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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
September 2010
Kelly Kaczynski
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threewalls
119 N Peoria St, 2C, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, September 30th, at 6PM
Rosa Menkman: Glitched
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Gene Siskel Film Center
162 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, September 30th, at 6PM
Data Mining
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A+D Gallery
619 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, September 30th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 6th
Dexter Sinister
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, September 30th, at 5PM
Erik Wenzel: Live a Little, Live Ennui
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President’s Gallery HWC
30 E Lake St, 1105, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, September 30th, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Thursday, November 11th
GLI.TC/H
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Roxaboxen Exhibitions
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, September 29th, from 6:30PM - 10PM
Allen Ruppersberg: WILL THE REAL ALLEN RUPPERSBERG PLEASE STAND UP
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, September 29th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Chris Ofili: Afrotranslinear
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Wednesday, December 22nd
Deborah Stratman
@
Gahlberg Gallery
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Monday, September 27th, at 1PM
Can I Come Over to Your House: The First Ten Years of The Suburban Release Party
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Golden Age
119 N Peoria St, 2D, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, September 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
UR
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BEN RUSSELL
1716 S Morgan St, 2F, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 23rd
RON ARTIST: MVP (Malleability vs. Preservation)
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Noble and Superior Projects
1418 W Superior St, 2R, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, September 24th, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, October 23rd
Caitlin Arnold: girls
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The Hills Esthetic Center
128 N Campbell Ave, G, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, September 24th, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, October 16th
Brian Kapernekas: shapeshifter
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65GRAND
1369 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, September 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 30th
Tom Torluemke: The Exhibitionist
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 24th, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Thursday, October 14th
Edra Soto: Homily
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ebersmoore
213 N Morgan St, 3C, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 24th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 30th
Basement Show
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Parking Space
1100 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 24th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, September 30th
Shirin Neshat: Rapture
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
On view through Sunday, December 12th
Leon Golub: Live & Die Like a Lion?
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
On view through Sunday, December 12th
Kent Lambert and Jesse McLean: Have to Believe We Are Magic
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Gene Siskel Film Center
162 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, September 23rd, at 6PM
Form and Content of Writing
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The DePaul University Art Museum
2350 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, September 23rd, from 6PM - 8PM
KEEP IT SLICK: Infiltrating Capitalism with The Yes Men
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, September 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 23rd
Liena Vayzman: Food, Art, and the Politics of Agriculture in Contemporary Social Practice
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The DePaul University Art Museum
2350 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, September 23rd, at 2PM
Anthony Huberman: I Know that I Know Nothing
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, September 22nd, at 5PM
Mark Bazer: Public Culture 1
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threewalls
119 N Peoria St, 2C, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, September 21st, at 7PM
The Hotel Room Show
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Kirk's Apartment @ LaQuinta Inn & Suites
W Madison St & N Franklin St, Chicago, IL 60606
Opening Sunday, September 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
Talk Video To Me
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LVL3
1452 N Milwaukee Ave, 3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, September 19th, at 6PM
Jeff Gibson and Geoff Kleem
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The Suburban
125 N Harvey Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, September 19th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Monday, November 1st
Erin Shirreff
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Shane Campbell Gallery (Oak Park)
125 N Harvey Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, September 19th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, November 7th
Sean Ward: Let Them Look Up
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Autumn Space
3732 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, September 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 2nd
GroupSOLO: The Sequel
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Swimming Pool Project Space
2858 W Montrose, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, September 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
Bernard Williams: The Blanket Paintings
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iceberg projects
7714 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, September 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
Erin Washington and Holly Murkerson: Coming and Going
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Zrobili
2649 ½ N Spaulding Ave, 2N, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 18th, from 6PM - 11PM
Melina Ausikaitis: Osm
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LivingRoom Gallery
1530 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, September 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 30th
Laura Letinsky: To Peach
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Donald Young Gallery
224 S Michigan Ave, Suite 266, Chicago, IL 60604
Opening Friday, September 17th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, November 6th
Extreme Animals
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, September 16th, from 8PM - 10:30PM
Danièle Wilmouth: Eleanore & the Timekeeper
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Gene Siskel Film Center
162 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, September 16th, at 6PM
Center of All Multiple Middles
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President’s Gallery HWC
30 E Lake St, 1105, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, September 16th, from 4:30PM - 6:30PM
On view through Friday, September 24th
Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen: As if
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moniquemeloche
2154 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, September 16th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, November 6th
The Dialogue: The MCA Chicago’s annual conversation on museums, diversity and inclusion
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Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Wednesday, September 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
Anthony Pearson
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, September 13th, at 6PM
Triple Candie: For Teaching Porpoises Only, A Lecture Demonstration
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Monday, September 13th, at 5PM
Leah Patgorski, Ilia Ovechkin and Jared Madere: WHAT IS A HAMMER?
