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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Cauleen Smith: Crimson Glow
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The Whistler
2421 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Thursday, February 28th, from 9PM - 2am
Anton Vidokle & Brian Kuan Wood speak about E-Flux
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threewalls
119 N. Peoria #2C, North Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Thursday, February 28th, from 7PM - 9PM
Mark Jarzombek, Victor Margolin, and Terry Smith: Conversation, on Pedagogy
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Gallery 400
400 South Peoria Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Thursday, February 28th, from 6PM - 7PM
Market Value: Examining Wealth and Worth
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A+D Gallery
619 S Wabash, Chicago, Illinois 60605
Opening Thursday, February 28th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 20th
Within and Without
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Student Union Galleries (SUGs)
37 South Wabash Ave., Suite 106, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, February 28th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, March 21st
Visiting Artist Lecture: Irena Knezevic
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Rm. 3-365, Kresge Hall, Northwestern University
Kresge Hall Rm. 3-365, 1880 campus drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, February 28th, from 4PM - 5:30PM
Observer Effect: Artists’ Discussion
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria Street
Opening Wednesday, February 27th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, March 9th
Visiting Artist Lecture: James Richards
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Rm. 3-365, Kresge Hall, Northwestern University
Kresge Hall Rm. 3-365, 1880 campus drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Monday, February 25th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
SAIC Visiting Artists Program: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev Lecture
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S. Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, February 25th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Fred Burkhart: Artist’s Talk & Reading
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Alibi Fine Art
1966 W. Montrose
Opening Saturday, February 23rd, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, March 23rd
Wingding
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LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave
Opening Saturday, February 23rd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, March 24th
How Do I Look?
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, February 22nd, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, March 23rd
Structures for Reading: Text, (Infra) Structure & the Reading Body in Contemporary Art
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Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts
1104 South Wabash Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60605
On view through Saturday, April 6th
Lisa Walcott
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Seerveld Gallery, Trinity Christian College
6601 W. College Drive, Palos Heights, IL
Opening Thursday, February 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
Daniel Shea: Who Built the Monuments? (Lecture)
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Lillstreet Lofts
4437 N. Ravenswood, down the street from the Lillstreet Art Center.
Opening Wednesday, February 20th, from 7PM - 8PM
Daniel Shea: Who Built the Monuments? (Artist Lecture)
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Lillstreet Lofts
Lillstreet Art Center 4401 N Ravenswood, Chicago, Illinois 60640
Opening Wednesday, February 20th, from 7PM - 8PM
Fritz Haeg: Domestic Integrities
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Graham Foundation
4 W Burton Pl
Opening Wednesday, February 20th, at 6PM
Visiting Artist Lecture: Kamrooz Aram
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Rm. 3-365, Kresge Hall, Northwestern University
Kresge Hall Rm. 3-365, 1880 campus drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Tuesday, February 19th, from 4PM - 5:30PM
Visiting Artist Lecture: Mariam Ghani
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Rm. 3-365, Kresge Hall, Northwestern University
Kresge Hall Rm. 3-365, 1880 campus drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Monday, February 18th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Mp3s at the MCA- An Audio guide experience
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Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E Chicago Ave Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, February 17th, from 12:30PM - 2PM
Emre Kocagil: VERY
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Peanut Gallery
1000 N. California Ave., Chicago IL 60622
Opening Sunday, February 17th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 9th
Lynn Lu: IN>TIME
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Defibrillator
1136 N Milwaukee Ave
Opening Saturday, February 16th, from 7PM - 11PM
Ann Toebbe: The Inheritance
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Ebersmoore
350 North Ogden Ave, Suite 100 Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, February 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Mere Observation
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Manifold
4426 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, February 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, March 15th
Visiting Artist Lecture: Sam Gould
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Rm. 3-365, Kresge Hall, Northwestern University
Kresge Hall Rm. 3-365, 1880 campus drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, February 15th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
It’s not me, It’s you: the couple show
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd floor
Opening Friday, February 15th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, March 24th
Francisco Codero-Oceguera: Formerly the Artist
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Kirk's Apartment
2251 W Cornelia, Chicago, Illinois 60618
Opening Friday, February 15th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, April 18th
David Schutter: Rendition
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Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E. 60th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
On view through Sunday, March 31st
Chaz Evans, Amber Ginsburg, and Hoyun Son: Value – Assigned, Transposed and Imagined
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Chicago Artists' Coalition
217 N. Carpenter Street
Opening Friday, February 15th, at 6PM
On view through Thursday, March 7th
The Sahmat Collective: Art and Activism in India since 1989
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue
Opening Wednesday, February 13th, from 7 PM - 8:30 PM
On view through Sunday, June 9th
Surfin’
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Adds Donna
4223 W Lake Chicago IL 60624
Opening Sunday, February 10th, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, March 17th
#With: The Jerks
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ACRE Projects
1913 W. 17th St. Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, February 10th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, February 25th
Anne Rorimer Lecture – Joy of the Real: The Reception of “New Art” in 1970s Chicago
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, February 10th, at 2PM
Christina McClelland & Tom Costa: After The After Party
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Roxaboxen Editions
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL
Opening Sunday, February 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, February 28th
Performances in The Snow
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Anatomy/Gift/Association
1619 W. 16th St., Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, February 10th, from 12PM - 3PM
Matthew Metzger: Waver
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W. Washington Blvd.
