{"article":{"id":2317,"title":"New Exhibitions Open Sept 7 & 8: Part I","excerpt":"","body":"<html><head></head><body><p><i><strong>Publisher's Note:&nbsp;</strong></i></p><p>The start of the fall art season is arguably the biggest of the year. Nearly every gallery and museum opens a major exhibition and there is an energy that is unmistakable. We encourage you to try to see what interests you, visit old favorites and discover and explore new ones too. There is simply no way to see every new show on opening night, so don't limit yourself to which spaces have receptions and free wine. Visit when it's quieter on a Saturday morning or leave work early during the week and go with a friend. Galleries are also more than happy to set up private appointments and tours as well.&nbsp;</p><p>For these early September exhibition previews we are indicating opening dates <i>as well as</i> neighborhood so that you can plan as best as possible.&nbsp;</p><p>Happy gallery hopping and enjoy the fall!&nbsp;</p><p><i>– CGN</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><h3>September 7</h3><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419263/gi8c3nedvcnyjo9hinj0.jpg\"></figure><p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/love-still-not-the-lesser-d319b8f0-5cc0-4537-b973-2fb4204326ad\">LOVE: Still Not the Lesser</a></p><p><strong>Museum of Contemporary Photography</strong></p><p>Sept 7–Dec 22 • &nbsp;<i>South Loop</i></p><p>Opening Sept 7, 5–8pm</p><p><i>LOVE: Still Not the Lesser</i> brings together 12 international artists uniting across communities to share the ways they’ve encountered and understand love. Together, these artists explore dynamics within sensual eroticism, romantic partnership, family structures, social utopia, and life and death. The exhibition presents a world where love as a universal value of respect and care for all humans has been fully achieved.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419264/kaxtlxk8mdjhmyv9qtec.jpg\"></figure><p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/life-cycles\">Life Cycles: Learning Studio</a></p><p><strong>DePaul University Art Museum (DPAM)</strong></p><p>Sept 7, 2023 – Feb 11, 2024 • Lincoln Park</p><p>“Life Cycles” will include artworks from the DPAM's permanent collection in conversation with contemporary Chicago artists who are not yet represented in the collection. With more than 50 artists, “Life Cycles” will feature paintings, sculptures, video, photography, drawings, installation and other multi-media work. Museum staff collaborated with DePaul University undergraduates to select artworks from the collection, write educational texts, and plan public programs.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h3>September 8</h3><p class=\"lead\">&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419265/nsfkij1eoviwuxqqp2fy.jpg\"></figure><p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/chris-cosnowski\">Chris Cosnowski: Morality Play</a></p><p><strong>ENGAGE Projects</strong></p><p>Sep 8 – Oct 14 • West Town</p><p>Opening: Friday, Sep 8, 5:30 – 8&nbsp;pm</p><p>Cosnowski takes his hard-edged hyperrealism to another level using allegory, historical reference, and mass-produced objects to question today’s guidelines for moral development. Pairing real objects together to recreate symbols of nationalist ideologies, religious influences, and social constructs, Cosnowski dismantles propaganda simply by asking questions with paint. The title <i>Morality Play </i>references Cosnowski’s light-hearted representations of cultural objects that elucidate just how fragile, yet persistently ubiquitous these ideas can be.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419266/fwonm4jbfuxj50gga7do.png\"></figure><p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lauren-wy-the-runner\">Lauren Wy: The Runner</a></p><p><strong>Western Exhibitions</strong></p><p>Sep 8 – Oct 28 • West Town</p><p>Opening: Friday, Sep 8, 5 – 8&nbsp;pm</p><p><i>The Runner,</i> a new animated film and project series by Lauren Wy, foregrounds her second solo show at Western Exhibitions. Taking a cue from late 60’s and early 70’s films, especially <i>Le Weekend</i> by Jean-Luc Godard, the animation and its attendant sculptural edition<i> </i>distill the spirit of fantasy escapism, of running away into a dream.