October 2025
A Page of Madness: Film screening with live original score by BananaAcid
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, Il 60302
Opening Friday, October 31st, from 7PM - 9PM
Paul Morrissey: Blood for Dracula (1974)
@ Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 30th, at 9:30PM
THE FOOL KILLER (1965) in 16mm
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, October 30th, from 7 PM - 9 PM
Panel Discussion: Performance to Camera
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, October 30th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Quimby’s After Hours: Veilance
@ Quimby's Bookstore
1854 West North Avenue Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, October 30th, at 6:30PM
Nathaniel Mary Quinn and Gregory Huebner: The Hand That Guides
@ Arts + Public Life
301 E. Garfield Blvd
Opening Thursday, October 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 13th
Lecture: Dreams and Nightmares at the Fin de Siècle
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 30th, from 6PM - 7PM
The Other Art Fair Chicago
@ Artifact Events
4325 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Thursday, October 30th, at Multiple
On view through Sunday, November 2nd
In the Realm of Whiskeys: Halloween Soiree
@ Stan Mansion
2408 N Kedzie Blvd, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, October 29th, at 7:30PM
CAPE Dialogue: The Roles of Documentation in Arts Integration Partnerships
@ Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
1010 W 35th St, Suite 697, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Wednesday, October 29th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, October 31st
The Devil’s Proof
@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, October 29th, from 6PM - 10PM
Public Exhibition Tour of Temitayo Ogunbiyi: You will have revelations along felled branches and longer roots/routes
@ The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 28th, from 6 PM - 7:30PM
City in a Garden Roundtable | Nick Cave, Edie Fake, and Mary Patten
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 28th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
ART & PUBLIC RECORDS
@ Impact House
200 W Madison St Chicago, IL 60606
Opening Tuesday, October 28th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Accounting for Artists
@ Chicago Artists Coalition
Online
Opening Tuesday, October 28th, from 12PM - 2PM
知無不言: Let Me Tell You All I Can: Artist Talk
@ SITE Sharp Gallery
37 S Wabash Ave, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, October 27th, at 3:30PM
On view through Friday, November 14th
Artist Talk — In Conversation with Jessica Jackson Hutchins Part of the exhibition 知無不言: Let Me Tell You All I Can
@ SITE Sharp Gallery of SAIC
37 S Wabash Ave., 1st Fl, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, October 27th, from 3:30PM - 5PM
On view through Friday, November 14th
Aya Nakamura: Parts, Places
@ 4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, October 26th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, November 23rd
In the Circle of Melissa Potter
@ Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery
32 East Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, October 26th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, December 6th
Hillary Johnson: The Listening Fence
@ Riverside Arts Center
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, October 26th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, December 6th
Anthony Vizzari – Like a Hole in the Heart: Brides, Battlefields, and Betrayal
@ Riverside Arts Center's FlexSpace
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, October 26th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, December 6th
Jack O’Lectern /or/ Beyond Gourd and Evil /or/ Pumplic Policy /or/ Squash Dissent /or/ Sowing the Seeds /or/ Carved for Attention
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, October 26th, from 3PM - 6PM
Future Labs
@ Tala
1644 W Chicago Ave, #1, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, October 26th, from 3PM - 5PM
Leather, Kink and Fetish Artists – Group Meet-Up
@ Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, October 26th, from 2PM - 4PM
Chaosophy
@ Site/less
1250 W Augusta Blvd, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, October 25th, from 8:30PM - 11PM
Faten Kanaan
@ Ida Noyes Hall
212 E 59th St, 3rd Floor theater, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 25th, at 8PM
Side Yard Sounds presents: Scorpio Celebration
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, October 25th, from 7PM - 9PM
Oddball Market
@ Empty Bottle
1035 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 25th, from 2PM - 7PM
Shake Shook Shaken: Ability w/ Layna Wang
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, October 25th, at 12PM
Sound Session: Roland Santana
@ Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 South Throop Street Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 25th, from 12PM - 2PM
On view through Saturday, October 25th
