October 2026
Frances Lee and Zespo: The Missing Game Warden
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
On view through Saturday, December 5th
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
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
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
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
Side Yard Sounds: Scorpio Celebration
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, October 11th, from 7PM - 9PM
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
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
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
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
FREE FILM SCREENING: Bulky Trash
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, October 5th, at 6PM
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
Diskussionsrunde: Punk Night
@ KIOSK, Chicago, IL
3054 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657 USA
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, from 5PM - 9PM
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
Liz Weinstein: Freaky Fungi
@ Edgewater Branch, Chicago Public Library
6000 N Broadway, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, October 3rd, at 1PM
“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
People’s Choice Fall Exhibition
@ Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, October 2nd, from 6PM - 9:30PM
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
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
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
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
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
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