</p><p>Wy’s animated film is a surrealist collage experiment utilizing analog processes with digital tools and altered frame rates to create a time-based pseudo-narrative drawing that embraces a raw provisionality. The short film is presented alongside a series of large-scale drawings and paintings on thin, mechanically flat synthetic surfaces.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419267/atdijkptj7hwkxlgmuzx.jpg\"></figure><p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bassim-al-shaker-four-minutes\">Bassim Al Shaker: Four Minutes</a></p><p><strong>Rhona Hoffman Gallery</strong></p><p>Sep 8 – Oct 21 • West Town</p><p>Opening: Friday, Sep 8, 5 – 8&nbsp;pm</p><p>Bassim Al Shaker is an Iraqi&nbsp;artist&nbsp;based in the United States. Bassim was born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq, during a period of political conflict and humanitarian torment. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Baghdad College of Fine Arts, with a focus on drawing and painting. His style is the culmination of a background in academic drawing and painting techniques and exploration in contemporary&nbsp;art.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419268/wjyhazj80qvemh5k8nb3.jpg\"></figure><p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/in-the-mist-of-a-great-fall-the-niagara-paintings\">In The Mist of a Great Fall: The Niagara Paintings</a></p><p><strong>Oliva Gallery</strong></p><p>Sep 8 – Oct 7 • Logan Square</p><p>Opening: Friday, Sep 8, 5 – 9&nbsp;pm</p><p>In this, his third solo-exhibition, Curtis Anthony Bozif broadens the scope of his recent work, informed by environments of the Great Lakes, to include the falls at Niagara. This new series of large-scale abstractions, rooted in observation and in place, assay tone and the prismatic color spectrum.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419268/euh41mcl7jim2bfzcvxd.jpg\"></figure><p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/stephen-burks\">Stephen Burks: Spirit Houses</a></p><p><strong>Volume Gallery</strong></p><p>Opening: Friday, Sep 8, 5 – 8&nbsp;pm</p><p>Sep 8 – Oct 28 • West Town</p><p>A series of modern altars, <i>Spirit Houses</i> builds upon Burks’ radical design speculation in the form of six unique typologies contemplating spirituality in our contemporary lives. The accompanying essay “On Cosmologies: Stephen Burks Approaches the Sacred” by Najha Zigbi Johnson, offers deeper reflection into the religio-spiritual origins of Burks’ newest body of work.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419269/nmvxu86vji4wefoali1l.jpg\"></figure><p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/jimmy-desana-suburban\">Jimmy DeSana: Suburban</a></p><p><strong>DOCUMENT</strong></p><p>Opening: Friday, Sep 8, 5 – 8&nbsp;pm</p><p>Sep 8 – Oct 28 • West Town</p><p>DeSana's series <i>Suburban</i> not only challenges the divide between artistic and commercial photography that was still prevalent in the 1970s, but also a range of other commonly held binaries such as male and female, gay and straight, domination and submission, suburban culture and private self-exploration, standardized domesticity and the subjectivity of sexual pleasure, among others. Yet, by staging puzzling domestic scenarios with nude figures under colorful tungsten lights, DeSana did not intend to step into the territory of erotic photography. Instead, he used the body to resignify daily objects and spaces, ultimately shedding light on the strangeness of suburban lives dominated by consumerism.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419270/iwfmh6qejmfpqjwxxxay.jpg\"></figure><p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/lee-stanton-out-of-the-blue\">Lee Stanton: Out of the Blue</a></p><p><strong>ARC Gallery</strong></p><p>Opening: Friday, Sep 8, 5 – 8&nbsp;pm</p><p>Thru Sept 23 • West Town</p><p>According to Buddha, “When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.”</p><p>White on blue. A line.&nbsp;An identifiable path created by a point moving in space. Look up! Lines,&nbsp;a trail of condensed water from an aircraft at high altitude, a white streak&nbsp;across&nbsp;the sky. Intangible,&nbsp;the&nbsp;sky&nbsp;has no surface; it&nbsp;cannot be turned into a thing or given a quantity. It may represent infinity, eternity, immortality, transcendence, or simply inspiration.