CURRENT EXHIBITS [125]

Project Onward artist Andrew Hall creates tiny, intricate ink drawings of Chicago's architectural landmarks and diverse neighborhoods. For Eternal Silence, Hall took inspiration from a different kind of Chicago neighborhood: Graceland Cemetery. Within its walls, the monuments and mausoleums of Graceland form a miniature city, with many of its structures designed by world-renowned architects for...   [more]

One of Brazil’s visionary artists, Denise Milan invites viewers on an exhilarating journey to her country through an exhibition of sculpture and photo-collage that celebrates the natural wonder of Brazil’s jungles, ocean and desert regions, and the vibrancy of its multifaceted culture. Working from a deeply humanistic tradition for more than 20 years—as an ecological and arts education act...   [more]

We’re filling the Museum with mystery to celebrate Chicago’s place in American magic. Visit our object theater to discover the story of Greta, a little girl who visits a wonderful store looking for a magician’s secrets. Next door, explore a collection of magical artifacts from across the country that have returned home to Chicago for your amazement and delight. Curious how magic looks in acti...   [more]

Opening: June 9th, 2012   6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

A collage exhibit This group exhibition will be our first official exhibit of the year in our new space!  Bringing together local artists as well as nationally and internationally all under one roof. A collage (From the French: à coller, to glue, French pronunciation: [kɔ.laːʒ]) is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. A collage may som...   [more]

Exit Eden casts light on the Earth’s shifting environments through Doug Fogelson’s photography. Exit Eden by Doug Fogelson considers the transformative effect climate change is having on our natural environment through the abstraction of landscape photography. In removing layers of both imagery and color from his original transparency film, Fogelson creates a dialog between destructiveness and be...   [more]

Opening: May 4th, 2012   5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

It is with great pleasure that Corbett vs. Dempsey presents Series, an exhibition of new work by Arturo Herrera. One of the masters of contemporary collage, Herrera has a long history in Chicago, where he lived, studied (MFA, U.I.C.), and worked early in his prodigious career. Born in Venezuela, now residing in Berlin, over the last two decades Herrera has developed a highly personal, extremely flexible...   [more]

Opening: May 10th, 2012   5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Please join us for The Hidden, a very special summer exhibition celebrating the work of 17 artists affiliated with the Düsseldorf gallery dok25. Established in 2008 by Tabea Langenkamp and Andreas Schön, dok25a has developed one of the most rigorous and energetic programs in the Rhineland region of Germany. Consistently offering cutting-edge work by both emerging and established artists, dok25a h...   [more]

Opening: June 10th, 2012   4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

The Donald Young Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new photographs by James Welling. Featuring two bodies of work, the exhibition includes new concepts in subject and process. Water describes the select group of water photograms that stem from Wellingʼs investigation into the effects of cameraless pictures. By wetting paper in the dark and exposing it to light of a color enlarger, the...   [more]

Opening: May 16th, 2012   5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Over the course of the spring term students wrestled with what constitutes a ghost, the ghostly, and hauntings, in the fields of literature, theory, art and history. A question soon arose around Sigmund Freud’s authoritative essay “The Uncanny,” in which Freud makes a distinction between lived experience of the uncanny and artistic representations of it. Namely, that after Allan Kaprow’s b...   [more]

Opening: June 7th, 2012   5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

This exhibition developed by The DuSable Museum celebrates the rich history and contributions to Gospel Music and is centered primarily on gospel’s Chicago origins. With Chicago being the “home” of Gospel, Spread the Word!: The Evolution of Gospel from Chicago to the World, recognizes some of the greatest Gospel singers of all time, included are legends such as: Mahalia Jackson, Albertina Wa...   [more]

Our summer 2012 exhibition, Night Sky, looks to the heavens for inspiration. Humans have used the night sky to navigate, mark the passage of time, and impart meaning to their lives for thousands of years. As technology has advanced, our connection to the night sky has atrophied—not simply because we have gained greater control of our environment, but also because we no longer can see the Milky...   [more]

Opening: June 3rd, 2012   1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

G.R. N'Namdi Gallery presents "Hidden Essence", a group exhibition portraying the delicately chaotic works of Deborah Dancy, the abstracted language of Antonio Carreño, and the fragmented, colorful stories of Bernard Williams.   Deborah Dancy explores color, absurdity, and encounters with the self.  While her works vary from painting to photography, the exhibited works explore the use of oil on...   [more]

Gallery KH is pleased to present Abstract: A Group Show a collection of colorful abstract paintings by Gallery KH resident artists.  Abstract: A Group Show opens May 4, 2012 through July 10, 2012.   An opening night cocktail reception is scheduled for Friday, June 1, 5-8PM. All gallery events are free and open to the public. “We are always thrilled to present a group show in the gallery.  Wit...   [more]

Opening: June 1st, 2012   5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

From a historical perspective, landscape art has been seen as romantic; spurring the viewer onward, to go forth and explore wondrous destinations – places of awe and amazement. To the tourist or day to day resident, these locations have the power to awaken a sense of yearning for utopia, to be a part of an everyday ideal. For my current series of work, I embarked on a virtual globe trek to sever...   [more]

Hinge Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of two solo exhibitions from 6 – 9 pm on May 12, 2012 at 1955 West Chicago Avenue featuring new paintings by David Leggett and new drawings by Kristina Paabus. David Leggett will exhibit new paintings focused on afro futurism and afro pop.  Leggett’s work references cultural and personal relationships and attempts to tackle the many contradic...   [more]

Opening: May 12th, 2012   6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Hinge Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of two solo exhibitions from 6 – 9 pm on May 12, 2012 at 1955 West Chicago Avenue featuring new paintings by David Leggett and new drawings by Kristina Paabus. Kristina Paabus will exhibit a site-specific installation incorporating new drawings and sculptures.  Paabus’ creates process oriented work through developed systems which investigate the...   [more]

Opening: May 12th, 2012   6:00 PM - 9:00 PM