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"Jessi Reaves: All possessive lusts dispelled" at the Arts Club of Chicago.
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To sit or not to sit: Jessi Reaves shows her furniture sculptures in ‘All possessive lusts dispelled’ at the Arts Club

May 22, 2026 at 7:50 p.m.

The galleries of the Arts Club of Chicago are currently filled with objects resembling banquettes, étageres, armoires, sconce lighting, a side table, a modular shelving unit and more. All of...

Works by Peter Doig and Felix Gonzalez-Torres in "Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s - Today" at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

Review: ‘Forecast Form’ at the MCA shows the Caribbean is not what you think

May 22, 2026 at 7:51 p.m.

Ah, the Caribbean: islands of pleasure with balmy weather, palm trees that sway in the breeze, and miles of pristine beaches fronting turquoise bays. "Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean...

The exhibition "The Language of Beauty in African Art" at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Review: ‘The Language of Beauty in African Art’ at the Art Institute is ambitious — though far from perfect

May 22, 2026 at 7:51 p.m.

There's a thesaurus worth of terms I could use to describe the nearly 300 sculptures included in "The Language of Beauty in African Art," the Art Institute's first exhibition of...

Art for winter 2023: 10 shows worth checking out, from the Block to Hyde Park Art Center

May 22, 2026 at 7:52 p.m.

2023 rhymes with "see," and let that be a cosmic prompt to us all to view more art in the new year. Here are 10 shows to get started. "Ground...

"Casa-Isla" by Puerto Rican artist Edra Soto at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe. The garden is celebrating its 50th birthday with the show "Flourish: The Garden at 50."

Best Chicago art exhibitions of 2022: ‘Tea, Torture & Reparations’ at DePaul, an outdoor ‘Flourish’ and a big year for the Cultural Center

May 22, 2026 at 7:52 p.m.

It's been kind of a nice year in the visual arts: no museum closures; not a ton of major scandals; and many ways in which toxic philanthropy, colonial collecting norms,...

Review: ‘A Natural Turn’ at DePaul: Four artists of the Americas take on nature and fantastical female imagery

May 22, 2026 at 7:53 p.m.

There are as many female bodies as there are plants in "A Natural Turn," the DePaul Art Museum's current show, and it can be hard to tell them apart. Life-size...

Review: Block Museum’s must-see ‘Abstraction from the Arab World’ proves modern art wasn’t just a Western thing

May 22, 2026 at 7:53 p.m.

"Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s-1980s" at the Block Museum offers so much more than what its subtitle describes. Anyone who loves, studies or makes nonrepresentational paintings ought...

Last chance! Three not-yet-over summer art exhibitions in Chicago to see while you still can

May 22, 2026 at 7:54 p.m.

Despite the cooler days and slightly chillier nights, the students back in school, plus a few changing leaves here and there, fall technically begins Sept. 22. The fall exhibitions season...

A lunette from the exhibit "Capturing Louis Sullivan: What Richard Nickel Saw" about architecture photographer preservationist Richard Nickel at the Richard H. Driehaus Museum in Chicago.

Art for fall 2022: Our picks include exhibitions from the Arab world, from the Cultural Center, from identity politics

May 22, 2026 at 7:54 p.m.

Ah, fall. A changing of the leaves, and a changing of the art on the walls. Changing, too, of institutional trends, as a focus on identity — and identity politics...

"Jin Lee: Views & Scenes" runs through Aug. 7 at the Chicago Cultural Center.

Weeds, salt piles and other overlooked wonders: Photographer Jin Lee sees it all

May 22, 2026 at 7:54 p.m.

If there's a greater local oasis than Lake Michigan, I don't know of it. The lake is infinite and free; go to it when in need of respite, or visit...

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