West Town, Wicker Park, Ukrainian Village, Kinzie Corridor, Humboldt Park

West Town

Wisconsin

IL • MI • IN

West Loop, Fulton Market, East Garfield Park

West Loop and West Side

Evanston, The North Shore, Northern, Western and Southern Suburbs

Suburbs

Old Town, Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Roscoe Village, Bucktown, Wicker Park, Logan Square, Lincoln Square, Ravenswood, Uptown, Edgewater, Andersonville, Rogers Park

North Side

Michigan Avenue, Streeterville, The Gold Coast, The Loop, and South Loop

Michigan Avenue

Pilsen, Bridgeport, Chinatown, plus Hyde Park, Jackson Park/Dorchester, and Bronzeville

South Side

Superior and Franklin streets, West Chicago Ave, and down to Merchandise Mart and the River

River North

Join Oliva Gallery for the opening reception of Girl Talk, a solo exhibition of paintings by Chicago-based artist Lindsey Kircher. Poodles, parrots, musical instruments, bird cages, fruit, and candles appear alongside female figures whose poses oscillate between vulnerability and command. Through dense compositions and saturated color, Kircher constructs theatrical environments that blur the boundaries between interior life and performance. The works reference traditions of figurative painting that intertwine the body, ornament, and interior space while complicating those associations through exaggeration, humor, and visual excess. Opening Reception Friday, April 3, 2026 5–9 PMExhibition Dates April 3 – May 30, 2026Location Oliva Gallery 3816 W. Armitage Ave. Chicago, IL Follow Oliva Gallery to stay updated on upcoming exhibitions, events, and programs. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/olivagallery" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/olivagallery" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/oliva-gallery-chicago/posts/?feedView=all" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>

Opening Reception: Girl Talk by Lindsey Kircher

Featured artists:&nbsp;J. Adams, Jeff Crisman, Mario Desa, Chad Koeplinger, Dianne Mansfield, Josh Mason, Danny Reed, Dan Santoro, Adam Shrewsbury, Leo Zulueta.Image by Dianne MansfieldOpening alongside&nbsp;KLAUBA,&nbsp;Beyond the Needle&nbsp;is an exhibition featuring ten tattoo artists from across the United States. Also curated by Teresa Hofheimer, each artist works in a variety of media—from ink drawings to photography—representing the wide world of body art.

Beyond the Needle

Joanna Pinsky,&nbsp;co-founder and Artistic Director of Art Encounter, will lead a stimulating discussion at 2pm about the paintings in our current exhibition, "Women Painting Women."&nbsp; Join us for an interactive encounter with visual art.

Joanna Pinsky: Artist Talk

The Art Center Highland Park is proud to announce its forthcoming exhibition KLAUBA, a survey of the works of painter and tattoo artist George Klauba. This show will be on view at The Art Center from March 6 to April 4, 2026.Curated by gallerist Teresa Hofheimer, this large exhibition of paintings and sculpture spans over two decades, referencing George Klauba’s life works as a Navy officer, a tattoo artist, and eventually a celebrated painter and fine artist.Works by George Klauba are in public and private collections across the U.S., including the New Bedford Whaling Museum, MA; the Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, and the VermillionCounty War Museum in Danville, IL. Three Moby-Dick paintings have been chosen for the book covers of Melville’s novel.KLAUBA will open with a free, public reception at The Art Center from 5:30 to 8:00 pm on March 6, with all works on display for sale through the exhibition’s run.

