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The 78th Greenwich Village Art Fair is a two-day outdoor event held at Rockford Art Museum featuring juried artists, live music by local musicians, children’s art activities, a local vendor marketplace, food trucks, cocktails, and more.Established in 1948, GVAF is the longest-running art fair of its kind in the Midwest. All artwork on display at Greenwich Village Art Fair is original and produced entirely by the hands of the exhibiting artist.Admission proceeds support Rockford Art Museum, located at 711 North Main Street in downtown Rockford, Illinois.<a href="https://us.list-manage.com/j5SLl2sLHHP?e=7aced3c85f&amp;c2id=022ea89fe4e8ce5503f91bd1a7cb9b2e" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Click here</a>&nbsp;for more information.&nbsp;

Greenwich Village Art Fair

Brendan Fernandes&nbsp;is an internationally recognized,&nbsp;multidisciplinary artist&nbsp;who&nbsp;examines issues of cultural displacement, migration, labor, and queer subjectivity through installation, video, sculpture, and dance. He is invested in confronting the complexities of transitional and transnational identities, with a particular interest in incorporating elements of cultural performance into contemporary art, arising from his unique cultural background as a Queer, Kenyan Indian Canadian. &nbsp;Fernandes’&nbsp;projects address issues of race, queer culture, migration, protest, and other forms of collective movement. Always looking to create new spaces and new forms of agency,&nbsp;his&nbsp;projects take on hybrid forms: part Ballet, part queer dance party, part political protest...&nbsp;always rooted in collaboration and fostering solidarity.  &nbsp;Fernandes (b.1979, Nairobi, Kenya) attended York University for his Bachelors (hons.) and is a graduate of the Whitney Independent Study Program (2010).&nbsp;He is currently an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. &nbsp;Selected solo presentations include&nbsp;the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, CO (2024);&nbsp;Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY (2023);&nbsp;The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA (2023);&nbsp;Lurie Garden at&nbsp;Millennium&nbsp;Park, Chicago, IL (2022); The Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC (2022); The Art Gallery in Ontario, Toronto, ON (2021); Chrysler Art Museum, Norfolk, VA (2020);&nbsp;moniquemeloche&nbsp;(2019); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (2019); The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC (2019); The Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; and DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, IL (2018).&nbsp;His projects have been featured in the 2019 Whitney Biennial, New York, NY; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA; the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa,&nbsp;ON;&nbsp;Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON;&nbsp;Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA;&nbsp;and The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI, among many others.&nbsp;Recent projects include performances and solo presentations at the&nbsp;Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, MO; Prospect.6, New Orleans, LA;&nbsp;Remai Modern, Saskatoon, CA;&nbsp;Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway; a collaboration with Danish National Radio, Copenhagen, Denmark, a group show at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa,&nbsp;and a two person show at Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA. In 2024, Fernandes debuted&nbsp;Build of the House&nbsp;for ART on THE MART, which traveled to Times Square Arts’ Midnight Moments.&nbsp;&nbsp;Public collections include&nbsp;the&nbsp;National Museum of&nbsp;African&nbsp;Art, Smithsonian, DC;&nbsp;Museum of Contemporary&nbsp;Art, Chicago, IL;&nbsp;Remai&nbsp;Modern, Saskatoon, CA;&nbsp;The&nbsp;Museu&nbsp;de&nbsp;Arte de São&nbsp;Paulo, BR;&nbsp;Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO;&nbsp;DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, IL;&nbsp;Block Museum of&nbsp;Art&nbsp;at Northwestern University, IL;&nbsp;The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, CA;&nbsp;Musée&nbsp;des&nbsp;Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC;&nbsp;Crysler&nbsp;Museum of&nbsp;Art, Norfolk, VA;&nbsp;The Joyner/Giuffrida&nbsp;Collection of&nbsp;Abstract&nbsp;Art, San Francisco, CA;&nbsp;Museum of Contemporary&nbsp;Art, University of Massachusetts,&nbsp;Amherst, MA;&nbsp;and the Wedge Collection, Toronto, ON.&nbsp;Fernandes is a recipient of a Robert Rauschenberg Fellowship. In 2010, he was shortlisted for the Sobey Art&nbsp;Award, and&nbsp;is the recipient of a prestigious Canada Council New Chapters grant (2017), the&nbsp;Artadia&nbsp;Award (2019), a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant (2019), and a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (2020).&nbsp;Fernandes currently lives&nbsp;and works&nbsp;in Chicago, IL. &nbsp;

