April 2024
Louis J. Gasnier: Reefer Madness (1936)
@ Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, April 20th, at 9:30PM
Tar Of, SPACEBAR, Melina Gaze, Jesse Malmed
@ Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 20th, at 8PM
Samita Sinha: Tremor
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, April 20th, at 7:30PM
Films to Dance to with Kioto Aoki
@ Chicago Film Society Office
Opening Saturday, April 20th, from 7PM - 8PM
Chicago Palestine Film Festival
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, April 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 4th
Side Yard Sounds presents: Supraliminal curated by MMM
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, April 20th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
On view through Saturday, April 20th
Laurel Hauge: Getting There
@ The Plan
610 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, April 20th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, May 26th
Lampo: Zekkereya El-magharbel
@ Lampo Annex
53 W Jackson Blvd #1656 Chicago, IL 60604
Opening Saturday, April 20th, at 6PM
Lina Soualem: BYE BYE TIBERIAS (2023)
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, April 20th, at 6PM
Valentyn Vasyanovych: Atlantis (2019)
@ Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, April 20th, at 4PM
Lorca: Poems Letters & Music
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, April 20th, from 4PM - 5:30PM
Christina Ramberg: A Retrospective
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Sunday, August 11th
BARELY FAIR: MINOR MATTERS
@ COLOR CLUB
4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, April 20th, from 2PM - 5PM
National Poetry Month Event @ Blanc Gallery
@ Blanc Gallery
4445 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, April 20th, from 2PM - 4PM
Up Here: Women, Weed and Other Rogue Pharmacopoeia
@ Woman Made Gallery
1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, April 20th, from 2PM - 4PM
Treiste racconta Basaglia Film screening
@ The Center for Mad Culture
410 S Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, April 20th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, April 20th
Images on which to build, 1970s-1990s
@ Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, April 20th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, August 4th
Tai Taeoalii: INTRINSIC
@ Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 20th, from 12PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, May 19th
Street Wisdom Walkshop
@ Horner Park
2741 W Montrose Ave, Chicago, IL 60618 US
Opening Saturday, April 20th, from 11AM - 1PM
Wild Boar to Baconfest: Pigs in History and Popular Culture
@ Bishop Hill Heritage Association
103 Bishop Hill St, Bishop Hill, IL 61419
Opening Saturday, April 20th, from 1PM - 2PM
Intermissions: Devin T. Mays
@ The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave, Swift Hall, 4th Fl, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, April 20th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, April 21st
Shapeshifters
@ LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave #3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 26th
Rodrigo Lara: Constructs
@ THE MISSION PROJECTS | THE RESIDENCE
email info@themissionprojects.com for an appointment
Opening Saturday, April 20th, at 12PM delete
On view through Saturday, June 1st
Joseph Josue Mora: CONDITION REPORT
@ Yes Project Space
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, April 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 18th
Joe Swanberg: Easy: Art and Life (2016)
@ Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, April 19th, at 7PM
Flex Obscura: Opening Night!
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, April 19th, at 6:30PM
FOUR WALLS / FOUR ARTISTS Art Opening at Fulton Street Collective
@ Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 307, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 19th, from 6PM - 10PM
See Saw Seen: 2024 UIC MFA Thesis Show: Closing Reception
@ Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 19th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 20th
T R A N S I E N C E: UIC 2024 BFA Thesis Exhibition
@ UIC School of Art and Art History
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 19th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, April 19th
Fridays on the Plaza: Earth Day edition
@ Lawndale Pop-Up Spot
3601 W Douglas Blvd, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, April 19th, from 4PM - 6PM
Convergence in Flux: A Collective Metamorphosis
@ South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60616
Opening Friday, April 19th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, May 18th
DRONE SLEEPOVER
@ Grace Episcopal Church
637 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, April 19th, from 11PM - 8AM
On view through Saturday, April 20th
Gallery Conversation: What Makes a Hero?
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, April 19th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Olivia Durham: Sensations
@ Art City
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 19th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, May 19th
David Hauptschein’s Spoken Word Café
@ Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, April 19th, at 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 20th
Samita Sinha: Tremor
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, April 18th, at 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, April 20th
PO Box Poetry Series
@ PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, April 18th, at 7:30PM
Comfort Music + Homeroom: Mosely/Peisert
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, April 18th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Immutable, later: Ulrich Jesse K Baer + olivier
@ Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, April 18th, from 7PM - 8PM
Caroline Rayner, Joss Barton, and Jo Barchi Celebrate THE MOAN WILDS
@ Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, April 18th, from 7PM - 8PM
ALICE ROHRWACHER: LA CHIMERA (2023)
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, April 18th, at 6:30PM
Information Session: Muña Art Writing Residency 2024
@ Chuquimarca
Online
Opening Thursday, April 18th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
On view through Thursday, April 18th
Hillary Irene Johnson Artist Talk: Unity: Roots, Seaweed, Dinosaur Feathers, Snow in the Woods, Axons, Dendrites, and Human Beings
@ C33 Gallery
33 E Ida B. Wells Dr, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, April 18th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Monday, April 29th
WNDR After Dark
@ WNDR Museum
1130 W Monroe St, Chicago IL, 60607
Opening Thursday, April 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
Cédric Van Parys, Sentinels: Iron Portals of Chicagoland
@ Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, Illinois 60610
Opening Thursday, April 18th, at 6PM
Muses: An Evening of Jazz
@ Elmhurst Art Museum
150 Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Thursday, April 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
Courage in Community: The Gerber/Hart Spring Soiree
@ Sidetrack The Video Bar
3349 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Thursday, April 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
Not From Here with Eunji Kim
@ The Lincoln Lodge
