# Friday 10 April

6 art events on Friday 10 April at Chicago Art Week 2026 at Color Club, Navy Pier and City Hall Events and more: openings, fair previews, talks and parties, with times and a map.

- Dates: April 6 – 12, 2026
- Where: Chicago, United States
- Times: local (CDT)
- Listed: 6 events
- Page with map, search and favourites: https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week/2026/2026-04-10
- Part of: [Chicago Art Week 2026](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/chicago-art-week)

## 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.

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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.

