This week’s picks for what’s around and opening. This is one of those hard weeks when there aren’t that many shows opening, but all of them are worth checking out, so to see everything I skipped, get to here.

Deborah Boardman @ The Gahlberg Gallery

With an install including paintings, hand crank operated canvas loop of faults, and artist books and videos, Deborah Boardman‘s A Porous Space paid for my summer studio in overtime. Though all the way out in the suburbs, the artist was nice enough to arrange a free bus there and back for those interested. The opening is tonight, Thursday, June 3rd from 6:30-8:00 PM @ Gahlberg Gallery, 425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn.

Kate O’Neill and Rebecca Kressley @ Noble and Superior Projects

Noble and Superior have put together a nice pairing of photography from Kate O’Neill (Third Law) and a ruinenwerty installation constructed from common objects by Rebecca Kressley (ON THE SOUTH LOCK OVER SHINE). Show opens Friday, June 4th from 6-10PM @ Noble and Superior Projects, 1418 W Superior St, 2R.

New Icon @ Loyola University Museum of Art

Britton Bertran of 40000 fame has put back on the curatorial gloves for New Icon, an exhibition at Loyola which fittingly covers contemporary iconography and includes such popular artists as Zachary Buchner, Pamela Fraser, Carrie Gundersdorf, Dan Gunn, Diana Guerrero-Maciá, Brennan McGaffey, William J. O’Brien, Sze Lin Pang and Kevin Wolff. Check out the opening reception this Friday, June 4th from 5:30-7PM @ Loyola University Museum of Art, 820 N Michigan Ave (RSVP required).

Eric Fleischauer @ threewalls

When I met Eric Fleischauer in the hallway outside his studio a few weeks ago I couldn’t recall what his work looked like, but had I been remembering I would have told him that I really liked it and looked forward to his next show, and then he would have told me that he’s having an opening pretty soon at threewalls. And true enough, Fleischauer’s POST-CURSOR opens this Friday, June 4th from 6-9PM @ threewalls, 119 N Peoria St, 2D.

Six Rooms @ Longman & Eagle Hotel

This benefit for the Harold Arts Residency promises to be well worth the $15 entry fee, with decor and installations and  artwork from contributing artists Jesse Harrod, Brian McNearney, David Moré, Edra Soto, Casey Ann Wasniewski, Duncan R. Anderson, New Catalogue, Dana Carter, Eric Fleischauer, Maggie Haas, Adam Hoff, Jessica Labatte, Brian McNearney, Heidi Norton, Claire Pentecost, Alise Spinella, Carson Fisk-Vittori and Virgil Wong. You know when you see this much red in a preview post there’s a good reason for it! Check it out this Saturday, June 5th at 9PM @ Longman & Eagle Hotel, 2657 N Kedzie Ave.

Ok, we’re in.