George Klauba

<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.jmkac.org/exhibition/familiar-texture/?utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--3ltRN229IYW6amwf9BwlVoynj9P-wWQnCqcp7iqRNGTlfMqSkuurGL0gvDRvyto79NLfEDi-NC3vxrvl6oHLkgUth4KUD_YekpyhDAXRiMjpD1io&amp;_hsmi=343424237&amp;utm_content=343424237&amp;utm_source=hs_email" target="_blank">Details</a> Childhood memories of home are reconstructed in the form of textiles and fibers by artists Hangama Amiri, Keith Jackson, Yvette Mayorga, Tressa Prisbrey, and Dalila Sanabria. Each artist presents interior settings such as a bedroom inspired by fantasies, a living room of communal gatherings, or a storage space that marked the passage of time. Each of these sites memorialize social and environmental influences that shaped the future of an individual. The use of or reference to textiles and fibers, such as clothing, blankets, boxes, carpet, or upholstery, imbues memories and feelings with a tactile quality found in the rooms re-created by each artist. Importantly, they do not depict themselves or others in these scenes. This anonymity encourages imagined conversations, interactions, sounds, or scents of homeland to emerge from a variety of perspectives. By relying on textures—both literally and figuratively—the exhibition provides context for domestic spaces where an origin story is found, and a familiar emotional weight is recognized. Together, the works celebrate the right to choose from narratives of the past and how these stories inform and enrich the fiber of one’s being. Image: Yvette Mayorga, Bedroom After 15th (detail), 2022; acrylic piping on Disney TV, purses, shoes, lotion, wooden shelves, lamp, ceramic, bookbag, sneakers, Hello Kitty bubble blower, clock, faux books, mirrors, wood, pillows, wall paintings, nightstand, acrylic piping on bike, acrylic piping on canvas, and video; 9 x 9 x 10 ft. Courtesy of the artist.

Familiar Texture: The Fibers of Childhood and Home

Anne Loucks Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibition in our Winnetka gallery featuring work by Bernd Haussmann from his Maine and Massachusetts studios. The show will be on view through April 6th and includes 16 of the artist's color saturated paintings on canvas and aluminum. Haussmann’s compositions are built up layer by layer using varied hues and imagery. Organic forms, lines, and gestures transcend textured fields of color, offering a glimpse of what lies beneath the surface. His paintings, though decidedly abstract, represent his concern for the fragility of the natural world and are filled with lush color found in nature. Please stop in to see the show. We'd love to see you.

Bernd Haussmann: Presence, Values and Hues

LIVE AUCTION&nbsp;7 APRIL 2026 11 AM ET<a href="https://wright20.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db&amp;id=161a9e166c&amp;e=d509e17cc6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">INFORMATION</a><a href="https://wright20.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db&amp;id=8d03316ec6&amp;e=d509e17cc6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">VIEW LOTS</a>

Curated: PICASSO

CHICAGO ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONMADISON BALLROOM, 8TH FLOOR 12 S MICHIGAN AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60603 <a href="https://renaissancesociety.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=28258b64874e626df0979c0de&amp;id=d02d9b9298&amp;e=375d06b725" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank">FREE</a> Part autobiography, part monograph, part catalogue raisonné,&nbsp;Beware of Yourself, the 400-page volume gathers nearly forty years of the artist's words—drawn from interviews, essays, and conversations—deconstructed and reassembled into an unpredictable self-portrait told with Cattelan's characteristic wit and irreverence.Free and open to the public, the event takes place in conjunction with EXPO Chicago. This signing coincides with&nbsp;<a href="https://renaissancesociety.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=28258b64874e626df0979c0de&amp;id=13c8576266&amp;e=375d06b725" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank">RenBen 2026</a>, the Renaissance Society's annual artist-driven benefit gala conceived by Cattelan, taking place April 8 at the Chicago Athletic Association.&nbsp; A limited number of books will be available for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis. <a href="https://renaissancesociety.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=28258b64874e626df0979c0de&amp;id=94bac3c3bf&amp;e=375d06b725" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank">Learn more</a>. Courtesy of Artbook, D.A.P.

Book signing event Maurizio Cattelan: Beware of Yourself

From March through November, we’re returning to Free First Tuesdays! On the first Tuesday of every month, enjoy extended hours from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm - admission is free for all, no residency restrictions.

