West Town, Wicker Park, Ukrainian Village, Kinzie Corridor, Humboldt Park

West Town

Wisconsin

IL • MI • IN

West Loop, Fulton Market, East Garfield Park

West Loop and West Side

Evanston, The North Shore, Northern, Western and Southern Suburbs

Suburbs

Old Town, Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Roscoe Village, Bucktown, Wicker Park, Logan Square, Lincoln Square, Ravenswood, Uptown, Edgewater, Andersonville, Rogers Park

North Side

Michigan Avenue, Streeterville, The Gold Coast, The Loop, and South Loop

Michigan Avenue

Pilsen, Bridgeport, Chinatown, plus Hyde Park, Jackson Park/Dorchester, and Bronzeville

South Side

Superior and Franklin streets, West Chicago Ave, and down to Merchandise Mart and the River

River North

William Staples, Garden, 2026, oil and acrylic on canvas, 14 x 9 inches WILLIAM STAPLES Some Things Can Only Be Seen Sept. 11 - Oct. 10, 2026 Opening Reception: Friday, Sept. 11 (6-9PM) 3252 W NORTH AVE . CHICAGO IL 60647 info@65grand.com . (312) 719-4325 Gallery hours: Friday &amp; Saturday 12 - 6PM and by appointment

William Staples: Some Things Can Only Be Seen

Family Day | Warmups Oct 10, 2026 | 11 am–3 pm The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Join us for a slow start to the Family Day season—dust off your creative muscles and get ready to play, see, and create.

Family Day | Warmups

Terra Machina explores the relationship between nature and technology. Using exceptional materials sourced from around the world, Lefty OUT There combines modern machinery with handcrafted techniques to reveal their natural beauty. The result honors each material's origins while celebrating fine art and contemporary craftsmanship. Running through every piece is Lefty's signature polymorph pattern, inspired by vibration, frequency, and the interconnected systems found throughout nature. The pattern reflects the rhythms that exist at every scale, from microscopic cellular structures to the landscapes of our terrain. It serves as a reminder that the same forces shaping the natural world are constantly at work around and within us. Terra Machina also represents a new chapter in Lefty's practice. Every work in the exhibition introduces new materials, fabrication methods, and creative processes that have never before appeared in his work. By combining natural materials with contemporary machines, the exhibition challenges the idea that nature and technology exist in opposition. Instead, it presents them as collaborators, working together to reveal new perspectives on the beauty, complexity, and interconnectedness of the world around us. Image: LEFTY OUT THERESYLVAN CONNECTION,&nbsp;2026Pacific Northwest maplereclaimed from a 100+ year-old fallen tree38 x 72 x 2 in.96.5 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm

Terra Machina:  Lefty OUT There

OS Projects is honored to present Fenestra Falsa, a solo exhibition of collages and paintings by Chicago artist Dan Devening. The exhibit opens August 8, 2026 and continues through October 10, 2026. A public reception for the artist takes place on Saturday, August 8 from 1 – 3 pm. Dan Devening is an image builder who combines decisive subject matter with gestural mark-making, spray enamel, collage and stitching to express a life experience shaped by the unexpected, the surprising and the unknown. Like much of what has held his interest over the years, the works in this exhibition engage the ways in which perceptual nuance and optical and spatial play come alive in compositions built on rigorously considered parameters. The project’s point of departure is the rounded rectangle, a shape that is ubiquitous in the devices that connect us to the outside world: iPhones, iPads, computer monitors and televisions. All these devices employ the "friendliness" of the rounded rectangle to suggest comfort and simplicity while effortlessly holding us captive. The shape’s affability—and invitation to use, peer into, and be mesmerized—mirrors the current state of culture, reflecting not only how we consume information, find entertainment and create connections but also the darker, more sinister undertones that are ever-present. The rounded rectangle also serves as a portal. It can frame an aperture or function as a window revealing a landscape. It can press outward against the picture space, swelling and suffocating the frame, as if straining toward its breaking point. This capacity, to both expand outward and pictorially recede and dissolve inward, makes the shape both flexible and multivalent, giving Devening room to explore the ways in which physical and perceptual experiences frame psychological response. Fenestra Falsa’s collages and paintings are fully grounded in the formal concerns of art making, offering the viewer the opportunity to be transported through purely material means. Form builds the image, reveals the subject and tells the story. Form creates chromatic intensity and calibrates the relationship between sharpness and blur, qualities that echo the devices that hold us hostage. Like those devices that incessantly demand speed and immediacy, the works in Fenestra Falsa induce the same pull toward absorption, elevation and immersion—only slowed down, stilled, held. <a href="https://www.osprojects.art/fenestra-falsa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Details</a> Image: Altadena by Dan Devening, 2025