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ADDS DONNA
4223 W Lake St, 422, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Sunday, September 12th, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, October 15th
Sex, Power & Labor
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 11th, from 7PM - 12am
Michelle Bolinger: Trees Sea Skies
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DIG
2003 N Point, 3, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 11th, from 7PM - 10PM
Montgomery Perry Smith: Pit Worship
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Johalla Projects
1561 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 11th, from 7PM - 11PM
David Moré: Normal Bias
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Green Lantern Gallery
2542 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 11th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 18th
Dan Gunn: Multi-stable Picture Fable
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Lloyd Dobler Gallery
1545 W Division St, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 16th
Timothy Bergstrom: Design, Drama & Discord
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HungryMan Gallery
2135 N Rockwell St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 24th
OFTHEMOMENT: Annual Gala to Benefit the Renaissance Society
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The Renaissance Society @ East Bank Storage
1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 11th, at 6PM
George Gittins: Feeling One Way or Another
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Monument 2
2007 N Point St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 26th
Jitish Kallat: Public Notice 3
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Monday, September 12th
Nick Cave: Drive-By
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SoundSuitShop
S Michigan Ave and E 23rd St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, September 10th, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, September 17th
Elizabeth Metzger Sampson and Shannon Schmidt: The Ways of Connecting the Floor to the Ceiling
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Spoke
119 N Peoria St, 3D, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, September 15th
Anthony Pearson
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Shane Campbell Gallery (Chicago)
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, September 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 9th
Kelly Kaczynski: The Stagehand’s Unseen and Kirsten Leenaars: The Impossible Voyage (Larry and Jacob Kart)
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threewalls
119 N Peoria St, 2C, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 23rd
John Henley and Carol Jackson
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 9th
Lauren Anderson: Faux Weirdo
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Golden Age
119 N Peoria St, 2D, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, October 22nd
oil, foil, WALLS, and toil
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Robert Bills Contemporary
650 W Lake St, Chicago IL 60601
Opening Friday, September 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 16th
Ryan Richey: Gathering Smoke
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Rowley Kennerk Gallery
119 N Peoria St, 3C, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 23rd
Arturo Herrera and David Schutter
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Tony Wight Gallery
845 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 9th
Kehinde Wiley: The World Stage India-Sri Lanka
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
118 N Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 10th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, October 23rd
Ben Stone and Joey Fauerso
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Western Exhibitions
119 N Peoria St, 2A, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 9th
Michael Nudelman: Light & Magic and Samantha Bittman
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Thomas Robertello Gallery
939 West Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 16th
Chris Johanson: Backwards Towards Forwards and The Color of Black & White
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 10th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 16th
Philip Hanson: The Subtle Diagram and Michiko Itatani: Cosmic Wanderlust
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 10th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 16th
Wendy White: FRENCH CUTS
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Andrew Rafacz Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, September 10th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 23rd
Alice Tippit: On Defense
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PEREGRINEPROGRAM
500 W Cermak Rd, 727, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Thursday, September 9th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, September 30th
Imagine Everywhere
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A+D Gallery
619 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, September 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 18th
Stephanie Syjuco: Particulate Matter (Things, Thingys, Thingies) and Dexter Sinister: The Plastic Arts
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, September 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 23rd
Twos
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O’Connor Art Gallery
7900 W Division St, 4, River Forest, IL 60305
Opening Wednesday, September 8th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 16th
Autumn Ramsey
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Julius Cæsar
3144 W Carroll Ave, 2G, Chicago, IL, 60612
Opening Sunday, September 5th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, September 26th
Todd Chilton and Mike Peter Smith: plain plane
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Slow
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL, 60608
Opening Saturday, September 4th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 2nd
Ben Russell: 12 x 12
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Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Monday, September 27th
New Work from New York
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GOLDEN Auxiliary Space
3319 N Broadway St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, September 3rd, at 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 16th
Xavier Jimenez and Kara Clarke: Void where prohibited
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Zrobili
2649 ½ N Spaulding Ave, 2N, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 3rd, from 7PM - 10PM
Mark Nelson: From the Wash
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Antena
1765 S Laflin St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, September 3rd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 2nd
Patricia Treib
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GOLDEN
816 W Newport Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Friday, September 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 16th
Other Idleness: The experimental friendship between a museum and the street
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Mess Hall
6932 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, September 2nd, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Deborah Stratman: Tactical Uses of a Belief in the Unseen
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Gahlberg Gallery
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Thursday, September 2nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 16th
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