West Side Story
Friday, June 2nd, 7:00 PM to Sunday, June 25th, 7:00 PM
20 N Wacker Drive Suite 860, Chicago IL, 60606
Too Long; Didn't Read
Friday, June 2nd, 7:00 PM to Sunday, July 9th, 5:00 PM
1550 North Milwaukee 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60622
The Gospel at Colonus
Friday, May 12th, 7:30pm to Sunday, June 11th, 7:30pm
5535 S. Ellis Avenue
An Otherworldly Existence: Afrofuturism & the Environment at the Garfield Park Conservatory
Thursday, April 27th, 2023 3:00PM to Friday, June 30th, 2023 5:00PM
300 N. Central Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Pure Fantasy
4.22.23 - 6.4.23
1542 N Milwaukee Ave #3, Chicago, IL 60622
Wrightwood 659 Exhibits
Saturday, April 15th to Saturday July 15th
659 W. Wrightwood Avenue
Art on the Mart
Friday, April 14th to Wednesday, July 5th
Merchandise Mart, 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654
Horizon Line (S)
Tuesday, April 11th — Ongoing
Hyde Park Blvd and Cornell Ave
Prosthesis Exhibition
Saturday, April 8th to Saturday, June 17th
3050 S Haynes Ct, Chicago, IL 60608
Los huecos del agua: Recent Indigenous Art from Mexico
Friday, March 31st 10:00am to Sunday, August 27th, 5:00 PM
1852 W 19th Street Chicago, IL 60608
Calling On The Past at the Smart
Tuesday, March 21st to Sunday, February 4th, 2024
The Smart Museum, 5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
SURVIVING THE LONG WARS: Unlikely Entanglements at the Hyde Park Art Center
Thursday, March 16th, 10:00 AM to Sunday, July 9th, 4:00 pm
5020 S Cornell Avenue, Chicago, IL 60615
Portrait Session: Support DayLong Film Festival!
Sunday, June 4th, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
600 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL, 60616
Ricardo Mondragon: Musica Universalis
Friday, June 9th, 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM
4553 West Diversey Avenue Chicago, IL 60639
Marie Watt: SKY DANCES LIGHT
Saturday June, 10th 12:00 PM to September 30th, 5:00 PM
835 W WASHINGTON BLVD. fl 1
INTERMEZZO
Sunday, June 11th, 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
948 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607
Refine Collective Presents: 3rd Annual Juneteenth Freedom Market at The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Friday, June 16th, 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
220 E Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60611
SHELF LIFE
Friday, June 23th, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
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Hand Drawn Circle: Arts of Life Studio Past and Present
Thursday, March 23rd to Sunday, May 21st
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, 756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Letting the Clock Play the Piano
Friday, March 24th to Monday, May 22nd
Circle Contemporary Chicago, 2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Soho House Proximity Talk
March 24, 2023, 5pm - 6:15pm
Soho House, 113-125 N Green St Chicago, IL 60607
Lyric Opera Proximity
March 24, 2023, 7pm - 10pm
The Lyric Opera, 20 North Upper Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606
Skin + Masks | Artist Studio Progressive
March 25, 2023, 10:30am - 12 noon
Mana Contemporary 2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Grand Opening of Middle Child Gallery
Mana Contemporary, 2233 S. Throop St. #950, Chicago, IL 60608
March 25, 2023, 12:45pm - 2pm
Gallery 535 N Michigan Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Gertie Presents: (Inter)mezzo
March 26, 2023, 4pm - 8pm
948 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Maia Cruz Palileo: Days Later, Down River at Monique Meloche Gallery
Saturday, April 1st to Friday, May 26th
Monique Meloche Gallery, 451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
David Heo Collaborative Drawing and EXPO launch party
Saturday, April 1st to Sunday, May 21st
Ingress Gallery @ Soho House Chicago, 113-125 N Green St, Chicago, IL 60607
SPACORE
Every Saturday from April 1st to April 22nd
Co-Prosperity, 3219-21 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
The Last of Animal Builders Opening
Sunday, April 2 1:00 PM to 4:00PM
Edith Farnsworth House, 14520 River Road, Plano, IL 60545
The Last of Animal Builders
Wednesday, April 12th to Sunday, April 16th, open 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM
SAIC Spring Undergraduate Exhibition (Ongoing)
Friday, April 7th to Saturday, April 15th
SAIC Galleries, 33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Reception for “Unravel: Portraits of My Obsessions” by Cristi López
