November 2026
UNREAL: Curator Tour
@ Lubeznik Center for the Arts
101 W 2nd Street, Michigan City, IN 46360
Opening Saturday, November 21st, from 11:30 AM CT - 12:30 PM CT
On view through Sunday, February 7th
The Tales We Share
@ Vjosa Cafe & Events
1010 W 35th St, Ste 102, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, November 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, December 18th
Chicago Alliance of Visual Artists:2026 Year-End Exhibition
@ Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, November 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, January 1st
sounding/BODY presents: V. Vecker, Casey Adams, and Paige Alice Naylor
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, November 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
REFLECTIONS, DISTORTIONS, SUBVERSIONS: INTERNATIONAL VISUAL SOCIOLOGY ASSOCIATION EXHIBITION 2026
@ Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, November 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 30th
DES Across The Atlantic
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, November 19th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, November 19th
Trademark Issues for Creatives: Costly Mistakes Worth Avoiding
@ Lawyers for the Creative Arts
Online
Opening Thursday, November 19th, from 12PM - 1:15PM
Anjan Chatterjee & Judith Schaechter on Neuroaesthetics
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, November 19th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
Aurora Film Society Presents: “Five Easy Pieces”
@ The Venue
21 S Broadway Ave, Aurora, IL 60505
Opening Wednesday, November 18th, from 6:30PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Sixty On Stage: Sonic Becomings
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, November 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. Lecture
@ Fullerton Hall, The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, November 16th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Queer Movie Monday: Stud Life
@ Dorothy
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Monday, November 16th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Jump Magazine Release Party
@ Color Club
4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, November 15th, from 7PM - 11PM
Documentation Workshops and Open Studios
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, November 15th, from 10am - 12PM
SAIC Fall Undergraduate Exhibition
@ SAIC Galleries
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Wednesday, November 18th
50 @ 50: Open Call for Collaborative Punk Album + Listening Session
@ KIOSK
3054 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, November 14th, at 7PM
On view through Sunday, November 15th
2026 Gala
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 5:30PM - 11:30PM
Midwest Rave Culture Archive Exhibition: DJ sets
@ Midwest Rave Culture Archive
1535 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 10PM - 2AM
On view through Saturday, November 21st
MadMade Print Fair
@ Access Living
115 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 12PM - 4:30PM
The Artwork of Rupture
@ COMING SOON
3701 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Monday, November 23rd
Intuit Store Art Market
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 12 PM - 5 PM
Create With Us: Eric Perez
@ Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 12 PM - 4 PM
Community Day: IAM a collector
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 11 am - 6 PM
I Saw the Light
@ SZNL Chicago
2015 S Racine Ave, Chicago, 60608
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, December 12th
Tiger Woods | Parker Ito and Cameron Spratley
@ M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 23rd
Chill Set 2026
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
Liz Bail: Discovery Through Process and Intuition
@ Art City
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, November 13th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 5th
Demi Sedrakyan: Where One Place Ends and Another Begins
@ Art City
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, November 13th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 5th
Midwest Rave Culture Archive Exhibition
@ Midwest Rave Culture Archive
1535 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, November 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 21st
Drink & Draw: Postcards from the Edge 2027
@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, November 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
Anders Johnson: Sea Legs
@ Western Illinois University Art Gallery
600 Sherman Dr., Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL 61455
Opening Thursday, November 12th, from 430PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, November 12th
HCL Benefit: An Evening with Jeanette Andrews
@ The Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Tuesday, November 10th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
Josiah Ellner: Illuminations
@ Carlson Tower Gallery
5134 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Tuesday, November 10th, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Thursday, December 10th
13th Annual Logan Square Chef’s Dinner
@ Lula Cafe
2537 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, November 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
Resisting the Long War: 2026 Veteran Art Summit Day 4
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Sunday, November 8th, from 10AM - 5PM
Kintsugi Workshop: Repair and Reconnect
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Sunday, November 8th, from 2PM - 4PM
Author Talk with Susan Stryker
@ Gerber/Hart Library & Archives
6500 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, November 8th, from 2PM - 4PM
Taffy Pull: Artist Talk
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd fl, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, November 8th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, November 15th
An Investment in Imagination Dinner
