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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Joan Dickinson and Mildred Hood: Coming in from the North
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Audible Gallery at Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood Ave. Chicago 60660
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 9PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, October 30th
Concrete Traffic Procession
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Museum of Contemporary Art
220 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 12PM - 4PM
MCA Talk: Wolf Vostell’s Concrete Traffic
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 12PM - 1PM
Screening: A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 7PM - 9PM
DATELINE BRONZEVILLE
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Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative
1456 E 70th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 18th
Desafinados
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, Illinois 60608
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 8th
Joseph Winterhalter: ESSENTIAL PICTURES…
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 30th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 22nd
Josh Lewis and Simon Liu
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The Nightingale Cinema
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, September 29th, from 7PM - 9PM
Stephen Lapthisophon: Voices
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, September 29th, from 6PM - 7:30 PM
Inflata-Dorm
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, September 29th, from 5:30 PM - 7:30PM
There was a whole collection made
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, September 28th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
On view through Friday, December 30th
Made in Europe: Attitudes in Contemporary Art
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, September 28th, from 12PM - 2PM
Visiting Artist Series: Sonnenzimmer
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College of DuPage
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Wednesday, September 28th, from 11am - 11:50am
Claudia Rankine: President’s Inaugural Distinguished Lecturer – Visiting Artists Program
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S. Columbus Dr, Chicago IL
Opening Tuesday, September 27th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Artist Talk: Marcella Hackbardt
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Loyola University Museum of Art
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago IL, 60611
Opening Tuesday, September 27th, at 6PM
I Am the Sun
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Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
The Art Institute of Chicago
On view through Monday, December 5th
Art 21/Chicago: Screening + conversation
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Stony Island Arts Bank
6760 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Tuesday, September 27th, from 7PM - 9:30PM
Clarify: Chicago, IL
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, September 27th, from 12PM - 8PM
Publication as Exhibition
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EXPO CHICAGO
Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Sunday, September 25th, from 11:30AM - 12:30PM
Tour with Giovanni Aloi: Neither Tame, Nor Wild
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EXPO CHICAGO
Meet | Dialogues Stage | Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Sunday, September 25th, at 12:30PM
Pablo León de la Barra
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EXPO CHICAGO
Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Sunday, September 25th, from 1PM - 2 PM
Curating in Place
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EXPO CHICAGO
Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Sunday, September 25th, from 2:30PM - 3:30PM
Very Important Performances
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EXPO CHICAGO
2nd Floor | 300 level | Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Sunday, September 25th, from 11AM - 6PM
POWER AND POLITICS
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Filter Space
1821 W. Hubbard St., Ste. 207
Opening Sunday, September 25th, from 5:30 PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 22nd
Women of Beverly Gallery Reception
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Beverly Arts Center
2407 W 111th St, Chicago, IL 60655
Opening Sunday, September 25th, from 2PM - 4PM
2016 Edgewater Arts Festival
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Granville Avenue
1190 West Granville Avenue, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 11am - 6PM
On view through Sunday, September 25th
EXPOVIDEO | In Conversation
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EXPO CHICAGO
West End of Festival Halls A & B | Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 11:30AM - 12:30PM
Hans Ulrich Obrist In Conversation with Joseph Grigley
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EXPO CHICAGO
Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 1PM - 2PM
MCA Presents: Kerry James Marshall In Conversation with Sarah Thornton
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EXPO CHICAGO
Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 2:30PM - 3:30PM
Book Signing: Ina Blom, The Autobiography of Video: The Life and Times of a Memory Technology
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EXPO CHICAGO
Booth 815 | University of Chicago | Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Saturday, September 24th, at 3PM
Book Signing: Sarah Thornton, Thirty-Three Artists in Three Acts
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EXPO CHICAGO
Dialogues Stage | Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Saturday, September 24th, at 3:30PM
Picturing Punk: The Legacy of Mark Morrisroe
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EXPO CHICAGO
Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 4PM - 5PM
Booth Talk and Book Signing: Dana Lixenberg
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EXPO CHICAGO
Booth 324 | GRIMM | Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Saturday, September 24th, at 4PM
Aperture Live: On the Direct Gaze
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EXPO CHICAGO
Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
EXPO CHICAGO Screening: Lo Schermo dell’Arte | World Premiere of Luca Trevisani “Sudan” and Screening of Alfredo Jaar “The Ashes of Pasolini”
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Saturday, September 24th, at 1PM
Very Important Performances
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EXPO CHICAGO
2nd Floor | 300 level | Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 11AM - 7PM
Spun
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Stuart & Co. Gallery
2250 W Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 5th
Industry of the Ordinary – Humdrum Town (Canute’s Waves)
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Antena
1755 S Laflin, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, October 10th
In a world of weeds, all roses are wild
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Beautiful
1801 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, October 24th
Ben Foch and Laurie Kang: Becoming
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LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 30th
Darryll Schiff
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Prak-sis Contemporary Art Association
16 W Ontario St 1st floor, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, October 26th
Christa Donner: Voices
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 1PM - 3PM
Roger Brown: Pop Artist Panel Discussion
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
219 N Elizabeth St, Chicago, IL 60607-1509, US
Opening Saturday, September 24th, from 12PM - 1:30PM
stARTup Art Fair
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MileNorth Hotel
166 East Superior St
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 12PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, September 25th
The New Global Economy: Contemporary Art and its Diaspora in the Marketplace
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EXPO CHICAGO
Navy Pier - 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 11:30am - 12:30PM
Booth Talk: Making the Statistics Human
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EXPO CHICAGO
Booth 117 | Human Rights Watch
Opening Friday, September 23rd, at 12PM
Documenta 14: Looking South
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EXPO CHICAGO
Navy Pier - 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 1PM - 2PM
Booth Talk: Nnenna Okore in Conversation with Staci Boris
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EXPO CHICAGO
Booth 706 | Jenkins Johnson Gallery | Navy Pier - 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Friday, September 23rd, at 1:30PM
A History of Performance in 20 Minutes
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EXPO CHICAGO
Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 2:30PM - 3:30PM
Booth Talk: Leonard Suryajaya in Conversation with Tricia Van Eck
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EXPO CHICAGO
Booth 147 | Chicago Artist Coalition | Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Friday, September 23rd, at 3PM
Conceptual Paradise
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EXPO CHICAGO
Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 3:30PM - 4:15PM
Book Signing: Florence Derieux | Agnes Denes “Work: 1967-2013”
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EXPO CHICAGO
Publications Booth P4 | Mousse Magazine | Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Friday, September 23rd, at 4PM
ART & LANGUAGE Keynote
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EXPO CHICAGO
Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 4:30PM - 5:15PM
ART & LANGUAGE: Conceptualism and Rock & Roll
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EXPO CHICAGO
Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 5:30PM - 6:30PM
Booth Talk: Phyllis Bramson
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EXPO CHICAGO
Booth 137 | Artadia | Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Friday, September 23rd, at 12:30PM
VIP: Very Important Performances
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EXPO CHICAGO
2nd Floor | 300 level | Navy Pier | 600 E Grand Ave
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 11AM - 7PM
Art After Hours
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EXPO CHICAGO
Chicago
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
Paul Evans: Cityscape
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Converso Modern
2620 W. Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 15th
Dawoud Bey: Harlem Redux
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Stephen Daiter Gallery
230 W. Superior 4th FLR, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 3rd
Jim Pollock: HIGH PHI
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Galerie F
2381 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 23rd
Personal Time Off
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 1st
Lan Tuazon: Future Fossils
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Julius Caesar
3311 W. Carroll Ave. Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 7 PM - 11 PM
On view through Sunday, October 16th
Nicolas de Jesus: Chicago En Mi Corazon
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Carlos Theatre Productions
1538 W Cullerton St, Chicago, Illinois 60608
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 6:30PM - 10: 30PM
Harold Mendez: At night we walk in circles
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PATRON
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 29th
Boulevard Dreamers: Pegasus and Mermaids
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Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 16th
Jesse Malmed: Office Despot
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D Gallery
623 S Wabash Ave, 700 e, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 12PM - 1PM
In the Corner of a Round Room
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Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 30th
Minimum Requirement
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Silent Funny
4106 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL60651
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
Painting in Time: Part 2
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SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 S State St., 7th floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 3rd
