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This year's EXPO CHICAGO features more than 200 galleries and exhibiting organizations from around the world – from London to Johannesburg to Seoul, and of course Chicago. Many notable exhibiting galleries operate close to home all year round, and in recognition of the special programming that these Chicago and regional galleries are exhibiting this weekend, we are sharing a wrap–up of what they are showing at EXPO. Many spaces are presenting special exhibitions and exclusive editions that are available for the first time at EXPO CHICAGO 2025.


The details below include information available as of press-time, so we will make updates as we are able in an effort not to leave anyone out. A list of regional exhibiting spaces not yet mentioned in CGN's previews is also included at the end. We will be sharing visual updates from the fair all weekend long via Instagram.


Please double check booth details as you are able with an on-site map. 


See you at the fair!


– CGN Staff



Mary Abbott, Untitled, n.d., gouache on paper, 17 x 14 inches, signed at lower right; estate stamped verso



McCormick Gallery


Booth # 235


20 years ago the gallery organized a touring museum exhibition called Suitcase Paintings: Small Scale Abstract Expressionism in partnership with the Georgia Museum of Art. The exhibition was comprised of 58 works by 51 artists and traveled for two years to six museums. None of the work was for sale with much of it on loan. Afterwards the gallery sold a few pieces but most were either retuned to the owner or tucked away, not for sale. The idea of a redux of the show, but in Chicago this time, has been bouncing around Tom McCormick's head for several years and with the gallery's recent move to a new gallery location, it seemed the right time to take the plunge with Small Pleasures – Suitcase Paintings Redux. Many of the works are being offered for sale for the first time.



Victoria Fu



DOCUMENT


Booth #324


DOCUMENT will present recent works by Alexandra Barth (b. 1989, Malacky, Slovakia), Raul Ortiz Bonilla (b. 1955, Puerto Rico), Julien Creuzet (b. 1986, Paris, France), Anneke Eussen (b. 1978, Kerkrade, The Netherlands), Victoria Fu (b. 1978, Santa Monica, CA), Laura Letinsky (b. 1962, Winnipeg, Canada), Faheem Majeed (b. 1976, Chicago, IL), Sara Greenberger Rafferty (b. 1978, Evanston, IL), Paul Mpagi Sepuya (b. 1982, San Bernardino, CA), Kazuhito Tanaka (b. 1973, Saitama, Japan), Pedro Vaz (b. Maputo, Mozambique, 1977), and Claude Viallat (b. 1936, Nîmes, France).


As part of the fair’s IN/SITU program, curated by Jessica S. Hong, the installation Beta (2019) by artist collective Tromarama (est. 2006, Bandung, Indonesia) will be on view at Navy Pier’s Festival Hall.





Secrist | Beach


Booth #104


The SECRIST | BEACH booth at EXPO 2025 will feature two curated presentations, the first of which will be shown in conjunction with the gallery's current exhibition on view in West Town, Master Class: Inside the Last American Museum School with SAIC Painting Alumni. The second portion of booth will reflect on the gallery's inaugural year at their 10,000 square foot space and will reveal upcoming exhibitions at 1801 W Hubbard Street.



Edra Soto


ENGAGE Projects


Booth #241


The gallery will be exhibiting work by several gallery artists during EXPO Art Week. ENGAGE will have a PROFILE booth featuring the work of Edra Soto, while Adam Daley Wilson's art is featured as part of EXPO OVERRIDE, a project that exhibits contemporary art on billboards around the city.




Ashkon Haidari, The Green Lady, 2023


POVOS


Booth #241


Povos will be featuring new works from represented artist Ashkon Haidari and introducing Angela Ferrari, who has a forthcoming solo presentation with the gallery in November 2025.



Kumi Obata, After Low Air Pressure Left, etching


Chicago Printmakers Collaborative


Booth #355


CPC is represented in EXPO's Edition + Books Section. This year, CPC will feature a \"printstallation\" by Raeleen Kao, a piece that will be debuted on Opening Day (she will create it during the two days prior), because nothing says printmaking more than a giant REVEAL. Made from hand cut etchings and woodcuts, drawings, wax and paper casts, CRAWL SPACE is described by the artist as \"the unraveling of a body burgeoning from a swollen wound\". Also featured: brand new etchings byTony Fitzpatrick, created in the past year at the CPC with Master Printer Duffy O'Connor, along with gorgeous, whimsical intaglio prints by Kumi Obata. The print racks will be full of affordable works by gallery artists, and if last year was any indication, the booth will be hopping. Booth 355 is located on the west end of the Festival Hall, right by the West Cafe, so grab a glass and a cheese cube and come say hello and feast your eyeballs on some of the most interesting and beautiful hand made prints in the known galaxy.


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Read Part I of What Chicago Galleries are Bringing to EXPO 2025





Additional Chicago-based and regional galleries exhibiting at EXPO CHICAGO 2025


Les Enluminures, Chicago, New York, Paris 

Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago


65GRAND, Chicago

Anthony Gallery, Chicago 

Goldfinch, Chicago 

Omenai Gallery, Chicago 

 

F.L. Braswell Fine Art, Chicago, Lakeside (Editions + Books)

Bert Green Fine Art, Chicago (Editions + Books)


Special Exhibitions


6018North, Chicago

Artists in Public Schools, Chicago 

Arts of Life / Circle Contemporary, Chicago 

Blanc Gallery + South Side Community Art Center, Chicago 

Center for Native Futures, Chicago 

Chicago Architecture Biennial, Chicago 

Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago 

Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago 

Project Onward, Chicago 

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago 

University of Chicago, Chicago

Wrightwood 659, Chicago 

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This weekend's art plans can take you across Chicago, into the far suburbs, and north to Wisconsin.