Brendan Fernandes

The Smart Museum of Art is honored to present&nbsp;<a href="https://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/exhibitions/teamlab-everything-exists-in-infinite-continuity/?mc_cid=7d709976d5&amp;mc_eid=a6ad3ea4a5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">teamLab: Everything Exists in Infinite Continuity</a>. The exhibition marks the international art collective’s first major institutional presentation in the midwestern region. &nbsp;<a href="https://uchicago.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aba2086a45b4ee8391b89447b&amp;id=660a8f7cbb&amp;e=a6ad3ea4a5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1780681487/ordsoruucmvyn3jhg0gx.jpg" height="auto" width="612"></a> The art collective teamLab is renowned for creating immersive digital art installations exploring themes of perception and consciousness. Based in Tokyo, teamLab’s artworks draw upon wide ranging experimentation with art created through digital technology. Central to teamLab’s work is their aim to explore the relationship between the self and the world and using technology in new ways to explore perception, with an emphasis on individualized perception in a collective experience. Founded in 2001 by Toshiyuki Inoko, teamLab has grown into an international collective comprised of hundreds of artists, scientists, computer programmers, mathematicians, and architects, among others. teamLab: Everything Exists in Infinite Continuity&nbsp;is the first exhibition of teamLab in the Midwest and traces the collective’s artistic trajectory over the last twenty-five years. It presents some of teamLab’s most iconic artworks as well as new work made specifically for this exhibition. In doing so, it explores how teamLab has experimented with and expanded their use of digital technologies to create environments that blur the boundary between the viewer and the artwork. <a href="https://uchicago.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aba2086a45b4ee8391b89447b&amp;id=306ff82845&amp;e=a6ad3ea4a5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read the Exhibition Listing</a>

teamLab: Everything Exists in Infinite Continuity

September 26, 2026, 11:00am-12:30pm$35 | Student: $18While plenty can be learned by walking Chicago's streets, a whole hidden history can be seen in its alleys. Discover how Chicago became the alleyway capital of the country, dig into the history of urban trash, and see Chicago architecture from a new perspective on this alleyway walking tour. This tour with curator and historian Madeline Crispell will trace a route through the Gold Coast and end at Washington Square Park, covering everything from how activists like Jane Addams worked to clean up the alleyways to how a new generation of green alleys can help the city adapt to a changing climate.

Walking Chicago’s Alleys

MUMS at Meijer Gardens&nbsp;showcases Michigan’s largest display of chrysanthemums, featuring thousands of garden and specialty mums in rich autumnal colors, along with fall-themed programming and Tuesday evening events.

