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

Brendan Fernandes: In the Round

In the newest iteration of Bedford’s acclaimed&nbsp;Veduta&nbsp;series, moonscapes mark a natural progression from her previous body of work which featured sunsets, some of which were created in the aftermath of the devastating 2025 Palisades Fire in Los Angeles. In this transition from day to night, Bedford introduces a new chromatic register in&nbsp;Nocturnes, transforming the atmospheric qualities of the&nbsp;Veduta&nbsp;series from muted luminosity to the heightened ambiguity of moonlit landscapes. The resulting works constitute a subtle yet striking evolution of the artist’s ongoing engagement with light, atmosphere and the moods they evoke.&nbsp; Veduta paintings are a genre of painting made popular throughout the 16th to 18th centuries. Originally, these highly detailed depictions of recognizable European vistas: significantly, this genre also captured imagery of healthy and pristine vistas untouched by development, pollution and other man-made blight. Seeing what the world looked like through this artistic lens in the 1600s is an eye-opening assessment of the complicated relationship between humanity and nature.&nbsp;As Vedute evolved through shifting art-historical paradigms, the landscape remained recognizably the same while becoming increasingly sensorial. Artists turned to intensified color and expressive brushwork in their pursuit of the sublime. This evolution marked a shift from quaint pastoral depictions of the countryside toward more evocative, moody, and dramatic phenomenologies. Bedford’s new series of Veduta paintings consists entirely of moonlit landscapes and seascapes that embrace the essence of the sublime while situating the series within a specific moment in time: darkness. Inspired by masterworks by artists such as Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Milton Avery, Camille Pissarro, and Frederic Edwin Church as underpaintings, Bedford layers vivid neon-colored tree and cacti motifs, many native to her Southern Californian environs. A third element introduces an architectural gesture: a three-quarter view of an interior room defined by a floor, back wall, and hints of two adjoining walls. Together, the underpainting, neon flora, and architectural framework draw the viewer into an intimate, immersive space, enhancing the experience of the sublime. With&nbsp;Nocturnes, the moon becomes both protagonist and antagonist—amplified by the characteristics of being moody and dramatic—while also playing the role of guide, existential muse and keeper of time. Long burdened with symbolic and emotional meaning across art, literature, music, and mythology, it appears here as something more detached: an omnipresent witness. Absorbing centuries of the human experience as we move firmly into the Age of the Anthropocene,&nbsp;Nocturnes&nbsp;are presented on a stage in dialogue with the scenic past revealing the friction and the disconnect between the past and present landscapes. Image: Whitney Bedford,&nbsp;Veduta (Constable Moonlight), 2026. Ink and oil on nylinen on panel, 44 x 60 x 2 inches.

Whitney Bedford: Nocturnes

Our fall show, In Dialogue: Works by Melissa Herrington &amp; Allison Svoboda, opens on Thursday, September 10th with a reception in the gallery from 5-7pm. We hope you'll join us for an evening of captivating art, engaging conversation and light refreshments! In Dialogue: will be on view through November 14.

In Dialogue: Works by Melissa Herrington & Allison Svoboda

Temporary Solutions to Lifelong Problems explores the ephemerality of thought and memory within the context of our contemporary moment. This solo exhibition, featuring the incredibly striking work of Chicago artist Jack Vonty, invites viewers into a richly layered world that encourages deep personal reflection. The opening reception, free and open to the public, will take place on September 19, 2026 from 5:30-8:00 PM. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet the artist, enjoy light refreshments, and be among the first to see this gripping exhibition.&nbsp;Vonty’s art is an expression of freedom that questions the world we live in. Each body of work depicts personal thoughts that scramble through the mind on a daily basis. By using a variety of mediums and unconventional techniques to create unique textures along with random text placement, he conveys a story that allows the viewer to write the ending.&nbsp;Curator, Kaitlin Rikala&nbsp; Atelier Joliet is located at 150 N Chicago St, Joliet, IL 60432 Gallery Hours:&nbsp;Thursday-Saturday, 4-8 PM &amp; by appointment&nbsp; Image credit: artist, Jack Vonty