Free First Tuesdays

<a href="https://renaissancesociety.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=28258b64874e626df0979c0de&amp;id=ad71168737&amp;e=375d06b725" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank">BUY YOUR&nbsp;TICKET&nbsp;NOW</a> The Renaissance Society is thrilled to announce that artist&nbsp;Maurizio Cattelan&nbsp;will conceive and orchestrate&nbsp;RenBen 2026, taking place on&nbsp;Wednesday, April 8, 2026, during Chicago's EXPO Art Week.&nbsp;Known for his provocative and darkly humorous approach to contemporary art, Cattelan has spent four decades creating works that spark conversation, to say the least. From his infamous solid gold toilet&nbsp;America&nbsp;to his hyperrealistic sculptures, Cattelan's work consistently captivates audiences while questioning authority, religion, celebrity, and the art world itself.&nbsp;RenBen is the Renaissance Society’s annual artist-centered gala and the institution’s most important fundraising event, vital to sustaining its experimental exhibitions and programs throughout the year. Each edition invites a single artist to design every aspect of the evening, from the space and performances to the food and choreography. Past editions have been conceived by Meriem Bennani (2025), Kevin Beasley (2024), Adam Linder (2023), and Piero Golia (2022), each expanding what an artist-driven benefit can be.&nbsp;For RenBen 2026, Cattelan will draw on his established signature forms of playful inversion, surprise, and surrealist elegance. Guests can expect his subversive wit and theatrical sensibility. “BEING AN ARTIST IS NOT A JOB, IT'S A MALFUNCTION,” he shared.&nbsp;Maurizio Cattelan's work has been featured in major museums and exhibitions worldwide, including solo shows at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, and the Beyeler Foundation in Basel. His collaborations through&nbsp;Toiletpaper&nbsp;magazine and with brands including Kenzo, Berluti, Longchamp, and Seletti—demonstrate his ability to merge high art with popular culture, making him an ideal artist to reimagine RenBen.&nbsp;All proceeds from RenBen 2026 support the Renaissance Society's program of exhibitions,&nbsp;Intermissions, concerts, public programs, and publications—all free and open to the public.&nbsp;RenBen 2026 takes place during Chicago's EXPO Art Week, in alignment with EXPO CHICAGO contemporary art fair, attracting cultural figures from around the globe.&nbsp;Additional details will be announced in early 2026.&nbsp;Corporate sponsorships and in-kind gift opportunities are available.&nbsp;Please contact Polina Kasian at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:pkasian@renaissancesociety.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pkasian@renaissancesociety.org</a>&nbsp;for more information.&nbsp;Underwriter and Benefactor sponsorships and individual tickets are now available&nbsp;<a href="https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/TqGCpLmdPWCEh8kci33nKQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.&nbsp; Photo:&nbsp;Maurizio Cattelan by Alberto Zanetti.

