Bucktown -

360See - 1924 N. Damen. Quilted Portraits and Stitched Scenes, Work by Luke Haynes, Gillian Bates, and Alexandra Walters. Reception Fri 9/11, 6-9 PM. 9/11-11/1.


East Village -

Corbett Vs. Dempsey - 1120 N Ashland Ave, third floor. Constructions, work by Ed Flood. Reception Fri. 9/11 5-9pm. 9/11-10/10.

Family Room, The - 1821 W. Hubbard #202. Family View ,  Work by Paul Elledge, Leasha Overturf, and Jo-Nell Sieren.  Reception Fri 9/11, 7:30 PM-midnight. 9/12-9/13, noon-5:30 PM, then by appointment through 10/4.

Highland Park -

Highland Park Art Center - 1957 Sheridan Rd., Highland Park. Faking It?, work by Chase Browder, Helen Maurene Cooper, Jill Frank, Seung Jae Kim, Jason Lazarus, Aspen Mays, Lindsay Page, Kurt Von Stetten, Scott Patrick Wiener and Krista Wortendyke. Reception Fri. 6:30-9pm. 9/10 - 10/8

Lakeview -

Leigh - 3306 N. Halsted. John Park, Abstract paintings. Reception Fri 9/11, 6-9 PM. 9/11-9/27.


Loop -

Fine Arts Building - 410 S. Michigan. Open Studios Night. Open 4:30-9:30pm.

Finestra Art Space - 410 S. Michigan, Suite 516. John Himmelfarb. Reception Fri. 5-9pm.  9/4 - 9/29.


Near North -

Richard Gray Gallery - 875 N. Michigan, Ste. 2503. John Stezaker. Reception 6-8pm. 9/11 - 10/24.

Valerie Carberry Gallery - 875 N. Michigan, Ste. 2510. Tony Smith: Early Works. Reception 6-8pm. 9/11 - 10/31.


Noble Square -

Roots and Culture - 1034 N. Milwaukee. Women, Work by Craig Doty.  Reception Fri 9/11, 6-9 PM. 9/11-10/31.


Oak Park -

Gallery Pink - 149 Harrison St., Oak Park.3 Lenses, 3 Photographers: Faigie Tanner, John Padour, Bob Tanner. Reception 6-9pm. 9/11 - 11/1


Old Town -

Thomas Masters - 245 W. North. Marie Vickerilla, paintings. Reception Fri 9/11, 6-9 PM. 9/11-10/4


Pilsen -

Anode - 718 W. 18th. No Such Thing as Separate Events,  Work by Ruben Aguirre Jr. Reception Fri 9/11, 6-10 PM. 9/11-9/25

Antena - 1765 S. Laflin #1R. James Jankowiak. Reception Fri 9/11, 6-10 PM. 9/11-10/10

Chicago Art Department - 1837 South Halsted. Pine, work by Stacy Peterson, Brigette Buckley, & Sighn. Reception 6-10pm. 9/11-9/20

Chicago Arts District - 1945 S. Halsted, Ste. 101. Pilsen area galleries open. Receptions 6-10pm.

Logsdon  - 1909 S. Halsted. Esoteric Entitlements, group show. Sept. 11-Oct. 3

 

River North -

Addington Gallery - 704 N. Wells. Sandra Dawson, solo show of mixed media paintings. Reception 5-8pm.  9/11 - 10/14

Aldo Castillo - 675 N. Franklin. Luis Fernando Uribe. Reception Fri 9/11, 5:30-8:30 PM. 9/11-10/10

Andrew Bae - 300 W. Superior. Jae Ko, Paper sculptures. Reception Fri 9/11. 9/11-10/10

ArchiTech Gallery - 730 N. Franklin, 2nd Fl. Frank Lloyd Wright and the Three Golden Ages, Drawings and prints. 9/11 - 12/26

Arts Club of Chicago - 201 E. Ontario. Sept. 11th: Elizabeth Murray

Byron Roche - 750 N. Franklin, suite 201. Lisa Erf and Jeremy Vajda, Collages and paintings. Receptions Fri 9/11 and 10/8, 5-8 PM. 9/11-10/14

Carl Hammer Gallery - 740 N. Wells. The Road Not Taken, Carl Hammer 30th Anniversary Show. Reception 5:30 - 8:30pm. 9/11 - 10/10

Catherine Edelman Gallery - 300 W. Superior. Hiroshi Watanabe. Reception Fri. 5-8pm. 9/11 - 10/31

David Weinberg - 300 W. Superior #203. Social Landscape, Documentary photography by Dylan Vitone, Jay Wolke, and James Griffioen. Reception Fri 9/11, 5-8 PM. 9/11-10/31.

