Andrew Bae Gallery
300 W. Superior St., No. 101; 312-335-8601, andrewbaegallery.com
Through Oct. 24: “Ordinary Saints”: Young June Lew opens a new chapter in her decades-long paintings of flowing garments with bodies wearing the garments in these new paintings. Their solemn faces gaze off at the unknown, likely the next chapter of Lew’s artistic story, which the gallery describes as “realizing the sanctity in the ordinary.”
Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan Ave.;
312-443-3600,
artinstituteofchicago.org
Through Oct. 4: “Charles Ray: Sculpture, 1997-2014”: On display is nearly two decades of work from one of the foremost senior contemporary artists throughout the United States.
Beverly Arts Center
2407 W. 111th St.; 773-445-3838, beverlyartcenter.org
Through Sept. 20: “Sur Papier (On Paper)”: Two creative friends are reunited on canvas in this exhibit of new work by Anne Gilbert and Helene Dureau Martini, who lived together in Paris at the beginning of their careers. The artists met in the ’80s while studying at Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris.
DePaul Art Museum
935 W. Fullerton Ave.; 773-325-7506, museums.depaul.edu
Through Dec. 20: “Idol Structures”: Chicago artist Matt Siber examines the structures designed to hold up public billboards and signs without taking away from the message of the advertisement.
Elmhurst Art Museum
150 Cottage Hill Ave., Elmhurst; 630-834-0202, elmhurstartmuseum.org
Ongoing: “Skycube”: David Wallace Haskins captures the moving image of the sky in 3-D through his 3-ton cube of steel, glass and infrared light film.
National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W. 19th St.; 312-738-1503, nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org
Through Feb. 28: “Deportable Aliens: New Work by Rodrigo Lara Zendejas”: The installation looks at the politics and social issues of the Mexican repatriation raids in the 1930s.
Roots & Culture Contemporary Art Center
1034 N. Milwaukee Ave.; 773-580-0102, rootsandculturecac.org
Through Oct. 10: Alex Bradley Cohen and Steve Ruiz: The duo show of portraits and sculpture is an exercise in self-identity as Cohen searches for the balance in the forces that guide his life, and Ruiz’s landscape paintings also offer a narrative on a sense of belonging.
Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago
5550 S. Greenwood Ave.; 773-702-0200, smartmuseum.uchicago.edu
Ongoing: “Rose’s Inclination”: The museum’s Threshold series continues with Jessica Stockholder’s installation made up of repurposed materials (lamps, carpet, garden mulch), overtaking the clerestory to the sculpture garden and courtyard, and even incorporating a painting by Judy Ledgerwood from another exhibit.
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W. Chicago Ave.; 773-227-5522, uima-chicago.org
Through Sept. 27: “Chicago Connection — Artists From the Post War Period”: An exhibit of work from the 1950s-1960s by School of the Art Institute of Chicago students; two of these students are museum co-founders Konstantin Milonadis and Mychajlo Urban.
Zg Gallery
300 W. Superior St.; 312-654-9900, zggallery.com
Through Oct. 31: “Expansion: New Paintings”: Amy Casey looks at the evolution of cities in search of the meaning of stability and growth.
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