CGDC October Social Hour
@ Graceland Cemetery
4001 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, October 25th, from 11:30AM - 1:30PM
Student-led Exhibition Walkthrough
@ DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, October 25th, from 11am - 12PM
On view through Sunday, February 8th
Chicago Printers Guild with the 7th Annual CPG Publishers Fair
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, 4th fl, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, October 25th, from 11am - 5PM
Not a Soft Thing: A Group Exhibition by Artist Mothers
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, 4th fl, Chicago, IL 60602
On view through Sunday, March 22nd
INVOKING JUSTICE (2011) with filmmaker Deepa Dhanraj
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, October 24th, from 7 PM - 9:30 PM
Tongji Philip Qian: Alloyed Commitments
@ Logan Center Exhibitions
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, October 24th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 7th
SMALL TREASURES by Artist Members of the Chicago Womens Caucus for Art
@ August House Gallery
2113 W Roscoe St, Chicago IL 60618
Opening Friday, October 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 22nd
ALTÆRITY Opening Event and Fundraiser
@ First Presbyterian Church of Chicago
6400 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, October 24th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 28th
Scott Stack
@ 65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 22nd
But This Moment Is About You: The Art of Re-Making Who We Are
@ South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, October 24th, at 1PM
Films By Diego Marcon and Others
@ Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 23rd, at 8PM
Silver Gilded Hand-mirror or Whispered Shell
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, October 23rd, at 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, October 26th
TOBACCO EMBERS and SOMETHING LIKE A WAR with guest Deepa Dhanraj
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Cir Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, October 23rd, from 7 PM - 9:30 PM
Art of Science: Why Do Relatives Resemble Each Other? Untangling Genes and Environment in Complex Traits
@ Parlour & Ramp Gallery
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, October 23rd, from 7 PM - 10 PM
Landscape of Freedom: The Public Sculpture of Richard Hunt
@ Loyola University Museum of Art
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, October 23rd, at 6PM
Radicle Conversation & Community Dinner
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, October 23rd, from 6PM - 8PM
Conversation: Joan Mitchell at 100—Six Paintings from Six Decades
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 23rd, from 6PM - 7PM
George Blaha: Having Deisgns On… A Body of Work
@ Material
2218 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, October 23rd, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, November 12th
Michael Stuart Thompson: Prototypes: For Feeling _____
@ In Fine Spirits
5418 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
On view through Saturday, January 31st
Design on Draft: Breweries and Beyond
@ Design Museum of Chicago
72 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601
On view through Monday, April 13th
Aaron Hughes: A Radical Turn
@ UIS Visual Arts Gallery
Health and Sciences Building, One University Dr, room 201, Springfield, IL 62703
Opening Wednesday, October 22nd, from 6PM - 8:30PM
On view through Thursday, November 20th
Let’s Co-Prosper 2025 Auction
@ Narrow Bridge Arts Club
6028 S Champlain Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, October 22nd, from 6PM - 11PM
Lee Mingwei: Bill and Stephanie Sick Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
Fullerton Hall, 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, October 21st, from 6PM - 7:30PM
PARENTS (1989) on 35mm
@ Music Box Theatre
3733 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Sunday, October 19th, at 8:45PM
Elastro: Cole Pulice, Angel Bat Dawid, Bill Harris
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, October 19th, at 8PM
Sunday Reading Series: Paul Martínez Pompa, Dawn Tefft, & Diana Arterian
@ Hungry Brain
2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, October 19th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Natasha Mijares: a mascletà for burning and flowering
@ Leisure
2444 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, October 19th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, November 16th
Culture is Our Weapon: The Power of the Word – Amiri Baraka
@ Front Porch Arts Center
5851 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60644
Opening Sunday, October 19th, from 2PM - 4PM
ArtHouse Chicago’s Artist Salon Series: Renting vs Owning Studio Space
@ The Crib Comedy Playspace
2715 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, October 19th, from 10am - 12PM
Lou Mallozzi Record Release: Became These
@ Constellation Chicago
