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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Luke Aleckson: Defendefendefender
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Julius Caesar
3311 W. Carroll ave., Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, May 31st, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, June 28th
Alberto Aguilar: .de.ma.rc.at.ed. (closing performance)
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4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave, Chicago, IL
Opening Sunday, May 31st, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, May 31st
Axis & Allies: Joshua Backus + Jon Rehwoldt, Zachary Harvey + Reid Sancken
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University of Chicago DOVA, Axis & Allies
6016 S. Ingleside Ave. Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, May 30th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 30th
Militant Eroticism: The ART+ Positive Archives
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Iceberg Projects
7714 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago IL 60626
Opening Saturday, May 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 27th
Josh Dihle & Willian J. O’Brien (in Conversation)
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Valerie Carberry Gallery
875 N Michigan Ave, Suite 3860
Opening Saturday, May 30th, at 2PM
On view through Saturday, June 6th
Benjamin Bellas: The Break Age
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Modest Contemporary
3259 S Union, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, May 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 13th
That’s What She Said
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, May 30th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 27th
The Spacesuits
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Elastic Arts
3429 W. Diversey Ave. #208
Opening Saturday, May 30th, from 9PM - 1am
On view through Sunday, May 31st
Betsy Zacsek: The Cabinet of Secret Paintings
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Corner
2912 N. Milwaukee Ave (storefront), Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, May 29th, from 6 PM - 9 PM
On view through Tuesday, June 16th
A Challenge to the Summer Group Show: BOLT Alumni Exhibition & Dialogue
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N. Carpenter St., Chicago IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, June 17th
Robert Zehnder: I’m Not Morbid
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Jacket Contemporary
212 N Sangamon Street, Apartment 3B, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 29th, from 4PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 31st
Danny Floyd & Jeff Prokash: 2 Tambours
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cornerstore
1701 W. Division #2e
Opening Friday, May 29th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, June 30th
Jaime Foster: Biophilia
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Elephant Room, Inc.
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 29th, from 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
On view through Friday, July 3rd
Reference Rot
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, May 29th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, June 17th
Kori Newkirk (Artist Talk)
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Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St Chicago, IL
Opening Tuesday, May 26th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Live to Tape: Sketch Book
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, May 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
Sam Bailey & Samantha Lee: Life Study (Artists Lecture)
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, May 24th, from 2PM - 4PM
Live to Tape: Make Me Psychic
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, May 23rd, at 1PM
Live to Tape: Cable Excess
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, May 23rd, from 7PM - 10PM
Ryan Michael Pfeiffer: Soranus of Ephesus
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Loo
2153 W 21st, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 13th
Devin Cain: Crossing Boundaries (screening)
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 East Ontario Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611
Opening Saturday, May 23rd, from 1PM - 3PM
Satellites
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The Franklin
3522 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 23rd
Benjamin Bellas: The Break Age
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slow
2153 W 21st Street, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, May 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 13th
Daniel Hojnacki: Life Study (Artist Lecture)
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, May 23rd, from 2PM - 4PM
Nicholas Cueva: Absurd Walls
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Dreamboat
2225 S Wood St, Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, May 23rd, at 8PM
unruly attachments: considering failure
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Above the Picture Framing Shop
2115 W Webster Ave, Chicago
Opening Saturday, May 23rd, from 3PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 23rd
Trapped in Acapulco (MFA Thesis Exhibition)
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Logan Center Gallery
915 E 60th St Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, May 22nd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 14th
An Invisible Hand
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David Weinberg Photography
300 West Superior, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, May 22nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 25th
Jean-Luc Mylayne: Mutual Regard
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 East Ontario Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611
Opening Friday, May 22nd, from 6PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, August 13th
Live to Tape: No News
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, May 22nd, from 7PM - 10PM
Chris Sullivan (Screening and Artist Talk)
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr., Evanston IL
Opening Friday, May 22nd, at 7PM
Frances Stark (in Conversation with Kate Nesin)
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL
Opening Thursday, May 21st, from 6PM - 7PM
Live to Tape: Ecstatic Static
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave
Opening Thursday, May 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
Live to Tape: Dial-A-Soap
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave
Opening Wednesday, May 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
Josep Lluís Sert: A Nomadic Dream (screening)
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Graham Foundation
4 West Burton Place Chicago, Illinois 60610
Opening Wednesday, May 20th, from 6PM - 8PM
Live to Tape: The Sitcom Set
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave
Opening Tuesday, May 19th, from 7PM - 10PM
Live to Tape: Aesthletics
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave
Opening Monday, May 18th, from 7PM - 9PM
Rusty Shackleford & Deborah Handler: Floating Orange
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SideCar
411 Huehn, Hammond, Indiana, 46327
Opening Saturday, May 16th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, June 13th
Ideal Perfections
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LVL3
1542 N. Milwaukee Ave., 3rd Floor, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, May 16th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 21st
MJ Brotherton & Jesse Clark: Every Single Night We Fight (i’m not asleep)
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Jacket Contemporary
212 N Sangamon Street, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 15th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, May 22nd
Activate: Nightbloom
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Sullivan Center Alleyway — Chicago Loop Alliance
Sullivan Center Alleyway - Monroe St between State St and Wabash
Opening Friday, May 15th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 15th
Kristina Paabus: Even If
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Fernwey
916 N Damen Avenue
Opening Friday, May 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 14th
Columbia College Chicago Art + Design Manifest Exhibition
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Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D Gallery; C33 Gallery; Hokin Gallery
619 S Wabash; 33 E Congress; 623 S Wabash Chicago IL 60605
Opening Friday, May 15th, from 11am - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 16th
Dan Kestler: The Raft of the Medusa
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Rational Park
2557 W. North Ave., Chicago IL 60647
Opening Friday, May 15th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, May 30th
Deborah Boardman: I can’t go on. I’ll go on.
