chicago Artist Coalition
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, February 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
The Closing Reception of Every Man is an Island by Natasha Moustache
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, February 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
The Closing Reception of How Could We Forget About You by Noel Mercado
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, February 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
The Closing Reception of Hope Is the Last Thing by Rebecca Keller
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, February 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
The Closing Reception of Black Female Presence with Shane-Jahi Jackson by guest curator Juelle Daley
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, February 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
The Closing Reception of Jordan Porter-Woodruff’s The Children Play Games
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, February 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, February 14th
Lauren Spencer King: In Pursuit
@ Regards
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 14th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, March 28th
All My Love
@ Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 W 23rd St, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, February 14th, from 2PM - 5PM
The Uncivil Canvas: Art in the Age of Discord – Closing Reception & Walkthrough
@ Woman Made Gallery
1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, February 14th, from 2 PM - 4 PM
On view through Saturday, February 14th
For the Love of CAD
@ Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 14th, from 1PM - 4PM
BEING HUMAN
@ Oak Park Art League
720 Chicago Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, February 14th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, March 8th
Akiva Listman and Sechor: Authorized Entry
@ VSG Contemporary
673 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago IL 60642
Opening Saturday, February 14th, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, March 21st
Valentine’s Day Pop-up Art Market
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Saturday, February 14th, from 12 PM - 5 PM
Valentine’s Day Artisan Market
@ Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 14th, from 12PM - 7PM
With Love – Arts & Vendors Fair
@ Kinowerks
5645 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, February 14th, from 11AM - 4PM
On view through Tuesday, March 31st
Family Day: Rooted in Clay
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, February 14th, from 11AM - 2PM
Floating Monuments: for Mecca
@ DuSable Museum of African American History
740 E 56th Pl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, February 14th, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Monday, February 16th
MENASA+: THRESHOLDS OF REPRESENTATION
@ Kavi Gupta | Washington Blvd. Chicago, IL
835 W Washington Blvd. Chicago, IL 60607
On view through Monday, April 20th
K8 Hardy: Outfitumentary (2016)
@ Hans Goodrich
1747 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
