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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Pinche Lucha! Poca Lana!
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Pilsen Outpost
1958 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 21st, from 6PM - 11PM
Sharon Bladholm: Verdant Passion
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Cultivate Urban Rainforest & Gallery
704 Main St, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, April 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 24th
One: A Series of Mini Solos: Mitch Patrick
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LITHIUM
1932 S Halsted St, STE 200, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, April 25th
Bone Lattice and She andThem
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 20th, from 7PM - 9PM
Mev Luna: CALL A MOM PHONE BANK
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062
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, April 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, May 2nd
Co-Pro Photo Show #1
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, April 30th
Injung Oh: Thousand Wish Project
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OH Art Foundation
Zhou B Art Center, 1029 W 35th ST, 3rd fl, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, April 20th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
On view through Friday, April 20th
Making Visible
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Awakenings Gallery
4001 N Ravenswood Ave, Suite 204-C, Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Friday, April 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
Light Sleepers
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Lower Level, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, April 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 11th
26th Annual Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium
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Northeastern Illinois University
5500 N St Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, April 20th, from 8AM - 1PM
Helen Frankenthaler
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, April 20th, from 3PM - 4PM
Kambui Olujimi: Rhapsody Refracted
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Aspect/Ratio Gallery
864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 20th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, May 26th
Sensing Media: 14th Annual Department of Cinema and Media Studies Graduate Student Conference
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Screening Room
915 E 60th St, Room 201, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, April 20th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, April 21st
Roger Buttles: Our Only Day
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Site Red
3201 S Morgan, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, April 30th
A Sixth Sense
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C.C.'s Art Garage & Gallery
2727 S Mary St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
Great Ideas of Humanity: Out of the Container
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Chicago Design Museum
108 N State St, Fl 3rd, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Friday, April 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, August 18th
Mako James
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, #407, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, April 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
Tatsu at Zhou B Art Center/The Miyumi Project/Reduction Ensemble
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Zhou B Art Center
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, April 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
What I Learned From Flower Arranging
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, April 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 19th
How We Make It
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The Arts of Life
2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, April 20th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Tuesday, May 29th
CAKE 2018 Art Auction
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826CHI
1276 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, June 3rd
Joan Jonas
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Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, April 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Kid Koala: Music to Draw To
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Griffin Court
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, April 19th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Rabih Mroué
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, April 19th, from 6PM - 7PM
Sidebar: Majel Connery, Judith Zeitlin and Yao Chen
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Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry
929 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, April 19th, from 6PM - 8PM
Chameleon Street
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, April 19th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, May 31st
Filter Photo’s Cocktail Reception and Print Raffle
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The Boarding House
720 N Wells St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, April 19th, from 5:30PM - 8:30PM
Nari Ward
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, April 18th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Kid Koala’s Satellite Turntable Orchestra
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Wednesday, April 18th, from 9:30PM - 10:30PM
The Rape of Recy Taylor
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Pop-Up JUST Art Gallery
1344 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Wednesday, April 18th, from 3PM - 5PM
Illinois Museum Day
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Illinois State Museum
502 S Spring St, Springfield, IL 62706
Opening Wednesday, April 18th, from 8AM - 12PM
Tech Talk: All About Clay
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Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Wednesday, April 18th, from 6PM - 7PM
Happy Now?
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Kibbitznest
2212 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, April 18th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
Redlined: Race, Change, and Fractured Community
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Newberry Library, Ruggles Hall
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Wednesday, April 18th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
In Progress: Rhonda Wheatley
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, April 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
ARTivism: Environmental Justice For Puerto Rico
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University of Illinois at Chicago, Latino Cultural Center
803 S Morgan St, Lecture Center B2, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, April 17th, from 12PM - 3PM
Poets for Puerto Rico: Chicago
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Roberto Clemente Community Academy
1147 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Tuesday, April 17th, from 5:30PM - 9PM
Perspectives on Queercore: Fed Up Punks
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Harold Washington Library
400 S State St, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Tuesday, April 17th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Final Lecture of Alberto Aguilar
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Harold Washington College
30 E Lake St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Tuesday, April 17th, from 6PM - 7PM
Kid Koala’s Satellite Turntable Orchestra
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, April 17th, from 9:30PM - 10:30PM
Forms and Features
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL, 60302
Opening Monday, April 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
Celia Calder: Queer Dance Connection: A Workshop Series
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Sunday, April 15th, at 3PM
Philippe Parreno: Two Automatons for One Duet
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Sunday, April 15th, from 11AM - 1PM
A Continuation: Generational Restorative Healing Through Ancestral Altars and Rituals
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Rootwork Gallery
645 West 18th Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Sunday, April 15th, from 1PM - 3:30PM
Amita, Without Limits
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, April 15th, from 3PM - 5PM
Hank Willis Thomas: Unbranded
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
On view through Sunday, August 5th
4.14 her.
