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    Act Well Your Part, There All The Honor Lies
    Act Well Your Part, There All The Honor Lies
    At Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
    Open today | Apr 14 — Dec 20
    Raqib Shaw: Paradise Lost
    Raqib Shaw: Paradise Lost
    At the Art Institute of Chicago
    Open today | Jun 7 — Nov 15
    Rafael Tufiño: El Café Portfolio
    Rafael Tufiño: El Café Portfolio
    At the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture (NMPRAC)
    Open today | Jan 30 — Nov 30
    Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and The Survival of a People
    Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and The Survival of a People
    At the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture (NMPRAC)
    Open today | Jan 31 — Oct 17
    Perennial City: Experiments in Urban Gardening
    Perennial City: Experiments in Urban Gardening
    At Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
    Open today | Feb 3 — Dec 20
    All My Love: Bernie and Albert’s Love in Letters
    All My Love: Bernie and Albert’s Love in Letters
    At Chinese American Museum of Chicago
    Open today | Feb 14 — Oct 14
    Three Generations Intertwined by Lace
    Three Generations Intertwined by Lace
    At the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture (NMPRAC)
    Open today | Mar 14 — Jan 9
    Saint-Porchaire Ceramics: Rediscovered Treasures of the French Renaissance
    Saint-Porchaire Ceramics: Rediscovered Treasures of the French Renaissance
    At the Art Institute of Chicago
    Open today | Mar 25 — Nov 15
    Drawing with Metal: Sculpture by Bill Brady
    Drawing with Metal: Sculpture by Bill Brady
    At Intuit Art Museum
    Open today | Apr 9 — Mar 21
    Life is an Art: The Collection of Jan Petry
    Life is an Art: The Collection of Jan Petry
    At Intuit Art Museum
    Open today | Apr 9 — Mar 21
    Brendan Fernandes: In the Round
    Brendan Fernandes: In the Round
    At the Richard H. Driehaus Museum
    Open today | Apr 12 — Nov 14
    Tangible Sound: Arrival to a Higher Ground
    Tangible Sound: Arrival to a Higher Ground
    At Chicago Cultural Center
    Open today | Apr 25 — Nov 8
    Monumental
    Monumental
    At Intuit Art Museum
    Open today | Apr 29 — Apr 25
    Mike Cloud: Worldless Obstruction
    Mike Cloud: Worldless Obstruction
    At Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA)
    Open today | May 2 — Feb 7
    Embroidered Traditions from Morocco to Afghanistan
    Embroidered Traditions from Morocco to Afghanistan
    At the Art Institute of Chicago
    Open today | May 2 — Jan 25
    Cydney Lewis: Reflection
    Cydney Lewis: Reflection
    At Gallery 400
    Open today | May 29 — Dec 12
    MONUMENTS OF STILLNESS: Carole Feuerman
    MONUMENTS OF STILLNESS: Carole Feuerman
    At Hilton Contemporary
    Open today | Jun 2 — Nov 15
    Walking With Giants
    Walking With Giants
    At the Cleve Carney Museum of Art (CCMA)
    Open today | Jun 3 — Oct 18
    Abigail Lucien: Blood of the Earth
    Abigail Lucien: Blood of the Earth
    At the Art Institute of Chicago
    Open today | Jun 18 — Jan 25
    Cutting and Pasting a World
    Cutting and Pasting a World
    At Intuit Art Museum
    Open today | Jun 18 — Jan 31
    Diane Dammeyer Fellowship Exhibition: Lali Khalid
    Diane Dammeyer Fellowship Exhibition: Lali Khalid
    At Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP)
    Open today | Jun 25 — Oct 3
    Self, Made: Fourteen Modern Artists from the Richard and Ellen Sandor Family Collection
    Self, Made: Fourteen Modern Artists from the Richard and Ellen Sandor Family Collection
    At the Art Institute of Chicago
    Open today | Jun 25 — Nov 9
    Voices Embodied: Prognostication
    Voices Embodied: Prognostication
    At Design Museum of Chicago
    Open today | Jun 26 — Jan 18
    Kenzi Shiokava
    Kenzi Shiokava
    At Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA)
    Open today | Jun 27 — Jan 31
    Beyond Form: Abstraction at Midcentury
    Beyond Form: Abstraction at Midcentury
    At the Art Institute of Chicago
    Open today | Jun 27 — Oct 19
    Teen Exhibition: OFF THE WALL!