Temporary Solutions to Lifelong Problems

Join Art Encounter's Sarah Packer and Alex Stevenson for an unforgettable experience meeting artist, collector, writer, poet, photographer, museum curator, and book binder Michael Horvich in his Evanston home. His condo houses Michael’s Museum, which holds an amazing folk art collection of curiosities, artifacts, miniatures, and discoveries, as well as paintings, photography, handmade books, jewelry, and the artist's own Cornell-like shadow box assemblages. We will discuss the art of collecting and get inside the mind of this dynamic, curious, and expressive Evanston original. Visit https://www.artencounter.org/collecting-and-creating to register.

The Curious Art of Collecting and Creating with Michael Horvich

Lean on your materials and create new ways of thinking inspired by the works of Kenzi Shiokava and Mike Cloud.&nbsp;

Family Day | Knock on Wood

old friends is pleased to present or, The River, new works by Martyna Alexander (b. 1989, Ann Arbor, MI) and Andrew Hayes (b. 1981, Tucson, Arizona). Martyna Alexander’s dreamlike topography emerges through washes of acrylic, overlaid with marks suggestive of an unknowable order. Andrew Hayes’ formalistic sculpture pairs paper and steel, the two substances alchemized, mirroring one another in fluid motion. Both artists speak spatially, their works boundless, sensual, and sensory. Alexander paints landscapes as if seen through a haze, in pigmented stains that seep and sink into the canvas weft. She allows space to remain perceptual and indistinct, intentionally obscuring any discernible landmark. Floating through the composition are hallucinatory gestures, in graphite or soft pastel, pulled from the artist's own lexicon of organization. Red Flag radiates with desert heat, each cell in the superimposed graphite grid blazed with a single red mark. There is no containing Alexander’s landscapes; their atmosphere seeps into the room. Like a mirage, they shimmer into and out of being. Hayes marries disparate materials; beginning with old, mass-printed books, he bends, contorts, and slices the pages, then anchors these compositions between subtly carved metal structures. Steel glints, not coldly, but with a seductive, supple quality. Though the paper retains certain literary visual identifiers (marbled edges, tabs, the ghost of text), Hayes anonymizes all content - he responds solely to its material potential. Hayes’ sculptures are precisely choreographed; undulating metal giving way to splayed pages, frozen at the apex of movement. Both artists allude to narrative, a suggestive presence of space or story, yet intentionally conceal definition. Their works speak to a symbolic dimension, a space where reference dissolves into abstraction. The sensory impression remains - a metallic taste, the scent of wet grass, an auric residue. or, The River will be on view at old friends, 3149 N. Halsted St., Chicago, IL, from September 12th through November 14th. Gallery staff are available to guide viewers through the exhibition via Zoom upon request. Please email <a href="mailto:office@oldfriendsgallery.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank">office@oldfriendsgallery.com</a> with any questions or inquiries. <a href="mailto:office@oldfriendsgallery.com?subject=or%2C%20The%20River%20%7C%20Preview%20Request&amp;body=" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);" target="_blank">Request a Preview</a> Pictured: ANDREW HAYES Aureate Inclusion, 2025Fabricated steel and book paper17 x 10 x 2-1/2 inches