MUMS at Meijer Gardens

AUCTION: Thursday, October 1, 2026 at 10am CSTJoin us for Weird Tales! Explore rarities of tattooing, enter a crypt of the odd and curious, and prepare to believe that life exists beyond our world. Featuring narrative art of UFO abductions by David Huggins, rare tattoo flash and memorabilia, and curios across several categories, Weird Tales! is one of Potter &amp; Potter’s most eclectic auctions to date. (And that's saying something.)Pre-register for the auction now at <a href="http://url2796.potterauctions.com/ls/click?upn=u001.Xrkv5MDx4JU-2BcO33dbI1-2BQkLeC4Nhem9skMoCbF6bGTlMpvd2axwZTvc5s4Oz2NRU7Oh0eZgvyu-2FMgZ1o1EWkmFlzCAEZ9i8k8M43OQqvtDo-2FlXZ-2BLIOf9mha-2Bs8-2BukydF2OwfA7UdLQdHFxtPG7XYjYbZB519UmNWB48LO-2BJLY-3DnDad_F-2B18IOO1ZU6iY4K-2F9Q9GBGu5rvP-2BL20ZUrVQMSgnAy2dkeZXZkSsnZVlr-2Bsr2mNTUSMMfJD2V-2FRPtVrL8NfH4CxZq2HdWeK5k3cug4Qed3Bnfz-2F2FvGiCoEu-2Bs-2BIv-2BsLRXpOOmDpvrZfNZt3mDM0FLnrUH80amJVZ2-2F9qUgU5vRDWLikQnWHhRPztsPkDJpFWiLOXSniw2IkDzQuVh2C-2FE-2BRsn7QkQkqeDGZ7KWTT-2F-2FfzlC1XYKinNpbuv6-2FEnC1oWH9vbiMpRkcg7HJEg8KJ8ZmiJMQOQEZ-2FXTZCTfEvd1qhE7o7mIINdShvE-2F-2FuosO" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">POTTERAUCTIONS.COM</a><a href="http://url2796.potterauctions.com/ls/click?upn=u001.Xrkv5MDx4JU-2BcO33dbI1-2BQkLeC4Nhem9skMoCbF6bGTwWvV7W6IocFx6yAX4Lr8y5Skx7M5G-2B4Pgmfgpym8LjQ-3D-3DgvMa_F-2B18IOO1ZU6iY4K-2F9Q9GBGu5rvP-2BL20ZUrVQMSgnAy2dkeZXZkSsnZVlr-2Bsr2mNTUSMMfJD2V-2FRPtVrL8NfH4CxZq2HdWeK5k3cug4Qed3Bnfz-2F2FvGiCoEu-2Bs-2BIv-2BsLRXpOOmDpvrZfNZt3mDM0FDB4ZrDtEUw3HNCLRuaJ5cAeNqUGHteqWvORSOXYAHIrFxO3QEmLIRwH-2F7Y9TX1Br-2B54LMDDVyDsjQp8bmg-2BskhK9vvRJx34bxhENi1KHiL9MIxuqiTnGC0msOwfJLiAF2tebZJ7OJJcjUnRf8WivPT7rq0c4UbrzjkdSAJUnLD4" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">Register now</a> or <a href="http://url2796.potterauctions.com/ls/click?upn=u001.Xrkv5MDx4JU-2BcO33dbI1-2BQkLeC4Nhem9skMoCbF6bGTwWvV7W6IocFx6yAX4Lr8ysLJDk6xWcmZMLAkQMEZtkA-3D-3DZiA7_F-2B18IOO1ZU6iY4K-2F9Q9GBGu5rvP-2BL20ZUrVQMSgnAy2dkeZXZkSsnZVlr-2Bsr2mNTUSMMfJD2V-2FRPtVrL8NfH4CxZq2HdWeK5k3cug4Qed3Bnfz-2F2FvGiCoEu-2Bs-2BIv-2BsLRXpOOmDpvrZfNZt3mDM0FP82L76BsbEl5E2Jcvfthia4RBn-2F6CAjNxspygpwvO6DNVuUMNHPzSi6Wan18O6wBCOmh1FIajYuf7SZG9GRoYUlODZyDDH7yWJslbp5Uuc1aitmuyc0d2ma-2FMfntUxmPS65kl-2BOgWK1rb6a9c1uZQsKJsqSjvo-2FiOAvFzVLGmVO" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">Sign in</a> below. EMAIL us or call 773.472.1442 to leave phone or absentee bids.

Weird Tales!