    Teen Exhibition: OFF THE WALL!
    At Hyde Park Art Center
    Open today | Jun 27 — Oct 11
    Beasts, Aviary and Ritual of Ancient China
    Beasts, Aviary and Ritual of Ancient China
    At Heritage Museum of Asian Art
    Open today | Jun 27 — Jan 10
    Gosia Plummer: Home – Daily Wonders of Riverside
    Gosia Plummer: Home – Daily Wonders of Riverside
    At Riverside Town Hall
    Open today | Jul 9 — Nov 11
    Longer Than the Sky: Art of the Obama Years
    Longer Than the Sky: Art of the Obama Years
    At Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
    Open today | Jul 10 — Oct 11
    Prison Papers: Organizing Inside/Outside Solidarity
    Prison Papers: Organizing Inside/Outside Solidarity
    At Walls Turned Sideways
    Open today | Jul 11 — Oct 15
    PAY ME
    PAY ME
    At Facility
    Open today | Jul 18 — Oct 16
    Our Island of Treasures: Puerto Rican Voices from Indiana
    Our Island of Treasures: Puerto Rican Voices from Indiana
    At the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture (NMPRAC)
    Open today | Jul 25 — Feb 19
    My first house was red
    My first house was red
    At Yes Project Space
    Open today | Aug 1 — Oct 3
    Pocket Full of Shells
    Pocket Full of Shells
    At Center for Native Futures
    Open today | Aug 8 — Jan 16
    Ground Floor
    Ground Floor
    At Hyde Park Art Center
    Open today | Aug 9 — Nov 1
    Nossa Estrela
    Nossa Estrela
    At DOCUMENT
    Open today | Aug 12 — Nov 8
    Vivir la Tierra
    Vivir la Tierra
    At National Museum of Mexican Art
    Open today | Aug 15 — Feb 7
    LIGHT SLIP: ARCHIVE, ABSTRACTION, & PHENOMENA
    LIGHT SLIP: ARCHIVE, ABSTRACTION, & PHENOMENA
    At Filter Space
    Open today | Aug 21 — Oct 3
    Chinatown Renaissance Man
    Chinatown Renaissance Man
    At Heritage Museum of Asian Art
    Open today | Aug 21 — Oct 4
    To Be Remembered: Woven Matters of the Heart
    To Be Remembered: Woven Matters of the Heart
    At Chicago Cultural Center
    Open today | Aug 21 — Feb 28
    Parallel Visions: C.C. Ann Chen, Carie Lassman, Frances Lee, and Monika Plioplyte
    Parallel Visions: C.C. Ann Chen, Carie Lassman, Frances Lee, and Monika Plioplyte
    At Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
    Open today | Aug 22 — Oct 3
    Decrepitude
    Decrepitude
    At LVL3
    Open today | Aug 22 — Oct 11
    Clutch
    Clutch
    At Point Blank
    Open today | Aug 28 — Oct 4
    The Peace of Wild Things
    The Peace of Wild Things
    At Joy Machine
    Open today | Aug 28 — Oct 17
    Terra Machina: Lefty Out There
    Terra Machina: Lefty Out There
    At VSG Contemporary
    Open today | Aug 29 — Oct 10
    Rita Grendze: You Don’t Have to Love Me
    Rita Grendze: You Don’t Have to Love Me
    At Riverside Arts Center
    Open today | Aug 30 — Oct 31
    Barbara Ciurej + Lindsay Lochman | Domestic Disruptions
    Barbara Ciurej + Lindsay Lochman | Domestic Disruptions
    At Riverside Arts Center
    Open today | Aug 30 — Oct 10
    Style is the Body Thinking
    Style is the Body Thinking
    At SAIC Galleries
    Open today | Aug 31 — Dec 5
    LeRoy Neiman: A Keen Observer of Style
    LeRoy Neiman: A Keen Observer of Style
    At SAIC Galleries
    Open today | Aug 31 — Nov 21
    Aurora
    Aurora
    At Weatherproof
    Open today | Sep 3 — Oct 18
    Karla Wong Journeys of Being
    Karla Wong Journeys of Being
    At Intuit Art Museum
    Open today | Sep 3 — Jan 10
    Transition