or, The River, new works by Martyna Alexander and Andrew Hayes

It's always the Stone Age for Lithographers! They both rock and roll...out their prints.&nbsp;Stone Age&nbsp;at the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative will feature handmade fine art lithograph prints created by both renowned lithographers along with some of our most recent litho students at the studio. Each of these artists grain, draw, and print from a stone to create their work. Come to the Opening Reception on Saturday, September 19th from 5-8pm for a first look at this selection of gorgeous prints. Stone Age: A Lithography Showcase will be on view until November 14th, 2026. <a href="https://nctrkqcab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001nhc794-8dIpLCI629RNjn4tXatffnPJnC8HNFmMY1UojArMyukmt7Mey0iEQxqi4dDYA6jBBwkB8VWDkeAFbLkxTtSbdMeHfF5EM80bV2VYRLikpD2oaLMzuS0Ik8t7DZMmRmxwxw-Dn4H41APG5Yz_uyOidhegW1C5KdhZjJLxKnr9mNtJ8FP2p_w-GDLIKGmDL87pOnuedbxaJ1LUbZnaZpy4KpHYIfUAlEAr-V9PL6sAS8oQogqptNGSdpSbQn0Rus40W_0voFrGtfbaK5HifZU7LhHq4q4l5Iq9UOrDNyiQl0DEQzqU7HcBnUNrg-Homqpr2Jiw7u5MMnhtQf7wucmp3eYxuMpL8zT6nZsI=&amp;c=uBC0uObWrAoVX5p2t1s1GxjuryWmdHapkU_PXp7FuJqk3TxPUbqBzg==&amp;ch=gnKrv75K0pgrOPmm_vKhBt1u9JfxwdLIxjcpEiLAGUZw56NnQs_H9Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GALLERY HOURS</a>&nbsp;- Wednesdays &amp; Fridays 12-5pm, Sundays 11-3pm or by appointment.&nbsp;<a href="mailto:info@chicagoprintmakers.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Schedule a visit.</a>Or, check out the beautiful prints from the comfort of your home at our&nbsp;<a href="https://nctrkqcab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001nhc794-8dIpLCI629RNjn4tXatffnPJnC8HNFmMY1UojArMyukmt7A2NRdwlNe_2gr3dC6wowStF_hZhtdH42Fd_k0K3pCDFKkIdtKRTDX4yBnfeDJFtgc--t8Qq17b_l3nq2ITDOJJLUxboNrGc0cImz_BAo5yuzNsCfhlAn-UiX06gWwTX_TUGoBMQbA6IxN126nnoB_JvXvVP9DGnwg==&amp;c=uBC0uObWrAoVX5p2t1s1GxjuryWmdHapkU_PXp7FuJqk3TxPUbqBzg==&amp;ch=gnKrv75K0pgrOPmm_vKhBt1u9JfxwdLIxjcpEiLAGUZw56NnQs_H9Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">online shop</a>!

Stone Age: A Lithography Showcase

Alongside&nbsp;Nocturnes, Secrist Beach presents eleven paintings from Whitney Bedford’s new body of work&nbsp;Leda and the Swan, featuring reinterpretations of a single painting—itself an interpretive work—Luigi Mussini’s&nbsp;Leda and the Swan&nbsp;(1840–1850). The subject, drawn from Greek mythology, has been rendered repeatedly over centuries in painting, sculpture, poetry, and numerous other artistic forms. Depicting the seduction of Leda by the Greek god Zeus, who appears in the form of a swan, the enduring popularity of the myth lends itself to the charged erotic atmosphere of the scene.Mussini’s version is striking in its detail, form, and execution, resulting in a sensual painting that serves as a constant throughout Bedford’s versions. Her return to this single composition amplifies her interest in repetition as a method: how reiteration alters meaning, and how art history and personal narrative converge through the mechanics of reproduction. Through repetition, the painting ceases to function as a fixed mythological scene and instead becomes a stage for transition across centuries of art history, shifting notions of mastery and originality, and the personal narratives that emerge through sustained return. In this way, the image heightens the visibility of change—whether formal, conceptual, or biographical. Image: Whitney Bedford,&nbsp;Leda and the Swan (Silver Moon, Blurred Body), 2026. Ink and oil on linen on aluminum stretcher, 24 x 36 inches

