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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
August 2023
Estetica Local: Closing Reception
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Public Works
2141 W North Ave., Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, August 19th
Rhizome
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Purple Window Gallery
2233 S Throop St, #845, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, September 15th
Abbey Muza + Maria Szakats: Passive Potential
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Tusk
3205 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 10th
Tattoo: Identity Through Ink
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Swedish American Museum
5211 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, November 26th
Feminist to The Core
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salonlb.
1010 W 35th St, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
WORKROOM Studios Reception
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Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education
1010 W 35th Street Suite 697
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, September 1st
Afi Ese: If We Had Wings
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Gallery Guichard
436 E 47th St, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
Third Fridays in Bridgeport
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Alma Art and Interiors
3636 S Iron St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 5PM - 8PM
In Dialogue on Henry Darger with Jan Tichy
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Online
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 12PM - 12:45PM
Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest
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Glenwood Avenue
1358 W Morse Ave Chicago, IL 60626
On view through Sunday, August 20th
James Mahu: Into the Mystic
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Freeport Art Museum
121 N Harlem Ave, Freeport, IL 61032
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, October 1st
Sarah Raskey Fine Art Show
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Sarah Raskey Fine Art
17 N Elizabeth St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, August 20th
Calliope
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M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 18th, from 7PM - 10PM
Comfort Music and Bodymilk present king dom cummies. Obvious Lie
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 17th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Julia diLiberti, Humanities Faculty – “Soup Can Can’t: Warhol and the Unraveling of Art”
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Cleve Carney Museum of Art
425 Fawell Blvd Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Thursday, August 17th, at 7PM
Robbie Q. Telfer reads from new weird chapbook at Quimby’s
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Quimby's Bookstore
1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 17th, at 7PM
Signals & Pixels – Art/Tech Meetup
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Thursday, August 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
Art After Work with The WasteShed: Gregory Diaz
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, August 17th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
Tobin Fraley and Iris Lutz: Artists Talk
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Perspective Gallery
Online
Opening Thursday, August 17th, from 7PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, August 27th
SUNDIAL Block Party Album Release
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4310 S Lake Park
4310 S Lake Park Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Thursday, August 17th, from 3PM - 8PM
Guzzo Pinc: Winnetka
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Devening Projects
3039 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, August 17th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 7th
LOVE: Still Not the Lesser
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
On view through Friday, December 22nd
Jesse Howard: America Unrest Sole
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Harold Washington College President's Gallery
30 E Lake St, Chicago, IL 60601
On view through Tuesday, September 26th
Conversation: Carol Ross Barney on Architecture
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, August 17th, from 6PM - 7PM
Esmeralda Santiago Book Launch of “Las Madres”
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National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture
3015 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, August 17th, at 5:30PM
Low-Residency MFA at SAIC- Online Info Session
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
ONLINE
Opening Thursday, August 17th, from 6PM - 7PM
Blue Hour
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Haymarket House
800 W Buena Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Wednesday, August 16th, at 6PM
Janice Misurell-Mitchell’s ‘After the History’ Film Screening
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Tuesday, August 15th, at 8PM
Tuesdays on the Terrace | SolDial
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, August 15th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
Anna Johnson et al.: MEMBRANE VARIATIONS
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Tuesday, August 15th, at 8PM
On view through Tuesday, August 22nd
Partition Anti-Memorial Project & Borders and Boundaries Redefined: End of Partition Event
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The Art Center Highland Park
1957 Sheridan Rd, Highland Park, IL 60035
Opening Tuesday, August 15th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 23rd
Sound Meditation in the gallery with GongLab
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Monday, August 14th, at 6PM
Pleiades Series: Milwaukee x Chicago Exchange w/ Mere of Light, Annie Grizzle, Ophelia, Kim Alpert, Olula Negre, Wannpa P-Eubanks
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Sunday, August 13th, at 8PM
Anna Johnson et al.: MEMBRANE VARIATIONS
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, August 13th, at 8PM
On view through Tuesday, August 22nd
OPTION: Francisco Mela
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, August 13th, from 3PM - 5PM
Brother El’s Sandbox Symphony VII
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Oakwood Beach
41st Street @ Lake Michigan
Opening Sunday, August 13th, from 2PM - 10PM
Screening Freedom Series: Compensation
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Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, August 13th, from 1PM - 4PM
Partition in the Modern World: Transdiasporic Art Perspectives: Artist Panel and Discussion
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, August 13th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, August 13th
Cripping the Galleries: Dance Performance
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, August 13th, from 1PM - 4PM
Carlos Cortéz 100 AÑOS
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, August 13th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, February 18th
Amigas Latinas Forever: Palabras Dulces, Palabras Amargas
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, August 13th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Friday, August 11th
Danny Floyd: Who Did the Job? Who Dealt the Blow?
