The following exhibits and events come from press materials available in August and are subject to change. October is the city-sponsored Chicago Artists Month, which highlights the work of a dozen or more local artists through open studios, neighborhood gallery walks, and shows around the city. See chicagoartistsmonth.org or call 312-744-6630 for more information.
SEPTEMBER
friday14
“Architect of Magnificent Visions” | Intuit: The Center for Intuitive & Outsider Art
Through 1/5
Paula Kloczkowski Luberda and Sheila Ganch |
Illinois Institute of Art Gallery 180
Through 10/4
saturday15
“Objects of Inquiry” |
Smart Museum of Art
Japanese religious art and artifacts | Through 12/16
“On the Beach” |
Art Institute of Chicago
Photos by Richard Misrach; the artist talks about his work today at noon. | Through 11/25
Renegade Craft Fair
Division between Damen and Wood
Work by more than 200 crafters; part of the Do-Division Street Fest. | Through 9/16 | renegadecraft.com
sunday16
Steve McQueen | Renaissance Society
Film installation | Through 10/28
monday17
“The Grammar of Landscape” |
Illinois State Museum, Chicago Gallery
Photos of Illinois by Barbara Crane, Jin Lee, and others | Through 1/25
Simon Norfolk and David Shirk |
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Artist Norfolk and academic Shirk take on issues related to the border between the U.S. and Mexico, in a talk presented in concert with the “Loaded Landscape” exhibition, up through 10/13.
wednesday19
“Terry Evans: Prairie Scrolls” |
Environmental Law & Policy Center
Photos by Evans and sculpture by Terrence Karpowicz | Through spring 2008
Michael Ferris, Peggy Macnamara, and Nate Larson |
Packer Schopf
Through 11/24
thursday20
“Intersections” |
Chicago Architecture Foundation
1930s large-format photos documenting Chicago’s major intersections; opening reception 10/11. | Through 1/5
friday21
“Dread” | Donald Young
Work by Joshua Mosley | Through 11/8
“Put Everything On” | All Rise
Work by artists living in Montreal, Quebec | Through 11/2
saturday22
Jeremy Fish | DvA
Through 10/7
“Infinite Shades” |
Art Institute of Chicago
Contemporary Chinese ink works | Through 11/7
sunday23
“Another Story” |
Hyde Park Art Center
Group show of book-inspired work | Through 10/7
“Mapping Chicago: The Past and the Possible” |
Chicago History Museum
Local sites and fictional stories inspired by maps ranging from an 1808 map of Fort Dearborn to a proposed plan for the 2016 Olympics, plus a guide to globe making | Through 1/6
“Plate Convergence” |
Hyde Park Art Center
Installation by Theaster Gates; Gates discusses her work 10/1. | Through 11/11
“Season” | Hyde Park Art Center
Video by Sandra Binion | Through 11/2
thursday27
Annual Day of the Dead exhibit |
National Museum of Mexican Art
Through 12/16
“Daily Life” |
Chicago Cultural Center
Photos by Christopher Rauschenberg; talk by the artist at 12:15 PM today. | Through 10/7
friday28
“Black and Blue” | Steelelife
Work by members of the Soul Salon 10 | Through 11/1
“Casting a Shadow” |
Block Museum of Art, Evanston
Drawings, storyboards, and other production materials used in the making of Alfred Hitchcock’s films; mounted in conjunction with Hitchcock film retrospective. | Through 12/9
“El Punto Focal: Nuestra Comunidad Mexicana en Chicago” |
National Museum of Mexican Art
Through 2/3
“Sojourn” | Margin
Group show; reception 10/12 | Through 10/21
saturday29
40 Free Days |
Museum of Contemporary Art
Free admission to commemorate the museum’s 40th anniversary | Through 11/14
“Sympathy For the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967” |
Museum of Contemporary Art
Album art, music videos, and other work illustrating the relationship between visual art and rock music | Through 1/6
OCTOBER
thursday4
Chicago Art Open | Iron Studios
Tenth annual fest showcases work by more than 300 local artists and a juried “Curator’s Choice” exhibit. | Through 10/27 | caconline.org
“Journey Into the Realm” |
Chicago Cultural Center
Paintings by Bruce Noel Mortenson; the artist talks about the show today at 12:15 PM. | Through 10/14
“Master Drawings From the Yale University Art Gallery” |
Smart Museum of Art
Through 1/6
friday5
Pilsen East Artists Open House |
Chicago Arts District
Receptions and exhibitions at more than 20 art venues around 18th and South Halsted | Through 10/7 | chicagoartsdistrict.org
Project by Philip Von Zweck |
Museum of Contemporary Art
Through 10/28
saturday6
Chicago Black Artists group show | Urban Art Retreat
Through 10/31
“Fictional Characters” |
