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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
EAR EATER #5: Longing in Discrete Corners
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PARASITE LOST
1622 S Allport St #1, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 30th, from 8PM - 11PM
Florian Hecker
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Graham Foundation
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, April 30th, at 8PM
R&C Fifth Annual (Anniversary) Fundraiser
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 30th, from 8PM - 12am
Everlasting Banquet
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The Hills Esthetic Center
128 N Campbell Ave, G, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, April 30th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, May 14th
Community-Supported Art Chicago
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threewalls
119 N Peoria St, 2C, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, April 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
The low down
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Slow
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL, 60608
Opening Saturday, April 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 28th
Myranda Gillies and Elspeth Vance: Reentry Issues: Seashells and Superstition
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Happy Collaborationists' Exhibition Space
1254 N Noble St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, April 30th, from 6PM - 10PM
Anindita Dutta: Wrest in Peace
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Robert Bills Contemporary
222 N Desplaines St, Chicago, IL 60661
Opening Saturday, April 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, May 31st
Theaster Gates: An Epitaph for Civil Rights and Other Domesticated Structures
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, April 30th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, July 9th
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Graduate Thesis Exhibition
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Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, April 29th, from 8PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 20th
NAIL SALON
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Club Nutz
418 N Clark St, 2, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, April 29th, from 7PM - 12am
Emily Jones: Take Back The Night
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DOVA Temporary
5228 S Harper Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, April 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 30th
Public Works
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, April 29th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, July 17th
UIC MFA Thesis Exhibition #4
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 29th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 30th
The Lives of Things
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Franke Institute for the Humanities
1100 E 57th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, April 29th, at 4:30PM
On view through Saturday, April 30th
Art Chicago 2011
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The Merchandise Mart
222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, #12, Chicago, IL 60654
On view through Monday, May 2nd
NEXT 2011
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The Merchandise Mart
222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, #12, Chicago, IL 60654
On view through Monday, May 2nd
Davida Newman and Josh Minkus
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A+D Gallery
619 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, April 28th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, May 4th
Chistopher Tourre: Public Brewery
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Spoke
119 N Peoria St, 3D, Chicago, IL 60607
On view through Tuesday, May 31st
Erin Thurlow: OH WHY DID I DID IT MY WAY
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Spoke
119 N Peoria St, 3D, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, April 27th, at 6:30PM
threewallsSALON: Arts Administration
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threewalls
119 N Peoria St, 2C, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, April 26th, at 7PM
An Evening of Short Films: Architecture and Design Film Festival Preview
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Graham Foundation
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, April 26th, at 6PM
Michael x. Ryan: under-foot: walking through Wicker Park
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President’s Gallery HWC
30 E Lake St, 1105, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Monday, April 25th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, June 3rd
Venus, aka Lovers Rock
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Thalia Hall
1807 S Allport St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, April 24th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
Lauren Beck and Sophia Dixon: Wormhole
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ACRE Projects
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, April 24th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, April 25th
PERFORMANCE POST APPROPRIATION
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The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, April 23rd, at 7PM
The Blank Map
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1800 S Peoria St
1800 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 23rd, from 7PM - 11PM
The MDW Fair
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The Geolofts
3636 S Iron St, Chicago, IL 60609
On view through Sunday, April 24th
Kevin Malella: Before Vinyl Skylines
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The Plaines Project
1822 S Desplaines St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, April 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, May 5th
The New New Chicagoans
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 22nd, from 7PM - 1am
On view through Saturday, May 7th
Gego and Gerd Leufert
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The Mission
1431 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 17th
Megan Plunkett: High Noon
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Golden Age
119 N Peoria St, 2D, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 29th
Anne Wilson
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Northwestern University
1880 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, April 22nd, at 6PM
REALITY SHOW
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Noble and Superior Projects
1418 W Superior St, 2R, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 22nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, May 29th
UIC MFA Thesis Exhibition #3
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 22nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 23rd
Version 11: The Community
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Version
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
On view through Sunday, May 1st
Arcuri/Rodriguez/Novi
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New Capital
3114 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, April 21st, from 8PM - 12am
Andy Warhol: Shadows
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Friday, July 29th
Jonathan D. Katz
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Cochrane Woods Art Center
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, April 20th, from 1:30PM - 3PM
Katie Hargrave: Public Culture 8
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threewalls
119 N Peoria St, 2C, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, April 19th, at 7PM
David H. Haney: Leberecht Migge and the Problem of Modern versus Conservative in Early Twentieth-Century German Landscape Architecture
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, April 19th, at 6PM
“Mercury, or One-Half a Life Spent in Darkness Is One-Half a Life…”
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Thalia Hall
1807 S Allport St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, April 17th, from 7:30PM - 10:30PM
Naomi Uman: The Ukrainian Time Machine
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, April 17th, at 7PM
Easy Does It
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ACRE Projects
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, April 17th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, April 18th
Group Hug
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 16th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, April 16th
Beauty Ritual
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Pentagon
2655 W Homer St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, April 16th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Tuesday, May 10th
Garage Spaces: LOGISTICS
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Happy Collaborationists' Exhibition Space
1254 N Noble St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, April 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
Emre Kocagil: Sigh Nature
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HungryMan Gallery
2135 N Rockwell St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, April 16th, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, May 22nd
Nazafarin Lotfi: inbetween
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Autumn Space
1700 W Irving Park Rd, #207, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, April 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, May 6th
Joan Waltemath: contingencies
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PEREGRINEPROGRAM
500 W Cermak Rd, 727, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, April 16th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, May 14th
Group Show
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Donald Young Gallery
224 S Michigan Ave, Suite 266, Chicago, IL 60604
On view through Saturday, May 21st
Joe Mault: 850K
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Kirk's Apartment
3710 N Marshfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, April 15th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, May 1st
Pierre Huyghe: The Host and The Cloud
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University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, April 15th, at 7PM
Don’t Let Fear Rule Your Life!