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2 Chicago IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 7th, from 7PM - 11PM
Intertwined Journeys
@ Perspective Gallery
1310 1/2 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, November 7th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, November 29th
Eleftheria Lialios “ORIGIN” and Sandra Yagi “Anthropomorphs”
@ Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620, Chicago IL 60603
Opening Saturday, November 7th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, January 16th
Arocha-Schraenen: Gaining Perspective
@ moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 7th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, January 9th
Resisting the Long War: 2026 Veteran Art Summit Day 3
@ Hyde Park Art Center and Walls Turned Sideways
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615 and 2717 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, November 7th, from 10AM - 9PM
Día de Muertos: Love Never Dies Ball
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, November 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
New Forms of Survivance
@ Watershed Art & Ecology
1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, November 7th, from 7PM - until the last one closes the door
On view through Saturday, December 5th
Selva Aparicio: A salvo
@ Volume Gallery
1700 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, November 7th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 19th
The Bridge at Intuit Art Museum
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, November 7th, from 3 PM - 4:30 PM
Richard Deutsch and Susan Kraut: The Conversation – Artists Talk
@ Riverside Arts Center's Freeark Gallery
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, November 7th, at 2PM
On view through Saturday, November 28th
Artist Talk: Karla Wong
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, November 7th, from 1 PM - 2 PM
Void
@ tête-à-tête-à-tête
2539 N Kedzie, 5E, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 7th, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, January 2nd
Laura Farahzad Mayer
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, November 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 4th
Alejandro Mazon: FORGOTTEN STORIES IN THE NEW BARROQUE
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, November 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 4th
Abigail Engstrand: My Sheros
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, November 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 4th
Green Garnet Press / Marco Ferrari
@ Ignition project space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Friday, November 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 5th
Jason Hayth: Endless Imagination
@ Dragonfly Gallery
2436 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, November 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 29th
Ashley Bradley and Alanna Huck-Scarry: Passing Over, Passing On
@ Dragonfly Gallery
2436 W Madison St, Chicago, IL, 60612
Opening Friday, November 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 29th
Charles White Across Media: A Visual Archive
@ Logan Center Exhibitions
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, November 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, January 31st
Laura Farahzad Mayer: Good Grief
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, November 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 4th
Resisting the Long War: 2026 Veteran Art Summit Day 2
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, November 6th, from 10AM - 9PM
PMI Let’s Co-Prosper Anniversary Party
@ Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, November 6th, from 6PM - 11PM
UNREAL
@ Lubeznik Center for the Arts
101 W 2nd St, Michigan City, IN 46360
Opening Friday, November 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, February 7th
You Are Here presents: FEAR
@ Dorothy
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, November 5th, from 7PM - 8:30 PM
Resisting the Long Wars: A Revolution of Values
@ Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Thursday, November 5th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, January 3rd
Conversations at the Edge | An Evening with John Smith
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, November 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
Chicago Transatlantic II | A multilingual poetry reading featuring German writer Lin Hierse
@ Poetry Foundation Chicago
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, November 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
Legal Clinic: Copyright Registration Workshop
@ Lawyers for the Creative Arts
Online
Opening Thursday, November 5th, from 10AM - 2PM
Resisting the Long War: 2026 Veteran Art Summit Day 1
@ Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Thursday, November 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
megiapa – Intentions with opening set by Ayakam
@ The Land School
1353 E 72nd St Chicago, IL 60619
Opening Thursday, November 5th, at 7PM
VOICES: Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen
@ UIC Architecture + Design Studio Lecture Hall
845 W Harrison St, Room 1100, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, November 4th, from 5:30PM - 6:45PM
What to Keep? (a talk circle guided by Carole McCurdy)
@ Roman Susan at Berger Park Cultural Center
6205 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago IL 60660
Opening Wednesday, November 4th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Wednesday, December 16th
GSC Film Screening featuring “Lulu en el Jardín” by Jose Luis Benavides
@ UIC Latino Cultural Center
803 S Morgan St, Lecture Center B2, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, November 4th, from 12PM - 1:30PM
PERFORMANCES | VOICES EMBODIED: PROGNOSTICATION
@ DESIGN MUSEUM OF CHICAGO
72 E Randolph, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Tuesday, November 3rd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, January 18th
