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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
Malt Adult Animation Nite
@ Color Club
4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, September 13th, at 7PM
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
Road to the Farthest Room | Jobe Gemmell Hughes | Julia Firestone Callis | Ben Driggs
@ Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, September 13th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 24th
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
Public Collectors: Protest Grim Reapers and other publications
@ COMING SOON
3701 W. Division St. Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Sunday, September 13th, from 11am - 2PM
On view through Sunday, September 13th
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
THIS WEEK
Monday
September 14th
Hamza Walker: The Renaissance Society Years
@ CONSTELLATION
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Monday, September 14th, from 7PM - 9PM
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
Exhibition Architecture: A conversation with Koray Duman
@ Graham Foundation
4 West Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Monday, September 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
Janine Mileaf and Ann Toebbe Lead Tour and Discussion of Mernet Larsen: Situational Awareness
@ The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario Street Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Monday, September 14th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, December 18th
FREE FILM: B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin (1979–1989)
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 420 Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, September 14th, at 6PM
Tuesday
September 15th
Pope.L: No Thing Skin Sets
@ Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Tuesday, September 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 31st
Wednesday
September 16th
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
Clotilde Jiménez: Éramos silencios
@ Mariane Ibrahim
437 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL, 60622
On view through Saturday, October 31st
Xenia Mansour: Concerts of Dance
@ Driehaus Museum
50 East Erie St, Chicago, IL, 60611
On view through Saturday, September 19th
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
82 Nights Only*
@ Gertie
400 N Peoria St, Chicago, IL, 60642
Opening Wednesday, September 16th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 13th
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
Brendan Fernandes: Score for the Murphy Auditorium
@ Driehaus Museum
50 East Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, September 16th, from 4PM - 6PM
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
Thursday
September 17th
Art of Science: What Color were Ancient Statues?
@ Parlour & Ramp Gallery
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, September 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
Human-Nature
@ The Franklin
3522 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Thursday, September 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, September 17th
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
Artist Talk: Exploring “The Hellstroms of Melrose Street c. 1915” with Thomas Hellstrom
@ Swedish American Museum
5211 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, September 17th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 4th
RaDLOW Publication Launch + Reception
@ Industrious
24 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Thursday, September 17th, at 6PM
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
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
VOICES: Dakota Mace
@ Center for Native Futures
56 W Adams St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, September 17th, from 5PM - 6PM
Debut | SATELLITE Project Space
@ SECRIST | BEACH
1801 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, September 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
Affairs to Remember
@ Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Suite 2C, Chicago, IL, 60622
Opening Thursday, September 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 31st
Olivia Zubko: Nymphaeum
@ Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Suite 2C, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Thursday, September 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 31st
Brian Holmes and Claire Pentecost: Lessons in (Conviviality)
@ Watershed Art & Ecology
1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, September 17th, from 5PM - 7PM
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
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
Learn With Media Burn!
@ Media Burn Archive
348 N Ashland Ave #1D, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, September 17th, from 5PM - 7PM
Friday
September 18th
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
Deep Currents
@ The Garden at Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
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
Imagining Otherwise
@ Movement on Montrose
2951 W Montrose Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 25th
The Poor Farm Experiment, Leopold Benches: A P(o)or(t)ch Theater (MIDWEST REDUX)
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 10am - 12PM
On view through Sunday, September 20th
Forever Yours: A Celebration of Tattooing
@ Project Onward
1200 W 35th St, 4th Floor, 60609
Opening Friday, September 18th, from 6:30PM - 9:30PM
On view through Saturday, November 7th
Saturday
September 19th
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
Sunday
September 20th
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
NEXT WEEK