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, October 18th, at 8:30PM
Marcia Bassett / Taralie Peterson / Chris Corsano, Kirin McElwain, Anna Johnson / Lula Asplund
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 18th, at 8PM
Woodworking and Tomfoolery with Nick Offerman
@ Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
5850 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 18th, from 7PM - 8PM
Studio 51 Disco Dance Party Fundraiser
@ SECRIST | BEACH
1801 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 18th, from 6PM - 11:30PM
Residual Surrealisms
@ AponteART Gallery
5504 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60630
Opening Saturday, October 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 26th
Self Imposed Time Out – A Comics Exhibition by Hink
@
2006 W Chicago Ave, Ste 1R, 2006 W Chicago Ave #1R
Opening Saturday, October 18th, from 6 PM - 9 PM
On view through Thursday, October 23rd
Chemical X
@ Evoke Gallery
3040 N Central Ave, Chicago, IL 6063
Opening Saturday, October 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 22nd
The Highest Level of Listening
@ GURE
DM For Address
Opening Saturday, October 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 15th
Impressions N° 3 2025 by Studio FreeLove
@ Studio FreeLove
2255 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, October 18th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, October 8th
Coffee, Community, Connection
@ Crema Shop
1401 W Wilson Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Saturday, October 18th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, October 25th
Claire Burke Dain and Albert Reid Owens: Drifting off to Dreamland
@ compound yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, October 18th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, November 15th
Mac Pierce: DEATHMATCH
@ Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620, Chicago IL 60603
Opening Saturday, October 18th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 18th
ASIDES, BESIDES: ephemera, effluvia, flotsam, jetsam, sculpture, drawing, & a solo exhibition
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, October 18th, from 3PM - 6PM
Duncan McGillivray-Smith: Ataraxia
@ Ackerman Clarke
2544 W Fullerton Ave Chicago, IL 60647 United States
Opening Saturday, October 18th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, November 22nd
Culture is Our Weapon: Lucille Clifton and Sonia Sanchez, Good Women and Baddd
@ Front Porch Arts Center
5851 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60644
Opening Saturday, October 18th, from 2PM - 4PM
Bodies on the Page Panel + Zine Release Event
@ Richard J. Daley Branch, Chicago Public Library
3400 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 18th, from 1PM - 4PM
Sally Mann: Art Work
@ University of Chicago - Ida Noyes Hall
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 18th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
OPEN STUDIOS at Mana Contemporary
@ Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 18th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 18th
Cornelia Arts Building October Open Studios DAY TWO
@ Cornelia Arts Building
1800 W Cornelia, Chicago IL 60657
Opening Saturday, October 18th, from 11 am - 3 PM
Chicago Graduate Portfolio Day and Open Studio Night
@ School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, October 18th, from 10 am - 2 PM
Business of Art
@ Flourish
300 E Randolph St #500, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, October 18th, from 9AM - 2PM
Prison Trauma Healing Circle
@ Walls Turned Sideways
2717 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, October 18th, from 11AM - 1PM
Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, February 22nd
Miguel Cortez: New abstract work
@ Base Community Cafe
1200 W 35th St, Chicago IL 60609
Opening Friday, October 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 29th
Carina Vargas-Nuñez: Altars
@ OH Art Foundation
1029 W 35th St, 3rd Fl, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, October 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 16th
Heaven Benefit
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 17th, at 7PM
TRANSFIGURATION | performance by Branko Milisković
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, October 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
‘It’s Just a Fucking Opening’ Zine Launch & Premiere After Party
@ Tala
1644 W Chicago Ave, #1, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 17th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
Community Empowerment Presents: Art for Health
@ Venue West
221 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, October 17th, from 6PM - 10PM
Alexander Nemerov on Helen Frankenthaler’s Diversions
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, October 17th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Perpetual Motion Machine: A Comic Art Spectacle
@ Project Onward
1200 W 35th St, 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, October 17th, from 6PM - 9:30PM