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Johalla Projects
1561 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 15th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, April 22nd
Anne Tyng: Inhabiting Geometry
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Graham Foundation
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, April 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 18th
Group Show
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Tony Wight Gallery
845 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 5th
UIC MFA Thesis Exhibition #2
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 15th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 16th
Aberration of Light: Dark Chamber Disclosure
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Gene Siskel Film Center
162 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, April 14th, at 6PM
Wangechi Mutu
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, April 12th, at 6PM
Tamy Ben-Tor
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Cochrane Woods Art Center
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, April 11th, from 6PM - 7PM
Zachary Allen: In the Field
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ACRE Projects
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, April 10th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, April 11th
Mark Booth: GOD IS REPRESENTED BY THE SEA
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ADDS DONNA
4223 W Lake St, 422, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Sunday, April 10th, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, May 15th
Erika Nelson: Public Culture 7
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threewalls
119 N Peoria St, 2C, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, April 9th, at 7PM
Sheila Pepe: Common Sense
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He said, She said
216 N Harvey Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, April 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 14th
Rachel Ettling and Paul Erschen: Recipes for Mold and Sun
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Roxaboxen Exhibitions
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 23rd
Ben Dimock and Michael Clifford
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Courtney Blades
1324 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, April 28th
Ian Pedigo: A Mouth Which Shouts is a Cave for the Hand
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65GRAND
1369 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 7th
PRELAPSE
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 8th, from 7PM - 11PM
Heidi Norton: Not to See the Sun
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ebersmoore
213 N Morgan St, 3C, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 14th
Adam Grossi: A Variety of Fits
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Johalla Projects
1561 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, April 8th
Adam Pendleton: the women
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Shane Campbell Gallery (Chicago)
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 7th
Design and Art Series
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Dock 6 Collective
4200 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, April 8th, from 6PM - 12am
On view through Saturday, April 9th
Michelle Blade: Cast & Cascade and José Lerma: The Lightweight
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Western Exhibitions
119 N Peoria St, 2A, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 14th
UIC MFA Thesis Exhibition #1
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, April 5th
Temporary Services: Social Mobility
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
On view through Sunday, August 14th
Kiki Smith: I Myself Have Seen It
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
On view through Sunday, August 14th
The Bruce High Quality Foundation: Teach 4 Amerika Rally
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University of Illinois at Chicago
821 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, April 7th, from 6PM - 9PM
Botborg!
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Gene Siskel Film Center
162 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, April 7th, at 6PM
The Bruce High Quality Foundation: TEACH 4 AMERIKA: THE CONVERSATION
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Wednesday, April 6th, at 7PM
Video Playlist: Heartaches and Holy Rites
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Wednesday, April 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
Christine Mehring
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, April 6th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Theaster Gates
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Archeworks
625 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Monday, April 4th, at 6PM
Thomas Macker: For All Our Failings
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ACRE Projects
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, April 3rd, from 4PM - 8PM
Irritable Abstraction
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Julius Cæsar
3144 W Carroll Ave, 2G, Chicago, IL, 60612
Opening Sunday, April 3rd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, April 24th
Caroline Carlsmith: New Ending
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The Hills Esthetic Center
128 N Campbell Ave, G, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, April 2nd, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Thursday, April 21st
Andrew J. Greene and Marion Ramos: SUPRIMIR MORALEJA
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Monument 2
2007 N Point St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, April 2nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, April 24th
No Joke
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LVL3
1452 N Milwaukee Ave, 3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, April 30th
Dayton Castleman
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Happy Collaborationists' Exhibition Space
1254 N Noble St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, April 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
Remember, Hallow, Places, Animals
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Eel Space
1906 S Throop St, 2F, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 30th
Paul Cowan: Breaking the Law
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Alderman Exhibitions
350 N Ogden Ave, 4E, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, April 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, May 16th
Laura Davis and Jason Dunda: lock the doors
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Slow
2153 W 21st St, Chicago, IL, 60608
Opening Saturday, April 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 23rd
John Opera: Anthotypes and Abstract Location
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Andrew Rafacz Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, April 2nd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, May 14th
Rinus Van de Velde: Dear David Johnson,
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moniquemeloche
2154 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 2nd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, May 14th
Lorna Simpson
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Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, April 2nd, at 3PM
Claudia Berns: Traversing Current: Searching For Womb and Mother
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The Plaines Project
1822 S Desplaines St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, April 1st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, April 15th
6/6/6
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Lloyd Dobler Gallery
1545 W Division St, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 1st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Peter Allen Hoffmann: When the Cathedrals Were White
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Thomas Robertello Gallery
27 N Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, April 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 21st
Duk Ju L. Kim
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Antena
1765 S Laflin St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 1st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, April 30th
Nicole Mauser: Kinematic
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DOVA Temporary
5228 S Harper Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, April 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 23rd
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