# Chicago Art Week 2026 - Dates: April 6 – 12, 2026 - Where: Chicago, United States - Times: local (CDT) - Listed: 11 events - Page with map, search and favourites: https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week ## Thursday 19 March 2026 - **5:00 PM** · [Opening Reception \| Banquet of Life: Nihonga Paintings by Daisuke Nakano](https://artweekguide.com/events/opening-reception-banquet-of-life-nihonga-paintings-by-daisuke-nakano) — Other at Ippodo Gallery NY ## Friday 3 April 2026 - **All day** · [Barely Fair](https://artweekguide.com/events/barely-fair) — Fair at Color Club. Barely Fair is an international art fair run by the Julius Caesar collective at Color Club, with all programming staged inside 20-inch booths at 1:12 miniature scale. Thirty exhibitors take part, from blue-chip galleries to artist-run spaces. It forms part of Chicago Art Week 2026, and RSVP is needed. ## Monday 6 April 2026 Still on from an earlier day: - **Until Apr 19** · [Barely Fair](https://artweekguide.com/events/barely-fair) — Fair at Color Club. Barely Fair is an international art fair run by the Julius Caesar collective at Color Club, with all programming staged inside 20-inch booths at 1:12 miniature scale. Thirty exhibitors take part, from blue-chip galleries to artist-run spaces. It forms part of Chicago Art Week 2026, and RSVP is needed. ## Tuesday 7 April 2026 Still on from an earlier day: - **Until Apr 19** · [Barely Fair](https://artweekguide.com/events/barely-fair) — Fair at Color Club. Barely Fair is an international art fair run by the Julius Caesar collective at Color Club, with all programming staged inside 20-inch booths at 1:12 miniature scale. Thirty exhibitors take part, from blue-chip galleries to artist-run spaces. It forms part of Chicago Art Week 2026, and RSVP is needed. ## Wednesday 8 April 2026 - **All day** · [Neighbors Art Fair](https://artweekguide.com/events/neighbors-art-fair) — Fair - **7:00 PM** · [RenBen 2026](https://artweekguide.com/events/renben-2026) — Party at The Renaissance Society, Chicago. RenBen is the Renaissance Society's annual artist-centred gala and its main fundraiser, part of Chicago Art Week 2026. Maurizio Cattelan conceives this edition, designing the whole evening, as each year's invited artist does. RSVP is required. Still on from an earlier day: - **Until Apr 19** · [Barely Fair](https://artweekguide.com/events/barely-fair) — Fair at Color Club. Barely Fair is an international art fair run by the Julius Caesar collective at Color Club, with all programming staged inside 20-inch booths at 1:12 miniature scale. Thirty exhibitors take part, from blue-chip galleries to artist-run spaces. It forms part of Chicago Art Week 2026, and RSVP is needed. ## Thursday 9 April 2026 - **All day** · [EXPO CHICAGO](https://artweekguide.com/events/expo-chicago) — Fair at Navy Pier, Chicago. A contemporary art fair in Festival Hall at Navy Pier, bringing together modern and contemporary art galleries, with talks, on-site installations and public art projects. It forms part of Chicago Art Week 2026. Running since 2012, it has been owned by Frieze since 2023. RSVP needed. - **10:00 AM** · [Vernissage Brunch - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago](https://artweekguide.com/events/vernissage-brunch-museum-of-contemporary-art-chicago) — Breakfast & Brunch at Navy Pier, Chicago. A benefit brunch hosted by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago's Women's Board at Navy Pier's Festival Hall on EXPO CHICAGO's opening day. Supporters get first access to the fair from 11:30 am, and tickets cover entry through Sunday. Proceeds fund the MCA's youth Learning programmes. RSVP needed. Still on from an earlier day: - **Until Sun** · [Neighbors Art Fair](https://artweekguide.com/events/neighbors-art-fair) — Fair - **Until Apr 19** · [Barely Fair](https://artweekguide.com/events/barely-fair) — Fair at Color Club. Barely Fair is an international art fair run by the Julius Caesar collective at Color Club, with all programming staged inside 20-inch booths at 1:12 miniature scale. Thirty exhibitors take part, from blue-chip galleries to artist-run spaces. It forms part of Chicago Art Week 2026, and RSVP is needed. ## Friday 10 April 2026 - **5:30 PM** · [Life is an Art: Intuit Art Museum](https://artweekguide.com/events/life-is-an-art-intuit-art-museum) — Party at City Hall Events, Chicago. Intuit Art Museum's party marks its 35th anniversary and the first birthday of the expanded museum, during EXPO Chicago week. Cocktails, an awards ceremony with Nick Cave and Bob Faust as Trendsetter Award recipients, and dinner lead into a dance party with DJ Lady D, Mike Dunn and Osunlade. RSVP needed. - **6:00 PM** · [Ornament & Information](https://artweekguide.com/events/ornament-information) — Show at Chicago Rooms, Chicago Cultural Center. An opening reception for a group exhibition of artists working in Chicago and Vienna, tracing the intellectual exchange between the two cities, from modern architecture to mid-century economic thought. It includes sculpture, painting and conceptual work, and is curated with Gertie Chicago. The first performance is on Saturday 11 April at 3pm. - **6:00 PM** · [EXPO CHICAGO's 5th Annual Directors Summit Dinner](https://artweekguide.com/events/expo-chicago-s-5th-annual-directors-summit-dinner) — Talk at The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago. The fifth annual Directors Summit dinner at The Arts Club of Chicago, presented by EXPO CHICAGO as part of Chicago Art Week 2026. Emerging art museum leaders take part in a series of conversations on the future of museum leadership and institutional reinvention. Still on from an earlier day: - **Until Sun** · [Neighbors Art Fair](https://artweekguide.com/events/neighbors-art-fair) — Fair - **Until Sun** · [EXPO CHICAGO](https://artweekguide.com/events/expo-chicago) — Fair at Navy Pier, Chicago. A contemporary art fair in Festival Hall at Navy Pier, bringing together