the
VISUALIST
•
chicago visual
arts calendar
about
archive
submit
past events
Tuesday
April 15th
Monday
April 14th
Sunday
April 13th
Saturday
April 12th
Friday
April 11th
Thursday
April 10th
archives
April 2025
March 2025
February 2025
January 2025
December 2024
November 2024
October 2024
September 2024
August 2024
July 2024
June 2024
May 2024
April 2024
March 2024
February 2024
January 2024
December 2023
November 2023
October 2023
September 2023
August 2023
July 2023
June 2023
May 2023
April 2023
March 2023
February 2023
January 2023
December 2022
November 2022
October 2022
September 2022
August 2022
July 2022
June 2022
May 2022
April 2022
March 2022
February 2022
January 2022
December 2021
November 2021
October 2021
September 2021
August 2021
July 2021
June 2021
May 2021
April 2021
March 2021
February 2021
January 2021
December 2020
November 2020
October 2020
September 2020
August 2020
July 2020
June 2020
May 2020
April 2020
March 2020
February 2020
January 2020
December 2019
November 2019
October 2019
September 2019
August 2019
July 2019
June 2019
May 2019
April 2019
March 2019
February 2019
January 2019
December 2018
November 2018
October 2018
September 2018
August 2018
July 2018
June 2018
May 2018
April 2018
March 2018
February 2018
January 2018
December 2017
November 2017
October 2017
September 2017
August 2017
July 2017
June 2017
May 2017
April 2017
March 2017
February 2017
January 2017
December 2016
November 2016
October 2016
September 2016
August 2016
July 2016
June 2016
May 2016
April 2016
March 2016
February 2016
January 2016
December 2015
November 2015
October 2015
September 2015
August 2015
July 2015
June 2015
May 2015
April 2015
March 2015
February 2015
January 2015
December 2014
November 2014
October 2014
September 2014
August 2014
July 2014
June 2014
May 2014
April 2014
March 2014
February 2014
January 2014
December 2013
November 2013
October 2013
September 2013
August 2013
July 2013
June 2013
May 2013
April 2013
March 2013
February 2013
January 2013
December 2012
November 2012
October 2012
September 2012
August 2012
July 2012
June 2012
May 2012
April 2012
March 2012
February 2012
January 2012
December 2011
November 2011
October 2011
September 2011
August 2011
July 2011
June 2011
May 2011
April 2011
March 2011
February 2011
January 2011
December 2010
November 2010
October 2010
September 2010
August 2010
July 2010
June 2010
May 2010
April 2010
March 2010
February 2010
January 2010
December 2009
November 2009
October 2009
September 2009
July 2009
May 2008
April 2008
October 2007
May 2007
January 2007
December 2006
October 2006
September 2006
August 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
December 2005
July 2005
September 2004
February 2004
January 2004
October 2003
September 2003
January 2003
October 2002
September 2002
July 2002
June 2002
March 2002
August 2001
June 2001
May 2001
April 2001
March 2001
November 2000
September 2000
August 2000
July 2000
January 2000
September 1998
March 1998
September 1997
August 1997
May 1997
June 1996
March 1996
January 1996
November 1995
April 1995
January 1995
November 1994
June 1993
April 1993
September 1992
January 1992
October 1991
March 1991
February 1991
May 1990
March 1990
April 1989
March 1989
February 1989
June 1988
February 1988
January 1988
October 1987
March 1987
February 1987
March 1986
February 1986
January 1986
November 1985
March 1985
February 1985
June 1984
May 1984
October 1983
September 1983
January 1979
September 1978
March 1978
May 1972
December 1969
November 1969
September 1969
August 1969
June 1969
May 1969
January 1969
December 1963
November 1963
July 1947
Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Soleil Ô
@
The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, February 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
Valentines Portrait Slam
@
Blick Art Materials
42 S State St, Chicago, IL 60201
Opening Thursday, February 7th, from 4PM - 7PM
Fredrik Floen
@
SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, February 7th, from 4:15PM - 5PM
AnySquared’s 9th Anniversary Celebration
@
AnySquared
2328 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, February 6th, from 3PM - 10PM
The Meaning of Manhood and the Evolution of Black Masculinity
@
Fellowship Chicago
4543 S Princeton Ave, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Wednesday, February 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
Shimon Attie
@
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ferguson Hall
600 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, February 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
Henrik Vibskov
@
The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, February 6th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
In-Session: Imani Elizabeth Jackson & Jo Stewart
@
Threewalls
2738 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Wednesday, February 6th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
J e l l o: Refresh
@
Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Wednesday, February 6th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
Miller & Shellabarger: Untitled (Pink Tube)
@
DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, February 6th, from 3PM - 7PM
Tarfia Faizullah
@
Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Tuesday, February 5th, from 7PM - 9PM
Elmgreen & Dragset
@
The Art Institute of Chicago
Rubloff Auditorium: 230 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, February 5th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Fluid Entanglements
@
Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, February 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
In Progress: Bảo Nguyễn and Kanyinsola Anifowoshe
@
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, February 5th, from 6PM - 8PM
Heather Courtney: The Unafraid (2017)
@
Northwestern University, Annie May Swift Auditorium
920 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Tuesday, February 5th, from 7PM - 10PM
Prisoner of Love: Curator Tour
@
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, February 5th, from 12PM - 1PM
Mapping Kwanzaa
@
Blackstone Library
4904 S Lake Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Monday, February 4th, from 5PM - 6PM
On view through Monday, February 11th
Utopia
@
Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory (3CT)
5811 S Kenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, February 4th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Xitlalli Sixta Tarin: Eclipsing
@
Filmfront