<h3>Visionary: Celebrating Leadership in the Arts</h3><h3>October 05, 202611:00 am - 1:30 pm</h3> <a href="https://experience.mcachicago.org/7707" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" target="_blank">Tickets and Sponsorship Opportunities</a> OFF-SITE Please note that this event is held at The Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, 120 East Delaware Place. The Visionary luncheon celebrates arts philanthropy in Chicago and extraordinary women artists.&nbsp;The 2026 event features a program with multidisciplinary artist and MacArthur Fellow Amanda Williams and the presentation of the 2026 Arts Philanthropy Award to Bank of America for its commitment to arts and culture in Chicago. For tickets or more information, please contact&nbsp;<a href="mailto:Visionary@mcachicago.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank">Visionary@mcachicago.org</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="tel:+13123973871" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank">312-397-3871</a>. <h3>2026 Visionary Honorees</h3> <h3>Artist Honoree</h3>Amanda Williams <h3>Arts Philanthropy Honoree</h3> Rita Sola Cook and Bank of America Image: Amanda Williams. Photo courtesy of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Visionary: Celebrating Leadership in the Arts

Our Free Days Are Taking The Night Shift! From March through November, we’re returning to Free First Tuesdays! On the first Tuesday of every month, enjoy extended hours from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm - admission is free for all, no residency restrictions.

Free First Tuesday

The Driehaus Museum announces dates for Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History, a touring exhibition that examines the full scope of Stebbins’s history‑making career as one of the most significant American sculptors of the nineteenth century. From 1857 to 1870, Stebbins created innovative marble and bronze sculptures while living in Rome and studying within the circles of historic sculptors. Her work models inventive and incisive interpretations of literary and biblical subjects, as well as unprecedented allegories of American industry. With the Bethesda Fountain in 1863, Stebbins became the first woman to earn a commission for a public sculpture from the City of New York. Organized by the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, New York, earlier this year, Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History is curated by Karli Wurzelbacher, Chief Curator of the Heckscher Museum, and is the first museum exhibition devoted to the late artist’s work. Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History takes place at the Driehaus Museum, 50 E. Erie Street, from October 8, 2026 to April 18, 2027.&nbsp;&nbsp;The exhibition reunites Stebbins’s oeuvre of neoclassical works, including 13 marble sculptures from across the US and Europe, in addition to paintings and a wealth of archival materials contextualizing her practice, her network, and her popularity on both sides of the pond. Stebbins was married to renowned Shakespearean actress Charlotte Cushman and one section of the exhibition prominently displays Stebbins’s bust of Cushman along with photographs, rare works on paper, and first editions of Stebbins’s posthumous biography of her partner. As a professional sculptor in a female marriage in the nineteenth century, Stebbins reimagined what a woman’s life could be in the mid‑nineteenth century, embedding layers of meaning into her work that upend traditional understandings of gender, sexuality, and agency.“In her lifetime, Stebbins was widely celebrated, yet even by the time of her death she was beginning to slip from view, her contributions gradually left out of the history books. This exhibition seeks to correct that quiet erasure and restore her rightful place as a significant artist of her era. We are deeply grateful to Art Bridges for their partnership in bringing renewed attention to her work and ensuring her story is once again seen and valued,” says Driehaus Museum Executive DirectorLisa M. Key. “Stebbins’s life and art reflect enduring questions about recognition, memory, and identity. By revisiting her legacy, we hope to illuminate how easily even celebrated artists can be forgotten, and how vital it is to bring their voices back into focus to inspire future generations.”Generous support for Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History is provided by Art Bridges Foundation.Major Support is provided by the Driehaus Trust Company, LLC. and Clare Blessen Ayer and Laura Mandel.&nbsp;&nbsp;ABOUT THE DRIEHAUS MUSEUMThe Driehaus Museum engages and inspires the global community through exploration and ongoing conversations in art, architecture, and design of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its permanent collection and temporary exhibitions are presented in an immersive experience within the restored 1883 Nickerson Mansion, and the 1926 Murphy Auditorium. The Museum’s collection reflects and is inspired by the collecting interests, vision, and focus of its founder, the late Richard H. Driehaus. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.driehausmuseum.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">driehausmuseum.org</a> and connect with the Museum on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Driehaus-Museum/362867207176025" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, TikTok, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/driehausmuseum/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.

Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History

Amy Morrison Heinrich, Honorary Chair &amp;&nbsp;Elizabeth Pruett, Chair Honoring 2026 Environmental Leadership Award RecipientKARENNA GOREAuthor, Climate Activist, and Founder of the Center for Earth Ethics ​​SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 20266:00 PMCHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL <a href="https://brushwoodcenter.org/43rd-annual-smith-nature-symposium/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TICKETS AND SPONSORSHIP</a>

43rd Annual Smith Nature Symposium Awards Dinner

<h2>Winter Camp</h2>A group exhibition of artworks and original screen prints featuring Wyatt Hersey, Anna Valdez, Melissa Lakey, and Esther Pearl Watson. In collaboration with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thejaunt.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank">The Jaunt</a>.&nbsp; October 23-November 21, 2026

Winter Camp

Hyde Park Art Center is excited to partner with the Veteran Art Movement, Chicago Cultural Center, Elmhurst Art Museum, and Walls Turned Sideways for the 2026 Veteran Art Triennial and Summit. The Hyde Park Art Center chapter&nbsp;Shifting Horizons&nbsp;considers land, migration, and decolonization through ideas informed by thinkers like Frantz Fanon and Harsha Walia. The exhibition invites reflections on how borders shape experience, how people navigate systems of control and resistance, and the uncertain landscapes that emerge amid ongoing struggles. The 2026 Veteran Art Triennial and Summit,&nbsp;Resisting the Long Wars, organized by curators Aaron Hughes, Mohamed Mehdi, Meranda Roberts, and Amber Zora, highlights artists’ creative defiance of war and militarism.

Veteran Art Triennial - RESISTING THE LONG WARS: Shifting Horizons 

<h3>October 31, 2026 – January 31, 2027</h3>Among the Beasts&nbsp;explores the many roles that animals have played in artistic expression for millennia. Through diverse media, artists have depicted animals as subjects of labor and companionship, symbols and recordings of the natural world and spiritual beliefs, and figures of our imagination, traveling between reality and myth. Organized into three thematic sections—wild, domesticated, and fantastical—Among the Beasts&nbsp;traces how cultural values, environmental perspectives, and cultural traditions shape these representations.&nbsp;Drawing entirely from the permanent collection of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts,&nbsp;Among the Beasts&nbsp;spans centuries, continents, and vast/varied artistic traditions. Ancient pre-Columbian gold pendants, Japanese netsuke, Chinese scrolls, African sculpture, European and American prints, and contemporary paintings and photographs reveal the remarkable diversity of ways animals appear in art. Together, these works demonstrate that animals are far more than artistic subjects—they are a mirror of human beliefs, identity, wonder, and creativity. Across time and place, artists continue to use animals to understand both the world around us and the stories we tell. <a href="https://www.kiarts.org/exhibition/among-the-beasts-wild-tamed-imagined/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Details</a>

Among the Beasts: Wild, Tamed, & Imagined

Our Free Days Are Taking The Night Shift! From March through November, we’re returning to Free First Tuesdays! On the first Tuesday of every month, enjoy extended hours from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm - admission is free for all, no residency restrictions. Want more chances to visit? Take a look at our full lineup of 2026 Free Days below and mark your calendar! From March through November, we’re returning to Free First Tuesdays! On the first Tuesday of every month, enjoy extended hours from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm - admission is free for all, no residency restrictions.

Free First Tuesdays

New Encaustic Paintings.Late Fall Gallery Walk, 5-8pm.Image: Ocher Skyline 21 x 21, encaustic (wax, oil)

Robin Denevan: From the River

Gallery Two, ChicagoPlease join for an opening reception for&nbsp;<a href="http://westernexhibitions.com/artist/paul-nudd/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" target="_blank">Paul Nudd</a>‘s sixth solo show at Western Exhibitions, the first focusing on his burgeoning ceramics practice, on Friday, November 6, 2026, 5 to 8pm. More information to come.Image: Paul Nudd ceramics