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free range
3257 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, August 12th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, September 3rd
MSAE Summer Soundwalks: Acts of Air with Veronica Anne Salinas
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West Ridge Nature Preserve
5801 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60659
Opening Saturday, August 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
Ingrid Baars: Donna
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NYCH Gallery
2025 S Laflin St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
Craig Jun Li: if
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Prairie
2055 W Cermak Rd Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 1st
A thread through a past life
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Middle Child Gallery
2233 S Throop St, Unit 950, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 12th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 17th
Mosaic of Indigo: Exploring Indigo through Textile Art
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South Asia Institute
1925 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60616
Opening Saturday, August 12th, from 3PM - 4PM
Lived-in
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NON STNDRD
2300 Falling Springs Rd, Sauget, IL 62206
Opening Saturday, August 12th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Tuesday, October 31st
Brother El’s Sandbox Symphony VIII
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Oakwood Beach
41st Street @ Lake Michigan
Opening Saturday, August 12th, from 12PM - 10PM
Jerrold Belland & Andrew Larson: Generations
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OS Projects
601 Sixth St, Racine, WI 53403
Opening Saturday, August 12th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, October 14th
Artist Talk: Creature Comforts
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 12th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Saturday, August 12th
OUT OF THE CLOSET – Queer Clothing Swap
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 12th, from 11AM - 3PM
CLEAT Series: Dalibor Cruz, Max Buzone, Lorelei, Leaf Miner x Obe
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, August 11th, at 9:30PM
Force & Motion: Suspended Culture Collective performance
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 7:30PM - 9PM
rest/less: Closing
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Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, August 11th
Julian Van Der Moere: It is late last night the dog was speaking of you
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Produce Model
1918 S Canalport Ave, Chicago IL 60616
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 16th
Warriors of the Apocalypse
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House of the Apocalypse
1837 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, September 7th
En Abismo Me Encontre
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
Daydreams & Dreamscapes
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A Very Serious Gallery
673 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 6PM - 9:30PM
On view through Saturday, September 2nd
Oscar Joyo: Chaos w/Care
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A Very Serious Gallery
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 6PM - 9:30PM
On view through Saturday, September 2nd
Le’Ana Asher: Artist Talk
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Center for Native Futures
56 W Adams St, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Photos at Zoom: Self-Portraits
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
Online
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 12PM - 1PM
Amigas Latinas Forever
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, August 11th
Tom Robinson & Loralyn Kumlin: Paintings, Miniatures, Wood Mosaics, and Imagery Boxes — Creative Emergence from the Pandemic
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SoNa Chicago Art Gallery
1527 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, October 14th
2023 Annual Arts of Life Studio Sale – First Look
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Arts of Life
2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
On view through Saturday, September 9th
BODY [ ] SPACE
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, August 11th, from 5 PM - 9 PM
On view through Saturday, September 2nd
Comfort Music: Gordon Fung & Riley Leitch
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, August 10th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Attorneys General
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, August 10th, from 6PM - 7PM
Table Reading of Max & Ziney by Kimberly McMillan
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, August 10th, at 6PM
Preserving Art Environments
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Online
Opening Thursday, August 10th, from 5PM - 6PM
Jessica Beck – “Politics and Friendship in Warhol and Basquiat’s Collaborations”
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Cleve Carney Museum of Art
425 Fawell Blvd Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Thursday, August 10th, at 7PM
In the Realm of Senses presents: Beethoven & the Killer B’s
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago IL 60607
Opening Thursday, August 10th, from 8PM - 10PM
Meet & Greet with the 1st District Commissioner
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345 Art Gallery
345 N Kedzie Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Wednesday, August 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
ATP101: How to Make a Rhizome
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CCAM: Center for Concrete and Abstract Machines
2233 S Throop St, #681, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, August 9th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, August 16th
Rigo Saura | Research Lab: Workshop
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High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL, 60608
Opening Wednesday, August 9th, from 10AM - 12PM
Anna Johnson et al.: MEMBRANE VARIATIONS
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
On view through Tuesday, August 22nd
The Black Arcade: Grief in Stereo | Skill Share/Jam Session #1
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High Concept Labs
2233 S Throop St, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, August 8th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Latino Writers Initiative
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National Museum of Mexican Art
Online
Opening Tuesday, August 8th, at 6PM
Jeffly Gabriela Molina: How One Becomes What One Is?
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McHenry County College | Galleries One & Two
8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
On view through Friday, September 15th
Sunday Service in the Gardens with DJ Duane “Soundrotation” Powell
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Kenwood Gardens
6929 S Kenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, August 6th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Thursday, January 1st
OPTION: Shanta Nurullah
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Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, August 6th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Thursday, January 1st
Joseph Freeman
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Cleve Carney Museum of Art
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Sunday, August 6th, at 2PM
Screening Freedom Series: Cane River
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Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, August 6th, from 1PM - 4PM
SUCROSE: Daily Devotion: Humbled Home: Closing Performance
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The Plan
610 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, August 6th, from 12PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, August 6th
Lauren Sudbrink: For the Birds
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Bird Show
Online
Opening Sunday, August 6th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, August 20th
Isaac Couch: There are Ghosts in These Walls…
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, August 6th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, August 27th
Veronica Clements: Pinky Promise
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL, 60201
Opening Sunday, August 6th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, September 10th
Jacqueline Moses: Southern Towns USA
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL, 60201
Opening Sunday, August 6th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, September 10th
By Example
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W. GALLERY
600 W Van Buren St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 7PM - 10PM
Relative Intensity Noise
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, August 5th, at 8:30PM
On view through Thursday, January 1st
Diana Solís: Contigo
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Co-Prosperity
3129 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, September 23rd
Isaac Couch: PROVE ME WRONG vol. 1
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Co-Prosperity
3129 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 17th
We Are Tech and Tech Are Us
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Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 6PM - 10PM
By Degrees II
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CSI Project Space
1912 N Damen, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, August 5th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, September 16th
Braiding a Selfie
@
Awakenings Art
4001 N Ravenswood Ave, Suite 204-C, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, August 5th, at 2PM
Keith Benjamin: while back
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RUSCHMAN
4148 N. Elston Avenue, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, September 2nd
eA2Mc0rE2gW3: Closing Reception
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Good Weather
1524 S Western Ave, Ste. 119–121, Building A, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, August 5th
Wag Your Tail!
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Vertical Gallery
2006 W Chicago Ave, #1R, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, August 5th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, August 26th
Live Arts | Activating the Sun Ra Archive
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, August 5th, at 4PM
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