RenBen 2026

Potter &amp; Potter Auctions is pleased to announce a landmark auction of tattoo art and memorabilia to be held April 9, 2026.&nbsp;This sale celebrates both the rich history of early-twentieth century tattooing and the life and legacy of legendary tattooer and underground cultural luminary Jonathan Shaw.&nbsp;Place your bids now at<a href="http://url2796.potterauctions.com/ls/click?upn=u001.Xrkv5MDx4JU-2BcO33dbI1-2BQkLeC4Nhem9skMoCbF6bGTlMpvd2axwZTvc5s4Oz2NRU7Oh0eZgvyu-2FMgZ1o1EWkvf207c-2FY0orraWsvul11na57JbgMTtU2UJW9eTccFG21ZAhx2Sdu0e5FN4wLDVm9-2FAMKMegnE36tN-2BHYVIZdEqt8KmUediOB2S-2Bg2MCCcLcAcYCt2TbFYQZ0R-2FiMLNlPe68-2FLd5467Dd7x3Do5RkFM-3DrVLF_F-2B18IOO1ZU6iY4K-2F9Q9GBGu5rvP-2BL20ZUrVQMSgnAy2dkeZXZkSsnZVlr-2Bsr2mNTUSMMfJD2V-2FRPtVrL8NfH4NsYcVVovND75gEbcsQMav2JYN8x-2BYtUIOTMYtGf4PSRuO3Pk3sHy1pxo4IKCqSNvzAAFWsXm2KMOVHfoAdbHp1CF202u0GInl66R2qP7ge0ufZhscYvqk6QwPViykEoJYWzxLbGCquwYJtWi46legAXn0bJJ-2B1nSarJ9YQTpVeJnk28DNjrHLORbj2FZwVFiOYOvjfWIneDk7luIl6IVKoNFbtLcDJzkmzNzc1G6-2FU6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&nbsp;POTTERAUCTIONS.COM</a><a href="http://url2796.potterauctions.com/ls/click?upn=u001.Xrkv5MDx4JU-2BcO33dbI1-2BQkLeC4Nhem9skMoCbF6bGTwWvV7W6IocFx6yAX4Lr8y5Skx7M5G-2B4Pgmfgpym8LjQ-3D-3DiKV__F-2B18IOO1ZU6iY4K-2F9Q9GBGu5rvP-2BL20ZUrVQMSgnAy2dkeZXZkSsnZVlr-2Bsr2mNTUSMMfJD2V-2FRPtVrL8NfH4NsYcVVovND75gEbcsQMav2JYN8x-2BYtUIOTMYtGf4PSRuO3Pk3sHy1pxo4IKCqSNv7JJgn8CAjXcxRdoIvq5QlmC0CiQCWAf37TER2aAX6KY0gDfs44qK5F-2BrB-2FoUhV25qKcmew8Yb4GFkoPIPY7WvBB9BmzXHLD4JnNh1PWcaYYzmrnfVabGSHq9gzboCW7d90zAgIRrRFJ4XiqlHIDpnGygIz7yUPkEx91T3wV6v0Q" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Register now</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="http://url2796.potterauctions.com/ls/click?upn=u001.Xrkv5MDx4JU-2BcO33dbI1-2BQkLeC4Nhem9skMoCbF6bGTwWvV7W6IocFx6yAX4Lr8ysLJDk6xWcmZMLAkQMEZtkA-3D-3D_gap_F-2B18IOO1ZU6iY4K-2F9Q9GBGu5rvP-2BL20ZUrVQMSgnAy2dkeZXZkSsnZVlr-2Bsr2mNTUSMMfJD2V-2FRPtVrL8NfH4NsYcVVovND75gEbcsQMav2JYN8x-2BYtUIOTMYtGf4PSRuO3Pk3sHy1pxo4IKCqSNv-2FQYryv9q-2FQH0O-2FdGHXQJUF5d2Ea5N18jifxVYnunbwmH-2BBAGEKz7XLIUfRQfQ0qgazPTAIPvY0JkDGZjiFnONFkMQBhNihTL1SXJNoV-2Fk2HJ-2FQVV7Pq-2FjbeEa-2F-2FSr8q1wZb71XV8y13SQjUBUrko75QhDCRAprJ0DkE55-2FvgUst" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sign in</a>&nbsp;below.&nbsp;<a href="mailto:info@potterauctions.com?subject=&amp;body=" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">EMAIL</a>&nbsp;us or call 773.472.1442 to leave phone or absentee bids.

SCAB VENDOR: Rare Tattoo Flash and Underground Art from the Collection of Jonathan Shaw

LIVE AUCTION&nbsp;9 APRIL 2026 11 AM CT<a href="https://wright20.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db&amp;id=412365ce86&amp;e=d509e17cc6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">INFORMATION</a><a href="https://wright20.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=50e5c1be866e9aaa28cfec1db&amp;id=638897067b&amp;e=d509e17cc6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">VIEW LOTS</a>

Jewelry: Antique to Retro

<a style="color: rgb(0, 124, 137);" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://mcachicago.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c24ba7c5a91cefd699dc985e1&amp;id=2520d7f3f7&amp;e=95b957c616" target="_blank">Vernissage</a>Navy Pier Festival HallApr 9, 2026 | 10 am–12 pm&nbsp; The Women’s Board of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago invites you to attend this year's spectacular benefit, the Vernissage Champagne Brunch, on the opening day of <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.expochicago.com/" target="_blank">EXPO CHICAGO</a> Contemporary Art Fair at Navy Pier's Festival Hall. The MCA is proud to participate in the 13th year of EXPO CHICAGO, which presents artwork from more than 170 leading galleries from around the world. Proceeds from Vernissage raise significant funds in support of the MCA Learning department, whose programs offer compelling opportunities to explore, challenge, discuss and reflect on the MCA’s exhibitions and programs, as well as the world of contemporary art and culture.