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721419271/qkbxf4bfnip2vq2c4srn.jpg\"></figure><p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/reception-tom-robinson-loralyn-kumlin\">Tom Robinson &amp; Loralyn Kumlin</a></p><p><strong>SoNa Chicago Art Gallery</strong></p><p>Opening: Friday, Sep 8, 5 – 8&nbsp;pm</p><p>Sep 8 – Oct 14 • Wicker Park / Bucktown</p><p>In the early months of isolation during the pandemic, artists Tom Robinson and Loralyn Kumlin began renovating a huge vintage dollhouse that they found discarded in a Chicago alley. They collected and furnished the rooms with miniature furniture and accessories and then made miniature copies of their full-scale artwork to adorn the walls of the dollhouse. Wonderful work emerged from that effort as they moved on to create their own structures, paintings, and miniatures. Their new work and the dollhouse are featured in the exhibition.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events?filter=upcoming\"><i>VIEW CGN'S FULL CALENDAR HERE&nbsp;</i></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i>#</i></p></body></html>","published_at":"2023-09-06 08:00:00","state":"published","slug":"new-exhibitions-open-sept-7-and-8-part-i","type":"NewsPost","meta_description":"","text":null,"created_at":"2023-09-06 03:43:02.497395","updated_at":"2023-09-07 16:43:13.232518","category_id":2,"highlighted":true,"searchable":"'11':254B '12':185B '14':335B,1043B '1970s':836B '2023':252B '2024':255B '21':567B '22':170B '23':939B '28':432B,741B,813B '30':343B '5':176B,342B,439B,574B,671B,735B,807B,934B,1037B '50':286B '60':467B '7':5A,157B,168B,175B,251B,664B '70':471B '8':6A,325B,333B,341B,344B,430B,438B,440B,565B,573B,575B,662B,670B,734B,736B,739B,806B,808B,811B,933B,935B,1036B,1038B,1041B '8pm':177B '9':672B 'abstract':711B 'academ':639B 'accessori':1086B 'accompani':771B 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Chicago, into the far suburbs, and north to Wisconsin. </span></h3><h3><br></h3><h3><span style=\"color: rgb(136, 136, 136);\">The Chicago Architecture Center’s annual Open House Chicago opens doors to distinctive spaces, while family activities and an outdoor sculpture tour offer more ways to spend time with art.</span></h3><h3><br></h3><h3><span style=\"color: rgb(136, 136, 136);\">Here is a look at what’s on this Saturday and Sunday. Follow the event links for any registration details and updates, and keep an eye on CGN’s calendar as more details are added.</span></h3><h3><br></h3><h3><span style=\"color: rgb(136, 136, 136);\">– CGN</span></h3><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791926703/awzl5ynwbvo6sgqzswvu.jpg\"></p><p><br></p><h3><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/open-house-chicago\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Open House Chicago at the Driehaus Museum</a></h3><p>Saturday–Sunday, October 17–18; Saturday performance 1–2 p.m.</p><p><strong>The Driehaus Museum</strong></p><p>Murphy Auditorium, 50 E. Erie St., Chicago</p><p><br></p><p>Explore the historic Murphy Auditorium during the Chicago Architecture Center’s annual Open House Chicago weekend. The landmark, reopened after renovation in 2024, also hosts Hanna DiLorenzo’s Behind Closed Doors on Saturday. Entry is free without reservations; access does not include the museum’s exhibition galleries.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791926703/utgorjynclhpj4rprjuu.jpg\"></p><p><br></p><h3><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/family-day-proud-to-be-me\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Family Day: Proud to Be Me</a></h3><p>Saturday, October 17, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.</p><p><strong>Smart Museum of Art</strong></p><p>5550 S. Greenwood Ave., Chicago</p><p><br></p><p>Exhibiting artist Nina Chanel Abney guides visitors in creating colorful self-portrait collages. A collaborative card-deck project extends the activities beyond the canvas, offering families a chance to explore identity and creativity together.