Oren Pinhassi: Hanging Gardens
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New Capital Projects
3114 W. Carroll St, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 6th
CIVIL LIBERTIES
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BOYFRIENDS
3311 w. Carroll, Chicago IL, 60624
Opening Friday, September 23rd, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, October 23rd
Birth Death Breath: An Inflatable Opera by Diane Christiansen and Jeanne Dunning
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 Cottage Hill Ave., Elmhurst, IL60126
Opening Thursday, September 22nd, at 5 PM
On view through Sunday, November 27th
EXPO CHICAGO
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Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, September 25th
THE LANTHANIDE SERIES
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The Nightingale Cinema
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, September 22nd, from 7PM - 9PM
2016 Filter Photo Festival
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Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel
163 E Walton Pl, Chicago, IL 60611
On view through Sunday, September 25th
Rene Magritte: Selected Writings
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, September 22nd, from 7PM - 8PM
Jakob Kolding: Making a Scene
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Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5701 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, September 21st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Wednesday, October 26th
Fischerspooner: Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series – Visiting Artists Program Lecture
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S. Columbus Dr.
Opening Wednesday, September 21st, from 6PM - 7:30PM
EXPO CHICAGO Screening: Conceptual Paradise
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Wednesday, September 21st, at 8PM
Larry Achiampong: OPEN SEASON
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Logan Center Gallery
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, September 21st, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 30th
Agency and Interpretation: The Role of Artists in the Design and Production of Colonial Latin American Art
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Loyola University Museum of Art
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, September 20th, from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m
Sonnenzimmer: The Arts Club of Chicago at 100
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, September 20th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, December 17th
Luftwerk: Corner of a Square
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, September 20th, at 6PM
On view through Thursday, February 25th
Emily Hermant: Searching the Starry Sky
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4th Ward Project Space
5338 S Kimbark Ave Chicago IL 60615
Opening Sunday, September 18th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 16th
In The Sun, Over The Grassy Knoll
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South of the Tracks
4223 W Lake St #430, Chicago IL, 60612
Opening Sunday, September 18th, from 2 PM - 6 PM
On view through Sunday, October 23rd
Sherwin Ovid
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, September 18th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 29th
FABER and FABER present BRANDON SECKLER
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Faber & Faber Present
2115 N. Campbell Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Sunday, September 18th, from 1PM - 4PM
Corin Sworn and Tony Romano: The Coat
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jeux d’été
3850 W Cortland Ave. Studio 2-100, Chicago, IL
Opening Sunday, September 18th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 9th
Sans Titre
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SideCar
411 Huehn, Hammond, IN 46327
Opening Saturday, September 17th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 22nd
Keep the Shadow, Ere the Substance Fade: Mourning during the AIDS Crisis
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Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, September 17th, from 13 October 2016 - 8PM
On view through Sunday, December 11th
Salaam Cinema! 50 Years of Iranian Movie Posters
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Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
On view through Sunday, December 11th
Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber: Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, September 17th, at 7:30 PM
More Strange Than True
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Pulaski Park
1419 W Blackhawk St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, September 17th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, November 12th
Shannon Finley: Interference
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Carrie Secrist Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, September 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 5th
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE
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Defibrillator Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave
Opening Saturday, September 17th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, September 17th
Andrew Norman Wilson: Ode to Seekers 2012
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DOCUMENT
845 w Washington 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, September 17th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 5th
Marvin Chan: SP_CE C_SE.
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Autotelic Studios
1856 N Richmond St, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, September 17th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, October 15th
McArthur Binion: “Seasons”
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Saturday, September 17th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Tuesday, November 22nd
Lauren Taylor: Standing on my knees
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ANDREW RAFACZ
835 W Washington Blvd, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, September 17th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 22nd
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