May 2025
Side Yard Sounds presents: ABEEKU & Sylvia Christine
@ compound yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, May 31st, from 7PM - 9PM
dancing-being-in-time
@ Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, 60618
Opening Saturday, May 31st, from 7PM - 9PM
Hoi Polloi: A Monthly DIY Variety Show
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 31st, from 7PM - 9PM
John Porcellino & Chris Fink Release Forage Like a Bear
@ Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 31st, at 7PM
Slaps! Vol. 4
@ Elephant Room Gallery
720 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, May 31st, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 21st
Evanston Made’s All Members Group Show
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, May 31st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, June 30th
CHICAGO STYLE- A HOT DOG ART SHOW
@ THE SEVENTH CORNER GALLERY
4354 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, May 31st, from 5PM - 9PM
Defying Every Injustice
@ Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 31st, from 5PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, June 21st
🐜 𝒵𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶 𝐵𝓊𝑔… 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶 𝒲𝑜𝓇𝓂 Zine + Craft Fest
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, May 31st, at 1PM
May Social Hour
@ Bueno Days
2901 W Cermak Rd, Chicago< Il 60623
Opening Saturday, May 31st, from 11AM - 1PM
Hokusai & Ukiyo-e: The Floating World
@ Cleve Carney Museum of Art
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Saturday, May 31st, from 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
On view through Sunday, September 21st
Collaboration: A Potential History of Photography in Dialogue with the MoCP Collection
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 30th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 16th
Comfort Music: Walt Mcclements & Lia Kohl
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 30th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
City of Lost Souls | Film Screening
@ Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL, 60660.
Opening Friday, May 30th, at 7PM
Legacies: Selections from the Elmhurst Art Museum’s Permanent Collection
@ Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
On view through Sunday, August 17th
Narratives of Flesh
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, May 30th, from 7PM - 9PM
2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Substitute Equal Amounts (Part 2)
@ Logan Center Exhibitions
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, May 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 15th
Lauren Flaaen: To Scatter What Remains
@ Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, May 30th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, June 15th
Windy City Times @40: Breaking News, Breaking Silence
@ Gerber/Hart Library & Archives
6500 N Clark St., Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, May 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Logan Square Project
@ Point Blank
3317 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 27th
Tara Sabini: Shrill Times in Paradise
@ Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, May 30th, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Friday, May 30th
Art Show at the orf fest
@ The Orphanage
641 W 31st St Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, May 30th, at 5PM
DEBORAH BUTTERFIELD: New Sculptures
@ Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, May 30th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Tuesday, August 12th
Cameraless Filmmaking Workshop with COUSIN Collective
@ Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum
3001 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Friday, May 30th, from 11AM - 4PM
CLEAT Series: QTC + D BARS
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 30th, at 9PM
All for print. Print for all. Archiving 16 Years of the Chicago Printers Guild.
@ Harold Washington Library
1854 West North Avenue Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, May 30th, from 9am - 5PM
On view through Monday, January 5th
All for print. Print for all. Archiving 16 Years of the Chicago Printers Guild.
@ Harold Washington Library
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 30th, from 9am - 8PM
On view through Monday, January 5th
2025 Art Auction
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Friday, June 6th
Comfort Music: Adiaphora Orchestra
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, May 29th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
scrap !!! attak
@ Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, May 29th, from 7PM - 9PM
Nina Murashinko: Her Beasts
@ The John David Mooney Foundation
114 W Kinzie St # 1, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, May 29th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, June 15th
Lance Scott Walker in Conversation with Jessica Hopper
@ DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, May 29th, at 5PM
Conversations on Collaboration in Photography
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, May 29th, from 2PM - 9PM
Comfort Film Presents Codec Collapse
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, May 28th, from 8PM - 10PM
Pleiades
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, May 28th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Cold Style 02
@ Public Works Gallery
2141 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, May 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
This Woven Being: Reading & Panel with Chicago Indigenous Poets
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, May 28th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Artist Conversation: Raqib Shaw on Paradise Lost
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, May 28th, from 2PM - 3PM
Po’Chop & Switch the Boi Wonder Present: Notes on Masculinity
@ Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, 60618
Opening Tuesday, May 27th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Making Multichannel Music w/ Veronica Anne Salinas
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Tuesday, May 27th, at 7:30PM
bam bam boom ____ Workshop
@ Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
On view through Sunday, June 1st
Project Onward Exhibition
@ Christopher Art Gallery at Prairie State College
202 S Halsted St, Chicago Heights, IL 60411
Opening Tuesday, May 27th, at 12PM delete
On view through Thursday, July 3rd
Diagrams, Systems, Collective Power Workshop Series: Power Mapping
@ Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, May 26th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, June 16th
Conversation: Rembrandt vs Van Gogh—Pushing the Boundaries of Dutch Painting
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, May 26th, from 6PM - 7PM
Lover’s Eye Press
@ Rare Nest Gallery
3433 N Kedvale Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Sunday, May 25th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, June 25th
Robert Beavers: Pitcher of Colored Light / The Suppliant / Listening to the Space in My Room / Among The Eucalyptuses / “Der Klang, die Welt…” / The Sparrow Dream (2000-2007 / 2010 / 2013 / 2017 / 2018 / 2022)
@ Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, May 25th, at 7PM
Kintsugi Workshop for Beginners
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Sunday, May 25th, from 2PM - 4PM
Side Yard Sounds Sunday Residency series: Sharon Udoh & Ben Willis with guests Bill Harris & Allen Moore
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, May 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
MUSIC FROM MARS : Opening reception for the Mars Williams Archive
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, May 25th, from 3PM - 5PM
MUSIC FROM MARS : Mars Williams’ Toy Story
@ Rosehill Cemetery - May Chapel
5800 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, May 25th, at 2PM
KING’S ART SHOW @ THE FRIENDLY FINAL GALLERY VISIT!
