May 2026

Phantom Frame

@ NON STNDRD

2300 Falling Springs Rd., Sauget, IL 62206

Opening Saturday, May 30th, from 3PM - 6PM

On view through Saturday, July 11th

Closing Reception: Girl Talk by Lindsey Kircher

@ Oliva Gallery

3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Opening Saturday, May 30th, from 1 PM - 3 PM

On view through Saturday, May 30th

My Mother Mountain

@ Gallery 400

400 S Peoria St., Chicago, IL 60607

Opening Friday, May 29th, from 6PM - 8PM

On view through Saturday, August 8th

PRIDE! Exhibition

@ Jackson Junge Gallery

1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622

Opening Friday, May 29th, from 6PM - 10PM

On view through Sunday, July 5th

Closing Night Celebration for Without Permission

@ Chicago Grand Gallery

2842 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622

Opening Friday, May 29th, from 6PM - 10PM

On view through Friday, May 29th

Karen Azarnia: Take It Slow

@ Cultivator

Bray Grove Farm

Opening Monday, May 25th, from 2PM - 5PM

Bodies Luminous

@ Woman Made Gallery

1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607

Opening Saturday, May 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM

On view through Saturday, June 20th

Day’s End

@ PenArt

3900 County Road F, Fish Creek, WI 54212

Opening Saturday, May 23rd, from 3:30PM - 5PM

On view through Saturday, May 23rd

Lindsey Dorr-Niro: Spectral Psalm

@ Compound Yellow

244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302

Opening Saturday, May 23rd, from 2PM - 6PM

On view through Saturday, June 20th

Midwestern Biennial 2026

@ Rockford Art Museum

711 N Main St, Rockford, IL 61103

Opening Friday, May 22nd, from 5PM - 7PM

On view through Sunday, September 27th

2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Too Much, Not Enough II

@ Logan Center Exhibitions

915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637

Opening Friday, May 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM

On view through Sunday, June 7th

Mark Verabioff – WARM LEATHERETTE

@ Hans Goodrich

1843 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608

Opening Thursday, May 21st, from 6PM - 8PM

On view through Sunday, May 31st

Nathaniel Mary Quinn: A Love Letter to My Mother

@ National Public Housing Museum

919 S Ada St, Chicago, IL 60607

Opening Thursday, May 21st, from 5PM - 8PM

On view through Sunday, August 23rd

2026 Studio Sale

@ Arts of Life

2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612

Opening Thursday, May 21st, from 5PM - 8PM

On view through Sunday, May 24th

Aurora Film Society presents: On Becoming A Guinea Fowl

@ The Venue

21 S Broadway Ave, Aurora, IL 60505

Opening Wednesday, May 20th, from 06:30 PM - 10 PM

On view through Wednesday, December 31st

Anything, Everything

@ California Clipper

1002 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622

Opening Sunday, May 17th, from 6PM - 11PM

On view through Sunday, May 17th

American Surrealism

@ 6311arts gallery

6311 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660

Opening Saturday, May 16th, from 6 PM - 9 PM

On view through Saturday, May 16th

Conflict of Interests

@ ShadowBoxX Gallery

116 Washington St, Waukegan, IL 60085

Opening Saturday, May 16th, from 5PM - 9PM

On view through Saturday, June 13th

Hearth Artist Talk

@ Riverside Arts Center's FlexSpace

32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546

Opening Saturday, May 16th, from 3PM - 5PM

On view through Saturday, June 6th

Will Gabaldón

@ Ackerman Clarke

2544 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Opening Saturday, May 16th, from 2PM - 5PM

On view through Saturday, June 20th

Data Translation Environment

@ Locker Room

2320 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60614

Opening Saturday, May 16th, from 1PM - 4PM

On view through Tuesday, May 26th

Strategies of Resistance: Immigrant Bodies Beyond Assimilation- Virtual Artist Talk

@ Heaven Gallery

Online

Opening Saturday, May 16th, from 12PM - 1PM

On view through Sunday, June 7th

What We Saved: Femmage Revisited

@ Gallery of Contemporary Mosaics

1127 W Granville Ave, Chicago, IL 60660

Opening Friday, May 15th, from 7 PM - 9 PM

On view through Saturday, July 18th

Between Us: A Collaboration with Atelier Corners in Osaka, Japan

@ Project Onward

1200 W 35th St. 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60609

Opening Friday, May 15th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM

On view through Saturday, June 27th

Feel Free

@ Joy Machine

4148 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

Opening Friday, May 15th, from 6PM - 8PM

On view through Saturday, June 27th

I’ve been out killing dandelions

@ Parlour and Ramp

2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608

Opening Friday, May 15th, from 6PM - 10PM

On view through Sunday, May 31st

Hazel Katz: WHO GETS TO FLY

@ ACRE Projects

2921 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657

Opening Friday, May 15th, from 6PM - 9PM

On view through Saturday, June 20th

CAPE Educator Workshop/Third Friday

@ CAPE Gallery

1010 W 35th St, Suite 697, Chicago, IL 60609

Opening Friday, May 15th, from 5PM - 10PM

On view through Friday, May 29th

Sidewalk Sticker Sale

@ Oak Park Arts District

911 S Taylor Ave, Oak Park, IL 60304

Opening Friday, May 15th, from 4:30PM - 7:30PM

On view through Friday, May 15th

House of Dov’s Three Generations of Women

@ DePaul Art Museum

935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614

Opening Thursday, May 14th, from 6PM - 7PM

On view through Sunday, June 21st

everything looks blurry

@ Weatherproof

3336 W Lawrence Ave, Ste. 303, Chicago IL 60625

Opening Thursday, May 14th, from 6PM - 10PM

On view through Sunday, June 21st

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Graduate Exhibition Two 2026