    Transition
    At Pistachios Contemporary Art Jewelry and Objects
    Open today | Sep 3 — Nov 8
    Where I Sleep, Family Dinner
    Where I Sleep, Family Dinner
    At Forum 301
    Open today | Sep 4 — Oct 4
    On the Shelf 2026
    On the Shelf 2026
    At Filter Space
    Open today | Sep 4 — Oct 31
    Where I Sleep
    Where I Sleep
    At Forum 301
    Open today | Sep 4 — Oct 4
    All Is Fish That Comes to the Net
    All Is Fish That Comes to the Net
    At Chicago Artists Coalition
    Open today | Sep 4 — Oct 15
    Witness to Bedlam with Olivia Petrides and Lynn Basa
    Witness to Bedlam with Olivia Petrides and Lynn Basa
    At Oliva Gallery
    Open today | Sep 4 — Oct 3
    Death By Landscape
    Death By Landscape
    At Flatline Gallery
    Open today | Sep 4 — Oct 16
    Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism
    Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism
    At the Art Institute of Chicago
    Open today | Sep 6 — Jan 3
    The Block Collects 2026
    The Block Collects 2026
    At Block Museum of Art
    Open today | Sep 9 — Dec 6
    Picturing the Modern Metropolis: Prints and Photographs from The Block's Collection
    Picturing the Modern Metropolis: Prints and Photographs from The Block's Collection
    At Block Museum of Art
    Open today | Sep 9 — Dec 6
    If Emmett Till Lived: Freedom on American Ground
    If Emmett Till Lived: Freedom on American Ground
    At Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP)
    Open today | Sep 10 — Dec 19
    Mernet Larsen: Situational Awareness
    Mernet Larsen: Situational Awareness
    At the Arts Club of Chicago
    Open today | Sep 10 — Dec 18
    Claire Sherman: Tannic Waters
    Claire Sherman: Tannic Waters
    At PATRON
    Open today | Sep 10 — Oct 31
    Karimah Ashadu: Machine Boys
    Karimah Ashadu: Machine Boys
    At the Art Institute of Chicago
    Open today | Sep 11 — Dec 11
    Palak Patel: Can I get my friends to hold my hand?
    Palak Patel: Can I get my friends to hold my hand?
    At Spudnik Press
    Open today | Sep 11 — Oct 9
    ... before the dawn
    ... before the dawn
    At SECRIST | BEACH
    Open today | Sep 11 — Nov 14
    Whitney Bedford: Nocturnes
    Whitney Bedford: Nocturnes
    At SECRIST | BEACH
    Open today | Sep 11 — Nov 14
    Honoring Resilience
    Honoring Resilience
    At Gallery VICTOR
    Open today | Sep 11 — Oct 25
    The blue: Ugi Bumm
    The blue: Ugi Bumm
    At Prak-sis
    Open today | Sep 11 — Oct 10
    Press & Pull: A Legacy of the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop
    Press & Pull: A Legacy of the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop
    At Gallery 400
    Open today | Sep 11 — Dec 12
    Unseen Connections | Nancy Good, Layl McDill, and Jemsy Pradunn
    Unseen Connections | Nancy Good, Layl McDill, and Jemsy Pradunn
    At Evanston Art Center
    Open today | Sep 12 — Nov 1
    Karimah Ashadu: Tendered
    Karimah Ashadu: Tendered
    At the Renaissance Society
    Open today | Sep 12 — Nov 1
    or, The River
    or, The River
    At Old Friends Gallery
    Open today | Sep 12 — Nov 14
    RESISTING THE LONG WAR: A Revolution of Values
    RESISTING THE LONG WAR: A Revolution of Values
    At Elmhurst Art Museum
    Open today | Sep 13 — Jan 4
    Abbott Pattison: The Figure Forward
    Abbott Pattison: The Figure Forward
    At Elmhurst Art Museum
    Open today | Sep 13 — Jan 4
    EVERY NOW N’THEN..
    EVERY NOW N’THEN..