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791926704/urcvfeolau4lvnzgbcde.jpg\"></p><p><br></p><h3><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/open-house-chicago-etching-demonstrations\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Open House Chicago: Etching Demonstrations</a></h3><p>Saturday–Sunday, October 17–18, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. each day</p><p><strong>WING Studio</strong></p><p>4883 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago</p><p><br></p><p>Add printmaking to your Open House Chicago itinerary. WING Studio welcomes visitors for etching demonstrations on both days, offering a closer look at an art-making process inside a working studio in Lincoln Square.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791926704/ytjnewftdvqufhhls38v.jpg\"></p><p><br></p><h3><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/guided-tour-with-director-and-curator-jeff-stevenson\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Guided Tour of theNate with Director and Curator Jeff Stevenson</a></h3><p>Saturday, October 17, 1–2:30 p.m.</p><p><strong>Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park</strong></p><p>Governors State University, University Park</p><p><br></p><p>Head outdoors with Jeff Stevenson for a tour of the South Collection, considering visiting artists’ installations alongside familiar works and their connections to the Earth. Admission is $10. Meet at the F Entrance, wear shoes for grass paths, and dress for the weather; parking is free.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791926705/lfusuve1caehbklnskad.jpg\"></p><p><br></p><h3><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/sundowning\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Blake: Sundowning</a></h3><p>Saturday, October 17, 2–4 p.m.</p><p><strong>Bert Green Fine Art</strong></p><p>8 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 620, Chicago</p><p><br></p><p>This Saturday event highlights Kevin Blake’s solo exhibition, guest curated by Dan Cameron. 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Bridgeport is busy with Third Friday festivities and Milwaukee’s quarterly Gallery Night MKE is back. New exhibitions, live calligraphy, and an art sale round out Friday’s choices. </span></h3><h3><br></h3><h3><span style=\"color: rgb(136, 136, 136);\">Here is a look at what’s ahead on Friday. Follow the event links for registration and updates, and keep an eye on CGN’s calendar as more details are added.</span></h3><h3><br></h3><h3><span style=\"color: rgb(136, 136, 136);\">– CGN</span></h3><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791930291/zjcipafj3dspguzzpmyf.jpg\"></p><p><br></p><h3><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/between-reflection-and-revelation-david-dunlops-material-alchemy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Between Reflection and Revelation: David Dunlop’s Material Alchemy</a></h3><p>Gallery Night: Friday, October 16, 5–9 p.m.; Gallery Day: Saturday, October 17, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; exhibition opens October 14</p><p><strong>JK Art House</strong></p><p>191 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, Wisconsin</p><p><br></p><p>Make a Wisconsin art outing part of the weekend. David Dunlop combines traditional translucent oil techniques with metal supports, producing paintings whose surfaces change with light and movement. The opening joins Milwaukee’s quarterly Gallery Night MKE, with a free John Michael Kohler Arts Center workshop also taking place in the gallery.</p><p><br></p><p>Also taking place is <a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/treasured-postcards\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Treasured Postcards</a> on Friday, October 16, 5–9 p.m. This is a John Michael Kohler Arts Center workshop at JK Art House. Inspired by Lenore Tawney’s correspondence, this free Gallery Night workshop invites participants to make small collage postcards from photographs, printed papers, and other materials. Stop into JK Art House’s Parlor to create an artwork that can travel through the mail.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791930292/x5ek6zxnrve0xb2xc73w.jpg\"></p><p><br></p><h3><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/out-there\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Out There</a></h3><p>Gallery Night: Friday, October 16, 5–8 p.m.; Gallery Day: Saturday, October 17, 11 am. Exhibition on view through November 7</p><p><strong>Kim Storage Gallery </strong></p><p><span style=\"color: rgb(13, 13, 13);\">207 E Buffalo St., Ste 404, Milwaukee, WI 53202</span></p><p><br></p><p><em>Out There </em>is a two-person exhibition of new&nbsp;work by Hector Acuna and Andy Paczos. The title borrows the advice a teacher gave Paczos at the&nbsp;School of the Art Institute of Chicago: look out the window, \"there's lots of good stuff out there.