# Before the Dawn at Secrist|Beach: What to Know

By Marius Pașculea | 2026-11-09
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> Before the Dawn at Secrist|Beach Chicago brings together nine artists exploring the moon and nocturnal sky. Group show closes November 14, 2026.

Secrist|Beach presents "... before the dawn," a survey exhibition bringing together an intergenerational group of nine artists who explore the enduring artistic, psychological, and philosophical pull of the moon and the nocturnal sky. The show closes November 14, 2026.

Featured artists include Lita Albuquerque, Lisa Beck, Christopher Robin Duncan, Lia Halloran, David Huffman, Gary Lang, Charles Long, Jonathan Ryan, and Penelope Umbrico. The exhibition is curated with the assistance of gallery artist Whitney Bedford and Aandrea Stang, Director of the University Art Gallery at California State University, Dominguez Hills.

The participating artists engage the night as both a site of observation and imagination, where scientific inquiry, mythology, memory, and lived experience converge. Working across painting, sculpture, photography, and interdisciplinary practices, each artist constructs a deeply personal relationship with the moon as image, object, metaphor, and presence.

At a moment when ecological instability, political uncertainty, and technological acceleration have intensified awareness of human vulnerability, the exhibition asks what it means to look beyond ourselves. Against the turbulence of everyday life, the night sky offers a rare encounter with scale, permanence, and perspective.

Secrist|Beach is located in Chicago's West Town neighborhood. Gallery hours and admission information are available on the gallery's website.

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## Sources

- [Secrist|Beach, exhibition page for ... before the dawn](https://secristbeach.com/exhibitions/61-...-before-the-dawn/): dates, artists list, curators and exhibition description.
- [Secrist|Beach, about page](https://secristbeach.com/about): address (1801 W Hubbard St) and neighborhood (West Town).