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.


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.


– CGN




Open House Chicago at the Driehaus Museum

Saturday–Sunday, October 17–18; Saturday performance 1–2 p.m.

The Driehaus Museum

Murphy Auditorium, 50 E. Erie St., Chicago


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.




Family Day: Proud to Be Me

Saturday, October 17, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

Smart Museum of Art

5550 S. Greenwood Ave., Chicago


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.




Open House Chicago: Etching Demonstrations

Saturday–Sunday, October 17–18, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. each day

WING Studio

4883 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago


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.




Guided Tour of theNate with Director and Curator Jeff Stevenson

Saturday, October 17, 1–2:30 p.m.

Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park

Governors State University, University Park


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.




Kevin Blake: Sundowning

Saturday, October 17, 2–4 p.m.

Bert Green Fine Art

8 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 620, Chicago


This Saturday event highlights Kevin Blake’s solo exhibition, guest curated by Dan Cameron. Blake’s paintings scrutinize inherited ideas of masculinity, placing familiar social roles in unsettled situations and revealing vulnerability beneath the outward performance of confidence.




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View the full CGN Calendar here


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This week’s art plans can take you across Chicago, into the suburbs, and north to Wisconsin. 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.


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.


– CGN




Between Reflection and Revelation: David Dunlop’s Material Alchemy

Gallery Night: Friday, October 16, 5–9 p.m.; Gallery Day: Saturday, October 17, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; exhibition opens October 14

JK Art House

191 N. Broadway, Milwaukee, Wisconsin


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.


Also taking place is Treasured Postcards 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.




Out There

Gallery Night: Friday, October 16, 5–8 p.m.; Gallery Day: Saturday, October 17, 11 am. Exhibition on view through November 7

Kim Storage Gallery

207 E Buffalo St., Ste 404, Milwaukee, WI 53202


Out There is a two-person exhibition of new work by Hector Acuna and Andy Paczos. The title borrows the advice a teacher gave Paczos at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago: look out the window, \"there's lots of good stuff out there.\" He took it, and has painted Chicago from direct observation for three decades since. Acuna works the same way, returning to his Wisconsin sites across multiple plein air sessions and staging handmade props to paint in natural light. Both find their subjects by standing in front of them




Recycled 2026

First Look: Friday, October 16, 5 p.m.; opening-night event at 6 p.m.; sale through October 24

The Art Center Highland Park

1957 Sheridan Rd., Highland Park


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.




Calligraphy Performance

Friday, October 16, 5–8 p.m.; artist conversation 5–6:30 p.m.; performances begin at 6:30 p.m.

Research House for Asian Art

3217 S. Morgan St., Chicago


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.




Structure in Stature

Opening: Friday, October 16, 6–9 p.m.; on view through November 20

Forum 301

301 W. Ohio St., Chicago


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.




Open Studios Third Friday at the Bridgeport Art Center

Friday, October 16, 7–10 p.m.

Bridgeport Art Center

1200 W. 35th St., Chicago


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.




Bridgeport Third Friday Art Walk

Friday, October 16, 7–10 p.m.

Bridgeport Artist Community

Multiple neighborhood locations in Bridgeport, Chicago


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.




Szukalski. The Mythshaper / Szukalski. Rzeźbiarz mitu

Opening: Friday, October 16, 7–9 p.m.; on view through October 2027

Polish Museum of America

984 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago


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.




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This week’s art plans can take you across Chicago, into the suburbs, and north to Wisconsin. 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.


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.


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Curated: CALDER

Auction: Wednesday, October 14, 10 a.m. Central / 11 a.m. Eastern

Rago and Wright

online bidding


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.




European Furniture & Decorative Arts

Auction: October 14–15, 10 a.m. Central each day

Freeman’s

1550 W. Carroll Ave., Chicago


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.




Symposium: Religion, Art, and Provenance in Museums

October 14–16

Smart Museum of Art

University of Chicago | Hyde Park


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.




Art and Women in Sports: Looking at Amber Morningstar

Wednesday, October 14, 3:30–5 p.m.

Block Museum of Art

40 Arts Circle Dr., Evanston


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.


Coffee and tea begin at 3 p.m.




Becoming Words: A Joint Calligraphy Exhibition

October 15–November 15; opening reception Friday, October 16, 5–8 p.m.

Heritage Museum of Asian Art and Seldon Institute

Exhibition at Research House for Asian Art, 3217 S. Morgan St., Chicago


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.



The Fine Art of [Madron Gallery]

Opening: Thursday, October 15, 5:30–8:30 p.m.; on view through December 18

Madron Gallery

1000 W. North Ave., 3rd Floor, Chicago


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.




Wander and Wallow: Must We Dwell — Brian Lathan

Opening: Thursday, October 15, 6–8 p.m.; artist remarks at 6:30 p.m.; on view through November 20

Kavanagh Gallery, Fine Line Creative Arts Center

37W570 Bolcum Rd., St. Charles


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.


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