Vernissage

Reception and Awards: April 9, 7pmGallery Talk with Prize Winners: April 22, 2pm The President’s 18th Annual Art Exhibition highlights the top artwork from Lewis Students and Alumni. This important juried exhibition is hosted by the Department of Art and Design and sponsored by Dr. David Livingston,President of Lewis University. Image Description:&nbsp;Electric Madonna, oil on canvas by Annabelle Makselan, First Place 2025

Reception and Awards: The President’s 18th Annual Art Exhibition

Kim Storage Gallery is pleased to present Snack Shop, a solo exhibition featuring paintings created at a pivotal moment in Gabrielle Marie Stone's practice. At a time when continuing her painting practice felt uncertain, the artist considered converting the front exhibition space of her studio into a snack shop—a practical solution to keep the lights on and sustain her creative work. While the snack shop concept never came to fruition, the paintings in this exhibition are the first pieces that occupied that never-to-be retail space. Intimate and episodic, they offer entry points rather than resolutions, inviting viewers into a world that sits somewhere between necessity and indulgence. Like little snacks, these works provide sustenance inquieter ways—not essential, yet deeply nourishing. Snack Shop names both the space and practice as it almost was, honoring the conditions in which the work was made: adaptive, provisional, and hopeful. The paintings retain their inherent dreamlike and atmospheric qualities, yet the exhibition grounds them in the real economies and lived decisions of making art today—a reflection on vulnerability, resilience, and the creative impulse that persists even in uncertainty. Gabrielle Stone (b. 1990) is a contemporary abstract painter based in Chicago, IL. Her work explores the nature of place using color, form, and materiality to depict environments that are whimsical in their reimagining. Influenced by her deep attachment to physical spaces, Stone’s paintings communicate geometry and structure while embodying its very dissolution. Stone holds a Bachelor of Arts in studio art and creative writing from Carleton College where she studied under artists Fred Hagstrom and David Lefkowitz, art historian Ross Elfline, and curator Margaret Pezalla-Granlund. The late artist, Larry McKim, was also a significant mentor in her early years before leaving the east coast. On view: February 27 – April 10, 2026Opening Reception: Friday, February 27 from 5 to 8PM Image: Sound of Satin, Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 46”&nbsp;

Snack Shop

As the official start of<a href="https://renaissancesociety.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=28258b64874e626df0979c0de&amp;id=880c996e75&amp;e=375d06b725" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank">&nbsp;EXPO&nbsp;</a><a href="https://renaissancesociety.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=28258b64874e626df0979c0de&amp;id=0f7faff915&amp;e=375d06b725" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank">ART WEEK</a>,&nbsp;join EXPO Chicago on the South Side for an evening of exhibitions, tours, talks, and performances. Explore Hyde Park and surrounding areas with late opening hours at galleries and institutions on Tuesday, April 7 between 5–8pm, including a Toast to the South Side at Neubauer Collegium.Towards the end of ART WEEK, select galleries and art institutions throughout the city will again host extended hours from 5-8Pm as part of Art After Hours.For both occassions, the Renaissance Society will have extended hours from 5pm—8pm for the current&nbsp;<a href="https://renaissancesociety.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=28258b64874e626df0979c0de&amp;id=9d990537b9&amp;e=375d06b725" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank">exhibition</a>&nbsp;by Leah Ke Yi Zheng on Tuesday and Friday of EXPO ART WEEK.<a href="https://renaissancesociety.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=28258b64874e626df0979c0de&amp;id=9f8574aaf4&amp;e=375d06b725" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" target="_blank">Learn more</a>. Image: Leah Ke Yi Zheng,&nbsp;Change, I Ching (64 Paintings), 2026, installation view. Photo by Forrest Frederick for Bob.