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, May 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 12th
Sonja Thomsen: Glowing Wavelengths In Between
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DePaul University Art Museum
935 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago Il
Opening Thursday, May 14th, at 5PM
On view through Sunday, August 9th
A Made-Up Variety Show with Danny Volk and Alberto Aguilar
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 East Ontario Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611
Opening Wednesday, May 13th, from 5:30 PM - 7 PM
Kelly Kaczynski: Oh! Oh! Oh!
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PeregrineProgram
3311 W. Carroll Ave. Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Sunday, May 10th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, May 31st
Nina Barnett & Ruth Anne: Hovering
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Roots & Culture
1034 N. Milwaukee, Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, May 10th, at 7:30PM
Noelle Garcia: Láldish
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Ordinary Projects
2233 S. Throop St., 5th Floor, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, May 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 31st
Mindy Rose Schwartz: Neighorhood Watch
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Terrain
704 Highland Ave. Oak Park, IL
Opening Saturday, May 9th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 30th
Autumn Elizabeth Clark & Allison Barnes, Gabe Moreno & Daniel Stephen Miller
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Midway Studios, Great Hall University of Chicago
6016 S. Ingleside Ave. Chicago, IL 60637 (enter from the courtyard side of the building, between Midway Studios and the Logan Center for the Arts)
Opening Saturday, May 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 9th
SAIC Fashion 2015 and THE WALK
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Millennium Park
201 E Randolph St
Opening Friday, May 8th, from 9AM - 7AM
Marissa Lee Benedict & Phil Peters: A House of Dust
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Heaven Gallery
1550 n Milwaukee Ave, 2nd floor Chicago IL
Opening Friday, May 8th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, June 14th
Maddie Reyna: Song of the Summer
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Roman Susan
1224 West Loyola Avenue, Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, May 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 30th
Gwendolyn Zabicki: Present Paintings
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Riverside Arts Center
32 East Quincy Street Riverside, IL
Opening Friday, May 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 13th
After Today
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Gallery 400
400 South Peoria Street, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 8th
Richard Hull
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Western Exhibitions
845 W Washington 2nd Floor, Chicago IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 13th
Susan Giles: Points in Space
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The Mission
1431 W. Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, May 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 27th
Díaz Lewis Collaborative: Cul-De-Sac
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The Sub-Mission
1431 W. Chicago Ave. Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, May 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 27th
Nancy Lu Rosenheim (Artist Talk)
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S. Cornell Ave., Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, May 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
Susan Giles (Artist Talk)
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S. Cornell Ave., Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, May 3rd, from 1PM - 2PM
Familiar Malaise
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ACRE Projects
1913 W 17th Street, Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, May 3rd, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, June 1st
Cosmosis
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S. Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, May 3rd, from 2 PM - 5 PM
On view through Sunday, August 23rd
Gabriel Sierra
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The Renaissance Society
5811 S. Ellis Avenue, 4th floor, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Sunday, May 3rd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, June 28th
Alberto Aguilar: .de.ma.rc.at.ed.
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4th Ward Project Space
5338 South Kimbark Avenue, Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, May 3rd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, May 31st
Kristen Van Deventer: En suite
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Regards
2216 West Chicago Avenue
On view through Saturday, June 13th
Wunder
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Hidden Dog
2151 West 21st St., Chicago, IL, 60608
Opening Saturday, May 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
Kissing in Heaven
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N. Carpenter Street, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, May 1st, from 6PM - 9Pm
On view through Thursday, May 21st
John Whitlock
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The Chicago Urban Art Society
3636 S. Iron St., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, May 1st, at 6:30PM
On view through Saturday, June 27th
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