Created in collaboration with The Visualist, Chicago’s leading visual arts calendar, Sixty’s Art Picks is a wide selection of Midwest arts events, handpicked for our audience of artists, cultural workers, and curators, prioritizing the spaces and events of historically marginalized peoples. Our list is broad but by no means comprehensive; please look at venue calendars to find more events.
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Thursday, April 2, 6-8PM
LATINITUDES: A Collection of Latin American Modern Architecture
Graham Foundation: 4 W Burton Pl, Chicago
Free
Thursday, April 2, 7PM
Sound Bath Meditation with BelleAime
Heaven Gallery: 1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago
Free
April 3-19, 2026
BARELY FAIR 2026
BARELY FAIR: McKinley Park
$5-60
Friday, April 3, 6-8PM
April Scrap Social
The Stutz: 1060 N Capitol Ave, Indianapolis, IN
$21.96
Friday, April 3, 6-9PM
Titus Wonsey: WADING
ARTRUSS: 4553 W Diversey Ave, Chicago
Free
Friday, April 3, 6-10PM
Chloe Cloud & Alexandria Olthoff
Art House 310: 310 S Laura, Wichita, KS
Free
Friday, April 3, 6-10PM
Murphy Arts Center First Fridays
Murphy Arts Center: 1043 Virginia Ave, Indianapolis, IN
Free
Saturday, April 4, 1-6PM
Vinyl & Vittles + Honey Pot Performance Record & Books Pop Up
First Church of the Brethren: 425 S Central Pk Blvd, Chicago, IL
Free
April 4-July 12, 2026
Cydney M. Lewis: Weeds Grow in All Directions
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago
Free
April 4-May 2, 2026
Middle and High School Exhibition
South Haven Center for the Arts: 600 Phoenix St, South Haven, MI
Free
April 4-July 12, 2026
Alison Ruttan: The Paradox of Inaction
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago
Free
Saturday, April 4, 6PM
Marble & Canvas Grand Opening Celebration
Kansas City Art Institute: 4415 Warwick Blvd, Kansas City, MO
Free
Saturday, April 4, 6-9PM
Paradise Lost
Yes Project Space: 3705 W Division St, Chicago
Free
Tuesday, April 7, 3:30-5PM
MAURIZIO CATTELAN, BEWARE OF YOURSELF: BOOK SIGNING
Chicago Athletic Association: 12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free
Tuesday, April 7, 6PM
Cecilia Vicuña Lecture
The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall, 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago
Free
Wednesday, April 8, 1-2PM
Artists Book-Making Workshop led by Yoonshin Park
Hyde Park Art Center: 5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago
Free
Thursday, April 9, 7-8:30PM
The Lovers Screening at Dorothy
Dorothy: 2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago
Free
April 10-May 17, 2026
Amy Kligman: Being Still /. Still Being
REAL TINSEL: 1013 West Historic Mitchell St, Milwaukee, WI.
Free
April 10-June 6, 2026
Ling-lin Ku: Morning After
The Sculpture Center: 12210 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH
Free
April 10-June 17, 2026
Ray Colby: Nature Photographer
Kinney-Lindstrom Gallery: 303 2nd St. SE, Mason City, IA
Free
April 10-June 27, 2026
Spring All Members Show
4621 Gallery, Landmark National Bank: 4621 West 6th St, Lawrence, KS
Free
April 10-November 14, 2026
Brendan Fernandes: In the Round
The Richard H. Driehaus Museum: 40 E Erie St, Chicago
Free
Sunday, April 12, 2-6pm
Ben Foch: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Epiphany Center for the Arts: 201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago
Free
Sunday, April 12, 2-6pm
Forget Me Not
Epiphany Center for the Arts: 201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago
Free
Sunday, April 12, 5-7pm
Grey James and Wallace Bowling
Bert Green Fine Art: 8 S Michigan Ave, Suite 620, Chicago
Free
Friday, April 17, 5-10pm
30 x 30 x 30 Exhibition
Var Gallery & Studios: 643 S. 2nd St, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Friday, April 17, 7pm
MUJERES
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts: 915 E. 60th St, Chicago
Pay what you can
April 20-21, 2026
The Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival in Rapid City
Various Locations: Rapid City, SD
Free
Wednesday, April 22, 7pm
Mizna Film Series 2026: Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Trylon Cinema: 2820 E 33rd St, Minneapolis, MN
$10
Saturday, April 25, 6:30-10pm
Roots 20 Spring Benefit
Roots & Culture: 1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
$50-100
Saturday, April 25, 6-9PM
Chicago Black Social Cultural Map: Radical Soul Underground
First Church of the Brethren: 425 S Central Pk Blvd, Chicago, IL
Free
Tuesday, April 28, 7-8:30pm
Celebrating Jazz in Chicago and International Jazz Day: Neighborhood Jazz Night on Chicago’s South and West Sides
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts: 915 E 60th St, Chicago
Free
Through April 11, 2026
Dickinson County All School Show
Weaver Lobby, McIlrath Landing and Monte Pearson Galleries: 2201 HWY 71, Okoboji, IA
Free
Through April 18, 2026
a catalog of inquiries: the contemporary surreal
Portrait Society Gallery of Contemporary Art: Historic Third Ward 207 E. Buffalo St. Ste. 526, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Through April 19, 2026
still pouring: 2026 BA Thesis Exhibition
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts: 915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Free
Through April 25, 2026
YE ZHU: CONTINUATIONS
Hawthorn Contemporary: 706 5th St, Milwaukee, WI
Free
Through April 26, 2026
Hal Shipman: Forbidden Love at the Desert’s Edge
Gerber/Hart Library & Archives: 6500 N Clark St., Chicago, IL 60626
Free
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