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL60647
Opening Saturday, April 14th, from 3PM - 7PM
Robert Deyber
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Martin Lawrence Galleries
Woodfield Mall, 5 Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg, IL 60173
Opening Saturday, April 14th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, April 30th
Andrew Yang: Prismisms
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, April 14th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, May 5th
Perriand in the Mountians
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Matthew Rachman Gallery
1659 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, May 17th
Meg Duguid: Parade for a Nuclear Bomb
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boundary
2334 W 111th Place, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, April 14th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, April 28th
Violet Eckles-Jordan: Dysphoric Objects
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Hume
3242 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, April 14th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, April 29th
I’ll Take 12
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Adler & Floyd
3537 S Western Blvd, #5, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, April 14th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 5th
Kyle Vu-Dunn: Night In
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Julius Caesar
3311 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60624
Opening Saturday, April 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, May 13th
Daniel Shea: 43-35 10th Street
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Andrew Rafacz Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, April 14th, from 2PM - 4:30PM
Member Group Art Show
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Agitator Cooperative Gallery
1112 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, April 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, May 5th
Artists’ Talk with Dianna Frid and Monika Müller
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GOLDFINCH
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, April 14th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, May 19th
Light Matters: Artists in Conversation
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, #100, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, April 27th
Artist’s Talk with Jennifer Mannebach and John Grod
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Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery + Sculpture Garden
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, April 14th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, April 14th
Art Encounter: Slow Art Day
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1100 Florence
1100 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, April 14th, from 12PM - 1PM
Hank Willis Thomas: Unbranded
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Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, April 14th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Tom Burtonwood: In Two Places @ Once
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Riverside Arts Center - FlexSpace Gallery
32 East Quincy Street, Riverside, Illinois 60546
Opening Saturday, April 14th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Wednesday, April 18th
Nnenna Okore + RaD Lab Reconvenes in Albany Park
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Chicago Public Library, Albany Park Branch
3401 W Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Saturday, April 14th, from 2:30PM - 4PM
After Actium: Discovering Egypt in Augustan Rome and Beyond
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, April 14th, from 3:30PM - 4:30PM
Jyl Bonaguro: Lifted
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Workshop 4200
4200 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60639
Opening Saturday, April 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, May 3rd
1,500,000,000,000
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Triumph Chicago
2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
One: A Series of Mini Solos: Adam Hurwitz
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LITHIUM
1932 S Halsted St, STE 200, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, April 25th
Ten x Ten
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Star Lounge
2521 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 13th, from 7PM - 1AM
James Deeb: The Midnight Broadcast
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1100 Florence
1100 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Friday, April 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, April 15th
Don’t Tell Anyone (No le digas a nadie)
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Yollocalli Arts Reach
2801 S Ridgeway Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, April 13th, at 5:30PM
I want to be pretty until I die
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Baby Blue Gallery
2201 S Halsted St, 3-4s, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 13th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 11th
Privates
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Studio Oh!
1837 S Halsted St Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, May 29th
Object + Image
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, #100, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, April 20th
Sheila Arora: Dreams Come True
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Thomas Masters Gallery
245 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, April 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, May 7th
Ireashia Monét
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Experimental Station's Build Coffee
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, April 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
Eli Haymer: Word Stream
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Plus Gallery Chicago
1800 W 18th St, 1R, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
Light Matters
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Chicago Art Department
1932 S Halsted St, #100, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, April 27th
Dagmar Varady: I Don’t Like Passion
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Paris London Hong Kong
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, April 13th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, May 31st
Dan Miller and Aaron Walker: Handkerchiefs and Flowers
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, April 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, May 12th
Like Water Through Stone Exploring Race and the Environment
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Uri-Eichen Gallery
2101 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, April 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 4th
Prototype
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Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, April 13th, from 7PM - 10PM
A Tender Power: A Black Womanist Visual Manifesto
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Rootwork Gallery
645 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, April 13th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 18th
Women in Focus/Chicago
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 2nd, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, April 13th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, April 27th
At Home– FINAL WEEK
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H.F. Johnson Gallery
Carthage College, 2001 Alford Park Drive, Kenosha, WI 53140
Opening Friday, April 13th, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Friday, April 20th
The Nation’s Finest
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Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, April 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
Okwui Okpokwasili: Poor People’s TV Room
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, April 12th, at 7:30PM
On view through Sunday, April 15th
Poetry and Pop Culture
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, April 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Rear View Mirror Sessions: Leon Ware
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Arts Incubator
301 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, April 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
Alexandria Eregbu
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MacLean
116 S Michigan Ave, Room 1307, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, April 12th, from 4:30PM - 5:30PM
but it’s a long way: Frédérique Guétat-Liviani in conversation with Nathanaël
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Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection
37 S Wabash Ave, 508, Chicago, Illinois 60603
Opening Thursday, April 12th, from 12PM - 1PM
Cultural Distortions in the Study of Iranian Art
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University of Chicago Department of Art History
5540 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, April 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
Annex Urban Mural Exhibit
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Hotel Chicago West Loop
1622 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, April 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
In Their Own Form
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, April 12th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, July 8th
Waterworld Catalog Release Party and Curator Tour
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Glass Curtain Gallery
1104 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, April 12th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, April 20th
Alex Katz: Grass and Trees
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Richard Gray Gallery, Gray Warehouse
2044 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Thursday, April 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
Strange Birds
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Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery
1029 W 35th St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Thursday, April 12th, from 7PM - 10PM
Hokin Honors
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Hokin Project
623 S Wabash Ave, Chicago IL 60605
Opening Thursday, April 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, April 30th
Trauma and Memory
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Kibbitznest
2212 N Clybourn Ave., Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, April 12th, from 6:30PM - 8PM
The Wandering Eye: Canyon Cinema in the World
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, April 12th, from 7PM - 9PM
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