Chicago Exhibition Weekend 2025

About CXW

The third annual Chicago Exhibition Weekend features 50 participating galleries and creative spaces across the city from September 19–21, spotlighting Chicago’s vibrant cultural landscape and artistic spirit for locals and visitors alike. Building off the success of last year’s edition, which attracted 10,000 attendees over three days, CXW25 will expand its footprint with 50 participating galleries, demonstrating the vitality and diversity of the city’s growing commercial art scene.

Galleries

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Edgewater

6018|North

Logan Square/Humboldt Park

65GRAND

Downtown

Addington Gallery

West Town/Ukrainian Village

ANDREW RAFACZ

South Loop

Bert Green Fine Art

Bronzeville

blanc

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Bodenrader

Pilsen

Chicago Art Department

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Corbett vs. Dempsey

West Town/Ukrainian Village

David Salkin Creative

West Town/Ukrainian Village

DOCUMENT

South Loop

Elephant Room

South Loop

Filter

East Garfield Park

The Franklin

Douglass Park

Good Weather

West Town/Ukrainian Village

GRAY

Douglass Park

Grunts Rare Books

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Hana Pietri

Pilsen

Hans Goodrich

Wicker Park

Jackson Junge Gallery

Irving Park & Ravenswood

Joy Machine

Douglass Park

JR.

West Loop

Kavi Gupta

Wicker Park

LVL 3

Logan Square/Humboldt Park

M. LeBlanc

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Mariane Ibrahim

Douglass Park

Met him pike hoses

West Town/Ukrainian Village

MICKEY

West Town/Ukrainian Village

moniquemeloche

Irving Park & Ravenswood

old friends

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Patient Info

West Town/Ukrainian Village

PATRON

Pilsen

Prairie

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Rhona Hoffman Gallery

Logan Square/Humboldt Park

Sawhorse

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Secrist | Beach

Belmont Cragin

Soccer Club Club

Wicker Park

SoNa Chicago

West Loop

SVNGRN

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Tala

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Thomas McCormick Gallery

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Volume Gallery

West Town/Ukrainian Village

VSG Contemporary

Irving Park & Ravenswood

Weatherproof

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Western Exhibitions

Institutions

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River North

21c Museum Hotel Chicago

Lake View

ACRE

Loop

Art Institute of Chicago

River North

Art on The Mart

Streeterville

The Arts Club of Chicago

Washington Park

Arts + Public Life

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Arts of Life/Circle Contemporary

Evanston

The Block Museum of Art

Loop

Chicago Architecture Center

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Chicago Artists Coalition

Chicago Humanities Festival

Chinatown

Chinese American Museum of Chicago

Bridgeport

Co-Prosperity

Irving Park & Ravenswood

Color Club

Lincoln Park/Old Town

DePaul Art Museum

Loop

Design Museum of Chicago

West Town/Ukrainian Village

The Digs Chicago

River North

The Driehaus Museum

West Loop

Epiphany Center for the Arts

West Loop

Gallery 400

Lincoln Park/Old Town

Graham Foundation

Hyde Park

Hyde Park Art Center

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Intuit Art Museum

West Town/Ukrainian Village

LMRM

Hyde Park

Logan Center Exhibitions

Streeterville

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Lincoln Park/Old Town

National Public Housing Museum

Hyde Park

Neubauer Collegium

Loop

Poetry Foundation

Bridgeport

Project Onward

Hyde Park

The Renaissance Society

Riverside

Riverside Arts Center

Wicker Park

Studio Gang

Pre-weekend

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Kickoff Cocktail & Print Release with Re/Match x Process/Process

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at Chicago Athletic Association

Tuesday, September 16, 6–8pm

Pre-Kickoff Dinner VIP Opening for Jacqueline Surdell

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at Secrist | Beach

Thursday, September 18, 4–7pm

BAWDY Screening and Community Initiative Launch

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at blanc

Thursday, September 18, 6:30–10pm

Friday, September 19

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Open Studios

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at The Digs Chicago

Friday, September 19, 4–8pm

Public Opening Reception for "Eyes on the Future"

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at Studio Gang

Friday, September 19, 5–7pm

In Conversation with ICI: Faheem Majeed & Monica Brinkman Hill

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at CXW Hub

Friday, September 19, 6–7pm

Opening Reception for "Rhinoceros" by Darin Latimer

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at Elephant Room

Friday, September 19, 6–9pm

Conversation with IOTO Founders Adam Brooks and Matthew Wilson

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at SoNa Chicago

Friday, September 19, 6–7:30pm

In the Making: A Public Art Journey Through Washington Park

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at Arts + Public Life

Friday, September 19, 6–8pm

Opening Reception for Allison Reimus: Repetition with Variety

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at 65GRAND

Friday, September 19, 6–9pm

Opening Reception for Group Exhibition: Laila Majid, Joseph J. Greer, and Anastasia Sif Karkazis

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at Tala

Friday, September 19, 6–9pm

Poor Man's Paradise: Closing Reception

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at Project Onward

Friday, September 19, 6–9:30pm

Opening Reception for Margaret Crowley: Birthday

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at Epiphany Center for the Arts

Friday, September 19, 6–9pm

Opening Reception for WERIEM: L’esprit de Pierrot

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at Epiphany Center for the Arts

Friday, September 19, 6–9pm

Opening Reception for Liz McCarthy: Imperfect Players

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at Epiphany Center for the Arts

Friday, September 19, 6–9pm

Opening Reception for Lumpia Fusion: Filipino Americans at a Crossroads

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at Epiphany Center for the Arts

Friday, September 19, 6–9pm

Rm 921: Willea Zwey

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at 21c Museum Hotel Chicago

Friday, September 19, 7–8pm

Saturday, September 20

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Throw your phone into a body of water!

