# Thursday 9 April

4 art events on Thursday 9 April at Chicago Art Week 2026 at Color Club and Navy Pier: openings, fair previews, talks and parties, with times and a map.

- Dates: April 6 – 12, 2026
- Where: Chicago, United States
- Times: local (CDT)
- Listed: 4 events
- Page with map, search and favourites: https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-04-09
- Part of: [Chicago Art Week 2026](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week)

## 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.

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From Art Week Guide (https://artweekguide.com/), a free, hand-picked guide to the events of art weeks and cities worldwide. Check each event's own page before you go.