Art and Design | This weekend's late-breaking free art events

Mothergirl, Every Aldi in Chicago (still).

Photo: Courtesy of the artists and ACRE

There are almost 90 Art & Design events happening this weekend. Check our listings for details, and read about a few openings and events that didn't make it into print after the jump, including a Wednesday lecture. They're all free.

Fri 1

In Wicker Park, moniquemeloche hosts an opening reception from 6–8pm for "Gabriel Vormstein: Tempus fungit - amor mannet."

At the Gold Coast's Graham Foundation at 6pm, Wiel Arets, the new dean of IIT's College of Architecture, speaks to architect Robert McCarter about Wiel Arets: Autobiographical References (Birkhäuser, $69.95), which McCarter edited. A reception follows, and signed copies of the book will be available for purchase.

Sat 2

At moniquemeloche, Renaissance Society director of education and associate curator Hamza Walker discusses Gabriel Vormstein's show at 1pm.

The Hills Esthetic Center on the West Side celebrates the opening of "Nick Bastis: In Order to be Company" from 6–10pm. Bastis, an M.F.A. candidate at the University of Chicago, was a 2012 ACRE resident.

In Noble Square, Happy Collaborationists present "Mothergirl: Two Women Do Three Things"—performances by 2012 ACRE residents Katy Albert and Sophia Hamilton—from 7–10pm.

Sun 3

In East Garfield Park, "Drawer's Drawing," a group exhibition cocurated by Carrie Gundersdorf and Eric Lebofsky, opens at Julius Caesar and PEREGRINEPROGRAM from 3–6pm.

Wed 6

In West Town, Museum of Contemporary Art curatorial assistant Karsten Lund launches LATITUDE's monthly lecture series at 7:30pm by asking the question, "Can we think of photographs as strangers?", inspired in part by Susan Sontag's On Photography.