{"id":"22","title":"Closing Ceremony: Becomings — Yang Lu","starts_at":"2025-11-30 15:00:00","ends_at":"2025-11-30 18:00:00","body":"<p>Chicago Grand Gallery was founded in 2023 in the Ukrainian Village. It is a modern, flexible art space that showcases contemporary art in many forms. The gallery features both emerging and established artists through solo and group exhibitions, performances, and film screenings.</p><p><br></p><p>The gallery’s adaptable design gives each exhibition its own unique atmosphere and character. Every show offers visitors a fresh experience, reflecting the evolving spirit of contemporary art in Chicago.</p><p><br></p><p>Open and inclusive, Chicago Grand Gallery aims to inspire creativity, connect people through art, and support Chicago’s growing cultural community.</p><p><br></p><p><span style=\"color: rgb(32, 33, 36);\">Check our website for more details on upcoming events and exhibitions. We invite you to join us in celebrating the power of art to inspire, challenge, and bring people together.</span></p><p><br></p><p>Image: Gallery view with installation of Olivia Petrides: <em>Erosion, </em>2025. Photo by Olexandra Kovalchuk</p>","type":"EventCategory","state":"published","slug":"special-event-or-closing-reception","created_at":"2024-06-06 19:44:21.776635","updated_at":"2024-06-06 19:44:21.776635","excerpt":"","is_timeless":false,"organization_id":1241,"highlighted":false,"opening_starts_at":null,"opening_ends_at":null,"searchable":"'-6':15B '3':14B '30th':13B 'artist':90B 'astronomi':62B 'becom':3A,8B,27B 'bridg':60B 'celebr':115B 'ceremoni':2A,7B,25B 'challeng':69B 'chicago':17B 'close':1A,6B,24B,82B 'come':79B 'communiti':100B 'convers':98B 'cosmic':125B 'culmin':117B 'curat':92B 'even':95B 'exhibit':33B,78B,113B 'experi':101B 'explor':107B 'fabric':66B 'form':57B 'galleri':19B 'gather':87B 'gaze':75B 'grand':18B 'human':74B,130B 'hybrid':56B 'idea':109B 'immers':52B 'inhabit':43B 'invit':84B 'join':20B 'journey':123B 'last':105B 'limit':71B 'long':122B 'lu':5A,10B,29B,54B 'materi':126B 'mean':38B 'month':48B,121B 'month-long':120B 'mystic':64B 'non':129B 'non-human':128B 'novemb':12B 'one':104B 'perceiv':40B 'philosophi':61B 'physic':63B 'pm':16B 'reflect':97B 'reimagin':35B 'saturday':11B 'shape':111B 'solo':32B 'strike':31B 'technolog':67B 'think':133B 'throughout':46B 'time':106B 'understand':41B 'us':21B 'visitor':49B 'way':131B 'work':58B,103B 'world':45B 'yang':4A,9B,28B","thumbnail":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1762872213/ptq0ldjdqns5jw8wgmlz.jpg","calendar":null,"carousel":false,"event_body":"<p><strong>Closing Ceremony:&nbsp;<em>Becomings</em>&nbsp;— Yang Lu</strong></p><p><strong>Saturday, November 30th, 3-6PM</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Chicago Grand Gallery</p><p><br></p><p>Join us for the closing ceremony of&nbsp;<em>Becomings</em>, Yang Lu’s striking solo exhibition that reimagines what it means to perceive, understand, and inhabit the world.</p><p>Throughout the month, visitors have been immersed in Lu’s hybrid forms, works that bridge philosophy, astronomy, physics, mysticism, and fabrication technologies to challenge the limits of the human gaze. As the exhibition comes to a close, we invite you to gather with the artist and curator for an evening of reflection, conversation, and community.</p><p><br></p><p>Experience the work one last time, explore the ideas that shaped the exhibition, and celebrate the culmination of a month-long journey through cosmic, material, and non-human ways of thinking.</p><p><br></p>","name":"Special Event or Closing Reception","organization_type_id":"1","district_id":"2","telephone":"+12243552166","website":"https://www.chicagograndgallery.com","email":"chicagograndgallery@gmail.com","hours":"By appointment","location":"2842 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60622","display_location":"2842 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60622","latitude":"41.895803","longitude":"-87.698520","contact":"Luna Prysiazhniuk","sub_district_id":"2","promoted_at":null,"optional_sort_name":"","paid":true,"position":null,"category_name":"Special Event or Closing Reception","orgname":"Chicago Grand Gallery","orgslug":"chicago-grand-gallery","image":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1764621085/ppevgihnl9hqqyzhmn8n.jpg"}