September 2026
Documentation Workshops and Open Studios
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, September 27th, from 10am - 12PM
Michael Workman: Writing as Cultural Archaeology and the Poetics of Place
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 12PM - 2PM
DIY Skeletons for Puppet Creatures By Emilie Wingate [Hybrid: In-person or online]
@ Chicago Creative Use Exchange
2124 W 82nd Pl, Chicago, IL 60620
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 1PM - 3PM
Fall Equinox Acoustic Ecology Hike
@ Meadowbrook Nature Preserve
109 W 700 North, Valpariso, IN 46385
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
Randolph Street Market Festival
@ Randolph Street Market
1341 W. Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, September 26th, from 10AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, September 27th
Where Memory Lives: 40 Years of Día de Muertos
@ National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 25th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
On view through Sunday, November 29th
Chicago Journal of Visual Art Issue I Launch
@ Point Blank
1541 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, September 25th, at 6PM
Sonja Thomsen and Aaron R. Turner: LIGHT SLIP – ARCHIVE, ABSTRACTION, & PHENOMENA
@ Filter Photo
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 3rd
Inner Worlds: Visions from the Hirshhorn Collection Works by Mary Bauermeister, Yayoi Kusama, and Niki de Saint Phalle
@ Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago
On view through Saturday, December 19th
Everyday War: Yuan Goang-Ming
@ Wrightwood 659
659 W Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago
On view through Saturday, December 19th
Community Blessings Rangoli Drawing
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, September 25th, from 12PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 26th
The Sapphire Gayla: 45 Years of Gerber/Hart
@ Gerber/Hart Library & Archives
6500 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, September 24th, at 7PM
Lessons in (Art Space Accessibility)
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, September 24th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
On view through Monday, November 2nd
Narratives of the Flesh II: Embodied Grief
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, September 23rd, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, September 23rd
33rd Chicago Underground Film Festival
@ Chicago
Gene Siskel Film Center and the Harper Theater
On view through Sunday, September 27th
How Do We Heal?
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
On view through Sunday, July 11th
Nina Chanel Abney: Between Us
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
On view through Sunday, July 11th
teamLab: Everything Exists in Infinite Continuity
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
On view through Sunday, February 21st
Closing Reception for Dog Kicking in its Sleep
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, September 20th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 20th
Closing Reception for SAIC Diploma Pickup! Reminder. by Benjamin Holmes
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, September 20th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 20th
Closing Reception for The Jade by Laleh Motlagh
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, September 20th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 20th
Closing Reception for Medley by LATITUDE
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, September 20th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 20th
Closing Reception of Means of Production by LMRM
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, September 20th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 20th
Closing Reception for Temple Toys by Max Li
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, September 20th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 20th
Listening Out Loud: A Benefit for the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago IL 60660
Opening Saturday, September 19th, from 2PM - 5PM
Laleh Motlagh: Rooted. Uprooted. Artist Talk
@ SoNa Chicago Contemporary Art
1527 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 19th, from 12:15PM - 1:30PM
On view through Saturday, November 7th
Decadence Deux
@ The Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
On view through Friday, November 6th
KAVI GUPTA COCKTAIL RECEPTION
@ Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 19th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 21st
Ecologies of Architecture: Aleksandra Kędziorek and Jeff Carter
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, September 19th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Side Yard Sounds: SPECTRALINA
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, September 19th, from 7PM - 9PM
ART CONNECTION: PAST MEETS PRESENT
@ The Bridgeport Art Center
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 6th
Urban Grain
@ Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 31st
Memory in Transformation — Bodies and Posthuman Imaginaries
@ The Research House for Asian Art
3217 S. Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 11th
Jesús Hilario-Reyes
@ Tala
1644 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, September 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 21st
Laleh Motlagh: Rooted. Uprooted. Chicago Exhibition Week Reception
@ SoNa Chicago Contemporary Art
1527 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, September 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 7th
Guida Family Creative Wing Open Studio Night
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, September 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
NICK FURY: Last Train To Harlem
@ Gallery 1701 at Chicago Center for Arts and Technology (CHICAT)
1701 W 13th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, September 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, October 2nd
VOICES: Dakota Mace
@ Center for Native Futures
56 W Adams St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, September 17th, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
Karla Wong: Journeys of Being
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, September 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, January 10th
GORDON CHEUNG: CONSENSUAL HALLUCI/NATION
@ Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 6067
Opening Thursday, September 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 21st
Learn With Media Burn!
@ Media Burn Archive
348 N Ashland Ave #1D, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, September 17th, from 5PM - 7PM
CXW KICKOFF CELEBRATION AT KAVI GUPTA
@ Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, September 16th, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, November 21st
The Aurora Film Society Presents: “Glengarry Glen Ross”
@ The Venue
21 S Broadway Ave, Aurora, IL 60505
Opening Wednesday, September 16th, from 06:30 PM - 10PM
Drink & Draw: Fugitive Impressions Vol. 3 with Miguel Limón
@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, September 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
Blue Hour ft. Hussain Ahmed and Ali Black
@ Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Wednesday, September 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
Hallowed Scale and Compass
@ O'Connor Gallery
7900 W Division St, River Forest, IL 60305
Opening Wednesday, September 16th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Wednesday, October 28th
ADVANCE PREVIEW OF CONSENSUAL HALLUCI/NATION WITH GORDON CHEUNG
@ Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, September 16th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, November 21st
Trooper
@ Komechak Gallery at Benedictine University
5700 College Rd, Lisle, IL 60532
Opening Wednesday, September 16th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Wednesday, October 21st
Catherine Opie Lecture
@ The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, September 14th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
2026 DSI Production Institute Film Showcase
@ Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, September 13th, at 1PM
Robert Chase Heishman: Common Bond
@ 4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, September 13th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 11th
Robert Fields: EVERY NOW N’THEN . . .
