December 2023
Meagan McNeal: on the Grand Staircase: Performance
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, December 31st, from 1PM - 1:45PM
Blue Man Group Chicago’s New Year’s Eve Performance
@ Briar Street Theatre
3133 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Sunday, December 31st, from 10PM - 1PM
The End Is Near
@ Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, December 30th, at 7PM
The Seldoms: Dance Performance
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, December 30th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
A Cornucopia of Prints
@ Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, December 30th, from 12 PM - 5 PM
On view through Saturday, December 30th
Illuminating the Underground—From Caravaggio’s Cellar Light to Contemporary Photography: Lecture
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, December 28th, from 6PM - 7PM
Linhan Zhang: Floating Ephemera
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago IL 60626
On view through Sunday, January 14th
Small Works Member Show Closing Reception
@ Woman Made Gallery
1332 S Halsted St, Chicago IL 60607
Opening Saturday, December 23rd, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, December 23rd
Jonathan Michael Castillo: Immigrant Owned: Walkthrough with the Artist
@ Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 22nd, from 6:30PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, February 23rd
COLBY GALLERY HOLIDAY SHOW
@ Colby Gallery
1626 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 24th
Go Figure
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 22nd, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, January 13th
Artist In Residence: Johnaé Strong: Open Studio
@ SAIC at Homan Square
906 S Homan Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Wednesday, December 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
Chicago Works: Maryam Taghavi مریم تقوی
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, July 14th
Ukrainian Film Screening & Fundraiser
@ Co-Prosperity
3219-21 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, December 19th, from 5:30PM - 10PM
Elastro Series: Giallorenzo/Lonberg-Holm/Shead, Beisel/Billington/Harris, Erica Miller, Al Kolot
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, December 18th, at 8PM
No ghosts in the city: a virtual chat with Casey Carsel and Quishile Charan
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, December 18th, from 6PM - 7PM
Making Rituals: How to Speak to the Dead: With Robyn Mineko Williams
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, December 18th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
SUBlvl Zine Launch Party
@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, December 17th, from 6PM - 10PM
Curiosities of Wellness in Bodies of Grief and Joy
@ High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, December 17th, from 5PM - 7PM
Taiko Legacy 20
@ Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA Chicago)
220 E Chicago Ave,Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, December 17th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Vice Grip: Closing
@ LVL3
1542 N Milkwaukee Ave, 3rd floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, December 17th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, December 17th
Just Another 2023 DIY Holiday Show from Chicago… Snek Trio, InfinityImpulse23, Wajid, Squonk, BGK
@ Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 16th, at 8PM
Relative Intensity Noise
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 8PM - 10PM
Reduction 9
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Hubbard Street Lofts Holiday Market & Art Exhibition
@ Hubbard Street Lofts
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
WE MAKE LIFE BEAUTIFUL — Blue Moon Affiliate Artist Group Exhibition & Holiday Cheer Reception
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, January 7th
Paintings in Fiber by Maureen Ivy Fisher
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd, Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, January 7th
Nocturne
@ ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 17th
Offcut x friends
@ Offcut
3951 W Belden Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 3PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, December 18th
Marwen 2023 Fall Exhibition & Open House
@ Marwen
833 N Orleans St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 2:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Friday, March 8th
Synth Mixer
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 2PM - 6PM
Diana Solís Photography: Studio Open House
@ Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 1PM - 7PM
Mark Ballogg: Book Talk
@ SoNa Chicago Art Gallery
1527 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 1PM - 2PM
Rob Sohmer: Planet Party
@ Richard J. Daley Branch, Chicago Public Library
3400 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, January 14th
Teen Creative Agency | Zine Fest 2023
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 12PM - 4PM
Laura Catherwood: Hearsay
@ Vertical Gallery
2006 W Chicago Ave, #1r, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, January 6th
Holiday Group Show
@ Vertical Gallery
2006 W Chicago Ave, #1r, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, January 6th
Window Shopping
@ Purple Window Gallery
2233 S Throop St. Rm 845, Chicago IL, 60608
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 12 PM - 4 PM
On view through Monday, December 18th
The Digs Holiday Sale & Closing Reception
@ Povos Chicago
1541 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, December 16th, from 12PM - 9PM
Descending the Staircase
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, August 25th
Breath/Carries/Ritual & For Three Sleepless Nights
@ Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, December 15th, at 8PM
Our Black Experience
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 7Pm - 11PM
On view through Sunday, January 28th
Music of Puppetry
@ Co-Prosperity
3219-21 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, January 28th
Start Deep
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, January 28th
Co-MISSION Works-In-Progress Fall 2023
@ Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
DIBS
@ THE SEVENTH CORNER GALLERY
4222 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, December 15th
T. Mari Gallery Holiday Party
@ T. Mari Art Gallery
1227 W Devon Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
Jose Luis Benavides: Letters to Lost Loved Ones
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 10th
Braden Skelton: Genre Fiction
@ Weatherproof
3336 W Lawrence Ave, #303, Chicago,, IL 60625
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, January 14th
Spacing Out
@ Project Onward
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, January 12th
The Light of Memory with Jonathan D. Katz
@ Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, December 15th, at 5:30PM
Voices of Red Line Service
@ Red Line Service
2233 S Throop St, 5th Floor, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Penny pinch: Dutch Auction
@ A Very Serious Gallery
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, December 23rd
Matthew JS: Kingdom Hearts
@ Twin
@twingallerylaundry
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, January 31st
Conversation: In the Galleries with Artist James Johnson
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Molly Anne Bishop Pop Up Mug Party!