modern and contemporary art galleries, with talks, on-site installations and public art projects. It forms part of Chicago Art Week 2026. Running since 2012, it has been owned by Frieze since 2023. RSVP needed. - **Until Apr 19** · [Barely Fair](https://artweekguide.com/events/barely-fair) — Fair at Color Club. Barely Fair is an international art fair run by the Julius Caesar collective at Color Club, with all programming staged inside 20-inch booths at 1:12 miniature scale. Thirty exhibitors take part, from blue-chip galleries to artist-run spaces. It forms part of Chicago Art Week 2026, and RSVP is needed. ## Saturday 11 April 2026 - **12:00 PM** · [Reimagining the Photo Album with Matthew Finley](https://artweekguide.com/events/reimagining-the-photo-album-with-matthew-finley) — Workshop at Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP), Chicago. Matthew Finley, an artist in the MoCP permanent collection, gives a lecture and then leads a workshop on turning family and personal archives into albums for personal or fictional storytelling. Participants can use their own pictures or provided images. It draws on his book *An Impossibly Normal Life*. RSVP needed. - **12:00 PM** · [Chromatic Fields by Mason Pott](https://artweekguide.com/events/chromatic-fields-by-mason-pott) — Show at VSG Contemporary. A show at VSG Contemporary for Chicago Art Week 2026, featuring oil paintings by Chicago-born and based Mason Pott. Each begins with a photoshoot of a floral arrangement, then goes onto a hand-cut aluminium panel shaped to the bouquet's outline, so the work is part painting, part object. Still on from an earlier day: - **Until Sun** · [Neighbors Art Fair](https://artweekguide.com/events/neighbors-art-fair) — Fair - **Until Sun** · [EXPO CHICAGO](https://artweekguide.com/events/expo-chicago) — Fair at Navy Pier, Chicago. A contemporary art fair in Festival Hall at Navy Pier, bringing together modern and contemporary art galleries, with talks, on-site installations and public art projects. It forms part of Chicago Art Week 2026. Running since 2012, it has been owned by Frieze since 2023. RSVP needed. - **Until Apr 19** · [Barely Fair](https://artweekguide.com/events/barely-fair) — Fair at Color Club. Barely Fair is an international art fair run by the Julius Caesar collective at Color Club, with all programming staged inside 20-inch booths at 1:12 miniature scale. Thirty exhibitors take part, from blue-chip galleries to artist-run spaces. It forms part of Chicago Art Week 2026, and RSVP is needed. ## Sunday 12 April 2026 Still on from an earlier day: - **Last day** · [Neighbors Art Fair](https://artweekguide.com/events/neighbors-art-fair) — Fair - **Last day** · [EXPO CHICAGO](https://artweekguide.com/events/expo-chicago) — Fair at Navy Pier, Chicago. A contemporary art fair in Festival Hall at Navy Pier, bringing together modern and contemporary art galleries, with talks, on-site installations and public art projects. It forms part of Chicago Art Week 2026. Running since 2012, it has been owned by Frieze since 2023. RSVP needed. - **Until Apr 19** · [Barely Fair](https://artweekguide.com/events/barely-fair) — Fair at Color Club. Barely Fair is an international art fair run by the Julius Caesar collective at Color Club, with all programming staged inside 20-inch booths at 1:12 miniature scale. Thirty exhibitors take part, from blue-chip galleries to artist-run spaces. It forms part of Chicago Art Week 2026, and RSVP is needed. ## By type - [Art fairs](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/art-fairs) (3) - [Parties](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/parties) (2) - [Exhibitions and openings](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/exhibitions) (2) ## By day - [Thursday 19 March](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-03-19) - [Friday 20 March](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-03-20) - [Saturday 21 March](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-03-21) - [Sunday 22 March](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-03-22) - [Monday 23 March](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-03-23) - [Tuesday 24 March](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-03-24) - [Wednesday 25 March](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-03-25) - [Thursday 26 March](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-03-26) - [Friday 27 March](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-03-27) - [Saturday 28 March](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-03-28) - [Sunday 29 March](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-03-29) - [Monday 30 March](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-03-30) - [Tuesday 31 March](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-03-31) - [Wednesday 1 April](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-04-01) - [Thursday 2 April](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-04-02) - [Friday 3 April](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-04-03) - [Saturday 4 April](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-04-04) - [Sunday 5 April](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-04-05) - [Monday 6 April](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-04-06) - [Tuesday 7 April](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-04-07) - [Wednesday 8 April](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-04-08) - [Thursday 9 April](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-04-09) - [Friday 10 April](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-04-10) - [Saturday 11 April](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-04-11) - [Sunday 12 April](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-04-12) --- From Art Week Guide (https://artweekguide.com/), a free, hand-picked guide to the events of art weeks and cities worldwide. 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