\" He&nbsp;took it, and has painted Chicago from direct observation for three decades since. Acuna works the&nbsp;same way, returning to his Wisconsin sites across multiple plein air sessions and staging handmade&nbsp;props to paint in natural light. Both find their subjects by standing in front of them</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791930293/l29ajlc9lsmbnwlgzegr.jpg\"></p><p><br></p><h3><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/recycled2026\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Recycled 2026</a></h3><p>First Look: Friday, October 16, 5 p.m.; opening-night event at 6 p.m.; sale through October 24</p><p><strong>The Art Center Highland Park</strong></p><p>1957 Sheridan Rd., Highland Park</p><p><br></p><p>Rediscovered art finds new homes at The Art Center’s annual sale, with donated works selected and priced for accessible collecting. Opening-night tickets offer an early look; weekend hours are Saturday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., and Sunday, noon–4 p.m. Entry is free October 19–24.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791930293/dmixwzoapmhzwikc39sr.jpg\"></p><p><br></p><h3><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/calligraphy-performance\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Calligraphy Performance</a></h3><p>Friday, October 16, 5–8 p.m.; artist conversation 5–6:30 p.m.; performances begin at 6:30 p.m.</p><p><strong>Research House for Asian Art</strong></p><p>3217 S. Morgan St., Chicago</p><p><br></p><p>The Becoming Words reception brings calligraphy to life through performances by Hekiun Oda and Bahman Panahi. Panahi joins musician Kerry Leung for Musicalligraphy, while Oda demonstrates his distinctive practice. Food reflecting both artists’ cultures accompanies the evening. Admission is $40, plus the ticket service fee.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791930294/ztj4wvrfjkrgh6cmlivu.jpg\"></p><p><br></p><h3><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/structure-in-stature\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Structure in Stature</a></h3><p>Opening: Friday, October 16, 6–9 p.m.; on view through November 20</p><p><strong>Forum 301</strong></p><p>301 W. Ohio St., Chicago</p><p><br></p><p>Fashion becomes a meeting point for architecture, sculpture, and performance in this group exhibition. The participating artists examine how clothing shapes bodily presence, from protection and concealment to exaggeration and transformation, and how we construct the space we occupy.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791930294/vumxu9z8gblmzb7rnlug.jpg\"></p><p><br></p><h3><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/open-studios-third-friday-at-the-bridgeport-art-center\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Open Studios Third Friday at the Bridgeport Art Center</a></h3><p>Friday, October 16, 7–10 p.m.</p><p><strong>Bridgeport Art Center</strong></p><p>1200 W. 35th St., Chicago</p><p><br></p><p>Explore studios and three gallery presentations: Decadence Deux, presented by Pigment International and September Gray Fine Art; Art Connection: Past Meets Present, from ArtConnectED; and Robert Lipton’s Una Vuelta a Mis Raices. The free evening offers opportunities to encounter artists and their work throughout the building.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791930295/wzyhrxjudnttxdsxhkzh.jpg\"></p><p><br></p><h3><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/bridgeport-third-friday-art-walk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bridgeport Third Friday Art Walk</a></h3><p>Friday, October 16, 7–10 p.m.</p><p><strong>Bridgeport Artist Community</strong></p><p>Multiple neighborhood locations in Bridgeport, Chicago</p><p><br></p><p>Extend your Third Friday visit beyond a single building. The Bridgeport Artist Community’s route connects more than 45 galleries, studios, shops, and cultural spaces. Use the linked neighborhood map to plan stops, and check individual venues for their evening hours.