Friday, April 7th, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
A Very Serious Gallery, 673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
SAIC Spring Undergraduate Exhibition Opening
Saturday, April 8th, 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Prosthesis Opening Reception
Saturday, April 8th, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Gertie Presents: Lyric Opera Proximity
Saturday, April 8, 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Gertie Presents: Skin + Masks | Artist Talk
Monday, April 10th, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Mana Contemporary Chicago, 2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Celebration: Calling On The Past at the Smart
Tuesday, April 11th, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Boil, Toil & Trouble
Wednesday, April 12th to Sunday, April 23rd
400 N. Peoria (corner of Peoria and Kinzie in Fulton Market District)
From Arte Haus to Yours
Wednesday, April 12th to Friday, April 14th
Cherry Mountain Arts, 836 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
"50 lbs." a solo exhibition by Patrick Eugène
Wednesday, April 12th to Saturday, May 20th
Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, 437 North Paulina Street, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening of "50 lbs." a solo exhibition by Patrick Eugène
Wednesday, April 12th, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Patron Gallery Current Exhibitions
Wednesday, April 12th to Saturday, May 27th
Patron Gallery, 1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
The Art of Social Transformation Tour: Organized by AFIELD and Gertie
Wednesday, April 12th, 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Meet up location to be provided with RSVP, Drop-off location: 400 N. Peoria
Mika Horibuchi: Showcase
Wednesday, April 12th, 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Tony Fitzpatrick: The Lunch Drawings Opening at Povos
Wednesday, April 12th, 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Povos, 1541 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Kay Hoffman: Being and Becoming
Tony Fitzpatrick: The Lunch Drawings Exhibition at Povos
Wednesday, April 12th to Sunday, May 21st
Toward an Anti-Racist Art Ecosystem in the World
Wednesday, April 12th 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
SAIC - MacLean Ballroom, 112 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603
EXPO Chicago
Thursday, April 13th to Sunday, April 16th
Navy Pier, 600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Excursions w/ DJs Cordell Johnson & James Vincent
Thursday, April 13th, 9:00 PM
The Whistler, 2421 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
American Ballet Theatre at the Auditorium Theatre
Friday, April 14th to Sunday, April 16th
Auditorium Theatre, 50 East Ida B. Wells Drive, Chicago, IL 60605
Screening: Brendan Fernandes: “Free Fall, for Camera”
EXPO Soho House Lounge, Navy Pier, East Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611
1stDibs: A solo exhibition by Dabin Ahn
Friday, April 14th, 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Artruss Gallery, 4553 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Open House at Mana Contemporary
Friday, April 14th, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Mana Contemporary, 2233 S. Throop St., Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Reception for Susan Pasowicz at Ruschman Gallery
Friday, April 14th, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Ruschman Gallery, 4148 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Receptions at Kavi Gupta Gallery
Friday, April 14th, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Kavi Gupta Gallery, 835 W Washington Blvd floors 1-3, Chicago, IL 60607
Hilarities & Unrest: A Black Sonic Experience
Friday, April 14th, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Epiphany Arts Center: The Chase Room, 201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
A Song for Frankie: A Daylong "House" Party at the Arts Bank
Saturday, April 15th, 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
The Arts Bank, 6760 S Stony Is Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Tour of “Art for the Future” with curator Abigail Satinsky at DePaul Art Museum
Saturday, April 15th, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
DePaul Art Museum, 935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Artist Talk, Patrick Eugène And Lauren Tate Baeza
Saturday, April 15th, 1:00 PM
Kelly Kristin Jones: Plinths for the People
Saturday, April 15th, 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