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, February 3rd, from 2PM - 4PM
Black Panther Party Ten Point Program Film Series at the Arts Bank
@
Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Sunday, February 3rd, from 2PM - 5PM
Wade: Homemade Florida and Spirit Water Workshop
@
Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Sunday, February 3rd, from 2PM - 4:15PM
Valentines Against Violence and Incarceration
@
Read/Write Library Chicago
914 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, February 3rd, from 2PM - 4PM
Living Architecture: Chinese New Year Party
@
6018NORTH
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, February 3rd, from 11AM - 9PM
On view through Monday, February 4th
Small Gestures: Artist Walkthrough
@
Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Sunday, March 10th
René Lalonde
@
Martin Lawrence Galleries
5 Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg, IL 60173
Opening Saturday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Maia Cruz Palileo: All The While I Thought You Had Received This
@
moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 2nd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Peter Fagundo: Pirate’s Booty
@
Shane Campbell Gallery
2021 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, February 2nd, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, March 16th
Artist Dialogue: kg and Betsy Odom
@
DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, February 2nd, from 2PM - 3PM
the BIG show
@
Blnk Haus
3206 W Armitage
Opening Saturday, February 2nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, February 23rd
Calculus, a study of limits
@
Slow
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL, 60608
Opening Saturday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 2nd
Forgotten Forms
@
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, February 2nd, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, April 7th
PO Box Friendraiser + Fundraiser
@
6900 West Glenwood Avenue
6900 W Glenwood Ave, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Saturday, February 2nd, from 3PM - 7PM
Before Jamestown: The Real Origins of America
@
Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, February 2nd, from 10AM - 11:30AM
Nubia: Land of the Bow
@
Oriental Institute
1155 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, February 2nd, from 1PM - 3PM
Fall In Together Now.
@
Connect Gallery
1520 E Harper Ct, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
Tatsu Aoki: Miyumi Project
@
Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 2nd, from 9PM - 12AM
Jane: An Abortion Service (1995)
@
The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, February 2nd, from 1PM - 3PM
Kristin Mariani: Two Sides of the Horizon
@
1100 Florence
1100 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, February 2nd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, February 21st
Zach Meisner: Duæl
@
MICKEY
1635 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 24th
Furtive
@
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, February 2nd, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, April 7th
The world can never be exactly what you want it to be.
@
Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, March 10th
Small Gestures
@
Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave 2nd floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, March 10th
SLOW FIXTURES
@
EXTRA Projects
3551 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, February 22nd
Form Without Plan
@
Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, February 21st
ALL POLITICS ARE LOCAL
@
Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, March 3rd
Paul Lamantia: Phantasmagoria
@
One After 909
906 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 9th
Atlas Unlimited: Act V (Plaisance)
@
Logan Center Exhibitions
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 17th
Grant Benoit: Repeating Thresholds
@
Rockford University Art Gallery
5050 E State St, Rockford, IL 61108
Opening Friday, February 1st, at 6
On view through Friday, March 8th
Student Art Reception
@
A Shot of Art at Perkolator
6032 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60634
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 3:30PM - 5:30PM
On view through Sunday, February 24th
Change the Canvas Change the World Curator Talk
@
South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Jun Fujita: Oblivion Catalog Release Party
@
Japanese American Service Committee
4427 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 6:30PM - 8PM
In Progress: Mariana Valencia
@
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
Scientific Sketches and Subsurface Scattering
@
International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 24th
Piece of HeART: A Valentine Exhibition
@
Kevin Lahvic Gallery #222
1579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
Unity Love Consciousness
@
Infiniteus
1644 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
Nancy Rosen: Frankly Mine: Closing Reception
@
Gallery Studio Oh
4839 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, February 15th
Armani Howard: Shapes Us All
@
Vault Gallerie
1909 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 6PM - 10PM
Sexual Violence: Edges and Boundaries
@
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Saturday, February 9th
The New UnNatural
@
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, March 31st
Animal House Show: A Benefit for Noah’s Ark
@
Horseflower's Creative Hotspot
1416 N Main St, Rockford, IL 61103
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
@
The Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 7PM - 10PM
Frigid Art First Friday!
@
This Is It Gallery
1700 S Loomis St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 6PM - 10PM
New Work in Collage
@
Hofheimer Gallery
4823 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 23rd
TMoney: StreetSign Language
@
Pilsen Outpost
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, February 7th
Eclipsing: death and transformation
@
Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, February 4th
I Am Cuba
@
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 7PM - 10PM
Beate Axmann: Black Forest Peace Symphony
@
DANK Haus German American Cultural Center, 4th Floor Art Gallery
4740 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 6:30PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, February 28th
last page
Join our
weekly
newsletter! :)