Lillstreet Art Center
Work by Audrey Niffenegger and Meredith Winer | Through 10/25
Dante Marioni | Marx-Saunders
Through 10/27
wednesday10
“Highlights From the Mary W. Runnells Rare Book Room” |
Field Museum
Through 1/20
thursday11
Work by William Pope.L |
Art Institute of Chicago
Through 1/20
friday12
“The Beautiful and the Deadly” |
Notebaert Nature Museum
Snakes, geckos, and other reptiles from around the world | Through 1/13
“Girls Girls Girls” | Habatat
Works by gallery artists | Through 12/27
saturday13
“Satoru Aoyama: Ancient Pixels” | Chicago Cultural Center
Small-scale machine-embroidered portraits, landscapes, and still lifes | Through 12/30
Around the Coyote Arts Festival
1935 W. North (start)
Work by more than 300 visual artists, plus talks, performances, and other events | Through 10/14 | aroundthecoyote.org
“The hyperbolic crochet Coral Reef” | Chicago Cultural Center
Part of the Chicago Humanities Festival | Through 12/16
ben stone | Western Exhibitions
Also work by Katy Fischer | Through 11/10
sunday14
“West of Western” |
Old Town Art Center
Works on paper by William Mansfield
monday15
“Flist” | Happy Dog
Work by “artist-bloggers” | Through 10/12
friday19
“As Seen On TV” | Thomas Robertello
Work by Justin Marshall | Through 11/24
Deborah Butterfield |
Zolla/Lieberman
Sculpture | Through 11/28
Ben Finneran, Julie York |
Perimeter
Ceramics | Through 11/17
“Guns & Ammo” | 40000
Group small-scale sculpture show | Through 11/17
“Habitat” | Johnsonese
Photos by Carl Corey | Through 11/17
“Hazy Lights & Shadows” |
Catherine Edelman
Work by Lynn Geesaman | Through 11/24
Julia Katz | Addington
Paintings | Through 11/27
Manfred Muller | Roy Boyd
Through 11/27
Zach Taylor, John Welter |
Linda Warren
Through 11/24
saturday20
“Judith Brotman: White Lies, Delicate Matters” |
Chicago Cultural Center
Installation and wall sculptures by Brotman | Through 1/6
“Just Good Art 2007” |
Hyde Park Art Center
Benefit auction of work by local artists
“Luftwerk: Adrift” |
Chicago Cultural Center
Video installation by Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero | Through 1/6
“Rendered in Black and Rendered” | Rhona Hoffman
Work by Adam Pendleton | Through 11/24
“Scene in Chicago 2007” |
Judy Saslow
Work by local artists | Through 11/24
“Secret Garden” |
Bette Cerf Hill Gallery
Work by Thomas Masters and Bette Cerf Hill | Through 11/18
sunday21
“On/Off: Illinois Women Artists and Contemporary Fiber Art” |
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
Through 12/30
thursday25
“Beate Gutschow: LS/S” |
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Composite urban and rural landscape photos by Gutschow | Through 1/12
NOVEMBER
friday2
Oben Abright | Habatat
Through 12/15
Rosemary Feit Covey and Barbara Kendrick |
International Museum of Surgical Science
Engravings of brain tumors by Covey, drawings of nerve pain by Kendrick | Through 1/18
“Elegy for Isabella Blow” |
Printworks
Work by Audrey Niffenegger | Through 12/29
“European Cartographers and the Ottoman World 1500-1750 |
Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Maps, atlases, and travel literature; in conjunction with the citywide Festival of Maps | Through 3/2
Cody Hudson |
Museum of Contemporary Art
Painting, prints, and sculptural installation | Through 11/30
“Maps: Finding Our Place in the World” | Field Museum
Over 100 examples of cartography and interactive displays concerning mapping; part of the Festival of Maps | Through 1/27
SOFA Chicago | Navy Pier Festival Hall
Annual sculpture and functional art expo | Through 11/4 | sofaexpo.com
saturday3
“Consuming War” |
Hyde Park Art Center
Work by Adam Brooks, Burtonwood & Holmes, and a dozen others | Through 1/15
“Jasper Johns: Gray” |
Art Institute of Chicago
Retrospective tracing the history of Johns’ work through his use of the color gray | Through 1/6
“Mapping Manifest Destiny: Chicago and the American West” | Newberry Library
More than 65 maps from the 16th through the 20th centuries; part of the Festival of Maps | Through 2/16
“Mapping the Self” |
Museum of Contemporary Art
Artists’ books and other material from the collection that ncorporate maps; part of the Festival of Maps | Through 2/10
“Ptolemy’s Geography and Renaissance Mapmakers” |
Newberry Library
37 maps and manuscripts; part of the Festival of Maps | Through 2/16
tuesday6
“Looking and Listening in Nineteenth-Century France” |
Smart Museum of Art
Paintings, works on paper, sculpture, and music from the period | Through 3/23
friday9
“Vanishing Point” |
