Shows I'm Chasing Before They Close

Marisol Trejo

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A rolling list of exhibitions worth the trek, usually taped to my fridge next to a taco receipt. Pilsen's got its own current wall text at the National Museum of Mexican Art, but I keep wandering out to West Town, the Loop, and beyond for the openings that make me cancel other plans. Wall labels lie about how much time you have left — don't trust them, just go.

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Shows I'm Chasing Before They Close — 10 items
Name	Venue	Neighborhood	Address	City	Why I'm going
1Beyond Form: Abstraction at Midcentury	Art Institute of Chicago	Loop	111 S Michigan Ave	Chicago, IL	65 artists, 23 countries, closing soon. This is a sprint, not a stroll, so I'm going on a weekday.
2Where Memory Lives	National Museum of Mexican Art	Pilsen	1852 W 19th Street	Chicago, IL	Main Gallery shows always hit different here. Putting this on the spreadsheet before it wraps in late November.
3Vivir la Tierra	National Museum of Mexican Art	Pilsen	1852 W 19th Street	Chicago, IL	Sixteen years of acquisitions and it's practically in my backyard. No excuse not to stroll over twice.
4Lee Miller: Fearless	Art Institute of Chicago	Loop	111 S Michigan Ave	Chicago, IL	War photography that doesn't flinch. Bring tissues, bring a friend who likes to debrief after.
5Self, Made: Fourteen Modern Artists from the Sandor Collection	Art Institute of Chicago	Loop	111 S Michigan Ave	Chicago, IL	Forty works on self-invention, one private collection. Wraps the same week as Beyond Form, so it's a two-fer day.
6Body and Being in African Art	Art Institute of Chicago	Loop	111 S Michigan Ave	Chicago, IL	Fifty-plus objects from Arts of Africa, freshly installed. Opening week crowds or not, I'm there.
7Clotilde Jiménez: Éramos silencios	Mariane Ibrahim Gallery	West Town	437 N Paulina St	Chicago, IL	That step-down space always feels like a secret. Self-exploration as subject, museum-level install as usual.
8Karimah Ashadu: Tendered	moniquemeloche	East Garfield Park	2154 W Division St	Chicago, IL	Moniquemeloche never plays it safe. Film and sculpture together usually means I stay longer than planned.
9Olivia Zubko	Western Exhibitions	East Garfield Park	1709 W Chicago Ave	Chicago, IL	Small space, big swings, every single time. Already circled the opening on my calendar.
10In Full View (65+)	Woman Made Gallery	West Town	685 N Milwaukee Ave	Chicago, IL	A juried show about aging and visibility. This is the kind of concept that makes me linger at wall text.