October 2026
Zombie
@ Chicago Artists Coalition
1431 W Hubbard St, Ste 201, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 30th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, December 10th
Grace Spee: The Feminine Gothic Narrative in Survival Horror
@ Chicago Gamespace
2418 W Bloomingdale Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, October 29th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, December 20th
Richard Deutsch and Susan Kraut: The Conversation
@ Riverside Arts Center's Freeark Gallery
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, October 25th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, November 28th
Side Yard Sounds: Kouri Hall + Velvet Penny
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, October 24th, from 7PM - 9PM
The Missing Game Warden
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, October 24th, from 2PM - 5 PM
On view through Saturday, December 5th
Pretty Good Fest 2026
@ Chicago Athletic Association
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, October 24th, from 11am - 6PM
Frances Lee and Zespo: The Missing Game Warden
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
On view through Saturday, December 5th
Conversations at the Edge | An Evening with Lilli Carré
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, October 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
Where Are You: Two Films by Camille Billops & Maren Hassinger
@ Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Room 3226, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, October 22nd, from 5:30PM - 7PM
The Aurora Film Society Presents: “After Hours”
@ The Venue
21 S Broadway Ave, Aurora, IL 60505
Opening Wednesday, October 21st, from 6:30PM - 10PM
Ronald Rael Lecture
@ The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, October 19th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Minor Gestures and Grammatical Propositions, or One location of the lacunae in which sits the massive capacity for concurrent possibilities of this real: an incomplete field guide to particular subtexts of the magical as articulated in conversation with Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s concept of flesh
@ Coming Soon
3701 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Sunday, October 18th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, November 8th
Tangere
@ LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, October 17th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 6th
Body – Space – Time: Movement and Coding Workshop by Codemoves
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 17th, from 2PM - 4PM
OUT IN COLOR: An Intuit Art Museum Activation with playOUT!
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL, 60642
Opening Saturday, October 17th, from 1PM - 3PM
Hui-Min Tsen: After Oakenwald. A Field Guide.
@ Roman Susan at Lake Meadows
E 33rd St and S Rhodes Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, October 17th, at 11AM
Kind of Representational: Artist Talk
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, October 17th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, November 15th
Documentation Workshops and Open Studios
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, October 17th, from 1PM - 3PM
Pleasure Power Portal: A Progressive Performance Experience – Pre Fixe Performance
@ Honey Pot Performance
Location to be disclosed upon ticket purchase
Opening Saturday, October 17th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Sunday, October 25th
Hui-min Tsen: After Oakenwald
@ Roman Susan at Lake Meadows
E 32nd Pl and S Rhodes Ave, Chicago IL 60616
Opening Saturday, October 17th, at 11AM
Sounding/BODY: Philomela Fragments with Terns & Ah Young Hong
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, October 16th, at 7PM
Hermetic: A Group Exhibition
@ Evoke Gallery
3040 N Central Ave, Chicago, IL 60634
Opening Friday, October 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 24th
Curator Lecture: Mary Trent on “Cutting and Pasting a World”
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, October 15th, from 6PM - 7PM
Anthony Dunn: The Anomaly
@ Dorothea Thiel Gallery
15800 S State St, South Holland, IL 60473-1200
Opening Thursday, October 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, November 12th
Mike Rea: Post Wet
@ UIS Visual Arts Gallery
Public Affairs Center (115,) 2200 Ernest Hemingway Dr, Springfield, IL 62703
Opening Thursday, October 15th, from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
On view through Thursday, November 19th
Alexa Frangos: (Re)arranging, artist talk
@ Perspective Gallery
online
Opening Thursday, October 15th, at 7PM
On view through Sunday, November 1st
Side Yard Sounds: Scorpio Celebration
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, October 11th, from 7PM - 9PM
Chicago Processing Community Day 2026
@ Mana Contemporary 5th Floor
2233 S Throop St, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Sunday, October 11th, from 2PM - 6PM
Kindred Spirits: Margaret Wharton and Betsy Odom – Free Family Day
@ Lubeznik Center for the Arts
101 W 2nd Street, Michigan City, IN 46360
Opening Sunday, October 11th, from 1 PM CT - 3 PM CT
On view through Sunday, October 25th
Museum of What Will Have Been
@ The Labyrinth Club
3658 N Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, October 10th, from 3PM - 4PM
Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman: Domestic Disruptions Artists Talk + Closing Reception
@ Riverside Arts Center's Freeark Gallery and Sculpture Garden
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, October 10th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 10th
Daniel Hojnacki: Continuous Exchange
@ Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
2233 S Throop St, 4th Floor, #419, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 10th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Monday, November 23rd
Halyna Nazarenko: Petrykivka — The Soul of Ukraine
@ Ukrainian National Museum
2249 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, October 9th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, October 22nd
Tara Sabini and Jeremy Plotkin Wong: Pleasure Spread
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, October 9th, from 5 PM - 9 PM
On view through Saturday, November 7th
The Revolution is My Boyfriend: The Films of Bruce LaBruce
@ FACETS
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
On view through Saturday, October 10th
Conversations at the Edge | Adam Khalil and Zack Khalil: Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, October 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
Mavra Offsite for APOCALYPSE DRAWINGS
@ The Theosophical Society of America
1926 N Main St, Wheaton, IL 60187
Opening Thursday, October 8th, from 1PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, November 6th
Art City Showcase: An arts fundraising event
@ Art City
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, October 8th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 16th
WAITING: Stand in Solitary to protest the closure of the DePaul Art Museum
@ DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, October 8th, from 5PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, October 8th
Sound Bath meditation: BelleAime
@ Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, October 7th, from 7PM - 8PM
Film Screening – “Street Signs: Murals in Chicago” (1990) with filmmaker in person
@ Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, October 7th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Brick of Chicago Walking Tour: Will Quam
@ The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
50 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, October 6th, from 5PM - 6:15PM
FREE FILM SCREENING: Bulky Trash
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, October 5th, at 6PM
Behind Us We Are You: An Artist Talk and Exhibition by Atlan Arceo-Witzl
@ Archer Heights Branch Library - Chicago Public Library
5055 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60632
Opening Monday, October 5th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 31st
The Dylan Jones Animation Tape & Y’all So Stupid Screening
@ Mavra
5338 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago IL 60630
Opening Sunday, October 4th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 6th
Northwestern University Day Fall 2026
@ Northwestern University
633 Clark St, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Sunday, October 4th, from 11AM - 7PM
Documentation Workshops and Open Studios
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, October 4th, from 10am - 12PM
Side Yard Sounds: Dan Petry & Mark Snyder
@ compound yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 7PM - 9PM
Panel Discussion: A DIY History of Chicago DIY
@ KIOSK, Chicago, IL
3054 N. Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, at 7PM
Diskussionsrunde: Punk Night
@ KIOSK, Chicago, IL
3054 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657 USA
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 5PM - 9PM
Alexa Frangos: (Re)arranging
@ Perspective Gallery
1310 1/2 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, November 1st
Dreaming in Blue
@ Purple Window Gallery
2233 S Throop St, Unit 845, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 31st
Where I Sleep, Closing Reception and Special Performance
@ Forum 301
301 W Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 3rd
Watershed Cairns: Marking the Mississippi River Watershed: Libby Reuter and Joshua Rowan
@ Watershed Art & Ecology
1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago 60608
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 2PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 31st
Liz Weinstein: Freaky Fungi
@ Edgewater Branch, Chicago Public Library
6000 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, at 1PM
Archiving Artist-Built Environments: A Conversation with Jo Farb Hernández and Debra Kerr
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 1 PM - 2 PM
meditation on: sculptural portals, a visual lecture by ebere agwuncha
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St. Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 12:30PM - 2PM
“Drawing with Metal” Activation with Artist Bill Brady
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL, 60642
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 12:30 PM - 1 PM
The Great Art Tailgate with Bad at Sports
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago — Anne & John Kern Terrace Garden
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 11AM - 3PM
AFw 2026: Xavi burgos, Black warrior angel (part one) staged reading and talkbalk
@ La Escuelita Bombera de Corazón
3505 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, at 3PM
Pleasure Power Portal: A Progressive Performance Experience – The Aperitif
@ Honey Pot Performance
Location to be disclosed upon ticket purchase
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, October 4th
AFROFUTURIST WEEKEND 11: Mike monford j dilla tribute; RAP PANEL & J BAMBII Film
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, at 5PM
Listening to Nature Soundwalk
@ Sagawau Environmental Learning Center
12545 W 111th St, Lemont, IL 60439
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 1PM - 2:30PM
Fall Exhibition Opening
@ Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 2PM - 5PM
Queer History Symposium
@ Center on Halsted
3656 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 9AM - 4PM
Audre Lorde: The Life, Legacy & Power of a Black Feminist Icon
@ Sisters in Cinema Media Arts Center
2310 E 75th St, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Friday, October 2nd, at 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 3rd
Amay Kataria/Abhishek Narula/David Jones
@ Ignition project space
3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 25th
Periodical: Melissa Oresky
@ Rockford Univesity Art Gallery
5050 E State St, Rockford, IL 61108
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 4th
Day of the Dead Exhibition
@ Dragonfly Gallery and Creative Spaces
2436 W Madison St, Chicago IL. 60612
Opening Friday, October 2nd, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, November 1st
People’s Choice Fall Exhibition
@ Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 6PM - 9:30PM
Something Wicked…
@ Side Street Studio Arts
15 Ziegler Court, Elgin, IL 60120
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, November 1st
Black, White and Gray
@ Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, October 28th
Annual Open House and Huge Art Exhibit at Hubbard Street Lofts
@ Hubbard Street Lofts
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
Chicago Icons
@ New Gallery and Chicago Fine Art Salon
2623 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 31st
Walking on an Airy Road
@ Arts of Life and Circle Contemporary
2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, November 6th
Stacey Lee Gee: ROTATOR: OSCILLATIONS
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, October 30th
Deepest Rhythms
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, October 30th
WEAR THE PAINT: ALLEN VANDEVER’S HAND-PAINTED JACKET ART SHOW
@ Childhood Fractured's Phygital Art Gallery
1432 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago IL 60613
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Thursday, October 8th
Screen Test
@ Roman Susan at PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Thursday, October 1st, at 7PM
Conversations at the Edge | Nancy Andrews: Phantom Limbs
@ Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, October 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
Conversation: Mary Cassatt’s Voice—An Artist’s Correspondence
@ Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 1st, from 6PM - 7PM
Closing Walkthrough: Camas de Ceniza/Ash Beds
@ Pueblo Unido Gallery
6212 N Clark St, Chicago IL USA
Opening Thursday, October 1st, from 6 PM - 8 PM
On view through Thursday, October 1st
’90s & Neon Fundraiser
@ Ignite Glass Studios
401 N Armour St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, October 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
