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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Colin Beckett: Avant-Garde As Kitsch: YouTube and Avant-Garde Cinema (Talk)
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The Nightingale
1084 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, June 28th, at 8PM
ROBBERY IN PROGRESS
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slow
2153 W 21st Street
Opening Saturday, June 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 26th
Kristin Reeves: What Is This Feeling
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Antena
1755 S Laflin St, Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, June 27th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, July 19th
Artifice from the Cave
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St., Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, June 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, July 17th
Sabba S. Elahi: Everyday Suspects
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Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St. Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, June 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, July 17th
Jeff Carter: A Study in Lost Opportunity
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The Mission
1431 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago IL.
Opening Friday, June 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 16th
Megan Stroech: We Tried That One Time
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The SUB-MISSION
1431 W Chicago Ave
Opening Friday, June 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 16th
Nice Work If You Can Get It: Opening Reception
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Gallery 400
400 South Peoria Street
Opening Friday, June 27th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 9th
SLAC at the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival
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SLAC pop-up space
2775 N. Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, June 27th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 29th
For Heaven’s Sake
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Heaven Gallery
heaven Gallery 1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd floor
Opening Friday, June 27th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, June 27th
Sleazy (Closing)
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Kitchen Space
2716 N. Monticello Ave
Opening Friday, June 27th, from 6:30PM - 9Pm
On view through Saturday, July 5th
Shadowlands
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Comfort Station Pop-Up space (lower level)
2775 N. Milwaukee Ave
Opening Friday, June 27th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, June 30th
Artist is Present (Discussion Panel)
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Sullivan Galleries
33 S. State St., 7th Floor, Chicago IL
Opening Thursday, June 26th, at 5:30PM
On view through Friday, July 4th
Malic Amalya: I Think You Deserve Everything
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The Nightingale
1084 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL
Opening Thursday, June 26th, at 8PM
Plural: Exquisite Gallery
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Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D Gallery
619 S Wabash, Chicago IL 60605
Opening Thursday, June 26th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 26th
Mindy Rose Schwartz (artist talk)
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Lillstreet Loft
4437 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago IL
Opening Tuesday, June 24th, from 7PM - 8PM
The Land Promised
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Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S. Throop St., Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, June 22nd, from 1PM - 7PM
Tim Mann, Ryan Nault, & Allison Wade: So It Goes
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Sunday Project
1344 W. 18th Pl. #1F, Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, June 22nd, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, July 13th
Version Festival 14: Placemaking Summit
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Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S. Throop St., Gallery 1, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, June 21st, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, June 22nd
Allison Reimus
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Circa Modern
1114 North Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 19th
Margot Bergman: Greetings
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N Ashland Ave., 3rd Floor, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 19th
Ian ‘Hydeon’ Ferguson: Mass Contemplation
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Maxwell Colette Gallery
908 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, July 31st
We do what we like and we like what we do
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Western Exhibitions
845 W Washington Blvd, 2nd Floor, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, June 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 19th
Angharad Davies & Stephen Kwok: Here, there and everywhere: truth and liveness
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The Leroy Neiman Center Gallery
37 S. Wabash Ave., 1st Floor, Chicago IL
Opening Monday, June 16th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, July 12th
Yinka Shonibare Mbe
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago IL
On view through Friday, October 31st
Nicole Pyles: Sleazy
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Kitchen Space
2716 N. Monticello Ave
Opening Sunday, June 15th, from 1PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, June 29th
Robert Hotchkiss Thompson: Where Power Has No Voice
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Julius Caesar
3311 W Carroll Ave. Chicago, IL
Opening Sunday, June 15th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, July 13th
Dylan Mira, Dan Bradica, & John Opera: Apocalyptic, Epic! (Closing Talk)
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South of the Tracks
319 N. Albany Ave, Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, June 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
Kaspar Hauser
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KASPAR HAUSER
1723 W. 18th Place, Chicago IL (Enter through alley)
Opening Sunday, June 15th, from 3PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Alex Chitty
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Trunk Show
Rooftop Parking Lot at Home Depot, 1300 S Clinton St. (at Roosevelt)
Opening Sunday, June 15th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Friday, July 18th
Stephen Reber & Anders Ruhwald
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threewalls
119 N Peoria St #2C, Chicago IL
Opening Sunday, June 15th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 26th
Molar Productions: Words We Live By & Greyson Hong: Pool
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4th Ward Project Space
5338 South Kimbark Avenue, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, July 4th
Christopher Meerdo: #BRUTEFORCEFIELD
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The Hills Esthetic Center
128 N. Campbell Avenue
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 7PM - 12PM
On view through Saturday, July 12th
Zach Cahill (Artist Talk with Abigail Winograd)
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 3PM - 4PM
Corkey Sinks & Jamie Steele: Black Cauliflower
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Roots & Culture
1034 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, June 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 19th
Morris Barazani: Shoots Straight, 1948-2014
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 27th
Publisher! Publisher!
