{"article":{"id":1541,"title":"Notable Exhibitions Happening Outside Chicago This Summer","excerpt":"","body":"<html><head></head><body><p>Chicago exploded with activity last week when the city reached phase 5. It's been a long year, and now that many restrictions are falling away, there are suddenly not enough hours in the day to do everything and see everyone. Traffic is telling that tale minute-by-minute in the city.&nbsp;</p><p>If you're longing to and able to get away, there are several art exhibitions taking place outside of the City (in Illinois as well as Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin) that may inspire you to escape for a day or weekend trip this summer.&nbsp;</p><p>Have a look at the following highlights, and enjoy the return of your freedom this summer (and perhaps a respite from Chicago traffic).</p><p><i>– The CGN team</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418923/bicqsxdwqm8pwjaexlps.jpg\"></figure><p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"https://krasl.org\">Michigan's Krasl Art Center: Art Fair on the Bluff and BLOW-UP</a></p><p>The 2021 Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff is back and in person this summer, celebrating artists and the community Saturday, <strong>July 10</strong>, and Sunday, <strong>July 11</strong>. Experience the talent of 155 artists from across the United States while enjoying the view and breezes of Lake Michigan and the charm and hospitality of St. Joseph, Michigan. <a href=\"https://krasl.org/art-fair/event-information/\">Tickets start at $5.</a></p><p>While you're there, check out <a href=\"https://krasl.org/art/exhibitions/\"><i>BLOW UP II: Inflatable Contemporary Art</i></a><i>, </i>an exhibition<i> </i>exploring the medium of inflatable art with imagery that is figurative, conceptual, and abstract. These large-scale inflatable sculptures, conceived by nine artists and art collectives from around the world, connote fun and whimsy, are familiar yet strange, and challenge the definition of art. Here, in an unusual feat, artists use air as an active tool in their work to subvert our perspective and surprise us. Including work by Chromaforms, Sharon Engelstein, FriendsWithYou, Josh Harker, Susan Lee-Chun, Matt Ritchie, Lizabeth Rossof, Jen Stark, and Max Streicher – many of whom have never worked in the inflatable medium previously.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418924/tuhek7gkeaz76fum9lyk.jpg\"><figcaption>Roger Brown&nbsp;(American, 1941–1997),&nbsp;Chicago Hit&nbsp;By&nbsp;the Bomb, 1985, oil on canvas, 55&nbsp;×&nbsp;74&nbsp;×&nbsp;3 in. (framed).&nbsp;Indianapolis Museum of Art at&nbsp;Newfields, Promised Gift of Michael J. Robertson and Christopher A.&nbsp;Slapak, TR12054/12&nbsp;© The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Brown family. Courtesy of Kavi Gupta and Venus Over Manhattan.&nbsp;</figcaption></figure><p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"https://discovernewfields.org/calendar/private-eye-imagist-impulse-chicago-art\">Private Eye: The Imagist Impulse in Chicago Art, at Newfields in Indianapolis</a></p><p>An expansive exhibition in Indianapolis features <a href=\"https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/news/2017/4/the-personal-art-of-collecting\">a collection profiled in the summer 2017 issue</a> of CGN. In the mid-1960s, a cadre of adventurous young artists began exhibiting at the Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago.&nbsp; With myriad influences from Surrealism and non-Western art to comic books and popular culture, their audacious, highly idiosyncratic, and personal approach set them apart from contemporaries working on either the East or West Coast.&nbsp; By the mid-1970s, this loose-knit assembly was commonly referred to as the Imagists.&nbsp;Now, more than 50 years after their first appearance, the Chicago Imagists are regarded as among the most important postwar American artists.&nbsp;</p><p><i>Private Eye: The Imagist Impulse in Chicago Art</i>&nbsp;is focused on works by artists who comprise the original Imagist exhibition groups along with independent artists who shared their iconoclastic sensibility.&nbsp; Also featured will be works by Chicago-based artists from the preceding generation, known as the Monster Roster, and a complementary selection of younger, Imagist-influenced artists.</p><p>The exhibition, on view <strong>through December 5</strong>, is drawn entirely from the collection of Drs. Michael Robertson and Christopher Slapak, one of the most comprehensive private collections of Chicago Imagist art, which has been promised to the IMA with some pieces already donated to the Museum.&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418925/sa7su9hoyx9sm1xevr16.jpg\"></figure><p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"https://rockfordartmuseum.org/exhibition/now\">Rockford Art Museum: Technicolor Constellations: Tales from the Permanent Collection</a></p><p>Now <strong>through September 26 </strong>you can over 50 selections from the Rockford Art Museum's Modern and Contemporary Collection that tell the fascinating stories of how RAM built a public art collection.