Fenestra Falsa

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

Butterfly Disco is an installation by Brian Keith Stephens in the JK Art House Parlor. This is a fun, immersive experience with black lights and artwork on mylar. It can only be seen at JK Art House. The opening reception is on Thursday, September 3, 2026, from 6–8 p.m. The exhibition dates are from September 2 to October 11, 2026. Private appointments are available now through the opening; contact the gallery to schedule. Please RSVP for the Opening Reception.

Brian Keith Stephens: Butterfly Disco

The Evanston Art Center (EAC) is excited to welcome the public to our upcoming exhibition, <a href="https://www.evanstonartcenter.org/exhibitions/nancy-good-layl-mcdill-and-jemsy-pradunn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Unseen Connections | Nancy Good, Layl McDill, and Jemsy Pradunn</a>. The exhibition will be on display from September 12 - October 11, 2026 with a closing reception on Sunday, October&nbsp; 11, 1-3pm and an artist talk on Saturday, September 12, 2026 from 1-3pm. Mostly known for mural-sized, physically-interactive/immersive conceptual abstracts, Las Vegas artist Nancy Good's practice is rooted in an unwavering passion to create strong contemporary art that invites dialogue and human connection. Layl McDill grew up in Gillette, Wyoming, where her early works were dollhouses, marionettes, and even an entire “Smurf Village.” Polymer clay has been her medium of choice, using the millefiori technique and mixed media materials. Jemsy Pradunn is a Chicago born and based artist currently attending the School of the Art Institute. Pradunn uses markers, crayons, and paint markers on paper to inspire others to open their perspective and imagination.

Unseen Connections | Nancy Good, Layl McDill, and Jemsy Pradunn

The annual exhibition highlighting paintings, drawings, photography, ceramics, prints, animation, and multimedia work by young artists participating in Hyde Park Art Center’s Teen programs&nbsp;opens June 27!Each year, the Teen programs provide a structured independence that encourages young artists to develop their creative voices, learn new skills, and build relationships in the context of a community-based art center, where artists of all ages and backgrounds do the same.&nbsp;﻿The exhibition celebrates the evolution of these young artists, who have taken on the challenge of expressing perplexed thoughts, feelings, and emotions into individual works of art.<a href="https://oq8cplyab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Wqw2lXqKHjJMAiBTkE6UO4TiVroLZtRn2GPPCnysGocIMq16gCBCtVXI6Y9vNV4LnxnPaVVHOZWnzKTe-l23USIalPSlI06q5CL7CzRgNCeEoIk6f7wocRTKcxxQJ886DpVJ4VVccxRgQYJOzCB737DkeFGJtOWQxufxv6JTBtuqw7Y7PRy9b_FQSdyKkR949er9HwE-dA-10TaeUmQwb8xXNBu8915h&amp;c=uqF6ZiMKOJ3BPb8W17UMdPyQHbxBcvaEGSDlq7ILbiojHbm2qfxegw==&amp;ch=_7JCnwZR1ujgh7H7gi0opkTxAvwTXcSXYBZo_WloBO8fhoTgu8aUJg==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LEARN MORE HERE</a>

Off the Wall! Teen Show

Charlotte Kaplan: This is Knot Art!