    At Compound Yellow
    Open today | Sep 13 — Oct 17
    Robert Chase Heishman: Common Bond
    Robert Chase Heishman: Common Bond
    At 4th Ward Project Space
    Open today | Sep 13 — Oct 11
    Enriching Life Retrospective
    Enriching Life Retrospective
    At Brushwood Center
    Open today | Sep 13 — Oct 19
    Bob Faust: Ways & Means
    Bob Faust: Ways & Means
    At Navy Pier
    Open today | Sep 14 — Oct 22
    Jon Waine Afro Nu-Wave Band (1975–1983)
    Jon Waine Afro Nu-Wave Band (1975–1983)
    At Corbett vs. Dempsey
    Open today | Sep 15 — Oct 31
    Pope.L: No Thing Skin Sets
    Pope.L: No Thing Skin Sets
    At Corbett vs. Dempsey
    Open today | Sep 15 — Oct 31
    The Lawnmower Video
    The Lawnmower Video
    At Corbett vs. Dempsey
    Open today | Sep 15 — Oct 31
    Clotilde Jiménez: Éramos silencios
    Clotilde Jiménez: Éramos silencios
    At Mariane Ibrahim, Chicago
    Open today | Sep 16 — Oct 31
    Alexandra Barth: The Awnings
    Alexandra Barth: The Awnings
    At DOCUMENT
    Open today | Sep 17 — Nov 7
    Scores
    Scores
    At Tala
    Open today | Sep 17 — Nov 21
    Pinhole
    Pinhole
    At Latitude Chicago
    Open today | Sep 17 — Dec 7
    Olivia Zubko Nymphaeum Gallery One, Chicago
    Olivia Zubko Nymphaeum Gallery One, Chicago
    At Western Exhibitions
    Open today | Sep 17 — Oct 31
    GORDON CHEUNG: CONSENSUAL HALLUCI/NATION
    GORDON CHEUNG: CONSENSUAL HALLUCI/NATION
    At Kavi Gupta
    Open today | Sep 17 — Nov 21
    Nolis Anderson: No Such Thing
    Nolis Anderson: No Such Thing
    At Elise Seigenthaler Gallery
    Open today | Sep 17 — Oct 31
    Magic Hour
    Magic Hour
    At Magic Hour Gallery
    Open today | Sep 17 — Dec 31
    Best Nest: Design for Nature and Culture
    Best Nest: Design for Nature and Culture
    At Studio Gang
    Open today | Sep 17 — Jan 3
    Christy Matson: Flowers and Leaves
    Christy Matson: Flowers and Leaves
    At Volume Gallery
    Open today | Sep 17 — Oct 24
    Arina Erdélyi: Arrangements
    Arina Erdélyi: Arrangements
    At Volume Gallery
    Open today | Sep 17 — Oct 24
    Pat Phillips: Untitled: Dad Drew All of My Book Report Posters
    Pat Phillips: Untitled: Dad Drew All of My Book Report Posters
    At Anthony Gallery
    Open today | Sep 17 — Nov 14
    Human-Nature
    Human-Nature
    At the Franklin
    Open today | Sep 17 — Sep 17
    Sophia Heymans, Xiaohan Jiang, Ann Toebbe
    Sophia Heymans, Xiaohan Jiang, Ann Toebbe
    At Andrew Rafacz
    Open today | Sep 17 — Oct 31
    Art Connection: Past Meets Present
    Art Connection: Past Meets Present
    At Bridgeport Art Center
    Open today | Sep 18 — Nov 6
    Decadence Deux
    Decadence Deux
    At Bridgeport Art Center
    Open today | Sep 18 — Nov 6
    Walking Blues
    Walking Blues
    At Stephen Daiter Gallery
    Open today | Sep 18 — Dec 11
    Memory in Transformation — Bodies and Posthuman Imaginaries
    Memory in Transformation — Bodies and Posthuman Imaginaries
    At RHAA Gallery
    Open today | Sep 18 — Oct 11
    Una Vuelta a Mis Raíces (A Return to My Roots): Monochromatic Pigment Paintings by Robert Lipton
    Una Vuelta a Mis Raíces (A Return to My Roots): Monochromatic Pigment Paintings by Robert Lipton
    At Bridgeport Art Center
    Open today | Sep 18 — Nov 6
    Jill Mulleady: The Passenger
    Jill Mulleady: The Passenger
    At the Art Institute of Chicago
    Open today | Sep 19 — Jan 18