Leda and the Swan

<a href="https://www.hydeparkart.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192);" target="_blank">Hyde Park Art Center</a>, the renowned non-profit hub for contemporary art located on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, hosts its&nbsp;2026 Gala&nbsp;activating the entire building on&nbsp;Saturday, November 14, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., with an afterparty that goes till&nbsp;11:30 p.m.&nbsp;The lively event honors American painter&nbsp;Candida Alvarez&nbsp;and Chicago arts leader&nbsp;Nora Daley,&nbsp;and is packed with hands-on art activities, commissioned performances, open studios, art auctions, and DJs from Lumpen Radio. The gala co-chairs are Chicago art patrons&nbsp;Trissa Babrowski and Sundeep Mullangi,&nbsp;Maria Christina and Guy-Karim Caland Puymartin, and Chicago gallerists&nbsp;Monique Meloche and Evan Boris. The Gala after-party is hosted in partnership with Lumpen Radio, with standalone tickets at $75 available for purchase on the Art Center’s website. Guests may RSVP and make donations at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.hydeparkart.org/gala." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.hydeparkart.org/gala</a><a href="http://www.hydeparkart.org/gala." rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: black;" target="_blank">.</a> With a “creative cocktail” dress code, the evening will feature a cocktail party running from 5:30-7:00 p.m., followed by a seated dinner with remarks by Art Center leadership and artists. With a reputation as one of the city’s most “hands-on” art parties, the Gala will feature an after-party in collaboration with Lumpen Radio from 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. that includes the popular Interactive Artist Interventions, resident artist open studios, performances, DJs, late-night bites, and more.&nbsp; Interactive Artist Interventions have been a highlight of past Art Center Galas, where guests were engaged in inventive interactions, such as getting inked by a tattoo artist and eating cake off a wall.&nbsp;This year’s participating artists will be announced soon at&nbsp;<a href="http://hydeparkart.org/gala" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hydeparkart.org/gala</a>. Gala tickets are available for $750 with host committee sponsorship levels beginning at $2,500. Guests may RSVP and make donations at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.hydeparkart.org/gala" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hydeparkart.org/gala</a>. For more information on sponsorship levels, please contact Destinee Johnson at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:djohnson@hydeparkart.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">djohnson@hydeparkart.or</a><a href="mailto:djohnson@hydeparkart.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">g</a>. About the honoreesCandida Alvarez&nbsp;is widely regarded as one of her generation’s most highly innovative and experimental painters. Her work has been collected by the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Whitney Museum, San Jose Museum of Art, El Museo del Barrio, among others. She has been granted the Anonymous was a Woman Award, Trellis Art Fund Award, Arts and Letters Award in Art by the American Academy of Arts and Letters,&nbsp;Mellon Foundation Latinx Artist Fellowship,&nbsp;Helen Frankenthaler Award for Painting, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painter and Sculptors Grant. Alvarez is an alum of Yale School of Art, and held the F.H. Sellers Professorship in Painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she is now Professor Emerit. In Fall 2024 Alvarez was the Alex Katz Chair in Painting at The Cooper Union. Her career-spanning solo exhibition at El Museo del Barrio titled Circle, Point, Hoop was on view until August 2025, running concurrently with Real Monsters in Bold Colors:Bob Thompson and Candida Alvarez, GRAY New York. Alvarez is represented by GRAY New York and Monique Meloche Gallery. Nora Daley&nbsp;has focused on helping people and tirelessly strengthening communities throughout her life. In 2025, she was named the board&nbsp;co-chair of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, the largest exhibition of architecture and urbanism in North America. She was appointed Chair of the Illinois Art Council Agency by Governor JB Pritzker in September 2022, and continues to work with other agencies throughout the state to partner and provide access and opportunity for the creative sector. She has been in leadership as chairman of the Board of Trustees and executive committee member of multiple organizations, including Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the Terra Foundation for American Art, After School Matters, Navy Pier, Inc., Frances Xavier Warde School and the Richard J. Daley Global Cities Forum. Daley has served as an advisor to and active participant in various organizations, including the Illinois Justice Project, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Museum of Science and Industry, Hyde Park Art Center, University of Illinois Chicago and Harris School of Public Policy University of Chicago. From 2011-2019 she chaired the City of Chicago’s Cultural Advisory Council under Mayor Rahm Emanuel. In 2022 Daley established Raven Partners, a strategic advisory firm, to continue to build upon her work with various businesses and organizations. As a former Managing Director of Wonderworks, an immersive experiential art museum that disrupts the traditional nonprofit model, she led the relaunch, rebuild and rebrand of the museum. From 2002-2014 Daley worked as a Senior Advisor and Director of Outreach for Metropolis Strategies, an initiative from the Commercial Club of Chicago that created a civic organization focused on the growth of the regional economy to promote sustainable development and create safer communities throughout the Chicago region. Daley received a BA in Art History from Fairfield University. She lives in Chicago with her husband and three children.