Opening Reception: Friday, September 4 from 5-8pm<a href="https://tnxbinhbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012jM1dIPeKk-2OaQxjf2YsoZP6Ie3GHSfGH6p4NcMd7tnIGQp4MbN1YvzIZMEms-92BXv-L8fcaeNeQJUw_iVoKmqL_aWsSQXxFYZvb0MQX89lZJs2VUL3iEgPhEMoDe_1pUOYVCuLv4WOIWwkrE24tcJvu4gLygmkn8HKd21nEDnotKPrcOBbNW029DRHSr8AC2bwOf9WPP_pGQaDDxD279ipFIaCCOB&amp;c=bD896lr8puQS9OpriSDqJ5qP301iIMQPRg3-oiQgr3v9xnrZ4ms2eA==&amp;ch=GHuyJjfF96DJzWfZBftksx_STJdSZNbJ3P3CeymchD-YzwoohbH4WA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">All Is Fish That Comes to the Net</a>, a four-person exhibition by 2025 Artist Residents&nbsp;<a href="https://tnxbinhbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012jM1dIPeKk-2OaQxjf2YsoZP6Ie3GHSfGH6p4NcMd7tnIGQp4MbN1YvzIZMEms-9HjTDMRi5wlIP7pnXQFb4YgtLBGJsBRWckh_1r6mdLd4hnsnNzBF-mnDr-HUI-QH5iCg1G74aUEL021zJBfsx1B_1PiNvMEmf6nBI5tx0Xdx0H_iPcl_Lr7tVLlFHmVnAyfRV0_PQ7LAMObfrYJlcLGEFy3dvde_S&amp;c=bD896lr8puQS9OpriSDqJ5qP301iIMQPRg3-oiQgr3v9xnrZ4ms2eA==&amp;ch=GHuyJjfF96DJzWfZBftksx_STJdSZNbJ3P3CeymchD-YzwoohbH4WA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sebastian Bruno-Harris</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://tnxbinhbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012jM1dIPeKk-2OaQxjf2YsoZP6Ie3GHSfGH6p4NcMd7tnIGQp4MbN1YvzIZMEms-9B40u__HIQzrjY5jARDPoHxh4xjMUNEPSVw7VHkzDFUV8EeBGTjWCglJZdmp5LyiGPOQiG_tL5b3n8Q6lzxRHr7AAy5sGuVhk2nM8pcUN6Hu_pCAKkT68llcGHDkeOLCICyMYnAw6kWY=&amp;c=bD896lr8puQS9OpriSDqJ5qP301iIMQPRg3-oiQgr3v9xnrZ4ms2eA==&amp;ch=GHuyJjfF96DJzWfZBftksx_STJdSZNbJ3P3CeymchD-YzwoohbH4WA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rob Croll</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://tnxbinhbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012jM1dIPeKk-2OaQxjf2YsoZP6Ie3GHSfGH6p4NcMd7tnIGQp4MbN1Q7_sFJRx_rFXU7LBHC8LpnIugfW7dYlWPnWT5dieKmfYOn7thGxA4xQ94SlBrl6EI9cz9rVMhhKfdzbIURYmXvKdfRDvj88X9Mb4LUsOjh-lag-UOdQ7YzVxU-9Pcx2Ujx90d4fGuK0H29KSIs_YvgqdZR82rjLnA==&amp;c=bD896lr8puQS9OpriSDqJ5qP301iIMQPRg3-oiQgr3v9xnrZ4ms2eA==&amp;ch=GHuyJjfF96DJzWfZBftksx_STJdSZNbJ3P3CeymchD-YzwoohbH4WA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nick D'Alessandro</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://tnxbinhbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012jM1dIPeKk-2OaQxjf2YsoZP6Ie3GHSfGH6p4NcMd7tnIGQp4MbN1YvzIZMEms-9HbyGU15aOZdofSFLUAKHx6uoko4HDuARKO17GXB0L8-Ste1EkjCW_xORmFSXDKy-WMFG4P8A3J1f58o5Pv7R9BoZSBfqwwHzh7fCtxDH1KvcWGY33DTAejst6p28q-kA3XBEnWPl7Fc=&amp;c=bD896lr8puQS9OpriSDqJ5qP301iIMQPRg3-oiQgr3v9xnrZ4ms2eA==&amp;ch=GHuyJjfF96DJzWfZBftksx_STJdSZNbJ3P3CeymchD-YzwoohbH4WA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Van Payne</a>, curated by 2025 Curatorial Resident&nbsp;<a href="https://tnxbinhbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012jM1dIPeKk-2OaQxjf2YsoZP6Ie3GHSfGH6p4NcMd7tnIGQp4MbN1YvzIZMEms-9ENyyQmSfWYYJNuHwQiAqQ6Poudb_qcznZOs1v0KO8Nx98MzOtDAHvUaKCx5JIUHP0_NjHKmhoOUdJhhPIoJUHQ4krX8sF_TPLbmIC-21bEmOAg7MKXZb_XrgDp2F-Ld4JxHsgPP3IynFfQoS_yth8Q==&amp;c=bD896lr8puQS9OpriSDqJ5qP301iIMQPRg3-oiQgr3v9xnrZ4ms2eA==&amp;ch=GHuyJjfF96DJzWfZBftksx_STJdSZNbJ3P3CeymchD-YzwoohbH4WA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Taj Richardson</a>.Collage Making Workshop: Thursday, September 17 from 4-6pmRSVP for free admission&nbsp;<a href="https://tnxbinhbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0012jM1dIPeKk-2OaQxjf2YsoZP6Ie3GHSfGH6p4NcMd7tnIGQp4MbN1YvzIZMEms-9nbY2QWxQ7NZbMXadjhLVlny3A6cLGZjBgzK4Z6OtGKXE6_JmSMH-qRvgQ7xYaZdioBgRncMzXfO7bR3yfzlbaEdcKg3MXtoiCfjfrUlfhBFTP3EqlJjbkJgZWPub4WBSlOW-Gza7qJFH117F9gKXmHwyc_xCkGSU&amp;c=bD896lr8puQS9OpriSDqJ5qP301iIMQPRg3-oiQgr3v9xnrZ4ms2eA==&amp;ch=GHuyJjfF96DJzWfZBftksx_STJdSZNbJ3P3CeymchD-YzwoohbH4WA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">HERE</a>Image: Sebastian Bruno-Harris,&nbsp;A Wild Sheep Chase,&nbsp;2018, Charcoal, graphite, and correction tape on vellum, 30” x 52.5”