&nbsp;<i>Technicolor Constellations</i>&nbsp;invites visitors to connect with the captivating stories behind each artist and their work and find the links that brought the work to the museum. From private donors, foundations, artists, and acquisitions, this exhibition explores the importance of artwork donations, collectors and what it takes to get into a museum's permanent collection.</p><p><i>Technicolor Constellations</i>&nbsp;brings together work by 38 artists and includes painting, prints, sculpture, and video. Featured artists include Herman Aguirre, Alice Aycock, Jeff Koons, Kerry James Marshall, Tony Oursler, Diane Simpson, and Ken Warneke.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418926/uttmryxuakrfinog56vw.jpg\"><figcaption>Kevin Beasley, <i><strong>Chair of the Ministers of Defense</strong></i>,&nbsp;2016<br>Polyurethane resin, wood, acoustic foam, jeans, trousers, du-rags, altered&nbsp;t-
shirts, altered hoodies, guinea fowl feathers, wrought iron&nbsp;window gate, vintage
 Beni Ourain Moroccan rug, kaftans,&nbsp;housedresses, Maasai war shields, Zulu war
shields, and&nbsp;vintage peacock rattan chair<br>On loan from The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection and The Rennie Collection</figcaption></figure><p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"https://sniteartmuseum.nd.edu/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/kevin-beasley-chair-of-the-ministers-of-defense/\">Kevin Beasley at the Snite Museum at Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)</a></p><p>The Snite Museum just welcomed visitors back in person on June 1. An installation to visit at the museum in person is Kevin Beasley's <i>Chair of the Ministers of Defense. </i>This immersive installation explores ideas of power and race in America through 
theatrics reminiscent of the Roman Baroque. Here, renowned conceptual artist
 Beasley calls into focus Black liberation movements and ongoing 
imbalances of power experienced by Black Americans and marginalized men
 and women of color. The work maintains a formality often employed in religious 
imagery and in art intended to convey the divine right of leaders.
</p><p>An empty, rattan “peacock” chair is at center; above is a house window clad in 
protective iron bars, evoking a stained-glass window. Flanking are archetypical
 Maasai and Zulu warrior shields, icons of African might. Surrounding are vaguely 
figurative, resin-infused sculptures made from t-shirts, housedresses, and du-
rags—all items associated with contemporary urban culture.
</p><p><strong>On view through December 23</strong>. Other exhibitions as well as the museum's sculpture garden are also accessible in person.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class=\"image\"><img src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1721418927/xho5xwlrktfg5hy9wbci.png\"></figure><p class=\"lead\"><a href=\"https://kam.illinois.edu/exhibition/question-emphasis-louise-fishman-drawing\">A Question of Emphasis: Louise Fishman Drawing at University of Illinois</a></p><p><i>A Question of Emphasis: Louise Fishman Drawing </i>is the first career spanning exhibition and publication of Fishman’s works on paper from 1964 to the present. Running <strong>Aug 26, 2021 – Feb 26, 2022</strong> at the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois in Champaign, the project includes more than 100 works from the artist’s archive that have rarely been exhibited alongside significant institutional and private loans. Citing John Cage’s response in 1965 to the question, “what is drawing?” <i>A Question of Emphasis </i>encompasses collage, oil and wax, thread, acrylic text, ink, charcoal, printmaking, oil stick, watercolor, and tempera in Japanese-bound Leporello (accordion) books. This full range of mediums foregrounds Fishman’s robust and dedicated practice of works on paper, which have never been studies for her large canvases. Instead, Fishman has used drawing to think through physicality, materials, and intimacy on a different register: generally small- and medium- scale, often sculptural and tactile, and aligned to her particular historical contexts and her communities.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Top image: Krasl Art Center's summer installation&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p></body></html>","published_at":"2021-06-16 12:00:00","state":"published","slug":"notable-exhibitions-happening-outside-chicago-this-summer","type":"NewsPost","meta_description":"","text":null,"created_at":"2021-06-15 20:26:46.498052","updated_at":"2021-06-17 15:40:30.977477","category_id":2,"highlighted":false,"searchable":"'1':817B '10':167B '100':1044B '11':171B '155':176B '1941':322B '1960s':407B '1964':1016B '1965':1068B '1970s':464B '1985':329B '1997':323B '2016':743B '2017':399B '2021':146B,1023B '2022':1026B '23':967B '26':617B,1022B,1025B '3':335B '38':707B '5':19B,204B,564B '50':480B,621B '55':333B '74':334B 'abl':67B 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Exhibitions, Tours and Open Houses: October 17 and 18","excerpt":"","body":"<h3><span style=\"color: rgb(136, 136, 136);\">This weekend's art plans can take you across 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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