EXPO CHICAGO South Side Arts Night: EXTENDED GALLERY HOURS

PATRON announces&nbsp;Margin, our second solo exhibition with Chicago-based artist Daniel G. Baird.&nbsp;"…. I wanted to make something that brought me as close as possible to the horizon, to embody it in some way. I thought that to achieve this I’d have to orient my body horizontally, and float on the surface of the water, being both slightly submerged and in the open air. I’ve seen the horizon as a threshold between two states, whether between past and future, or the spatial experience of emerging from a subterranean space into the light. That point of convergence is the movement. To journey to the horizon is to anticipate death, and you need a vehicle for that.It struck me once that there is a scar on every human body that remembers water. We were all, once, aquatic — and the navel is where that ruptured. This surreal object on us all.On the western slope of a mountain in Jordan is a Byzantine church overlooking Jerusalem and the surrounding landscape. Fragments of a mosaic map cover the floor, covering its floor are fragments of a mosaic map charting landmarks and sacred events. One section of the map depicts two fish, facing one another. One swims downstream the Jordan River and the other, emerges, impossibly, from the Dead Sea.&nbsp;It lodged in me. The mind has its own gravitational pulls — images, moments, exert their force from years back, bending the present toward them whether you cooperate or not. Trout do it with their whole bodies. We do it in memory, which is maybe the same thing.&nbsp;It’s as though we’re all trying to get as far away from the place we’ve come from, like walking in a straight line around the globe only to meet ourselves exactly where we were…"–Daniel G. Baird&nbsp;

Daniel G. Baird: Margin

Our winter show, Beneath the Surface: Featuring Arlene Byster and Patricia Markos Dolan, opens on Thursday, February 5th with a reception in the gallery from 5-7pm. Both artists will be in attendance and we hope you'll join us for an evening of arresting art, engaging conversation and light refreshments!Beneath the Surface will be on view through April 11th.

Beneath the Surface: Featuring Arlene Byster and Patricia Markos Dolan

Chair-ish&nbsp;is a presentation of multimodal works made in tandem by Chicago-based artists Alex Chitty and Norman Teague. Working together for the first time, the pairing of their distinct yet complementary approaches to design, craft, and the love of joyous, intuitive making result in an exhibition where the process "IS" the product. Through a collaborative exchange of tactics and speculations, Chitty and Teague create new works that critique, absorb, reposition and remix the narratives, materials, and aesthetics of modern design while inspiring fresh modes of measuring value and utility.

Alex Chitty and Norman Teague: Chair-ish

Discover the latest ideas in contemporary art from around the world with an expertly-guided tour of EXPO CHICAGO, the city's premier international art fair. Art Encounter Artistic Director Joanna Pinsky will lead the group through highlights from EXPO's 130+ exhibitors, facilitating dynamic group conversations that explore the artists' diverse approaches to subject matter, materials, and technique. Visit <a href="https://www.artencounter.org/expo-chicago-international-highlights-tour" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">artencounter.org/expo-chicago-international-highlights-tour</a> to register.