All Is Fish That Comes to the Net

Guest Curated by Dan CameronBert Green Fine Art&nbsp;is pleased to present a solo show by Chicago-based artist Kevin Blake, guest curated by Dan Cameron.Kevin Blake&nbsp;grew up on the far south side of Chicago, and while young bore witness to the unique fraternity of white male power that was the Chicago Police Department, where his father and grandfather both enjoyed long careers, while forbidding him to follow in their footsteps. Instead, he studied painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he was inspired by its emphasis on art that reflects the specific paradoxes of one’s time and place. Thus incentivized to investigate subject matter close to home, Blake began the challenging process of minutely examining the psychological and cultural effects of toxic masculinity left over from his personal history and presumed cultural identity, to see how they might be reassembled into something more redemptive.&nbsp;The poignant results of Blake’s intensive cross-examination of (mostly) male identity can be seen in “Sundowning,” a word that typically refers to the dramatic mood shifts experienced by Alzheimer’s patients when daylight ends. Its use here is metaphorical, a reference to the crumbling of certain longstanding myths about what male roles are appropriate in today’s increasingly pluralistic society. If what first strikes one about Blake’s work is his impressive level of skill and creativity, that technical aspect is soon overtaken by our gradual discovery that the characters he depicts so unerringly can evoke our capacity to empathize with their suffering, no matter how unappetizing they first appear.In Blake’s compositions, the male of the species is typically portrayed performing a social role fully in accord with societal expectations, only something isn’t going the way it should. A round of golf is swept away by a typhoon, a poolside reverie is harshly interrupted, a gym bro grimaces in our direction: while his subjects aspire to maintain their male privilege in the material world, Blake invites us to see through the bravado, and perceive them within a framework of near-desperate social isolation, worsened by their inability to drop their deeply ingrained roles. — Dan CameronAll gallery events are free and open to the public. Additional information found at the gallery website at&nbsp;<a href="https://bgfa.us/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bgfa.us</a> A Third Degree Witness, Graphite, oil pastel, oil paint, and collage on paper mounted on canvas, 29.5 x 21", 2024