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Johanna Billing: I’m gonna live anyhow until I die
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W. Washington Blvd.
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Autotelic Studios: Open Studio
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Autotelic {Studios}
2959 N. Springfield Ave. Storefront Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 12PM - 12am
On view through Sunday, February 10th
Robert Burnier: The Horseless Carriage
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Andrew Rafacz Gallery
835 W. Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Chris Smith: The Visitor’s Hours & Visitation Rites
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The Franklin
3522 W. Franklin Blvd. Chicago IL, 60624
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 9 February 2013 - 24 February 2013
On view through Wednesday, March 26th
Jeremy Bolen: Cern
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Andrew Rafacz Gallery
835 W. Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, February 9th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Diane Simpson
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N. Ashland Ave. 3rd Floor. Chicago, Illinois 60622
On view through Saturday, March 23rd
Don’t Fret: Love in the Time of Online Dating
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Johalla Projects
1821 W. Hubbard St., Suite 209
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, February 27th
Judith Brotman & Karolina Gnatowski: Stranger Danger
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Adult contemporary
2351 N. Milwaukee Ave
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, March 8th
Tranquility through Assemblage
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ROOMS Gallery
1835 S. Halsted
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, February 18th
Rodney Quiriconi: Constructions, 1960-1970
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N. Ashland Ave. 3rd Floor. Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 23rd
Becca Mann: Wane’s World: A History of “Things”
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The Soccer Club Club
2921 N. Cicero Ave. Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Friday, February 8th, from 8 PM - 11 PM
On view through Thursday, February 28th
Eric Stefanski: Vacancies, Monuments of Social Despair
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The Ugly Step Sister Gallery
On view through Tuesday, March 26th
As You Are: A Decade of You Are Beautiful
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Green Exchange
2545 West Diversey, Chicago, Illinois 60618
Opening Thursday, February 7th, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
SAIC’s Visiting Artists Program: Martha Schwartz Lecture
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Auditorium
111 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, February 5th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Shit is Real
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devening projects + editions
3039 west carroll street chicago IL USA 60612
Opening Sunday, February 3rd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, March 9th
Drawer’s Drawing
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PEREGRINEPROGRAM
3311 W Carroll Ave. #119, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Sunday, February 3rd, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, March 3rd
Chris Garofalo: Zoophytosphere Vivaria & Ceramic Sculpture
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
118 North Peoria Street Chicago IL 60607
Opening Saturday, February 2nd, from 4 PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, March 9th
Mothergirl : Two Women Do Three Things
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Happy Collaborationists
1254 N Noble, Chicago IL, 60642
Opening Saturday, February 2nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, February 23rd
Nick Bastis: In Order to be Company
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The Hills Esthetic Center
128 N Campbell Avenue, Chicago 60612
Opening Saturday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, February 23rd
Carron Little & Dave Richards: Extended dissent is no long goodbye
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slow
2153 W 21st Street
Opening Saturday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 23rd
Gabriel Vormstein: Tempus fungit-amor mannet
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moniquemeloche
2154 W. Division, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Scott Cowan: New Works
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Document
845 W Washington Blvd, Third Floor, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 9th
Bound and/or Stapled (or not)
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Western Exhibitions
845 W Washington Blvd, Second Floor Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 9th
Plant Life
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Western Exhibitions
845 W Washington Blvd, Second Floor Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, February 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 9th
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