Hyde Park Art Center’s 2026 Gala

Work by<a href="https://www.chicagoartistscoalition.org/people/mauricio-lopez-f/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank"> Mauricio López F.</a>,<a href="https://www.chicagoartistscoalition.org/people/gabriel-moreno/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank"> Gabriel Moreno</a>, and<a href="https://www.chicagoartistscoalition.org/people/pablo-lazala-ruiz/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank"> Pablo Lazala Ruiz</a>, curated by<a href="https://www.chicagoartistscoalition.org/people/serena-jv-elston/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank"> Serena JV Easton</a>*Artists and Curator are part of the 2025 CAC Residency Cohort GALLERY HOURSWednesday 11 AM - 4 PMSaturday 12 PM - 4 PMAll other days by appointmentPlease email dana@chicagoartistscoalition.org Zombie gathers the practices of Mauricio López F., Gabriel Moreno, and Pablo Lazala Ruiz, tracing systems of extraction across borders, languages, and industries. Through objects dislocated from place: tools rebranded, images redubbed, machinery left to break down, the work returns again and again to the worker: the body that labors, rests, and is called back to labor before rest is complete. This exhibition sits inside the exhausted systems that are already obsolete but refuse to finish dying, creating the working dead: zombie here not a metaphor, but a diagnosis. ARTIST AND CURATOR BIOS Mauricio López F. is an interdisciplinary artist from Santiago, Chile, currently based in Chicago, USA. Emerging from Chile’s early hardcore punk scene, he later studied Musical Composition at Escuela Moderna de Música and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Aesthetics from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, where he focused on the Chilean avant-garde. He recently completed an MFA in Sound at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) on a merit full scholarship. His practice explores the entanglement of visuality, sound, and motion through unexpected social synchronizations. López F. has received several recognitions, including a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts and a fellowship from The Arts Club of Chicago. He has been an artist-in-residence at the Chicago Artists Coalition, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, and, most recently, Monira Foundation. He was also named one of Newcity's Breakout Artists for 2026. His work has been presented throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia, including at Centro Cultural GAM, EXPO Chicago, Chicago Architecture Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gallery 400, Kobun Gallery (Japan), and the Ars Electronica Festival (Austria). <a href="https://mauriciolopezf.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">mauriciolopezf.com</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mauriciolopezfernandez/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">@mauriciolopezfernandez</a> Gabriel Moreno (b. 1992) is an artist working in sculpture, drawing, and collage. He believes sculpture is a language of “touch”: a poetic operation where two things meet and change one another. His work has explored American histories of meat packing, refrigerator manufacturing, and logging as ways into studying industry, fantasy, preservation, and its failures. Moreno’s primary investigation is the paradoxical destruction implicit in modern development and production. Refrigerators are sometimes used to house precious contents. Other times they are cut down into molds for casting. He relies on the immediacy of objects to hold together material operations of maintenance,&nbsp; presentation, splintering, and proliferation. Industrial artifacts and social propositions alike, these objects speak to the fantasy of defying entropy while admitting the impossibility of existing outside it. <a href="https://www.gabrielgranatmoreno.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">gabrielgranatmoreno.com</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ga_beh/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">@ga_beh</a> Pablo Lazala Ruiz (b. 1992, Bogotá, Colombia) is a multidisciplinary artist, exhibition designer, and educator based in Chicago. He holds an MFA in Sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), along with degrees in Architecture and Fine Arts from Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá). He recently participated in the SOMA Summer residency (Mexico City, 2026). His sculptural and installation-based practice examines the conditions that shape public and private space, probing ideals of progress, homogenizing structures, and the invisible systems of the built environment. Working with the rituals, (im)materialities, and temporalities of construction, he dismantles architectural rhetorics and creates spaces and stories grounded in concealment, camouflage, and impermanence. He has exhibited projects from his artistic and curatorial practice at venues including the National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago), the Museo de Arte Miguel Urrutia (MAMU, Bogotá), Espacio Odeón (Bogotá), Galería SantaFe (Bogotá), Galería ArteCámara / Cámara de Comercio de Chapinero (Bogotá), Espacio Más Allá (Bogotá), The Wrong Biennale (Online/Bogotá), Elastic Arts (Chicago), Galería SGR (Bogotá), Liberia Central Contemporánea (Bogotá), Compound Yellow (Chicago), and the Jim Shields Gallery through the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. <a href="https://pablolazalaruiz.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">pablolazalaruiz.com</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/pablolazalaruiz/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">@pablolazalaruiz</a> Serena JV Elston is a transdisciplinary sculptor and curator contemplating the body and its relationship to structures of power. Her research-based practice explores ecology, posthumanism, disability, and embodiment through a post-colonial lens. Her work asks if an institution can disable bodies, can bodies disable institutions. Grappling with disability as identity and condition, she depicts figures in states of decomposition and incompleteness. In her work, the body is never singular; it extends beyond flesh to encompass the institutional, the architectural, and the ideological. She renders bodies as precarious material forms that are vulnerable, interdependent, and impermanent. Serena interrogates the illusion of immortality alongside the certainty of death, asserting that all bodies, whether organic or constructed, require care to endure. Institutions that appear eternal are, in truth, as fragile as flesh. Through sculptural inquiry, she exposes systems of power as contingent structures sustained by our unconscious participation and vulnerability. By materializing their instability, she invites viewers to recognize the impermanence of these systems as clearly as we recognize our own mortality. <a href="https://serenajve.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">serenajve.com</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/serenajve/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">@serenajve</a> ABOUT CHICAGO ARTISTS COALITION Founded in 1974, CAC began as a small group of artists advocating for rights, support, and visibility. Currently located in West Town, CAC is a non-profit organization that supports contemporary Chicago artists and curators by offering a&nbsp; residency program, exhibitions, professional development and resources that enable them to live, work and thrive in the city.Chicago Artists Coalition’s mission and programs are funded by City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Driehaus Foundation, Field Foundation of Illinois, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Illinois Arts Council, Terry and Donna King, Nancy Herring and John Balfe, Statsinger Cohen Foundation, and the generosity of our board members and supporters.

