September 2025
Shakkei: Artist Talk and Exhibition Tour
@ Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, September 13th, from 1PM - 2PM
Salvador Andrade Arévalo: IDA Y VUELTA
@ Pueblo Unido Gallery
6212 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660
On view through Saturday, November 29th
Locked Achievements
@ Little Village Branch – Chicago Public Library
2311 S Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, September 13th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Friday, December 12th
I Won’t Leave as I Came
@ VSG Contemporary
673 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago IL 60642
Opening Saturday, September 13th, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, October 4th
Animal Well
@ Chicago Gamespace
2418 W Bloomingdale Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 13th, from 11AM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, September 14th
Liberation Lab: Screenprint with us!
@ Walls Turned Sideways
2717 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, September 13th, from 1PM - 4PM
amy pearl lang: march of the seasons
@ Rainbo Club
1150 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 13th, at 8PM
‘Paging Mr. Herman…’
@ Toy de Jour
2532 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, October 17th
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@ Grunts Rare Books
1500 S. Western Ave. Suite 403 Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, September 12th
Drawing On
@ Patient Info
902 N Western Ave, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 5th
Michael Gaylord James: En la Frontera: Basketball in the Barrio, El Paso y Juarez
@ Uri-Eichen Gallery
2101 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 12th, at 6PM
On view through Friday, October 24th
Basurita
@ Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Diagrams / Systems
@ Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, October 17th
Ále Campos & Kitty Rauth: Pleasure Cruise
@ Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 25th
Buddha Took A Bullet For Me | LotusPOWER : Heather and the crew :// @timelessartschicago
@ Timeless Arts Gallery & Studio
3040 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, September 12th
Imagining Everyday
@ Forum 301
301 W Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 5PM - 8:30PM
On view through Sunday, November 2nd
Our Existence is Protest
@ The Center for Mad Culture
410 S Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 25th
PRISMA: Color Coding
@ Art City
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 10th
Anna Lipscomb: Affixed and Unfixed
@ Art City
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 5PM - 9PM
Gregory Jacobsen: Smiles and Piles
@ Zg Gallery
300 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 25th
Kiah Celeste and Gordon Hall: Artifact Unidentified
@ DOCUMENT
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 1st
Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson: Glacial Landscapes
@ ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 1st
Robert Burnier: Thumb Piano
@ ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 1st
Temitayo Ogunbiyi: Off-Site Ice Cream Pop-Up
@ Shawn Michelle’s Homemade Ice Cream
46 E 47th St, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 4PM - 7PM
Pet Cemetery with a C : The Musical
@ Facility Theatre
1138 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 12th, at 7PM
Brendan Fernandes The Rite
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, May 31st
Journie Cirdain: The Gloaming
@ Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 1st
Fragility Performance by Ciarra K. Walters
@ Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
Tiffany Gholar: Make Something Real
@ The Fine Arts Building Second Floor Gallery
410 S. Michigan, Second Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, October 1st
Simone Mantellassi: Carpeting In the Kitchen Incorporated
@ Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 1st
Porfirio Gutiérrez: Modernism
@ Volume Gallery
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 1st
CATACOMBS: a world premiere production by Katherine Gwynn
@ Dorothy
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, September 11th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, September 27th
Tengo Lincoln Park en mi corazón: Young Lords in Chicago
@ DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, September 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, February 8th
Frédéric Moffet: You’re Too Lovely To Last
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, September 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
Aaron Curry: Raw Dog
@ Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, September 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 1st
Nick Drnaso: Ghost Works
@ Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, September 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 1st
Aaron Curry & Richard Hawkins: Human Non-Human
@ Corbett vs. Dempsey
2156 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, September 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 1st
Bethany Collins: DUSK
@ PATRON
1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, September 11th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, October 25th
Complementaries
@ Ralph Arnold Gallery
1131 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, September 11th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 4th
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle: A Want for Nothing
@ DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, September 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, February 8th
Faisal Anwar
@ TheMART
222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654
On view through Sunday, November 30th
Arts of Life
@ TheMART
222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654
On view through Sunday, October 5th
Faisal Anwar: CommonSky
@ South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
On view through Saturday, December 13th
‘Texture’ Film Screening
@ Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, September 10th, at 7:30PM
Drink & Draw: Botanical Readiness with EC Brown
@ Spudnik Press
1821 W Hubbard St, #302, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, September 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
Vidvuds Zviedris: Far and Further Still
@ McCormick Gallery
2251 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Wednesday, September 10th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, November 1st
Olivia Zubko: Visiting Artist Talk + Reception
@ McHenry County College | Galleries One & Two
8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Opening Wednesday, September 10th, from 2:30PM - 3:30PM
On view through Friday, September 12th
Taxes Made Simple: For Individuals with (or without) Side Gigs
@ Chicago Made
Online
Opening Wednesday, September 10th, at 12PM
Barbara Loden: WANDA (1970)
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Tuesday, September 9th, at 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 14th
Talk and Book Signing | Dorian Sylvain
@ Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave
Opening Tuesday, September 9th, from 6PM - 730PM
Talk Long Talk Love : kinky communication workshop
@ Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago IL, 60626
Opening Monday, September 8th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Transvengence Vol. 9: Queer Pop-up
@ Podlasie Club
2918 N Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, September 7th, from 7PM - 10:30PM
Dan S. Wang: Finding Our Way (through a triple double): Closing Reception
@ Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 W 23rd St, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Sunday, September 7th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, September 7th
Artist Talk with John Bakker: The Old Town Portrait Project
@ Near North Branch, Chicago Public Library
310 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Sunday, September 7th, from 2PM - 3PM
Shift Notes: Writing About Work with Katie Kiesewetter
@ Richard J. Daley Branch, Chicago Public Library
3400 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, September 7th, from 2PM - 4PM
Exhibition Walkthrough with Katz Tepper
@ Prairie
2055 W Cermak Rd
Opening Sunday, September 7th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, September 7th
Crossing Austin: Part 2 with Marvin Tate!
