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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Lisa Freiman
@
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, February 28th, at 6PM
Dani Leventhal
@
Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Monday, February 28th, at 5PM
Ruth Root and Miranda Lichtenstein
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The Suburban
125 N Harvey Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Sunday, February 27th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Monday, April 25th
Minimalism Now
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University of Chicago
1025 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, February 27th, at 2PM
Kirk Faber
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Paperjaw
849 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, February 26th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, February 27th
Alexander Stewart: 100 Foot Ride
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Happy Collaborationists' Exhibition Space
1254 N Noble St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, February 26th, from 6PM - 10PM
Anne Elizabeth Moore: Garment Work Redux
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DOVA Temporary
5228 S Harper Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, February 26th, from 2PM - 4PM
Northwestern MFA Open Studios 2011
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Colfax Studios
629 Colfax St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, February 26th, from 12PM - 6PM
Rebecca Zorach: Renaissance portraits and Jim Nutt’s paintings of women
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Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, February 26th, at 11am
Susan Philipsz: We Shall Be All
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Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, June 12th
You Ni Chae: The Midnight Conundrum
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65GRAND
1369 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, February 25th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 26th
The Swimsuit Edition: A Visceral Body
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Swimming Pool Project Space
120 N Green St #5E, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, February 25th, from 7PM - 10PM
Josh Kolbo
@
Tony Wight Gallery
845 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, February 25th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 9th
Stephen Eichhorn: Flowers
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ebersmoore
213 N Morgan St, 3C, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, February 25th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, April 2nd
New Art from New Orleans
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Western Exhibitions
119 N Peoria St, 2A, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, February 25th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, April 2nd
Prints & Drawings
@
Rhona Hoffman Gallery
118 N Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
On view through Saturday, March 26th
Andrea Geyer: Criminal Case
@
Gene Siskel Film Center
162 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, February 24th, at 6PM
Dorit Cypis
@
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, February 23rd, at 6PM
Susan Philipsz
@
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, February 22nd, at 6PM
AA Bronson
@
Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, February 22nd, at 5PM
Dave McKenzie
@
Northwestern University
1880 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Tuesday, February 22nd, from 12PM - 1PM
Christopher Rose: Out of the Woods
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ACRE Projects
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, February 20th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, February 21st
Physiotasmagorical
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Evanston Art Center
2603 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, February 20th, at 1PM
On view through Sunday, April 17th
Aline Cautis: escape strategy 001 & escape strategy 003
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Saturday Cinema
1369 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
On view through Saturday, April 23rd
Travis Wyche: project for the affirmation of the new project after the affirmation of the new
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Autumn Space
1700 W Irving Park Rd, #207, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Saturday, February 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, March 11th
Instruments of Resurrection
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 19th
Claire Sherman: Palms Wild
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, February 19th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, April 9th
Rosalind Schneider: Form/Forces
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University of Chicago
5811 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, February 18th, from 7PM - 8PM
Ox-Bow Winter Benefit Auction 2011
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Architectural Artifacts
4325 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, February 18th, from 6:30PM - 11:30PM
Typeforce II
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 18th, from 6PM - 12am
On view through Monday, March 7th
Paint FX
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Antena
1765 S Laflin St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 18th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 19th
Subtitles 2
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threewalls
119 N Peoria St, 2C, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, February 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
Shape and Form
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NEIU Fine Arts Center Gallery
5500 N St Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, February 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, March 18th
Jeanne Dunning
@
Donald Young Gallery
224 S Michigan Ave, Suite 266, Chicago, IL 60604
Opening Friday, February 18th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, April 9th
Rose Lowder: Bouquets
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Gene Siskel Film Center
162 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, February 17th, at 6PM
Instigating Accidents: Chance as Strategy and Aesthetic
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Center for Book and Paper Arts
1104 S Wabash Ave, 2, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, February 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
Sergio Torres-Torres
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Northwestern University
1880 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, February 17th, at 5:30PM
Afterlives and Other Agonies
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, February 16th, at 7PM