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Fine Arts Building (NEIU)
5500 North St. Louis, Chicago, Illinois 60625
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, July 25th
Group Work (Panel Discussion)
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
Posters for Pride
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Chicago Art Department West
1932 South Halsted., #101, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
Cassie Hamrick: Sharing the Stories of the Elders
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Chicago Art Department East
1932 S. Halsted St., #100, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, July 4th
Monstrvm In Horto
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CourtneyBlades
1324 West Grand Avenue. Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, June 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 20th
My Hands Are My Bite
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Monique Meloche Gallery
2154 W. Division Street, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Thursday, June 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 2nd
33% more free
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Logan Center Exhibitions
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL
Opening Thursday, June 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 15th
Outdoor Disco
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Valerie Carberry Gallery
875 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 3860
Opening Thursday, June 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, August 16th
Gerry Schum (Screening)
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Graham Foundation
4 W Burton Pl, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, June 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
Evanston + Vicinity Biennial
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Evanston Art Center
2603 Sheridan Road Evanston, Il 60201
Opening Sunday, June 8th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, July 20th
Expo Chicago: Locust Roundtables
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Design Cloud
118 N Peoria St #2N, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Sunday, June 8th, from 4PM - 6PM
BAUDY
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ADDS DONNA
4223 W. Lake
Opening Sunday, June 8th, from 3Pm - 6Pm
On view through Sunday, July 6th
Rebecca Walz & Ryan Pfeiffer: Rebis Rebus
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PeregrineProgram
3311 W Carroll Ave. #119 Chicago, IL
Opening Sunday, June 8th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, June 29th
Expo Chicago: Locust Roundtables
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Western Exhibitions
845 W. Washington Blvd.
Opening Saturday, June 7th, from 5PM - 8PM
Scrap Heap II
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Tusk
3205 W. Armitage, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, June 7th, from 11am - 5PM
Flatuland
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Floor Length and Tux
4125 W. Melrose St., Chicago
Opening Saturday, June 7th, from 7PM - 10PM
Andy Karol & Oli Rodriguez: The Human Space
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Beauty & Brawn Art Gallery & Think Space
3501 W. Fullerton, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, July 26th
Marco Braunschweiler: I want to be an honest man and a good writer.
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Document
845 W Washington Blvd, 2nd Floor, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 26th
Richard Rezac: Signal
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
118 N Peoria, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, July 25th
Nicholas Gottlund: Always
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Paris London Hong Kong
845 W. Washington Blvd 2R, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 26th
Aaron Henderson: Midway
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LivingRoom Gallery
1530 W Superior St, Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 29th
Dis/placement
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Aspect/Ratio
119 N Peoria St #3D
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 12th
Heidi Norton: Prismatic Nature
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Elmhurst Arm Museum
150 S. Cottage Hill Ave., Elmhurst IL
Opening Friday, June 6th, at 6:30PM
On view through Sunday, August 24th
Eugene Richards: Red Ball of a Sun Slipping Down
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Stephen Daiter Gallery
230 West Superior St, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Sunday, August 3rd
Paul Melvin Hopkin: Special Gentlemen’s Time with Paul Hopkin
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Loo
2153 W 21st St, Chicago IL 60608
Opening Friday, June 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 26th
Simon Starling: Pictures for an Exhibition
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The Arts Club Chicago
201 E Ontario St., Chicago IL
On view through Friday, September 26th
Amy Elkins & Paul D’Amato (Artist Talk)
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Latitude
2041 W. Carroll, Suite C223, Chicago IL
Opening Wednesday, June 4th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Critical Paranoia: Conspiratorial Memes, Alternative Histories, and Disinformation
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Wednesday, June 4th, from 8:30PM - 11:30PM
Matthew Jesse Jackson (Lecture)
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Logan Center for the Arts
Room 901, 915 E. 60th St., Chicago IL
Opening Monday, June 2nd, at 5PM
Jessica Taylor Caponigro & Justin Petertil (Artist Lecture)
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Sunday, June 1st, from 2PM - 3PM
Chris Main
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Illinois Artisans, Chicago
James R. Thompson Center, 100 W. Randolph Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Sunday, June 1st, from 9am - 5PM
On view through Monday, June 30th
Meg Duguid + Tom Denlinger
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Terrain Exhibitions
704 Highland Ave. Oak Park, IL
Opening Sunday, June 1st, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, June 29th
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