August 2026
Side Yard Sounds: KVL (Kirch/Van/Lux)
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
Authentic: A Hollie Davis Solo Exhibition
@ The Block House Gallery
11137 S Langley Ave, Chicago, IL 60628
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 19th
Connie Wilson: Dazzle Pig
@ Prairie
2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, September 20th
Performance: Mahyar Fazeli
@ Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago IL 60607
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 3PM - 5PM
Marian Carow: Permit Pending Artist Talk
@ 65 Grand
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 2:30PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, August 15th
when i think about time
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, August 8th, at 2PM
On view through Saturday, September 5th
THIRD ANNUAL AREA 22: Arts, Crafts, & Oddities Fair
@ Riverside Drive
62 S Grove Ave, Elgin, IL 60120
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 1PM - 7PM
Living Systems Exhibition Weekend
@ Living Systems Gallery
Pilsen, Chicago, 60608
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, August 9th
Dan Devening: Fenestra Falsa
@ OS Projects
601 Sixth St, Racine, WI 53403
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, October 10th
Slow Look: Healing Machines
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Saturday, August 8th, from 10 am - 11 am
Amy Renee Webb: borders of our lives
@ KIOSK
3054 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
On view through Sunday, August 30th
Pocket Full of Shells
@ Center for Native Futures
56 W Adams St, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Saturday, January 16th
Glass Castles
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Sunday, September 20th
John Wangendo: Stories from Africa
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Sunday, September 13th
Voytek Glinkowski: Pages From My Notebook
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Sunday, September 13th
Paula Menchen and Ellen Holtzblatt: Place and Passing
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
On view through Sunday, September 6th
LANGUAGE OF COLOR by Roman Opalinski & Taras Opalinski
@ Ukrainian National Museum
2249 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 7 PM - 9 PM
On view through Sunday, August 30th
Tone Glow Presents “I’ll Walk With God: Reflections on Mortality”
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
iPhone Face
@ Flatline Gallery
1925 N Milwaukee ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, August 23rd
Plastic on the Sofa: a Roots family show with Christina Warzecha, phia lynne, & Talia Kimberly Wright
@ Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 7th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, September 5th
Whispers from the Unfamiliar
@ CSI Project Space Gallery
1912 N Damen Ave. Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, September 4th
This could be//The Permanent Rebellion
@ Blanc Gallery
4445 South King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 12th
SUMMER VIBES
@ Fulton Street Collective
1821 West Hubbard St, #suite 307 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, August 7th
Poke a Hole
@ The Plan
610 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 6th
Unveiled: A Group Exhibition
@ Dragonfly Gallery and Creative Spaces
2436 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, August 30th
By Way of Lakes: Solo Exhibition by Rachel Lee
@ Dragonfly Gallery and Creative Spaces
2436 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, August 30th
The Marks We Make: Solo Exhibition by Sarina Swalm
@ Dragonfly Gallery and Creative Spaces
2436 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, August 30th
Performance, Film and Food with Arts Club Fellows
@ The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
Opening Reception at Green Eye
@ Green Eye
2403 W Homer St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, October 1st
Edgewater Hootenanny
@ Roman Susan at Berger Park Cultural Center
6205 N Sheridan Road, Chicago IL 60660
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
Michelle Williams: Luminous Witness
@ ARC Gallery
1463 West Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, August 28th
Jayne King: Archaeology of the Self
@ ARC Gallery
1463 West Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, August 28th
DEATH MAGIC
@ Circle Contemporary
2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, September 25th
Abstract Minds
@ Art City
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 7th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, September 4th
Exploring Satire with The Onion and The New Yorker
@ The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
50 E Erie St,Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, August 6th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, September 13th
Glaciers & Climates: Jenny Kendler and Meghana Ranganathan on Cryospheres
@ Gallery 400
Online
Opening Thursday, August 6th, from 3PM - 4PM
Rainbo Club (Last Day)
@ Rainbo Club
1150 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 6th, from 4PM - 1AM
On view through Thursday, August 6th
Anthony Olusina – 10 Portraits
@ Harper Court
5235 S Harper Ct. Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, August 6th, at 6PM
Here + Now
@ Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL60637
Opening Wednesday, August 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
Transexual Menace | Free Film Screening
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Tuesday, August 4th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Porks + “what is it green” proto-teleplay
@ Facets Film Forum
1517 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Monday, August 3rd, at 7PM
On view through Monday, August 3rd
THE LAWN OPEN
@ THE LAWN
DM for address
Opening Sunday, August 2nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 2nd
ABBA Under the Stars at AIRE Rooftop
@ Aire Rooftop
100 W Monroe St, Floor 24, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, August 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 2nd
Sungho Bae: Apotropaia
@ 4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, August 2nd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, September 6th
OPTION: Christopher Dammann / Avreeayl Ra / Edward Wilkerson
@ Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood, Chicago IL 60660
Opening Sunday, August 2nd, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, August 2nd
Groundwaves Generations Hip-hop for the whole family with MURS
@ National Public Housing Museum
919 South Ada Street Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, August 2nd, from 1PM - 4PM
Riot in Flatland
@ Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, August 1st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, August 29th
My first house was red
@ Yes Project Space
3705 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60651
Opening Saturday, August 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 3rd
ar•ti•facts
@ Perspective Gallery
1310 1/2 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, August 1st, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, August 30th