2040 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, April 18th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Alex Puryear: hidden substance
@ Art City
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Sunday, May 19th
A Sign of Things to Come: Prints by Japanese Women Artists after 1950
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, April 18th, at 12PM delete
On view through Monday, July 15th
The Trial of Pericles
@ Harris Theater
205 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Wednesday, April 17th, from 7 PM - 9 PM
Irreclaimable: Desert(ed) Lives and Labor Time in Post-Socialist Central Asia
@ Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, April 17th, at 7PM
SHORT WAR with Lily Meyer and Amanda Goldblatt
@ Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, April 17th, from 7PM - 8PM
Threewalls: In-Session | Root to Spirit
@ principle barbers
3820 W Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Wednesday, April 17th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Lecture in Photography: Kris Graves
@ Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, April 17th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Bits and Bobs: An Extraordinary Collection of Artists’ Books at the Newberry
@ Newberry Library
60 W Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610
Opening Wednesday, April 17th, from 6PM - 7PM
Visiting Artist Talk: Danielle Dean
@ Kresge Hall, Northwestern University
1880 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, April 17th, at 12PM
A Tribute to Refaat Alareer: The Power of Telling the Story of Gaza
@ Haymarket House
Online
Opening Wednesday, April 17th, from 1PM - 2:30PM
SHORT WAR with Lily Meyer and Amanda Goldblatt
@ Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, April 17th, from 7PM - 8PM
INTERSPACE : UIC 2024 Thesis Film Fest
@ Great Space at UIC
400 S Peoria Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, April 17th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Beyond the Bars with Renaldo Hudson, Rachel DeWoskin, and Bill Ayers
@ Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, April 16th, from 7PM - 8PM
Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N. Michigan Ave., 3rd Fl. 60601 Chicago, IL
Opening Tuesday, April 16th, from 6PM - 8.30PM
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Campus Art Tour Launch Party
@ Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Martin Atrium
375 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, April 16th, from 4PM - 6PM
Sandra Binion – Open Archive Sessions
@ Hyde Park Arts Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
On view through Friday, April 26th
Ayoka Chenzira: Alma’s Rainbow (1994)
@ Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, April 15th, at 7PM
Animal fiero y tierno with Roque Raquel Salas Rivera and Aurelio María Lima Dávila
@ Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, April 15th, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
FRUTAS
@ Parque Cultural de Berger
6205 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Monday, April 15th, at 6:30PM
Rakugo Performance
@ International House, The University of Chicago
1414 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, April 15th, at 5PM
James Benning: Los (2001)
@ Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, April 14th, at 8PM
Sydney G.: Low Fidelity
@ Chicago Athletic Association
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603-3300
Opening Sunday, April 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
Closing Reception: Tooth for a Tooth
@ LVL3
1542 N. Milwaukee Ave, 3rd Floor, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Sunday, April 14th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, April 14th
EXPO CHICAGO: DIALOGUES (Day 4)
@ EXPO CHICAGO
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Sunday, April 14th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, April 14th
Systematic Elimination, Liminal Summoning, Some), ro’sA’
@ Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 13th, at 8PM
Electro-Acoustic Cinema
@ Digital Art Demo Space
2515 S Archer Ave, Suite 2, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 13th, at 8PM
Winter Sounds
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, April 13th, from 7PM - 9PM
Jeanne Gang: The Art of Architectural Grafting
@ First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple
77 W Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, April 13th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Three Wise Men
@ Physical Gallery
1432 W Irving Park, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, April 13th, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, April 21st
Waveforms
@ Asian Improv aRts Midwest (AIRMW)
4875 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60630
Opening Saturday, April 13th, from 5:30PM - 9PM
Group Exhibition
@ M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, April 13th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, May 24th
The Weatherproof Anniversarial
@ Weatherproof
3336 W Lawrence #303, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, April 13th, from 4PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 12th
Down There
@ Woman Made Gallery
1332 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, April 13th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, May 11th
Five Years of Contemporary Art at the Driehaus Museum Panel
@ The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
40 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, April 13th, from 3PM - 4:30PM
Artist Talk: A Conversation on Painting with Leslie Baum, Andreas Fischer, and Justin Witte
@ Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, April 13th, from 2PM - 5PM
Performance: Nora Turato—pool 6
@ The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, April 13th, from 2PM - 3PM
Scenes of Parkway Ballroom
@ Blanc Gallery
4445 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, April 13th, from 2PM - 4PM
On Creative Practice: Raeleen Kao + Aimee Beaubien
@ 21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, April 13th, from 1PM - 2PM
Michael Rakowitz in Conversation
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, April 13th, at 1PM
Mana Contemporary Open House
@ Mana Contemporary
2233 N Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 13th, from 12PM - 4PM
Mari Eastman and Paula Kamps: Pictures and Sundries
@ TUSK
3205 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, April 13th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, May 12th
Spring Open House @ Mana Contemporary
@ High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 13th, from 12PM - 4PM
Ariella Granados: Chroma Key After Me
@ Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 13th, from 12PM - 4PM
Candida Alvarez: Stretching, Nesting, Reaching, Feeling,
@ Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 13th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, March 1st
Amplify the Revolutionary Power of Your Voice with Artist Whitney Bradshaw
@ 21c Museum Hotel
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, April 13th, from 11:30AM - 12:30PM
The 777 Club
@ Soccer Club Club
2923 N Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, April 13th, from 11AM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 14th
Connectivity
@ LATITUDE CHICAGO
2003 W Fulton St. Suite 211, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, April 13th, from 11AM - 5PM