@ compound yellow
244 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, September 13th, from 2PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, October 17th
The Future of the Visualist— The Visualist Planning & Working Session
@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, September 13th, from 10AM - 12PM
La Rentrée deux
@ SITE/less
1250 W Augusta Blvd, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 7PM - 10PM
OFF the Couch: a SIMPSONS-inspired Art Exhibition
@ Timeless Arts Gallery & Studio
3040 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL, 60657
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 7 PM - 10 PM
On view through Saturday, October 10th
Laleh Motlagh: Rooted. Uprooted.
@ SoNa Chicago Contemporary Art
1527 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 7th
Joseph Grigely: Monologue of A Deaf Man
@ M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 24th
Reevah Agarwaal: Now I Braid My Own Hair
@ Boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 10th
Meditation at the United Nations
@ Bodenrader
1620 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 24th
Kevin Blake: Sundowning
@ Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 17th
Rita Grendze: You Don’t Have to Love Me – Artist Talk
@ Riverside Arts Center's FlexSpace
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 31st
James Hall’s Show and Tell
@ Project Onward
1200 W. 35th St., 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, September 12th
Wicker Park Fine Art Fair
@ Wicker Park
1425 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 10am - 6PM
The Chicago Pottery Market
@ Wilderhouse
1339 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, September 12th, from 10AM - 5PM
Thank You Art Show
@ Childhood Fractured 's Phygital Art Gallery
1432 W Irving Park, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, September 18th
Palak Patel: Can I get my friends to hold my hand?
@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, October 9th
Press & Pull: A Legacy of the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop: Opening Reception
@ Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 12th
VALUES :: A Poster Exhibition
@ Two-Thirty
230 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 6 PM - 10 PM
On view through Friday, September 25th
Warriors of the Apocalypse
@ House of the Apocalypse
1837 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, October 9th
10th Annual River North Design District (RNDD) Fall Gallery Walk
@ River North Design District
222 W Hubbard St Ste, 300, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 5PM - 8PM
Whitney Bedford: Nocturnes
@ SECRIST | BEACH
1801 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 14th
… before the dawn
@ SECRIST | BEACH
1801 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 14th
Emma Xhaxho: Close to Pleasure
@ Art City
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, September 11th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 3rd
If Emmett Till Lived: Freedom on American Ground
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, September 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 19th
F.E.K. Draw
@ GERBER/HART LIBRARY & ARCHIVES
6500 N Clark St 2nd Fl, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, September 10th, from 7PM - 9PM
Poetry & Archival Discovery: An Author Talk with Elizabeth Hoover & Noa Micaela Fields
@ Gerber/Hart Library & Archives
6500 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, September 10th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Conversations at the Edge | An Evening with Karimah Ashadu
@ Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, September 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
Professional Development: Keywords
@ Chicago Artists Coalition
1431 W Hubbard St, Suite 201, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, September 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
Scott Mossman – Up There!
@ Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, September 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, September 30th
Lillstreet Fall Exhibitions Opening Reception
@ Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N. Ravenswood Ave.
Opening Thursday, September 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
Mernet Larsen Situational Awareness
@ The Arts Club Of Chicago
201 E Ontario Street Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, September 10th, from 11AM - 6PM
On view through Friday, December 18th
Style is the Body Thinking
@ School of the Art Institute of Chicago Galleries
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, September 9th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 5th
Curator’s Tour of “Style is the Body Thinking” with Michelle Grabner
@ School of the Art Institute of Chicago
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, September 9th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Saturday, December 5th
SCA Public Program: Stan Douglas
@ Fullerton Hall, Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, September 8th, from 6PM - 7PM
DMITRY SAMAROV: KMR/POTUS—public portraits & private figures
@ Rainbo Club
1150 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, September 8th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, October 5th
Tangible Sound: Arrival to a Higher Ground: Marshall Greenhouse
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Tuesday, September 8th, from 3PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, November 8th
SIDE YARD SOUNDS: SAM ROBINSON QUINTET
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, September 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
Closing Reception | Breaking the Silence
@ Oak Park Art League
720 Chicago Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, September 6th, from 6 PM - 8 PM
On view through Sunday, September 6th
Sungho Bae: Apotropaia Closing
@ 4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, September 6th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, September 6th
Face Value: an Exhibition of Portrait Art
@ Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 5th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 26th
The Gift is Present Presence – Sara Zalek and Norman Long
@ Big Marsh Park
11559 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60617
Opening Saturday, September 5th, from 5PM - 7PM
Can You Own Color?
@ GT Studio
833 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, September 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
THE SEVENTH CORNER GALLERY PRESENTS: A TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA ART SHOW
@ The Seventh Corner Gallery @ Howling Pages
4354 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, September 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 5th
I Am A Rock I Am A Roll
@ KIOSK
3054 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, September 5th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 15th
Movies That Make Me Cry
@ Purple Window Gallery
2233 S Throop St, Unit 845, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 5th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 26th
Making Time: a clock making workshop
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, September 5th, from 2 PM - 6PM
Ancestral Celebrations honoring Sun Ra and Louis Armstrong: Vincent Chancey, Avreeayl Ra, Sam Thousand
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, September 5th, from 1PM - 2PM
On view through Sunday, November 8th
The Abolitionist Atlas and Counter-Mapping as a Tool for Movement Building
@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, Suite 302 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 5th, from 2PM - 4PM