@ Spacetime Chicago
3419 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, December 15th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, December 16th
Art of Science: Twisting Galaxies with Dark Matter and Dark Energy
@ Parlour & Ramp Gallery
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, December 14th, from 7PM - 10PM
Artist Talk: James Johnson
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, December 14th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Catwalk Concert: Allen Moore & Brown Girl Magic Trio
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, December 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
Guild Complex Holiday Mixer
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, December 14th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Art After Work with Eva Marie
@ The WasteShed
1754 N Kimball Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, December 14th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Online Film Premiere: Anna Uddenberg “Useless Sacrifice”
@ Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum
Online
Opening Thursday, December 14th, from 8PM - 9:30PM
Undisclosed Sims, Twin Talk, Nunn
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, December 13th, at 8PM
PO Box Poetry Reading Series
@ PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Wednesday, December 13th, at 7:30PM
Jewish Museum of Chicago Meetup
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, December 13th, from 5PM - 8PM
Intermissions: Alexandra Pirici ‘Encyclopedia of Relations’
@ The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Avenue, Cobb Hall, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL, 60637
On view through Sunday, December 17th
Homeroom Residency: Katinka Kleijn (Film Screening)
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, December 12th, at 8PM
Pleiades Series: Lisa Cameron – Duos w/ Alex Cunningham + Janna Lee
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Monday, December 11th, at 8PM
16mm Centennial Celebration
@ Music Box Theatre
3733 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Monday, December 11th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
FRUTAS
@ Parque Cultural de Berger
6205 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, December 11th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
EUNIC Chicago Ukrainian Film Series: Inner Wars
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, #200 Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, December 11th, at 6PM
Nightingale Projects: AS, IS
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, December 11th, at 6PM
EUNIC Chicago Ukrainian Film Series: Inner Wars
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, December 11th, at 6PM
Soft Noise Skillshare
@ High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St. 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, December 11th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Judy Fiskin: The Way We Live Now: Video Screening Closing Event
@ RUSCHWOMAN
2100 S Marshall Blvd, Unit 105, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Sunday, December 10th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, December 10th
marimacha monarca press: 6th Anniversary Celebration and Print Sale
@ Hoofprint
3143 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, December 10th, from 2PM - 6PM
Book Launch: Melissa Ann Pinney: In Their Own Light
@ Filter Photo
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, December 10th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Sit on a Polar Bear’s Lap!
@ 4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, December 10th, from 1PM - 4PM
Holiday Fetish Fair & Exhibition
@ Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Sunday, December 10th, from 1PM - 6PM
6th Floor Holiday Fine Art Fair
@ The Fine Arts Building, 6th Floor Artists Studios
410 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Sunday, December 10th, from 1PM - 5PM
Catalytic Sound Festival Night 2: Dorothy Carlos, Damon Locks, Ben Hall, Chris Corsano + More
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, December 9th, at 8PM
Healing House: Free Dance Session
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, December 9th, from 7PM - 12am
Reliquary
@ Positive Space Studios Logan Square
3520 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, December 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, December 30th
Excess Labor for the Ephemera
@ Soft Systems
2201 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 6061
Opening Saturday, December 9th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, December 10th
Good Grief
@ Co-Prosperity
3219-21 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, January 26th
Oluwamayowa Akingbade Michael: The Moment Called Life
@ NYCH Gallery
2025 S Laflin St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 9th, from 6PM - 10PM
The Buried Line
@ Murmuration
2846 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, December 9th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 23rd
Center of Multiple Middles (Activate De Activate)
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, December 9th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Monday, December 9th
Potential Energy: The Co-Pro Puppet Show
@ Co-Prosperity
3219-21 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, December 9th, from 3PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, January 26th
Past Perfect: Celebrating 30 Years with 30 Artists – Artist Panel Talk
@ Riverside Arts Center
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, December 9th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, January 6th
Conversation: Kameelah Janan Rasheed—Unsewn Time
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, December 9th, from 2PM - 3PM
Family Day: Play with Clay!
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, December 9th, from 1PM - 4PM
Shake Shook Shaken: Validation
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, December 9th, at 12PM
A BLACK ARTIST RECEPTION AT 3831
@ South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, December 9th, from 12PM - 4PM
Family Day | Pocket Con
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, December 9th, from 11AM - 4PM
Mound Summit Symposium 2023
@ Center for Native Futures
56 W Adams St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, December 9th, from 9:30AM - 4:30PM
Concert: Laurel Halo: Atlas Live
@ Bond Chapel
1025 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, December 8th, at 8PM