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at Weatherproof

September 19-21, various times

City as Platform: Breakfast Conversation

at the Chicago Athletic Association

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Saturday, September 20, 10–11am

Flash Tattoos with Haylie Jimenez

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at Joy Machine

Saturday, September 20, 11am–5pm

Robert Burnier Artist Talk

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at ANDREW RAFACZ

Saturday, September 20, 2pm

Artist Talk with Darin Latimer

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at Elephant Room

Saturday, September 20, 2pm

Opening Reception: Language of Abstraction

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at Chinese American Museum of Chicago

Saturday, September 20, 2–5pm

Closing Reception for Alex Katz: White Lotus

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at GRAY

Saturday, September 20, 2pm

Concert, Wine Tasting, and Book Launch

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at Corbett vs. Dempsey

Saturday, September 20th, 2–3pm

Maintenance Works featuring Brendan Fernandes and Molly Gochman in Conversation, Moderated by Samara Furlong

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at Secrist | Beach

Saturday, September 20, 2–3pm

EarlyWork Art Hop featuring the MCA, GRAY, and Prairie

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at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Saturday, September 20, 3–8pm

Artist Talk with Luke Agada and Braxton Garneau

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at moniquemeloche

Saturday, September 20, 3–4pm

Victoria Martinez: Frente a la vida / Facing Life Exhibition Opening

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at Poetry Foundation

Saturday, September 20, 3–5pm

Artist Talk with Mac Pierce

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at Bert Green Fine Art

Saturday, September 20, 3–5pm

The Essence & The Choice Performance by Matty Davis

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at Secrist | Beach

Saturday, September 20, 3:30–4:30pm

Opening Reception for Luke Agada and Braxton Garneau

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at moniquemeloche

Saturday, September 20, 4–7pm

Benefit Auction

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at Prairie

Saturday, September 20, 5–6:30pm

Opening Reception for Tam Ochiai: Shopping Bag

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at Hans Goodrich

Saturday, September 20, 5–9pm

Opening Reception for Sara MacKillop: The Cutaway View

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at Good Weather

Saturday, September 20, 5–8pm

Opening Reception for Margaret Crowley and Madeline Gallucci: Sympathy Ribbon

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at Grunts Rare Books

Saturday, September 20, 5–8pm

Affective States

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at JR.

Saturday, September 20, 6–10pm

Figure Sculpting

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at The Digs Chicago

Saturday, September 20, 7–9pm

Sunday, September 21

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Art & Tennis Mixer with GRAY and DOCUMENT

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at XS Tennis Foundation

Sunday, September 21, 10am–1pm

Mousse for Breakfast & Diego Marcon "Krapfen" Viewing

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at The Renaissance Society

Sunday, September 21, 10–11:30am

Artist-Curator Conversation and Walkthrough: "Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle: A Want for Nothing"

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at DePaul Art Museum

Sunday, September 21, 11am–12:30pm

Donuts & Coffee

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at VSG Contemporary

Sunday, September 21, 11am–2pm

Pilsen / Little Village Day

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at National Museum of Mexican Art

Sunday, September 21

Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson Artist Talk

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at ANDREW RAFACZ

Sunday, September 21, 1pm

Clubby Material Record Fair

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at Hans Goodrich

Sunday, September 21, 1–6pm

Exhibition Conversation: What Material Do I Want To Be?

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at The Franklin

Sunday, September 21, 2–3pm

ICI in Conversation: Hamza Walker & John Corbett

at 400 N Peoria

at CXW Hub

Sunday, September 21, 3–4:30pm

Hors d'oeuvres & libations

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at The Franklin

Sunday, September 21, 3–5pm

The Lemon Stand

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at The Franklin

Sunday, September 21, 3–5pm

Improvised Sound Making

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at The Franklin

Sunday, September 21, 3:30–4:30pm

CXW Poker Night

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at LMRM

Sunday, September 21, 4:30–9pm

Participant Programming

September 19–October 11, 2025

Over My Head: Encounters with Conceptual Art in a Flyover City, 1984–2015 
Curated by Gareth Kaye and Iris Colburn
Presented by Gertie

at 400 N. Peoria

CXW Curated

Armani Howard

M. LeBlanc

Antonio "Blesstonio" Robles

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Contact

GENERAL INQUIRIES

For general inquiries, please email abby@gertie.co

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MEDIA CONTACTS

rebecca@mottleypr.com

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September 19–21, 2025

September 19–21, 2025

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Galleries

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Galleries

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Sort

Alphabetically

By neighborhood

Edgewater

Logan Square/Humboldt Park

Downtown

West Town/Ukrainian Village

South Loop

Bronzeville

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Pilsen

West Town/Ukrainian Village

West Town/Ukrainian Village

West Town/Ukrainian Village

South Loop

South Loop

East Garfield Park

Douglass Park

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Douglass Park

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Pilsen

Wicker Park

Irving Park & Ravenswood

Douglass Park

West Loop

Wicker Park

Logan Square/Humboldt Park

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Douglass Park

West Town/Ukrainian Village

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Irving Park & Ravenswood

West Town/Ukrainian Village

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Pilsen

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Logan Square/Humboldt Park

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Belmont Cragin

Wicker Park

West Loop

West Town/Ukrainian Village

West Town/Ukrainian Village

West Town/Ukrainian Village

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Irving Park & Ravenswood

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Institutions

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By neighborhood

Institutions

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Sort

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By neighborhood

River North

Lake View

Loop

River North

Streeterville

Washington Park

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Evanston

Loop

West Town/Ukrainian Village

Chinatown

September 19–21,
2025

Walkthroughs/Tours