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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Gwendolyn Zabicki: Night Paintings
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Art on Armitage
4125 W. Armitage Ave, Chicago 60639
Opening Saturday, November 30th, from 5PM - 5PM
On view through Monday, December 30th
60 word/min art critic (Book Release)
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threewalls
119 N. Peoria Ave., #2C, Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, November 30th, from 2PM - 5PM
I HATE AMERICA! (I love America)
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Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery
1136 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, November 30th, from 7AM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, November 30th
City Self
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago IL
On view through Sunday, April 13th
Voices: Valerie Hegarty
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Gallery 400
400 South Peoria Street, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, November 26th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Art of Description
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Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery
James R. Thompson Center, 100 W. Randolph, Ste. 2-100, Chicago IL
On view through Friday, March 21st
Joe Masco: The Six Extinctions
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S Ellis Ave Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, November 24th, from 2PM - -
Randi Drozd: An Exploration of Transmigration and Newer Works
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Peanut Gallery
1000 N. California Ave., Chicago IL 60622
Opening Sunday, November 24th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Mark Jackson, Tony Lewis, & John Neff
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Kaplan A.I.R. Studio
Kresge Hall, Rm. 1410, 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston IL 60208
On view through Saturday, December 7th
Reuben Wu: Remote Horizons
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Rational Park
2557 W. North Avenue
Opening Saturday, November 23rd, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Sabina Ott: Ornament
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Riverside Arts Center
32 E. Quincy Street, Riverside IL
Opening Saturday, November 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, January 11th
It Varies
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The Storefront
2606 N. California, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, November 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
Art Theory and Practice Fall Showcase
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Northwestern University Department of Art Theory and Practice
1880 Campus Drive, Room 3-400, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, November 22nd, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Vanessa Palmer: Soul Sanctuary
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Kasia Kay Art Projects
215 N. Aberdeen St., Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, November 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 14th
Conrad Bakker (Artist Talk)
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UIC Art and Design Hall
400 S Peoria St., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, November 22nd, at 12PM
Ultimate Grand Supreme
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CourtneyBlades
1324 W Grand Ave. Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, November 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 22nd
Doubt
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The Project Room
Northwestern University, Kresge Hall, 1st Floor Room 1-430, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, November 22nd, from 3PM - 6PM
Ethnographic Terminalia 2013, Chicago: Exhibition as Residency—Art, Anthropology, Collaboration
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Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd.
Opening Friday, November 22nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 22nd
Vision Quest
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Mana Contemporary
2233 S. THROOP STREET
Opening Thursday, November 21st, from 7PM - 2am
On view through Saturday, November 23rd
Ebony Patterson: Illuminated Presence
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Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd., Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, November 21st, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Video Playlist: Gravitational Pull
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago IL
Opening Wednesday, November 20th, at 6PM
Nick Briz: Piracy for Posterity “how to make your own net art archive”
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Flaxman Library Special Collections
37 South Wabash Ave., 5th Floor, Chicago, IL
Opening Wednesday, November 20th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
Karthik Pandian: Form Fit (Lecture)
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Gallery 400 Lecture Room
400 S. Peoria, Chicago IL
Opening Monday, November 18th, from 5PM - 7PM
The Wheelhouse
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devening projects+editions
3039 W. Carroll St., Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, November 17th, from 4PM - 7PM
Dana DeGiulio
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The Suburban
125 N. Harvey Ave., Oak Park IL
Opening Sunday, November 17th, from 2PM - 4PM
Compiled People 3: Cosmo Girl
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Alcatraz Chicago
1000 N. Halsted, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Sunday, November 17th, from 1Pm - 5Pm
On view through Sunday, November 24th
Much Much More lecture series and the Hyde Park Art Center present: Oli Watt
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Humboldt Park branch, Chicago Public Library
1605 N Troy St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 3PM - 4PM
Emerald City
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LVL3
1542 N. Milwaukee Ave, 3rd Floor Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, December 15th
Gabriel Mejia: Journey Into Whatever
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Bert Green Fine Art
8 S Michigan Ave Suite 1220 Chicago IL 60603
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
WM FitzPatrick & Barry Phipps: Post Industrious
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Manifold
4426 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Your implications have implications
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slow
2153 W 21st Street
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 14th
Macon Reed & Daniel Luedtke: Second Primary
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3433
3433 N. Kedvale Ave., Chicago, IL 60641
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 7th
Eli Leszler & Reading Lampo
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Post Family
1821 West Hubbard Street
Opening Saturday, November 16th, at 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 15th
Jessica Cochran in conversation with artists Mara Baker, Noelle Allen and Deborah Handler
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The Franklin
3522 W. Franklin Blvd, Chicago IL 60624
Opening Saturday, November 16th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, November 16th
Annie Lapin, John Lehr, Alon Levin, Philip Vanderhyden
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Andrew Rafacz Gallery
835 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago IL
On view through Saturday, January 11th
Curtis Mann: A Matter of Structure of Utility
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago IL
On view through Saturday, February 1st
Robert Morris: Is a pound of passivity worth a pinch of pique?