Gallery KH - 311 W. Superior. Color, Works on paper by Carolyn Cole and Hans Hofmann.  Reception Fri 9/11, 5-8 PM. 9/11-10/20

Gruen Galleries - 226 W. Superior. Tom Brydeskly: Mixed Media Encaustic Landscapes on Panel. Reception 5-8 pm. 9/11 - 10/14

Habatat - 222 W. Superior. Group Show, Reception Fri 9/11, 5-7 PM. 9/11-10/31

I Space - 230 W. Superior, 2nd floor. Every Body: Visual Resistance in Feminist Health Movements, 1969-2009 & The Museum of Contemporary Phenomena Presents a Broadside Project Regarding the Fear of Growing Old, Part of the Glue Factory, a public dialogue and exhibition. . Reception Fri 9/11, 5-7 PM. 9/11-10/10.

Jean Albano Gallery - 215 W. Superior. Greg Gummersall: Paintings & Jenny Gummersall: Photographs. Reception Fri. 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Josef Glimer - 207 W. Superior. A Collection of Gallery Artists, Featuring work by Thom Kapheim, Brian Divis, and Mira Hermoni-Levine. Sept. 11-Nov. 14

Judy Saslow - 300 W. Superior. Permeations, Work by Jason Rohlf. Reception Fri 9/11, 5-8 PM. 9/11-10/9

Marx-Saunders Gallery - 230 W Superior St. Thomas Scoon. Reception 5-7pm. 9/11-10/31.

Maya Polsky - 215 W. Superior. Closer to Me Than Myself, Work by Gabriela Morawetz. Reception Fri 9/11, 5:30-8 PM. 9/11-10/23

Melanee Cooper - 740 N. Franklin. Headlong Past and Fast Forward , Paintings by Alicia LaChance. Reception Fri 9/11, 5-8 PM. 9/11-10/31.

Nicole Gallery - 230 W. Huron. Willard Wigan: Art in the Eye of a Needle. Reception 5-8 pm. 9/3 - 10/2

Perimeter Gallery - 210 W. Superior. Keiko Hara: New Paintings. Reception 5-8pm. 9/11-10/10.

Portals - 742 N. Wells. Stealing From the Masters, Paintings by Ginger Fox.
Sept. 11-Dec. 19.

Printworks - 311 W. Superior. Robert Barnes: New Casein Drawings. Reception 5-8pm.  9/11 - 10/10.

Roy Boyd Gallery - 739 N. Wells. Minimal Works: Buck, Fraser, Gonzàlez, Katznelson, Müller. Reception Fri. 5-7pm. 9/2 - 10/27.

Russell Bowman - 311 W. Superior #115. Intense, Work by Roger Brown, Ray Johnson, Elizabeth Murray, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Marc Quinn, David Salle, and others. Sept. 11-Oct. 31

Schneider - 230 W. Superior.   Hiding in the City, Artist Liu Bolin uses paint to disguise himself in photographs of his native China. Reception Fri 9/11, 5-7:30 PM. 9/11-10/31

Stephen Daiter Gallery - 311 W. Superior. There'll Always be an England: Vintage photographs by Bert Hardy and works by Bill Brandt, John Davies, David Hurn, Roger Mayne, Martin Parr, Mark Power, Brian Seed, Graham Smith and others. Reception 5-8pm. 9/11 - 10/9

Vale Craft - 230 W. Superior. Steve Rebora's Magic Show, whimsical sculpture. Reception 5-8pm.  9/11 - 10/31.

Zg Gallery - 300 W. Superior St. AMY CASEY, paintings. Reception 5:30-7:30pm. 9/11 - 10/17.

Zolla/Lieberman Gallery - 325 W. Huron. Something Geographical: Vernon Fisher, Buzz Spector and Xiaoze Xie  Reception 5-8pm 9/11 - 11/7.


River West -

Intuit - 756 N. Milwaukee. Freaks and Flash, Vintage circus banners featuring tattooed performers, early tattoo flash (designs) by artists including George Burchett, Sailor Jerry, and Tatts Thomas, and other ephemera. Reception Fri 9/11, 5-8 PM. 9/11-1/9.