Kevin Blake: Sundowning

<a href="https://nmprac.org/exhibitions/diasporic-collage-puerto-rico-and-the-survival-of-a-people/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Details</a> <h4>The Puerto Rican diaspora is a collage of overlapping histories of colonialism, resistance, and survival.</h4> Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a People honors Puerto Rican identities in the archipelago and its diasporas. Puerto Rico’s colonial status and geographical location situate it as a locus of global encounters and ongoing displacement. As such, the Puerto Rican diaspora can be understood as a collage of overlapping histories of colonialism, resistance, and survival. This exhibition engages with collage as both practice and metaphor. A collage is an assemblage, an art technique that uses discrete materials, images, or text to create a whole picture. Countering the concept of a melting pot, which emphasizes assimilation and loss of culture, the idea of a collaged community allows for the celebration of roots and relations. This exhibition also considers the close relationship between photography and collage, both notable 20th-century art forms. It takes the first major documentary initiative on the Puerto Rican diaspora as a point of departure to examine the enduring legacy of survival and migration. The Puerto Rican Diaspora Documentary Project by community organizer, activist, educator, and documentary photographer Frank Espada (1930–2014, Puerto Rico) was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities from 1979 to 1981. The resulting collection of over 4,000 photos and 130 interviews led to the 2007 publication The Puerto Rican Diaspora: Themes in the Survival of a People, from which this exhibition takes its subtitle. The artists featured in this exhibition consider the Puerto Rican diaspora in a fluid and expansive way. While several focus on the diaspora in the traditional sense—Puerto Ricans who migrate to the United States—many honor the different diasporas that intersect with the archipelago of Puerto Rico, documenting their communities with care and showing us a collage of Puerto Rican and Caribbean experiences. Diaspora scatters; collage connects. Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a People is organized by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University (MSU Broad Art Museum) and the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College, in collaboration with the Diaspora Solidarities Lab (DSL), and curated by Dr. Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez, directora of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO), formerly associate professor at MSU; Dr. Windy M. Cosme Rosario, instructor, University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras; and Dalina A. Perdomo Álvarez, assistant curator, MSU Broad Art Museum; with support from DSL fellows Melanie Rodríguez Vázquez, Ariana Costales Del Toro, Yafrainy Familia, Nicole Hernández, Stephany Bravo, Imaida M. Durán Mariñez, Alana Cordero Montesinos, Meleny González, Olivia M. Ramírez, Jaden Morales, and Yuleysy Ortiz. Support for this series is provided by the MSU Federal Credit Union. The Diaspora Solidarities Lab is made possible with financial support from the Mellon Foundation. This exhibition, being presented by&nbsp;The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, is the result of collaborative research and community projects produced since 2022 by the&nbsp;Diaspora Solidarities Lab (DSL), a Black feminist–led partnership between&nbsp;Michigan State University,&nbsp;Johns Hopkins University, and&nbsp;Hunter College.&nbsp;The DSL is directed by Dr. Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez, professor and directora of the&nbsp;Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO)&nbsp;at Hunter College, formerly an associate professor at MSU, and&nbsp;Dr. Jessica Marie Johnson, associate professor at&nbsp;Johns Hopkins University. Artists featured in the exhibition include&nbsp;La Vaughn Belle, Rebel Betty, Mónica Ching, Frank Espada, Alia Farid, Glorimar Garcia, Daniel Lind Ramos, María Martínez-Cañas, Luis Rivera Jiménez, Edra Soto, Brenda Torres-Figueroa, and Nitza Tufiño.

Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and The Survival of a People

South Gallery IGOR &amp; MARINA

Igor and Marina: The Shadow Lives Where There is Light

Main / Office Galleries Image: Neil Goodman - "Untitled," 2021, unique cast bronze, 14 x 27½ x 10 in.