Zombie

MONUMENTS OF STILLNESS: Carole Feuerman Public Exhibition:June 2 – November 15, 2026 Ribbon Cutting &amp; Press conference:June 2, 2026 · 10AMWrigley Building400-410 North Michigan Ave.Chicago, Illinois <a href="https://hiltoncontemporary.com/exhibitions/carole-feuerman-monuments-of-stillness/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DETAILS</a>

MONUMENTS OF STILLNESS: Carole Feuerman

Becoming Words brings together Japanese calligrapher Hekiun Oda and Iranian calligrapher and visual artist Bahman Panahi. Their works begin with the calligraphic traditions of East and West Asia and take them somewhere distinctly their own. Both are interested in what happens when a word becomes an experience rather than a symbol, when calligraphy moves beyond representation and begins to embody concepts. Oda’s practice grows from Shodō, where brush, ink, body, and breath come together in a singular act. His work explores how written language can become a universal architecture of connection, while his engagement with natural phenomena transforms these words into states of movement, atmosphere, and presence. Panahi draws on the Persian tradition of Nastaliq, opening its forms toward abstraction, sound, and music. His concept of Musicalligraphy brings calligraphy and music into conversation, engaging words and ideas such as mehr—love, longing, and peace—not simply as subjects, but as ways of being. Though their vocabularies and cultural lineages are distinct, both artists treat the word as a portal into experience. Love, rain, water, and music can all become conditions of experience. The calligraphic act does not simply write the word, but becomes it. The exhibition is accompanied by live performances by both artists on the reception night, where calligraphy unfolds as a singular act, made in the moment and impossible to repeat. ​Additional artist talks and workshops will take place on separate dates throughout the exhibition. This exhibition is made possible through a collaboration between the Seldon Institute and the Heritage Museum of Asian Art, supported by the Research House for Asian Art. Program Series: Opening Reception and Calligraphy Performance​​ October 16, 5 - 8 PM​ | $​40​ Research House for Asian Art 3217 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608 Artist-led Tour During Open House ChicagoOctober 17, 1 - 3 PM | free Research House for Asian Art 3217 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608 Musicalligraphy: Immersive Workshop October 18, 1 - 4 PM | General Admission $80 Seldon Institute Calligraphic Dialogues October 18, 11 AM - 1 PM | free Seldon Institute Event registration: <a href="https://www.heritageasianart.org/2026becomingwords" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.heritageasianart.org/2026becomingwords</a>

