Art Top 5: September 2023

Jeremy Bolen, “Because The Sky Will Be Filled With Sulfur,” installation view from “Earthly Visions: Inside the Climate Crisis,” 2022, UV prints on acrylic, sulfur cast passenger pigeon/Photo: Courtesy the artist

1
Earthly Visions: Inside the Climate Crisis
(Gallery 400)
Local, national and international artists respond to a particularly urgent topic.
Opens September 8

2
Alex Katz: Autumn
(Gray)
Large-scale landscapes from the ninety-six-year-old artist best known for his portraits.
Opens September 8

3
Sanford Biggers, Back to the Stars
(moniquemeloche)
The Harlem-based multidisciplinary artist returns for a fourth solo show at the gallery.
Opens September 14

4
Chicago Exhibition Weekend
(Citywide)
More than fifty galleries and institutions team up for a weekend that kicks off with a dinner, includes a gallery walk that’s also a treasure hunt, and ends with dancing.
September 29-October 1

5
Rebecca Morris: 2001-2022
(Museum of Contemporary Art)
A twenty-one-year survey of the Los Angeles painter’s large-scale abstract works.
Opens September 30