    Stone Age: A Lithography Showcase
    Stone Age: A Lithography Showcase
    At Chicago Printmakers Collaborative
    Open today | Sep 19 — Nov 14
    Over Sea Under Stone | Amy Hanks
    Over Sea Under Stone | Amy Hanks
    At Evanston Art Center
    Open today | Sep 19 — Oct 25
    A Plot of One's Own 一亩三分地
    A Plot of One's Own 一亩三分地
    At Chinese American Museum of Chicago
    Open today | Sep 19 — Aug 31
    de palper ton corps électrique
    de palper ton corps électrique
    At Hans Goodrich
    Open today | Sep 19 — Nov 1
    Baragwanath
    Baragwanath
    At crosswalk
    Open today | Sep 19 — Oct 9
    Michael Bala
    Michael Bala
    At Hans Goodrich
    Open today | Sep 19 — Nov 1
    Unspoken Influence: The Legacy of Indus Gallery
    Unspoken Influence: The Legacy of Indus Gallery
    At South Asia Institute
    Open today | Sep 19 — Mar 13
    Long Habits
    Long Habits
    At Julius Caesar
    Open today | Sep 19 — Oct 24
    Geof Oppenheimer: Permission Structures and Decorative Art
    Geof Oppenheimer: Permission Structures and Decorative Art
    At Shanghai Seminary
    Open today | Sep 19 — Oct 31
    teamLab: Everything Exists in Infinite Continuity
    teamLab: Everything Exists in Infinite Continuity
    At Smart Museum of Art
    Open today | Sep 22 — Feb 21
    Nina Chanel Abney: Between Us
    Nina Chanel Abney: Between Us
    At Smart Museum of Art
    Open today | Sep 22 — Jul 11
    How Do We Heal?
    How Do We Heal?
    At Smart Museum of Art
    Open today | Sep 22 — Jul 11
    Utamaro: Elements of Beauty
    Utamaro: Elements of Beauty
    At the Art Institute of Chicago
    Open today | Sep 23 — Dec 21
    Remote, Serene, Ethereal
    Remote, Serene, Ethereal
    At GRAY
    Open today | Sep 23 — Dec 19
    WIND AND OTHER DANGERS
    WIND AND OTHER DANGERS
    At Filter Space
    Open today | Sep 25 — Nov 21
    Inner Worlds: Visions from the Hirshhorn Collection
    Inner Worlds: Visions from the Hirshhorn Collection
    At Wrightwood 659
    Open today | Sep 25 — Dec 19
    Where Memory Lives: 40 Years of Día de Muertos
    Where Memory Lives: 40 Years of Día de Muertos
    At National Museum of Mexican Art
    Open today | Sep 25 — Nov 29
    Yuan Goang-Ming: Everyday War
    Yuan Goang-Ming: Everyday War
    At Wrightwood 659
    Open today | Sep 25 — Dec 19
    Whispers in the Dark
    Whispers in the Dark
    At Evanston Art Center
    Open today | Sep 26 — Nov 1
    Araceli Zuniga Egg Tooth
    Araceli Zuniga Egg Tooth
    At Epiphany Center for the Arts
    Open today | Sep 27 — Dec 13
    Alec Basse If I Were You (And I Wish I Was)
    Alec Basse If I Were You (And I Wish I Was)
    At Epiphany Center for the Arts
    Open today | Sep 27 — Dec 13
    The Weaving Mill LOOMSTATE
    The Weaving Mill LOOMSTATE
    At Epiphany Center for the Arts
    Open today | Sep 27 — Dec 13
    Sam Dybeck Christina’s Sentencing
    Sam Dybeck Christina’s Sentencing
    At Epiphany Center for the Arts
    Open today | Sep 27 — Dec 13
    Aron Gent Recalibration
    Aron Gent Recalibration
    At Epiphany Center for the Arts
    Open today | Sep 27 — Dec 13
    Rudi Szilvásy Garden Apartment
    Rudi Szilvásy Garden Apartment
    At Epiphany Center for the Arts
    Open today | Sep 27 — Dec 13
    (Re)arranging
    (Re)arranging
    At Perspective Gallery
    Open today | Oct 1 — Nov 1
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