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Logan Center Performance Hall
915 E. 60th St., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, November 15th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Kristina Paabus: a box for each of us
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The Mission
1431 w. Chicago Avenue, Chicago IL 60642
Opening Friday, November 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Fernando Pareja & Leidy Chavez: Leap into the Void
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The Mission
1431 W. Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Wood Works
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Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D Gallery, Columbia College Chicago
619 S Wabash Avenue, Chicago IL 60605
Opening Thursday, November 14th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 14th
Ebony G. Patterson: …until you see them, & Rashid Johnson: on the wall
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Monique Meloche Gallery
2154 W. Division St Chicago IL 60622
Opening Thursday, November 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, January 4th
Reflections on dOCUMENTA (13) with Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
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Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, November 13th, at 5:15PM
Carlo Caldini: 9999: History and Philosophy
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The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 West Burton Place, Chicago IL 60610
Opening Tuesday, November 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
Voices: Kristina Van Dyke
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Gallery 400
400 South Peoria Street, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, November 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
SAIC Visiting Artists Program: Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
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SAIC Columbus Auditorium
280 S. Columbus Dr.
Opening Tuesday, November 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
Caroline Gohlke: Greetings From Under the Table
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South of the Tracks
319 N. Albany Ave Chicago IL, 60612
Opening Sunday, November 10th, from 3PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 8th
Cassie Riger
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Kaplan A.I.R. Studio
Kresge Hall, Rm. 1410, 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston IL 60208
On view through Saturday, November 23rd
Christine Kirouac: Video Sundays
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Rodan
1530 N. Milwaukee
Opening Sunday, November 10th, from 7PM - 10PM
Chiara Galimberti: Talk to the Wall
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Julius Caesar
3311 W. Carroll Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, November 10th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, December 1st
CSA Studio Tours with Alberto Aguilar and Heather Mekkelson
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threewalls
119 N. Peoria Ave., #2C, Chicago, IL
Opening Sunday, November 10th, from 1PM - 4PM
Sunday Painters: I Know What You Did Last Sunday, Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Block, Portraits of Hope
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The Hills Esthetic Center
128 N. Campbell Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, November 10th, from 4PM - 7PM
UIC MFA Open Studios
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Art & Exhibition Hall
400 S Peoria St., Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 3PM - 5:30PM
Erin Washington: Don’t Breathe Too Much
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Kirk's Apartment
2251 W Cornelia, Apt 2, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, November 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, December 1st
Jason Benson: PH://Dungeon_Mix_[vol.1]://The_Human_ Cafe_[vol.1]_[2013]_Clone.Ed.x2013
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Queer Thoughts
1640 W 18th St. #3, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, December 8th
Hannah Feldman & Zach Cahill: Object/Subjective (Artist Talk)
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, November 8th, at 12PM
Caroline Picard: Divining Transhuman Space
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D Gallery
623 S. Wabash room 717D, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, November 8th, from 12:45PM - 1:45PM
On view through Tuesday, December 31st
Geoffrey Todd Smith: Forcefields
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Union League Club of Chicago
65 West Jackson Boulevard Chicago, IL
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 5:30PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, December 1st
Danielle Wakin: What the Moon Confesses to Ocean’s Skin
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Student Union Galleries | Gallery X
280 South Columbus Drive, Room 113, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, November 28th
Simone Chagoya, Amanda Brown, and Stephanie Del Carpio: Contemporary Romance
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Frogman Gallery
23 E. Madison
Opening Thursday, November 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, November 29th
Future Imperfect: Utopias on Film–Cloud Atlas
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Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute
33 S. State St., 7th Floor
Opening Tuesday, November 5th, from 4:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Charles Ray (Artist Talk)
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
Room 901, 915 East 60th St, Chicago IL
Opening Monday, November 4th, at 5PM
Leslie Baum: Heart on My Sleeve
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Terrain Exhibitions
704 Highland Ave; Oak Park, IL. 60304
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 1 PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, November 30th
Ann Chen & Jiyoung Yoon: In Plain Cloak
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The Bike Room
1109 W. North Shore Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 4 PM - 7 PM
On view through Sunday, December 15th
Melika Bass: Slider Chamber
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Iceberg Projects
7714 N Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL, 60626
Opening Sunday, November 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, December 16th
Mark Dion: Krypto-Zoologist
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Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston IL
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, at 12PM
NOVEMBER
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The Franklin
3522 W. Franklin Blvd, Chicago IL 60624
Opening Saturday, November 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 30th
Twelve Variations: Hatch Artists In Context
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N. Carpenter St. Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, December 5th
Josh Garber: Playthings, & Richard Notkin: Where Do We Go From Here?
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Zolla/Lieberman Gallery
325 W. Huron, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 21st
Kelly Kristin Jones & Nancy Newberry: Recent Works
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Schneider Gallery
230 West Superior St., Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Tuesday, December 31st
Ewa Bloch & Robin Dluzen: In Disclosure
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EB Projects
1550 N. Honore Street, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 3rd
Mark Dion (Artist Talk)
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Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive
Opening Friday, November 1st, at 6:30PM
Jodie Mack
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Trunk Show
280 S. Columbus
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 4 PM - 6 PM
On view through Sunday, December 1st
FALL 2013 $AIC BFA $$$HOW
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Sullivan Galleries
33 S. State St., 7th floor, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 16th
Lori Felker: Confluence
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Film Studies Center
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Room 201, 915 E 60th St, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, November 1st, at 7PM
It’s the Political Economy, Stupid
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Gallery 400
400 South Peoria Street Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, November 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 14th
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