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791930295/l8rblbkgi3icjn11t2jf.jpg\"></p><p><br></p><h3>Szukalski. The Mythshaper / Szukalski. Rzeźbiarz mitu</h3><p>Opening: Friday, October 16, 7–9 p.m.; on view through October 2027</p><p><strong>Polish Museum of America</strong></p><p>984 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago</p><p><br></p><p>A major exhibition revisits Stanisław Szukalski’s complex legacy through sculpture, drawing, prints, and photography. Organized with the POLONIKA Institute, it examines his imaginative mythmaking and contested ideas. Opening admission is $25; a Saturday discussion at 1 p.m. is $20, or $40 for both programs.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>*</p><p><br></p><h3><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events?page=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">View the full CGN Calendar here</a></h3>","published_at":"2026-10-13 15:52:34.255","state":"published","slug":"new-exhibitions-and-art-walks-october-16","type":null,"meta_description":"","text":null,"created_at":"2026-10-13 22:24:55.949","updated_at":"2026-10-13 22:24:55.949","category_id":2,"highlighted":false,"searchable":"'1':782B '10':437B,601B,667B '11':108B,259B '1200':606B '14':115B '16':7A,99B,185B,250B,380B,456B,533B,599B,665B,728B '17':107B,258B '19':450B '191':119B '1957':399B '20':541B,785B '2026':375B '2027':736B '207':270B '24':393B,451B '25':777B '30':464B,470B '301':543B,544B '3217':477B '35th':608B '4':439B,444B '40':521B,787B '404':275B '45':696B '5':100B,186B,251B,381B,457B,462B '53202':278B 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Auctions and museum conversations lead into Lincoln Park Art Night on Thursday, followed by Bridgeport’s Third Friday festivities and Milwaukee’s quarterly Gallery Night MKE. New exhibitions, live calligraphy, and an art sale round out Friday’s choices. Over the weekend, the Chicago Architecture Center’s annual Open House Chicago opens doors to distinctive spaces, while family activities and an outdoor sculpture tour offer more ways to spend time with art.</span></h3><h3><br></h3><h3><span style=\"color: rgb(136, 136, 136);\">Here is a date-by-date look at what’s ahead. Follow the event links for registration and updates, and keep an eye on CGN’s calendar as more details are added.</span></h3><h3><br></h3><h3><span style=\"color: rgb(136, 136, 136);\">– CGN</span></h3><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791925834/b6nk3ypattnrwihdwgyq.jpg\"></p><p><br></p><h3><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/curated-calder\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Curated: CALDER</a></h3><p>Auction: Wednesday, October 14, 10 a.m. Central / 11 a.m. Eastern</p><p><strong>Rago and Wright</strong></p><p>online bidding</p><p><br></p><p>A midweek auction offers another way to engage with art. Rago and Wright’s current Curated: CALDER sale brings the artist’s work to the auction block, with bidding available online. See the current auction catalog for lots and registration.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791925835/wag6zxfk4f1g8ewtm2gy.jpg\"></p><p><br></p><h3><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/european-furniture-decorative-arts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">European Furniture &amp; Decorative Arts</a></h3><p>Auction: October 14–15, 10 a.m. Central each day</p><p><strong>Freeman’s</strong></p><p>1550 W. Carroll Ave., Chicago</p><p><br></p><p>Freeman’s two-day sale spans English and Continental furnishings, decorative objects, and sculpture. Collections from across the country, including Barrington Hills, contribute to a selection ranging from clocks and tapestries to Minton porcelain.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791925835/iuvm3fhf9qqdsotqyqus.jpg\"></p><p><br></p><h3><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/symposium-religion-art-and-provenance-in-museums\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Symposium: Religion, Art, and Provenance in Museums</a></h3><p>October 14–16</p><p><strong>Smart Museum of Art</strong></p><p>University of Chicago | Hyde Park</p><p><br></p><p>What happens to religious objects when they enter museum collections? Keynotes, panels, and roundtable conversations consider their changing meanings and histories in this multi-day symposium. Consult the program for individual session times and locations.