Neil Goodman: Rivers & Valleys

Joy Machine is thrilled to present&nbsp;The Peace of Wild Things, a duo exhibition by Chicago-based American artist&nbsp;<a href="https://www.emmystarbrown.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank">Emmy Star Brown</a>&nbsp;and San Jose-based Korean artist&nbsp;<a href="https://www.danymkwon.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank">Danym Kwon</a>. This is Brown’s second exhibition at Joy Machine and Kwon’s third. You can&nbsp;<a href="https://luma.com/j9u7nxgr" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank">RSVP to our opening reception</a>&nbsp;on August 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. Drawing its title from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/peace-wild-things-0/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank">Wendell Berry’s often-quoted poem</a>,&nbsp;The Peace of Wild Things&nbsp;is a return to wonder through disparate yet complementary practices. For both Brown and Kwon, color and layering become a means of self-discovery and a way to tap into the emotions, dreams, and memories that might not surface otherwise. Their practices diverge in notable ways–Brown works abstractly, while Kwon turns to surreal representations of care and domestic life–but when presented together, they enter into a harmonic dialogue about the ways experiences linger long after a moment has passed. Whether working on a monumental mural or intimate painting on canvas, Brown revels in riotous geometries of color. Amorphous forms and clean lines commingle in compositions that conjure the emotional power of magenta, peach, cobalt, or goldenrod. Describing her studio practice as the space in which her inner child emerges, the artist harnesses the playful energy we typically associate with adolescent imagination. In both her canvases and irregularly shaped found-cardboard pieces, each line resists being bound by the edge of the frame, instead appearing to continue onward on its own course. Inversely, Kwon nests tiny scenes of family life into stacks of folded clothes and bulbous vessels evocative of Korean Moon Jars. Holding the mundane with affection, the artist preserves small acts of care by placing them securely inside these larger forms. Rendering elements at different scales echoes the ways experiences fade and reappear over time, while the soft, pastel color palettes suggest a tenderness toward quiet intimacies. Kwon also draws on her Korean heritage and training in Asian painting traditions, the latter of which informs her understanding of negative space. In the diptych “What We Hold Dear,” she pairs a trio of vignettes depicting outdoor adventures with hands cradling the small findings from such endeavors. The pieces are presented in a folding frame with soft, rounded edges inspired by Korean design. For both Brown and Kwon, painting offers the necessary space to process the past and imagine the future. Perhaps more importantly, though, the practice demands one’s presence and creates the conditions that spark wonder and joy. The Peace of Wild Things&nbsp;is on view from August 28 to October 17, 2026. Please&nbsp;<a href="https://luma.com/j9u7nxgr" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank">RSVP to our opening reception</a>.

The Peace of Wild Things: Emmy Star Brown and Danym Kwon

Open House Chicago: Etching Demonstrations will take place on October 17th and 18th from 11 AM to 5 PM at WING Studio, located at 4883 N. Lincoln, Chicago, IL 60625. The event will feature etching demonstrations on both days.

Open House Chicago: Etching Demonstrations

Enriching Life Retrospective (Heeyoung Kim and Brushwood Botanical Artists)

Enriching Life Retrospective

Volume Gallery is thrilled to announce Flowers and Leaves, Christy Matson’s fifth solo exhibition with the gallery, opening September 17th, from 5-8PM. Matson's new body of work was inspired by a box of inherited nineteenth-century textiles—lace, tatted fragments, woven cloth—passed down through generations of the artist's ancestors, many of them Quakers active in abolitionist, pacifist, and early feminist movements in Macedon, New York, a vital hub of the Underground Railroad. From these found remnants, Matson isolates floral and geometric motifs, layers them over oil pastel drawings and collage, and finally translates the compositions into meticulously constructed woven paintings with a Jacquard loom.

Flowers and Leaves

Volume Gallery is pleased to present Arrangements, the gallery’s first solo exhibition with Los Angeles-based artist Arina Erdélyi, opening September 17th, from 5-8PM in gallery two. In a series of ceramic lighting and wall works, Erdélyi explores tensions of scale and perspective through the pairing of miniature and full-scale forms. Table lamps frame miniature domestic scenes illuminated beneath silk shades, while full-scale plates hang above, extending these scenes into the surrounding space.

Arrangements

At Ease In Nature: Nature Holds Our Stories is an event taking place from October 7 to October 24 at the Carnegie Library in Waukegan. The event is associated with Brushwood Gallery, located at 21850 N. Riverwoods Rd., Riverwoods (60015). For more information, visit www.brushwoodcenter.org.

At Ease In Nature: Nature Holds Our Stories

The Art Center's massive annual showcase of recycled and rediscovered artwork.