21c Museum Hotel, 55 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Poetics in Practice: Art Writers Panel
Poetry Foundation, 61 West Superior Street Chicago, IL 60654
Guided tour of OFF-SPRING: New Generations at 21c Chicago with Museum Manager Juli Lowe
Every Thursday from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
o_Man! and the Legacy of Curation
Saturday, April 15th, 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Sebastian Mekas in Conversation with Cameron Worden
Saturday, April 15th, 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Mana Contemporary 5th floor, 2233 S. Throop St., Chicago, IL 60608
Art Critics Forum | Supporting Critics of Color
Saturday, April 15th, 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
EXPO Main Stage, Navy Pier, East Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL
THE C*NTY & CLOWNISH PARTY at Co-Prosperity
Saturday, April 15th, 5:00 PM to midnight
Tony's Bagel Service at Povos
Sunday, April 16th, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Sunday, April 16th, 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Meet up location to be provided with RSVP
Closing Reception for “Must See,” a group exhibition at LVL3
Sunday, April 16th, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
LVL3, 1542 N Milwaukee Ave #3, Chicago, IL 60622
Gertie x Blind Barber Presents: (inter)mezzo
Sunday, April 16, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Jacqueline Humphries Artist Talk
Wednesday, April 19th, 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
The Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Gift Economy
Friday, April 21st, 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Heaven Gallery, 1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Soundtrack | CQQCHIFRUIT
Saturday, April 22nd, 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 4th floor atrium, 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
The Other Art Fair
Wednesday, April 26th to Sunday, April 30th
Artifact Events, 4325 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
In Conversation In the Community: Spirit Work
Thursday, May 4th, 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Heaven Gallery, 1550 N Milwaukee Ave #4, Chicago IL, 60622
Doc10: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Thursday, May 4th, 7:00 PM to 9:05 PM
The Davis Theater, 4614 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Doc10: The Disappearance of Shere Hite
Friday, May 5th, 6:15 PM to 8:45 PM
Doc10: Confessions of a Good Samaritan
Friday, May 5th, 8:30 PM to 10:45 PM
Doc10: Under the Sky of Damascus
Saturday, May 6th, 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Doc10: King Coal
Saturday, May 6th, 4:30 PM to 6:15 PM
Doc10: Awards Reception
Saturday, May 6th, 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
The Davis Theater, Sojourn Restaurant, 4614 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Doc10: Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Saturday, May 6th, 8:00 PM to 10:15 PM
Doc10: Subject
Sunday, May 7th, 1:00 PM to 3:05 PM
Doc10: A Still Small Voice
Sunday, May 7th, 4:30 PM to 6:35 PM
Doc10: Going Varsity in Mariachi
Sunday, May 7th, 7:00 PM to 9:15 PM
SAIC Graduate Exhibition Two (Ongoing)
Friday, May 12th to May 21st
SAIC Galleries, 33 E. Washington Street, Chicago, IL 60602
Globethotter - Blesstonio, Kiki, Jenniferfauxxpez
Friday, May 12th, 9:00pm to 2:00am
1002 N. California Ave Chicago, IL 60622
SAIC Graduate Exhibition Reception
Saturday, May 13th, 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Shawnee Dez with Qari & Trinity Star Ultra at Lincoln Hall
Thursday, May 18th, 7:00PM to 11:00PM
2424 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL
REVOLUTION
Friday, May 19th, 7:00 PM to 12:00 AM
1807 S Allport St, Chicago, IL 60608
Chicago Zine Fest
Saturday, May 20th, 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM
1350 W Washington Blvd
Open Windows
Saturday, May 20th, 4:00PM to 9:00 PM
2416 W North Ave Chicago, IL 60647
ACRE Summer Daze
Sunday, May 28th, 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM
1018 N California Ave
A Play about David Mamet Writing a Play about Harvey Weinstein
Tuesday, May 30th, 6:30 PM and Wednesday, May 31st, 6:30 PM
1229 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Superbloom
Thursday, June 1, 7:30pm to 8:45pm
205 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601
Povos: The Space Show
Friday June 2nd, 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM // Every Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM
1541 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642