Paul Nudd

Gallery One, ChicagoPlease join for an opening reception for&nbsp;<a href="http://westernexhibitions.com/artist/miller-shellabarger/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" target="_blank">Miller &amp; Shellabarger</a>’s sixth show at Western Exhibitions on Friday, November 6, 2026, 5 to 8pm. More information to come.Image: Tug, 2025, construction paper, string, 6h x 13 1/2w in

Miller & Shellabarger

Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers&nbsp;is a major survey that covers nearly thirty years of Rashid Johnson’s (b, 1977, Chicago, IL; lives in New York) practice. Presented in the Griffin Galleries, the exhibition examines Johnson’s work from his perspective as a student of art history; a consumer and translator of Black popular, literary, and intellectual culture; and a cultural participant in the age of globalization and its aftereffects. With works including photographs, videos, large-scale installations, immersive paintings and multimedia assemblages,&nbsp;A Poem for Deep Thinkers&nbsp;asks fundamental questions about the fragile human psyche in the face of ineffable historic forces. Johnson often says that “the subject of my work is freedom,” and throughout the exhibition visitors will encounter pieces inspired by radical artistic and political movements from the 1960s to the 1990s that modeled how individuals and communities can resist established orders to carve new paths through history.&nbsp; A Poem for Deep Thinkers&nbsp;features over seventy-five artworks that span the full breadth of Johnson’s career, including works from his seminal&nbsp;The New Negro Escapist Social&nbsp;and&nbsp;Athletic Club&nbsp;series, the&nbsp;Cosmic Slops&nbsp;and other black-soap shelf paintings, spray-painted text works and the&nbsp;Anxious Menand&nbsp;Broken Men&nbsp;series. Additionally, Johnson’s film and video projects will be placed intermittently throughout the galleries. Johnson’s latest film,&nbsp;Sanguine (2024)&nbsp;explores familial dynamics through the lens of the artist’s relationships with his father, brother, and son, and features a poem by the poet and activist Amiri Baraka. The subtitle of the exhibition also refers to Baraka and his poem of the same name from 1977. A Poem for Deep Thinkers&nbsp;is Johnson’s third solo exhibition at the MCA, following his first institutional exhibition in 2002 as part of the museum's 12 x 12 series and his mid-career survey,&nbsp;A Message to Our Folks, as part of the Ascendant Artist series in 2012. Accompanying the exhibition is a catalogue that feature essays from exhibition curators Naomi Beckwith and Andrea Karnes, along with contributions by Nana Adusei-Poku, Hendrik Folkerts, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Kevin Quashie, and Odili Donald Odita. Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers&nbsp;was organized by Naomi Beckwith, Deputy Director and Jennifer and David Stockman Chief Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Andrea Karnes, Chief Curator, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. The MCA presentation is curated by Jack Schneider, Assistant Curator.

Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers

<h2>NOVEMBER 7, 2026 - FEBRUARY 7, 2027</h2>Fashion and the visual arts, particularly portraiture, share a common vernacular. Both practices frame the body, and in doing so, shape how personhood is constructed, perceived, and valued within culture. These artistic practices do more than present appearances; they mediate agency, authorship, and visibility. As a result, dress and the visual arts become sites where identity, including the construction of the feminine, is staged, negotiated, and at times contested. Statement Pieces: Fashioning the Self &amp; Society&nbsp;brings together selections from the collection of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (KIA) spanning nearly 200 years and contemporary fashion objects from the Barrett Barrera Projects collection to explore how self-presentation and expression have been presented, shaped, and reimagined. From Alexander McQueen to James Van Der Zee, groupings of representational and abstract artworks, alongside fashion, invite viewers to consider the dynamic between one’s exterior appearance and inner life—between what is seen and what is self-defined. Organized in conjunction with Barrett Barrera Projects. <a href="https://www.kiarts.org/exhibition/statement-pieces-fashioning-the-self-society/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Details</a>

Statement Pieces: Fashioning the Self & Society

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Political & Americana Auction