Recycled

The Evanston Art Center (EAC) is excited to welcome the public to our upcoming exhibition, <a href="https://www.evanstonartcenter.org/exhibitions/sarah-sipling" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sarah Sipling | Solo Exhibition</a>. The exhibition will be on display from September 19 - October 25, 2026 with an opening reception on Sunday, September 27, 1-3pm that will be free and open to the public. “I focus on the many possibilities of printmaking, combining traditional and digital techniques. Each printmaking method has a unique visual language and communicative power and I often combine techniques and reimagine the possibilities of each method. My work questions political issues focusing on ideas of protest, power, and perception.” – Sarah Sipling Sarah Sipling is a mixed media artist and printmaker. Sipling received her MFA in Printmaking from Rhode Island School of Design and BFA in Printmaking from Purchase College, State University of New York. She lives and works in New York and Kansas City.

Sarah Sipling | Solo Exhibition

The Evanston Art Center (EAC) is excited to welcome the public to our upcoming exhibition, <a href="https://www.evanstonartcenter.org/exhibitions/amy-hanks-over-sea-under-stone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amy Hanks | Over Sea Under Stone</a>. The exhibition will be on display from September 19 - October 25, 2026 with an opening reception on Sunday, September 27, 1-3pm that will be free and open to the public. "My art practice is informed by nonlinear, spirit-filled narratives. I’m inspired by icons, tarot cards, lotería, memoirs, kachina dancers, children’s stories, illuminated manuscripts, and more.I layer, scrape, draw, paint, sew, reveal, and obscure as an analogy to life's transformative journeys over unfamiliar and unexpected landscapes. Through this process, I grapple with earthy and mystic subjects such as time travel, uncertainty, humor, grief and delight.” – Amy Hanks Amy Hanks graduated with a BFA from the University of Texas and an MFA from the University of Michigan, where she was a Rackham Fellow. She has been awarded an Individual Artist Grant from the State of Illinois and is a 2024 Fulbright Fellow Alumni.&nbsp;

Amy Hanks | Over Sea Under Stone

Gallery VICTOR is honored to present&nbsp;Honoring Resilience, a special exhibition commemorating the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, centered on Bruno Surdo’s monumental painting&nbsp;Tragedy, Memory and Honor.Tragedy, Memory and Honor&nbsp;is one of Surdo’s most powerful and historically significant works. The five panel artwork measures 9 x 35 feet. Created in response to the events and aftermath of 9/11, the painting stands as a profound meditation on loss, courage, mourning, and the endurance of the human spirit. Through its sweeping scale and emotional force, the work invites viewers into a space of remembrance and reflection while honoring the lives forever changed by that day.Bruno Surdo is a celebrated Chicago artist known for his large-scale narrative figurative paintings and his sustained commitment to the human condition as a subject of contemporary art. Represented by&nbsp;Gallery VICTOR, Surdo has exhibited widely over several decades, and&nbsp;Tragedy, Memory and Honor&nbsp;has previously been shown in Chicago, including at the&nbsp;Daley Center&nbsp;in 2002 and 2003, as well as in galleries across the country. In recognition of the painting, Surdo received a letter of appreciation from former Mayor&nbsp;Richard M. Daley.This exhibition will extend beyond the painting itself. In addition to&nbsp;Tragedy, Memory and Honor, the presentation will include artifacts from Ground Zero collected by the artist while assisting in cleanup efforts two weeks after 9/11, along with a video documenting the creation of the painting, preparatory drawings and sketches, photography, testimonials, and historical materials. Together, these elements will provide visitors with a deeper understanding of the work’s creation, its historical context, and its lasting emotional impact.Presenting this exhibition in Chicago carries special meaning. As Surdo’s hometown, the city provides a powerful context for revisiting a work that has moved audiences nationwide. Gallery VICTOR’s historic setting offers an ideal venue for an exhibition of this scale and significance, giving viewers the opportunity to engage with a work that is not only a monumental achievement in contemporary figurative painting, but also a testament to collective memory, resilience, and compassion.More than two decades after 9/11,&nbsp;Tragedy, Memory and Honor&nbsp;remains a deeply relevant and moving work, reminding us of art’s capacity to preserve history, bear witness to suffering, and honor the strength of those who endure.The exhibition will premiere during the&nbsp;10th Annual River North Design District Fall Gallery Walk&nbsp;on&nbsp;Friday, September 11, 2026, from 5 to 8 PM. This special evening will offer the public its first opportunity to experience Surdo’s monumental work at Gallery VICTOR on the 25th anniversary of 9/11.

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