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791925836/amunmqudsnpyfhr06tz8.jpg\"></p><p><br></p><h3><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/art-and-women-in-sports-looking-at-amber-morningstar\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Art and Women in Sports: Looking at Amber Morningstar</a></h3><p>Wednesday, October 14, 3:30–5 p.m.</p><p><strong>Block Museum of Art</strong></p><p>40 Arts Circle Dr., Evanston</p><p><br></p><p>Northwestern Athletics’ Ava Earl and Associate Provost Michelle Manno consider Cara Romero’s photograph Amber Morningstar through the lens of women in sports and self-representation. The conversation connects art with identity, teamwork, and the power to shape one’s own image. </p><p><br></p><p>Coffee and tea begin at 3 p.m.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791925836/mbtbn5zn8qka5oidgmha.jpg\"></p><p><br></p><h3><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/becoming-words-a-joint-calligraphy-exhibition\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Becoming Words: A Joint Calligraphy Exhibition</a></h3><p>October 15–November 15; opening reception Friday, October 16, 5–8 p.m.</p><p><strong>Heritage Museum of Asian Art and Seldon Institute</strong></p><p>Exhibition at Research House for Asian Art, 3217 S. Morgan St., Chicago</p><p><br></p><p>Japanese calligrapher Hekiun Oda and Iranian artist Bahman Panahi bring different traditions into conversation, moving from written language toward gesture, abstraction, and sound. The exhibition opens Thursday, followed by Friday’s live performance program and a free artist-led tour Saturday, October 17, 1–3 p.m.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791925837/kwmlwtohdvxxju0tr4q3.jpg\"> </p><h3><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/the-fine-art-of-madron-gallery\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Fine Art of [Madron Gallery]</a></h3><p>Opening: Thursday, October 15, 5:30–8:30 p.m.; on view through December 18</p><p><strong>Madron Gallery</strong></p><p>1000 W. North Ave., 3rd Floor, Chicago</p><p><br></p><p>Madron marks its 25th anniversary with twenty-five works by twenty-five artists from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The free opening joins the fifth annual Lincoln Park Art Night, making it a lively evening to explore Madron, Leslie Wolfe Gallery, gallery 1871, Art City, and Art on Sedgwick.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1791925838/kyhsb4gnqyfspn70ttgm.jpg\"></p><p><br></p><h3><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events/wander-and-wallow-must-we-dwell-brian-lathan\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Wander and Wallow: Must We Dwell — Brian Lathan</a></h3><p>Opening: Thursday, October 15, 6–8 p.m.; artist remarks at 6:30 p.m.; on view through November 20</p><p><strong>Kavanagh Gallery, Fine Line Creative Arts Center</strong></p><p>37W570 Bolcum Rd., St. Charles</p><p><br></p><p>Brian Lathan’s brightly colored prints explore the uneasy relationship between escape and self-care. Figures shelter smaller versions of themselves inside exposed headspaces, inviting viewers to consider the habits and interior worlds that sustain us. Meet the artist at the free opening reception.</p><p><br></p><p>*</p><p><br></p><h3><a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/events?page=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">View the full CGN Calendar here</a></h3><p><br></p><p><br></p>","published_at":"2026-10-13 15:47:09.159","state":"published","slug":"new-exhibitions-auctions-events-october-14-and-15","type":null,"meta_description":"","text":null,"created_at":"2026-10-13 21:10:38.599","updated_at":"2026-10-13 21:10:38.6","category_id":2,"highlighted":false,"searchable":"'1':456B '10':138B,197B '1000':481B '11':141B '14':6A,137B,195B,252B,310B '15':8A,196B,381B,383B,468B,550B '1550':204B '16':253B,388B '17':455B '18':478B '1871':532B '20':564B '25th':491B '3':311B,372B,457B '30':312B,470B,472B,558B '3217':407B '37w570':572B '3rd':485B '40':319B '5':313B,389B,469B '6':551B,557B '8':390B,471B,552B 'a.m':139B,142B,198B 'abstract':432B 'across':17B,226B 'activ':84B 'ad':130B 'ahead':109B 'amber':306B,338B 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