EXPO CHICAGO International Highlights Tour

You ALREADY KNOW Won Kim. His influence can be felt across Chicago’s art, music, and culinary communities....And if you think you don't know the name Won Kim, you definitely know the name <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.instagram.com/revisecmw/" target="_blank">@revisecmw</a>. He's a Chicago born N raised artist whose work moves between street art, graffiti, and contemporary fine art."He took on the moniker, REVISE, because he’d see that so often, in red ink, at the top of his homework assignments in high school. Revise became one of the best abstract graffiti writers in the Midwest due to his use of vibrant colors and fluid and organic, nature like lettering, making his name with the highly respected artist collective and graffiti crew, CMW." (<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.instagram.com/kevincoval/" target="_blank">@kevincoval</a>)&nbsp;Beyond the studio, Won is also a prominent chef at the acclaimed @kimskichicago. His culinary prowess directly influences his artwork. Thinking on your feet while also being intentional with your practice blends structure with spontaneity and process with intuition.Won's solo show marks his first in ten years, following his previous solo show right here at Chicago Truborn, and represents a return that underscores both the evolution of his practice and his long-standing relationship with the gallery.It is an absolute honor to welcome back the one and only&nbsp;<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.instagram.com/revisecmw/" target="_blank">@revisecmw</a> | <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.instagram.com/sleepingisforsuckers/" target="_blank">@sleepingisforsuckers</a> | DJ Genghiswon <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.instagram.com/kimskichicago/" target="_blank">@kimskichicago</a>&nbsp;

Won Kim: Everything I Know

<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.mocp.org/events/talk-and-workshop-reimagining-the-photo-album-with-matthew-finley/" target="_blank">Talk and Workshop: Reimagining the Photo Album&nbsp;with Matthew Finley</a> Saturday, April 11, 202612- 1 pm Lecture1-2:30 pm Workshop MoCP600 S. Michigan Ave.Chicago, IL Join MoCP collection artist Matthew Finley (American, b. 1972) for a lecture and workshop exploring the creative possibilities of family and personal archives. Participants will reimagine the photo album as a space for personal or fictional storytelling, using either their own pictures or provided images to create imaginative, curated albums. This program is inspired by Finley’s series and new book&nbsp;An Impossibly Normal Life, a fictional narrative composed of sourced snapshots from around the world that reimagine his late uncle’s life and their shared experiences of coming out and belonging.&nbsp; This program will be held in the MoCP print study room. It is free but requires registration (link is forthcoming).

Talk and Workshop: Reimagining the Photo Album with Matthew Finley

Join Oliva Gallery for Small Talk, an artist talk with Lindsey Kircher presented during her solo exhibition Girl Talk. The conversation offers visitors an opportunity to hear directly from the artist about the ideas, imagery, and processes behind the paintings on view. Kircher’s work stages psychologically charged scenes populated by women, animals, and symbolic objects. Through dense compositions and saturated color, she constructs theatrical environments that blur the boundaries between interior life and performance. During the talk, Kircher will discuss the layered narrative spaces that unfold across her paintings, where bodies, decorative objects, and animal figures intertwine. Elements such as poodles, parrots, musical instruments, bird cages, fruit, and candles appear alongside female figures whose poses oscillate between vulnerability and command. These environments operate less like conventional portraits and more like staged tableaux where fragments of domestic life accumulate into something closer to allegory. The talk will explore how Kircher engages traditions of figurative painting while complicating the visual language historically used to frame femininity. Through exaggeration, humor, and visual excess, the work treats identity not as a fixed image but as a shifting composition of gestures, objects, and symbolic relationships. <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/small-talk-artist-talk-with-lindsey-kircher-tickets-1985083173208?aff=oddtdtcreator" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">RSVP here</a> Follow Oliva Gallery to stay updated on upcoming exhibitions, events, and workshops. Facebook:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.facebook.com/olivagallery" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/olivagallery</a>Instagram:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.instagram.com/olivagallery" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/olivagallery</a>LinkedIn:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/company/oliva-gallery-chicago" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/company/oliva-gallery-chicago</a>

Small Talk with Lindsey Kircher

<a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://experience.mcachicago.org/7252/7259" target="_blank">Get Tickets</a> Admission is free to Family Day attendees. Make yourself big and make yourself little, play with perspective and scale. Join us for a smaller-than-usual Family Day while the rest of the museum opens a new exhibition.Designed for children under 12 and their grown-ups, MCA Family Days invite our youngest visitors to be the museum’s artists, thinkers, and collaborators. Image: Family Day | It’s Alive!, MCA Chicago, April 12, 2025. Photo: Natasha Moustache, © MCA Chicago.

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