South Loop -

Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College - 1104 S. Wabash. Pearl of the Snowlandss,  Buddhist printing from the Derge Parkhang, a traditional printing temple in Tibet, plus photos and videos of the temple. Reception Fri 9/11, 5-8 PM. 9/11-12/5.

West Loop -

Anne Loucks Gallery - 1046 W. Fulton Market. Stephen Dinsmore: New Paintings. Reception 6-9pm. 9/11 - 11/5.

Black Walnut - 220 N Aberdeen St. Abstraction of Spirit, work by John Pugh, Debora Stewart and Cynthia Lee. Reception 6-9pm. 9/2-9/30.

Carrie Secrist Gallery - 835 W. Washington. As We Live and Breathe. Reception 5-8pm. 9/11 - 11/7.

Douglas Dawson Gallery - 400 N. Morgan. Blue Divide, new work by Frank Connet. Reception 6-9pm. 9/11 - 10/10.

Dubhe Carreño  - 118 N. Peoria 2nd fl. Skin, Work by Thomas Schmidt; this is the inaugural exhibition for the newly reopened gallery. Reception Fri 9/11, 5-8 PM. 9/11-11/7.

Kasia Kay - 1044 W. Fulton Mkt. Perception,  Paintings by Kim Curtis. Reception Fri 9/11, 6-9 PM. 9/11-10/10.

Kavi Gupta - 835 W Washington Blvd. The Mirror, work by Melanie Schiff. Reception 5-8pm. 9/11-10/24.

Linda Warren - 1052 W. Fulton Mkt. Painters Painting,  Work by Stanley Lewis, Jeremy Long, Don Southard, and Megan Euker. Reception Fri 9/11, 6-9 PM. 9/11-10/10.

Margin - 1003 W. Fulton. Three, group show. Reception Fri 9/11, 6-10 PM. 9/4-9/27.

McCormick Gallery - 835 W. Washington. McCormick Contemporary: New works by our contemporary artists. Reception 5-8pm.  9/11 - 10/24.

Packer Schopf - 942 W. Lake. Growing Up, Photographs by Karen Savage & Replicators, Paintings by Robert Horvath. Reception Fri 9/11, 5-8 PM. 9/11-10/10.

Peter Miller Gallery - 118 N. Peoria. New Work by Caleb Weintraub. Reception 5-8pm. 9/11-10/17

Rhona Hoffman - 118 N. Peoria. You're My Favorite Kind of American, Work by Luis Gispert. Reception Fri 9/11, 5-7 PM. 9/11-10/10.

Spoke - 119 N. Peoria. Pinata Smashing Spectacle, work by Abby Christensen, Ben Fain, Jose Lerma & Cristina Tufino, Michael Jones McKean, Tomas Moreno, Harriet Salmon, Astri Swendsrud, Emily Vanhoff. Reception Fri. 9/11 6-10pm. 8/26-9/11.

Thomas Robertello - 939 W. Randolph. Translation, Work by Molly Springfield.  Reception Fri 9/11, 5-8 PM. 9/11-10/17.

ThreeWalls - 119 N. Peoria. The Fortieth Anniversary of the First Anniversary of May '68 (in September), work by Philip von Zweck. Reception Fri 9/11, 6-9pm. 9/11 - 10/10

Tony Wight - 119 N. Peoria.   On Sinking,  Drawings by Robyn O'Neil. Reception Fri 9/11, 5-8 PM. 9/11-10/31.

Walsh - 118 N. Peoria, 2nd fl. Trash, Work by Vivan Sundaram. Reception Fri 9/11, 5-8 PM. 9/11-11/21

Western Exhibitions - 119 N. Peoria, suite 2A. Dan Attoe & Vomitromiton, Paintings, drawings, and collages by Paul Nudd exploring fake vomit. Reception Fri 9/11, 5-8 PM. 9/11-10/10.

Wicker Park -

Flat Iron Arts Building - 1579 N. Milwaukee. smARTshow, Open Studios. Open 6-10pm.

Sapere Art/Intuitive Works - Flat Iron Arts Building, Studio 341, 1579 N. Milwaukee Ave. New Work by RW Ruehlen. Reception 6-10pm. 9/11-10/1

Scott Projects - 1542 N Milwaukee Ave #3. Jessica Labatte. Reception 6-10pm. 9/11-?

Silver Room - 1442 N. Milwaukee. Amanda Sears. Reception 7-10pm (w/ DJ). 9/11 - 10/8.