Becoming Words: A Joint Calligraphy Exhibition

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

Anne Loucks Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Land, Sea and Sky, a new exhibition featuring thirty paintings by Hannah Bureau &amp; Sara MacCulloch, on view in our Glencoe gallery through November 18th. Hannah Bureau's fresh, meditative paintings reflect her New England surroundings. With a soft palette and layers of smooth brushwork, her dreamlike compositions capture the essence of the landscape in a style that moves between abstraction and realism. Sara MacCulloch's paintings are inspired by the rocky coast, fields and vast skies that surround her Nova Scotia studio. Executed in a spontaneous, painterly style with rich color and simplified forms, her work evokes a sense of place, capturing the ever-changing light and atmosphere of the Atlantic coast. Please visit us at 309 Park Avenue in Glencoe to see the show through November 18th. We'd love to see you.

Land, Sea and Sky

Neurologist, Professor, and Director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics Anjan Chatterjee and glass artist Judith Schaechter discuss how the brain perceives, creates, and responds to art.

Anjan Chatterjee & Judith Schaechter on Neuroaesthetics

Fundraiser, 4th Annual Bowling Fundraiser for the Ren in Hyde Park Please join the team of the Ren and our host committee of seasoned bowlers—Daniel G. BairdBrian BlackBethany CollinsDavid FrejChanelle LacyEmma McKeeSundeep Mullangi—for our fourth annual evening of strikes, spares, suds, and sliders, as we raise critical support for 2026–27 exhibitions and programs.All bowling ticket buyers have the opportunity to bowl on a team. Lane Sponsors can bring their own teams. Don’t bowl? Get a Cheering Section ticket and join us to watch the competition and root for your favorite bowlers!All proceeds from the evening will provide critical support for the Ren’s exhibitions, performances, and concerts.Lane SponsorIncludes game for 8, food and drinks: $5,000Single Bowling TicketIncludes game for one, food and drinks: $500Cheering SectionIncludes food and drinks: $350Artist SponsorIncludes single bowling ticket benefits: $350Please note: per IRS regulations, $50 per ticket is non-tax-deductible.<a href="https://us.list-manage.com/PVdyj4jlTj5?e=375d06b725&amp;c2id=a1543766333e29b2a96f10cba6d25902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Purchase a ticket or make a donation.</a>

4th Annual Bowling Fundraiser for the Ren

Brian Lathan's work can be described as powerful statements rendered in vibrant color. His prints grip the viewer and challenge their perception of the world. Wander and Wallow: Must We Dwell is an exhibition of Lathan’s work that dwells in the fragile space between escapism, indulgence, and restraint, tracing the quiet negotiations we make with ourselves in the name of self-care. It considers how presence and avoidance coexist, and how the desire for escape can gently, almost invisibly, eclipse the needs of the self we house within. Each figure contains a smaller version of themselves, dwelling inside an exposed headspace where a ramshackle interior offers both shelter and unease. The absent crown of the larger figure reveals this inner home at a suspended moment - just before neglect becomes recognizable, before damage announces itself. Fluorescent color and halftone imagery offer their brightness and patterning to soften and obscure the somber tenderness beneath. The viewer is invited to dwell and consider the things we dwell on or with, such as ourselves, our habits, and the inner spaces we construct for care and survival. The work positions the viewer as observer, mirror, and voyeur, allowing questions of coping, presence, and care to surface without resolution. Born and based in St. Louis, Brian Lathan is an artist and educator who explores printmaking, illustration, and sculpture. He examines the dynamics of print, print ephemera, digital illustration, and sculpture, persistently exploring these media as means of expressing personal and subjective commentary and narration. Currently, he teaches printmaking at several universities around St. Louis. Lathan recently received a grant from the Regional Arts Commission for a large mural, which can be seen on Cherokee Street in St. Louis. Wander and Wallow: Must We Dwell will open at Fine Line’s Kavanagh Gallery on Thursday, October 15, and run until November 20. The gallery is open Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm. A gallery reception will be held on Thursday, October 15, from 6–8 p.m. The artist, Brian Lathan, will be in attendance and speak at 6.30 pm about his art. The reception, like all Kavanagh Gallery receptions, is free and open to everyone.