@ SAIC Galleries

33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602

Opening Wednesday, May 13th, from 5Pm - 7PM

On view through Wednesday, May 20th

Hidetaka Suzuki: Breathing

@ Ackerman Clarke

2544 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Opening Saturday, May 9th, from 12PM - 5PM

On view through Saturday, May 9th

Urban

@ Art of Gallery

747 S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60612

Opening Saturday, May 9th, from 7PM - 10PM

On view through Wednesday, July 1st

your hiding place isn’t water-tight

@ LVL3

1542 N Milwaukee Ave FL 3, Chicago, IL 60622

Opening Saturday, May 9th, from 6PM - 9PM

On view through Sunday, June 21st

Recursive Island

@ SPACE 01

4850 W Bloomingdale Ave, Chicago, IL 60639

Opening Saturday, May 9th, from 6PM - 8PM

On view through Tuesday, May 19th

Seeds of Resilience – Closing Reception & Walkthrough

@ Woman Made Gallery

1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607

Opening Saturday, May 9th, from 2 PM - 4 PM

On view through Saturday, May 9th

Good Trouble: Ben Blount + Catherine Jacobi Artists Talk

@ Riverside Arts Center

32 East Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546

Opening Saturday, May 9th, from 2PM - 5PM

On view through Saturday, June 6th

Vanessa Filley: Flying Kites in a Windless World

@ OS Projects

601 Sixth St, Racine, WI 53403

Opening Saturday, May 9th, from 1PM - 3PM

On view through Saturday, July 11th

HOME: Art of Architecture Everywhere

@ Oak Park Art League

720 Chicago Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302

Opening Saturday, May 9th, from 1PM - 3PM

On view through Sunday, June 7th

Spring Makers’ Market

@ Robert's Westside, Table & Lain, Brown Cow, and 7410 Madison

Madison Street, Forest Park, IL 60130

Opening Saturday, May 9th, from 11am - 4PM

On view through Saturday, May 9th

Convergence

@ CAPE Gallery

1010 W 35th St, suite 697, Chicago, IL 60609

Opening Saturday, May 9th, from 11AM - 2PM

On view through Wednesday, April 29th

Isaac Couch: The Blue Works, closing reception

@ compound yellow

244 Lake Street, Oak Park, Il 60302

Opening Saturday, May 9th, from 1PM - 5PM

On view through Saturday, May 9th

Lois Baron: REAL ILLUSIONS, Closing Reception

@ Compound Yellow

244 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60302

Opening Saturday, May 9th, from 1PM - 5PM

On view through Saturday, May 9th

Paradise Lost II: A Conversation between Sculpturelandia and Dennissa Young

@ Yes Project Space

3705 W Division Street

Opening Saturday, May 9th, from 4PM - 6PM

On view through Saturday, June 20th

COLORS AWAKEN IN OPEN WINDOWS

@ Ukrainian National Museum

2249 W Superior St., Chicago, IL 60612

Opening Friday, May 8th, from 7 PM - 10 PM

On view through Sunday, May 31st

After we let go

@ crosswalk

1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60622

Opening Friday, May 8th, from 6PM - 9PM

On view through Friday, May 29th

OVER BY THERE: ALL THINGS CHICAGO

@ Fulton Street Collective

1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622

Opening Friday, May 8th, from 6PM - 10PM

On view through Monday, June 1st

ChiArts Senior Showcase 2026

@ Patient Info + El Schomburg

902 N Western Ave and 2538 W Division St Chicago IL 60622

Opening Friday, May 8th, from 6PM - 8PM

On view through Saturday, May 16th

The Observed & The Imagined: Closing Reception

@ 6311arts

6311 N Clark St, Chicago IL 60660

Opening Friday, May 8th, at 6PM

On view through Friday, May 8th

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Graduate Exhibition Two 2026

@ SAIC Galleries

33 E Washington St Chicago, IL 60602

Opening Friday, May 8th, from 11AM - 6PM

On view through Wednesday, May 20th

Wild Thing

@ Circle Contemporary Chicago

2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612

Opening Friday, May 8th, from 5PM - 8PM

On view through Friday, July 10th

Cherin Kim: Union of Two [이성지합]

@ Art City

1400 N Halsted Street Chicago, IL 60642

Opening Friday, May 8th, from 5PM - 9PM

On view through Saturday, June 6th

Jeffrey Thiede: Familiarly Surreal

@ Art City

1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642

Opening Friday, May 8th, from 5PM - 9PM

On view through Saturday, June 6th