<a href="https://kimstoragegallery.us22.list-manage.com/track/click?u=63eb3ae92ac5ae9371f4d5ed0&amp;id=af142533d1&amp;e=0feabe6389" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank">Doug Fath</a>’s paintings are open narratives that examine myth, culture, pain, and hope. Working in a Magic Realist style, his canvases invite viewers into dreamscapes where the familiar and the fantastical converge — where blindfolded pigs recline in lush abundance, armed bears stand vigil amid wildflowers, and bluebirds rise singing into darkened skies. Through vibrant color and the charged presence of animals, Fath constructs a symbolic language that is at once personal and universal, poetic and politically alert.&nbsp;At the heart of his practice is a commitment to painting as a healing mechanism — a space where isolation, grief, injustice, and resilience can be held together without easy resolution. Fath’s imagery draws on encyclopedias, folk art, scientific illustration, literature, and poetry, weaving them into allegories that speak to the current political and social moment. The narrative is always open-ended, never didactic — he invites the viewer to complete the meaning, to bring their own experience into dialogue with his.&nbsp;His primary influences are the women of the Mexican Surrealist movement — Frida Kahlo, Leonora Carrington, and Remedios Varo — whose unflinching examination of pain, isolation, and the inner life runs throughout his work. Fath received his MFA in Photography from the University of Illinois at Chicago and has exhibited across the United States at venues including the James Watrous Gallery, Arts + Literature Laboratory, Tory Folliard Gallery, the Dubuque Museum of Art, and the Museum of Wisconsin Art.

Doug Fath

We are delighted to invite you to a truly special evening—Hyde Park Art Center’s 2026 Gala,&nbsp;on&nbsp;Saturday, November 14. This year the event will honor&nbsp;Candida Alvarez&nbsp;and&nbsp;Nora Daley. We're thrilled to celebrate these visionaries while bringing together artists and art lovers to support Hyde Park Art Center’s unique creative ecosystem.From open studios and artist interventions, to conversations at your dinner table, this evening centers artists at every moment. We hope you will join us in celebrating and reaffirming the importance of the arts for us all!<a href="https://oq8cplyab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0016EKcdbzwYkJ3TTf6jO2jiiijNwiJ373O3bcK0oFTxa0QTU92GG7Q3WWzP3JRmuFWeaNYs6Jf2VbRujmsXArwNl1jqxAHFJzOYEMra0tXxvaiv08q4r1VhOQ9JARvkbymXdBas0350mGuLDZgcyprwMxUA1PBNhtV&amp;c=znkj4XC3XoWryQhgLqqCeLEaKPS9i_5h-skl9uuAnw5Ct77USJQ0Nw==&amp;ch=JTAF_pk20zUNhcB1nlOuiRj8Bt3C3HcsWuiG6SM5g5kn280wiK_j8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RSVP AND LEARN MORE</a>

Hyde Park Art Center’s 2026 Gala

On behalf of Lisa M. Key, Executive Director, and the Board of Directors, the Driehaus Museum invites you to join us for The Gilded Gala, an annual celebration of artistic excellence and Chicago’s cultural legacy. This signature event benefits the Museum’s transformative public programming and mission of expanding access to extraordinary art, architecture, and design. The 2026 Gilded Gala will honor Mansueto Office, Inc. for advancing the well-being of communities through philanthropic support of holistic educational and cultural initiatives, as well as the stewardship of our architecturally significant built environment to ensure long-term social impact. Suzette Bross Bulley, Gala ChairLisa M. Key, Executive DirectorZachary Lazar, Board Chair Tuesday, November 17, 2026&nbsp;5:30pm Reception7:00pm Dinner &amp; Program <a href="https://driehausmuseum.org/gala?mc_cid=ef680d6bbe&amp;mc_eid=d1db3f815c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Details</a>

Gilded Gala 2026

<h3>November 21, 2026 – February 14, 2027</h3>Drawn from the renowned collection of Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz, this exhibition presents contemporary and modern Japanese tea bowls and water jars inspired by the traditions of the tea ceremony. Through variations in form, glaze, and texture, the works highlight both the enduring influence of chanoyu and the innovation of postwar Japanese ceramics.

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