Catherine Edelman
Work by David Plowden | Through 12/29
sunday11
“Chicago Roots Music” |
Chicago History Museum
Through 4/15
friday16
“Green Is the New Black” |
Melanee Cooper Gallery
Group show of paintings, photos, and globes | Through 1/19
“Mandalas and Altars” |
Chicago Cultural Center
Work by Judy Petacque | Through 12/31
saturday17
John Parot | Western Exhibitions
Through 12/15
friday30
Betty Cleeland and Kate Ingold | Roy Boyd
Through 1/8
David Coyle | 40000
Through 12/29
“Dance Marathon” | Addington
Paintings by Susan Kraut | Through 12/22
“Lesser Deities” |
Thomas Robertello
Work by Adam Ekberg | Through 1/19
Renee McGinnis and Deborah Baker | Packer Schopf | Through 1/5
“The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation” |
Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
Through 4/13
“Unseriously Serious” |
Linda Warren
Group show | Through 1/5
Eric Weisenburger | Perimeter
Through 1/4
Galleries
Addington 704 N. Wells | 312-664-3406 | home.att.net/-dan.gwendajay
All Rise 1542 N. Milwaukee | 3rd fl. | 773-292-9255 | allrisegallery.com
Roy Boyd 739 N. Wells | 312-642-1606 | royboydgallery.com
Melanee Cooper 740 N. Franklin | 312-202-9305 | melaneecoopergallery.com
DVA 2568 N. Lincoln | 773-871-4382 | dvagallery.com
Catherine Edelman 300 W. Superior | 312-266-2350 | edelmangallery.com
Environmental Law & Policy Center 35 E. Wacker | 312-673-6500 | elpc.org
40000 119 N. Peoria #2C | 312-738-0179 | gallery40000.com
Gruen 226 W. Superior | 312-337-6262
Habatat 222 W. Superior | 312-440-0288 | habatatchicago.com
Happy Dog 1542 N. Milwaukee | flist-art.com
Bette Cerf Hill 1821 W. Hubbard #210 | 312-622-3003 | bettecerfhill.com
Rhona Hoffman | 118 N. Peoria | 312-455-1990
Illinois Institute of Art Gallery 180 | 180 N. Wabash | 312-280-3500 | gallery180.com
Intuit: The Center For Intuitive and Outsider Art 756 N. Milwaukee | 312-243-9088 | art.org
Iron Studios 3636 S. Iron
Johnsonese 2149 W. Armitage | 773-252-8750 | johnsonese.com
Lillstreet Art Center 4401 N. Ravenswood | 773-769-4226 | lillstreetstudios.com
Margin 1915 S. Halsted | 312-401-5253 | margingallery.org
Marx-Saunders 230 W. Superior | 312-573-1400 | marxsaunders.com
Navy Pier Festival Hall 600 E. Grand | 773-506-8860
Old Town Art Center 1763 N. North Park | 312-337-1938
Packer Schopf 942 W. Lake | 312-226-8984 | packergallery.com
Perimeter 210 W. Superior | 312-266-9473 | perimetergallery.com
Printworks 311 W. Superior #105 | 312-664-9407 | printworkschicago.com
Renaissance Society University of Chicago | 5811 S. Ellis | 773-702-8670 | renaissancesociety.org
Thomas Robertello 939 W. Randolph | 312-421-1587 | thomasrobertello.com
Judy Saslow 300 W. Superior | 312-943-0530
Splat Flats 1815-25 W. Division | info@thesplatflats.com
Steelelife 4655 S. King | 773-538-4773
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art 2320 W. Chicago | 773-227-5522
Urban Art Retreat 1957 S. Spaulding | 773-542-9126
Linda Warren 1052 W. Fulton | 312-432-9500 | lindawarrengallery.com
Western Exhibitions 1821 W. Hubbard #202 | 312-307-4685 | westernexhibitions.com
Donald Young 933 W. Washington | 312-455-0100 | donaldyoung.com
Zolla/Lieberman 325 W. Huron | 312-944-1990 | zollaliebermangallery.com
Museums
Art Institute of Chicago 111 S. Michigan | artic.edu/aic
Block Museum of Art 40 Arts Circle Dr. | Evanston | blockmuseum.northwestern.edu
Chicago Architecture Foundation ArchiCenter 224 S. Michigan | architecture.org
Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washington | 312-744-6630 | chicagoculturalcenter.org
Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark | chicagohs.org
Field Museum 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr. | fieldmuseum.org
Hyde Park Art Center 5020 S. Cornell | hydeparkart.org
Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery 100 W. Randolph | 2nd fl. | museum.state.il.us/ismsites/chicago
International Museum of Surgical Science 1524 N. Lake Shore Dr. | imss.org.
Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E. Chicago | mcachicago.org
Museum of Contemporary Photography 600 S. Michigan | mocp.org
National Museum of Mexican Art 1852 W. 19th | nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org
Newberry Library 60 W. Walton | newberry.org
Notebaert Nature Museum 2430 N. Cannon | naturemuseum.org
Oriental Institute Museum Univ. of Chicago | 1155 E. 58th | oi.uchicago.edu
Smart Museum of Art 5550 S. Greenwood | smartmuseum.uchicago.edu
Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies 618 S. Michigan | spertus.edu