Chad Elias: Public Culture 5
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threewalls
119 N Peoria St, 2C, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, February 15th, from 7PM - 9PM
Club Nutz: Valentine’s Day Party
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Club Nutz
418 N Clark St, 2, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Monday, February 14th, at 8PM
New Acquisitions from the Video Data Bank 2011
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, February 13th, from 7PM - 10PM
Jennifer Ray: Present
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ACRE Projects
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, February 13th, from 4PM - 8PM
Contemporary Collecting: The Judith Neisser Collection
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Sunday, May 22nd
Maren Miller: LONG GONE
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The Hills Esthetic Center
128 N Campbell Ave, G, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, February 12th, from 8PM - 11PM
A Coupling
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HungryMan Gallery
2135 N Rockwell St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 12th, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, March 20th
Exploding Faces, Confining Spaces
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Robert Bills Contemporary
222 N Desplaines St, Chicago, IL 60661
Opening Saturday, February 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Tuesday, March 15th
Ebony G. Patterson
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moniquemeloche
2154 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 12th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, March 26th
Lise Haller Baggesen: The Letter X
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What It Is
1155 S Lyman Ave, Oak Park, IL 60304
Opening Saturday, February 12th, from 3PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, March 5th
Ryan Duggan
@
Johalla Projects
1561 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 11th, from 7PM - 11PM
The Warmth I Feel Is So Cold
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Murdertown
2351 N Milwaukee Ave, 2, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, February 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
Curt McDowell Screening Series
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iceberg projects
7714 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, February 11th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, February 19th
Stanislaus von Moos: The City as Spectacle: A View from the Gondola
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Graham Foundation
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, February 10th, at 6PM
Martha Colburn
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Gene Siskel Film Center
162 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, February 10th, at 6PM
Fantastic Stanzas
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Anchor Graphics
623 S Wabash Ave #201, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, February 10th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, March 26th
Stanya Kahn: It’s Cool, I’m Good: videos on humor, trauma and faking it ’til it’s real
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, February 9th, at 5PM
threewallsSALON: Curating the Turn
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threewalls
119 N Peoria St, 2C, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, February 8th, at 7PM
The Peculiar and the Particular: A Conversation Inspired by Ray Yoshida
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Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St, 7, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, February 8th, at 12PM
José Muñoz
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
280 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, February 7th, at 6PM
Maria Jönsson
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ACRE Projects
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, February 6th, from 4PM - 8PM
Lindsay Lawson: American Smooth
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ADDS DONNA
4223 W Lake St, 422, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Sunday, February 6th, from 3PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, March 13th
Megan Luke: A Picture is a Shaped Thing: Minimalism and the Problem of “European Painting”
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University of Chicago
1025 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, February 6th, at 2PM
Chris Naka and Min Song
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Julius Cæsar
3144 W Carroll Ave, 2G, Chicago, IL, 60612
Opening Sunday, February 6th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, February 27th
BLESS
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BEN RUSSELL
1716 S Morgan St, 2F, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 12th
I am Not Superstitious
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LVL3
1452 N Milwaukee Ave, 3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 5th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, February 27th
Philip Vanderhyden: Outside Group and Mike Schuh: Occupation
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Andrew Rafacz Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, February 5th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, March 19th
John Riepenhoff and Friends: MONO
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PEREGRINEPROGRAM
500 W Cermak Rd, 727, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, February 5th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, February 26th
Ivan Brunetti Connects with Constantin Brâncusi
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, February 5th, from 2PM - 3PM
Anna Shteynshleyger and Andreas Waldburg-Wolfegg: Winter Experiment
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moniquemeloche
2154 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 5th, at 1PM
Eliza Myrie: Ohh Manute
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Applied Arts
845 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, February 4th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 19th
Material Witness—Documentary since the 1940s
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, February 4th, from 10:45am - 4PM
An-My Lê
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, February 4th, at 10:45am
Melika Bass: 12 x 12
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Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, February 27th
Vivienne Dick: No Wave Films
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Gene Siskel Film Center
162 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, February 3rd, at 6PM
Peter Fischli David Weiss: Questions, the Sausage Photographs and a Quiet Afternoon
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Sunday, May 1st
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