@ FRIENDLY COMMUNITY ROOM
6729 W ROOSEVELT RD, BERWYN, IL 60402
Opening Sunday, May 25th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Sunday, May 25th
What Immigrants Bring: Closing
@ Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 24th
It’s Weird That Eggs Were Ever Cheap (Closing)
@ Bodock
3416 W Augusta Blvd, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, May 24th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, May 24th
Power Lines 25th Anniversary Celebration
@ Chopin Theatre
1543 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, May 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
Jiayi Chen: As a Tree Walks to Its Forest (2025)
@ Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, May 24th, at around sunset
Caroline David: Red
@ Prairie
2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 24th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, July 6th
Photography Now
@ Woman Made Gallery
1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, May 24th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, June 21st
Dave Lloyd: Fief pt. 2
@ Regards
2216 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 24th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, July 5th
CPG Community Print Party
@ Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 24th, from 2PM - 6 PM
Our Westside Story: Preserving Our History
@ Legler Regional Library
115 S Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, May 24th, from 2PM - 3PM
Shadow of the Colossus 20th Anniversary
@ Chicago Gamespace
2418 W Bloomingdale Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, May 24th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, June 29th
Whereabouts
@ Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
2233 S Throop St., Unit 419, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 24th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, July 5th
Foaming At The Mouth
@ Color Club
4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, May 24th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, June 1st
Tom Torluemke: Live! On Paper, 1987 – 2024
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, May 24th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, July 27th
Youth-Led Programming | Reflections on Wafaa Bilal: Indulge Me
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, May 24th, from 12 PM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, October 19th
Catalyst: Im/migration and Self-Taught Art in Chicago
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Sunday, January 11th
J e l l o Series Presents The Ooze
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, May 23rd, at 8PM
GRAYSCALE DANCE Presents: THESE SPACES OF POSSIBILITY
@ Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, May 23rd, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, May 24th
Ticket of No Return | Film Screening
@ Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660.
Opening Friday, May 23rd, at 7PM
CANCELED: Sweet Void Presents… Afterglow
@ FACETS
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, May 23rd, at 7PM
Tone Glow Presents “Little Histories: The Films of Greta Snider”
@ Public Works Gallery
2141 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 23rd, from 7PM - 10PM
Peter Carney: The Nightside of Eden
@ Grunts Rare Books
1500 S Western Ave, Ste. 403, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, May 23rd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, July 6th
Drown-Proofing
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, July 18th
George Tonyi: TUNES IN ART
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, July 18th
Christine Shallenberg and Aurora Tabar: Tending to the Mother in Me
@ Berger Park Cultural Center
6205 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago IL 60660
Opening Friday, May 23rd, at 6PM
Willie Kohler: There Are Many Nows
@ 65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, May 21st
Electric Psalms: Narrative & Ritual in the Age of Algorithms
@ Gallery Wrightwood
3325 W Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 21st
Threadings
@ Parlour and Ramp
2130 w 21st Street. Chicago,IL,60608
Opening Friday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Ella Rose Flood: Container and last display
@ Bodenrader
1620 West Carroll Avenue, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 28th
sounds better with you
@ Circle Contemporary Chicago
2010 w Carroll Ave
Opening Friday, May 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, July 11th
Lust for Life, Rock n’ Roll Burlesque
@ Lemon
1600 W. Grand Ave., Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, May 22nd, from 9PM - 10:30PM
Comfort Music: Hunter Whitaker-Morrow & Liz Flood & Tack Anne
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, May 22nd, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Endless Reveries: Water in Experimental Film with Greta Snider
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston IL 60208
Opening Thursday, May 22nd, from 7PM - 9PM
Ocean Vuong: The Emperor of Gladness
@ Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture
2936 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Thursday, May 22nd, at 7PM
An Evening of Spirited Sound-Making: Activating Ritaj Al-Tanbura
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, May 22nd, from 6PM - 7PM
Melissa Weber: ODE TO COMMON THINGS
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, May 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, July 18th
Marianne Lovink: COUNTERWEIGHT
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, May 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, July 18th
Compass
@ Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St. Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, May 22nd, at 6PM
On view through Friday, May 16th
Conversation: Objects Under Pressure—H. C. Westermann
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, May 22nd, from 6PM - 7PM
Lola Ayisha Ogbara: Marked
@ Tala
1644 W Chicago Ave, #1, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, May 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 20th
2025 Senior Show
@ DITTMAR GALLERY
1999 CAMPUS DRIVE EVANSTON, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, May 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
Comfort Film Presents Split Personalities Alternate Dimensions By Johnny Lange
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, May 21st, from 8PM - 10PM
Ximena Garrido-Lecca: Germinations: Notes on Space-Time
@ The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, Cobb Hall, 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, May 21st, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, July 13th
