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

Johanna Billing, still from I'm Gonna Live Anyhow Until I Die, 2012.

Photo: Courtesy of Kavi Gupta Gallery

There are almost 100 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 Tuesday tour and lecture. They're all free.

Fri 8

In Lincoln Park, Rotofugi hosts an opening reception for "Divorced from Heaven: New Works by Derek Hess," 7–10pm.

Sat 9

Starting at noon, Second Floor Rear, "a festival of alternative and itinerant spaces," brings exhibitions and performances to various locations in Logan Square and other West Side neighborhoods. The festival continues Sunday 10.

In Edgewater, 6018NORTH unveils "Vlatka Horvat: Door to Door installation," 2–5pm. The piece is part of the IN>TIME performance festival.

In the West Loop, Packer Schopf Gallery hosts artists' talks by Lauren Levato at 1pm and Andréa Stanislav at 2pm.
From 4–7pm, Andrew Rafacz Gallery hosts opening receptions for "Jeremy Bolen: Cern" and "Robert Burnier: The Horseless Carriage." From 5–8pm, Kavi Gupta Gallery celebrates "Johanna Billing: I'm Gonna Live Anyhow Until I Die" and "Matthew Metzger: Waver."

In Garfield Park, the Franklin unveils "Christopher Smith: The Visitor's Hours," 7–10pm. Smith's concurrent project Visitation Rites burns sacrificial sculptures by several artists in the Franklin's fire pit.

Sun 10

In Pilsen, "#With: The Jerks" opens at ACRE Projects, 4–8pm. #With's members, Matt Nichols and Kristina Paabus, present a collaboration that developed through their 2012 ACRE residency.
From 6–10pm, Roxaboxen Exhibitions (2130 W 21st St) hosts a reception for "After the After Party," which features 2012 ACRE residents Christina McClelland and Tom Costa.

In Wicker Park, Will Goss releases his graphic novel Granny Dean at Roots & Culture Contemporary Art Center at 8pm.

Tue 12

From noon–1pm in the South Loop, Museum of Contemporary Photography director Natasha Egan leads a tour of "Victoria Sambunaris: Taxonomy of a Landscape."

At 6pm, architect Dirk Lohan speaks about "Mies van der Rohe’s Legacy and the Chicago Skyline" at the Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art in Evanston. (Lohan is Mies's grandson.)