@ Marvin's House
5944 west Race St. Chicago, Il.
Opening Sunday, September 7th, from 1PM - 4PM
Workshop: Pinch a Friend with Sydnie Jimenez
@ Joy Machine
4148 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, September 7th, from 11AM - 2PM
Abstract Concepts
@ Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 6th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 27th
WELTS! by David Hauptschein at Rhino Fest Theater Festival
@ Jarvis Square Theater
1439 W Jarvis Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, September 6th, from 7 PM - 8 PM
Side Yard Sounds: The Pleiades Series
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, September 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
Ether
@ No Nation - Art Gallery and Tangential Unspace Lab
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 6th, at 7PM
Eric Leonardson with Negin Almassi: Singing Insects Soundwalk
@ Jackson Park Wooded Island
6147 S Evans Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, September 6th, from 6:30PM - 7:30PM
Funeral at the Movies (Week 4: Maxi Cohen, Gerhard Richter, Julie Zando)
@ Bodenrader
1620 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, September 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 6th
Foundations: Architecturally Themed Prints
@ Chicago Printmakers Collaborative
4912 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, September 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, November 16th
Map Without Territory
@ SoNa Chicago Art Gallery
1527 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 27th
Hien Minh: Lotusthetics
@ Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 6th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, September 28th
To Our Grandmothers
@ Awakenings Art
4001 North Ravenswood Ave, #Suite 204-C, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, September 6th, from 3 PM - 4 PM
On view through Sunday, September 7th
Artist Talk: Pooja Pittie
@ Intuit Art Museum
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, September 6th, from 2PM - 3PM
Destyni “Desi” Swoope: Abuela’s House
@ The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
3015 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 6th, from 10AM - 2PM
On view through Saturday, July 18th
Printers Row Literary Festival
@ Printers Row
620 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, September 6th, from 10AM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 7th
Closing event to celebrate the work of Juliann Wang: “My Little Realities”
@ compound yellow
244 Lake Street, Oak Park, Il 60302
Opening Saturday, September 6th, from 3:30PM - 6PM
Mayumi Lake and Bob Faust: Shakkei
@ Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
On view through Monday, January 5th
Resurge Chicago: Queer Performance Uprising
@ Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 5th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 6th
WELTS! at Rhino Fest Theater Festival
@ Jarvis Square Theater
1439 W Jarvis Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, September 5th, from 7 PM - 8 PM
Performance: Alex Koi & Kirin McElwain with D. Jean-Baptiste & Anna Johnson
@ International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, September 5th, from 7PM - 9PM
Veronica Storc: Looking for Vultures: Artist Talk
@ Crosswalk
1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL, 60647
Opening Friday, September 5th, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, September 5th
Daniel Hojnacki: D (US) T
@ 21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, September 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, October 31st
Another Day In Paradise
@ Parlour and Ramp
2130 w 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 3rd
BDSM History & Memories: Notes from the Sexual Underground exhibit and talk
@ Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, September 5th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
Print Launch: Mari Eastman
@ Soccer Club Club
2923 N Cicero Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, September 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
Art And The City: A Benefit for Woman Made Gallery
@ Morningstar’s 7th floor venue & patio
22 W Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, September 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
Olivia Petrides: Erosion
@ Chicago Grand Gallery
2842 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 5th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, September 26th
Sara Ditchman: FOCUS FLOW FORM
@ Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 5th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, September 15th
Charlie Goss: Inner Beauty, Outer Expression
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave
Opening Friday, September 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, September 26th
Holding Space
@ Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 5th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 27th
Diane Jurado: The Ambiguous Narrative
@ ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave
Opening Friday, September 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, September 26th
Faculty Sabbatical Triennial
@ SAIC Galleries
33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, September 5th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 6th
Hương Ngô
@ ENGAGE Projects
864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 11th
The Scenic Route
@ Vertical Gallery
2006 W Chicago Ave, #1R, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 27th
Lora Fosberg: I Love it Here, Let’s Leave; in Search of the Hill
@ Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 5th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 11th
Audrey Niffenegger: Wayward Bodies
@ Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 5th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 11th
2025 Selena Tribute Concert
@ Millennium Park
201 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Friday, September 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
Marina Resende: Ground Value
@ Watershed Art and Ecology
1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, September 4th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, September 8th
Sparklmami and BSA Gold: Sonorous Somatics 005
@ Blanc Gallery
4445 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Thursday, September 4th, at 7PM
Intimate Closing Reception: Sébastien Johnson’s Gilt Complex
@ VSG Contemporary
673 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago IL 60642
Opening Thursday, September 4th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, September 6th