Wander and Wallow: Must We Dwell – Brian Lathan

at RAM’s Wustum MuseumStitched Stories: Narrative Quilts and Textiles&nbsp;brings together quilted, woven, and embroidered works from RAM’s collection that tell stories through fabric and thread. Whether incorporating representational imagery or utilizing abstraction, these small- and large-scale fiber works explore the multitude of ways in which textiles can be used to convey meaning. Drawing from both personal memory and imagined worlds, the artists represented in&nbsp;Stitched Stories&nbsp;demonstrate the versatility of fiber as a medium for storytelling as they transport viewers to faraway lands—from the bottom of the ocean to outer space. Significantly, several artists with Wisconsin ties are represented, underscoring the rich history of textile production in the state.

Stitched Stories: Narrative Quilts and Textiles

At RAM’s Wustum MuseumCynthia Toops is a polymer art pioneer who has been pushing the boundaries of the medium since the 1980s. The artist is well known for her micromosaic technique, which pieces together tiny shards of polymer into figurative or abstract compositions. Her distinctive style pulls inspiration from everyday events or objects, botanical subjects, folk art, and the cultural jewelry and ancient beads which she collects. While Toops works on her own, she also often collaborates with her husband, Dan Adams, who creates the glass beads and components featured in some pieces.

RAM Showcase: Cynthia Toops

Chicago has long been an important center for comics and graphic storytelling. During the early decades of the twenty-first century, the publication Linework, under the guidance of acclaimed cartoonist, designer, and educator Ivan Brunetti, became a gathering point for many of the most compelling voices in Chicago’s contemporary comics scene. Bringing together emerging and established artists, the publication fostered a moment of creative exchange that helped shape the city’s reputation as a hub for alternative comics.This exhibition revisits the Linework publication and the artistic community that formed around it, highlighting both the collaborative spirit of the project and the paths its contributors have taken since. Among them is Chicago-based cartoonist Nick Drnaso, whose graphic novel Sabrina became the first graphic novel longlisted for the Booker Prize.Image: Ivan Brunetti, self-portrait

Linework: Chicago Comics and Community

<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

The conversation will be moderated by Chicago artist and curator Catherine Schwalbe, whose practice spans sculpture, installation, mixed media, found objects, site specific work, and social practice. Schwalbe maintains Haptic Studio and Residency, shares a clay studio at Ripple Studios, and teaches at Lillstreet Art Center.The program offers an opportunity to hear directly from participating artists about their work, their relationship to clay, and the regional context surrounding contemporary ceramic practice. Featured Artists:Aaron BeckerGabriel Chalfin-Piney-GonzálezMirentxu GanzarainSuzanne LongHenry Tyson Location:Oliva Gallery3816 W. Armitage Ave.Chicago, IL 60647 Image: Suzanne Long,&nbsp;Lamb of God take away the sins of the world

Material Bodies: Conversations, Clay and the Midwest Landscape

This one person show follows artist Barbara Tinger through 5 decades! Her body of work includes: figures, still life, cityscape, painting, drawing and mixed media in both representational and abstract executions. If you love art, you will love Barbara. Her move into abstraction occurred later in life, as a rare health condition affected her vision. Come witness the talent &amp; dedication to a practice spanning so long and so varied and always given With Love, Barbara. A portion of sales will be given to The Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind.Image: Self Portrait - oil on board "16 x 24"

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