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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
Miller & Shellabarger: Photography
@
(northern) Western Exhibitions
7933 N Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL 60077
Opening Saturday, February 11th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, April 23rd
Family Day | Expressions
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Saturday, February 11th, from 11AM - 3PM
Margie Glass Sula: Artist Talk
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Riverside Arts Center Sculpture Garden
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, February 11th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Tuesday, February 28th
Habitat
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Produce Model Gallery
1918 S Canalport Ave, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, February 11th, from 6PM - 9PM
Carey Watters: Sharp Points
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OS Projects
601 Sixth St, Racine, WI 53403
Opening Saturday, February 11th, from 1PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, April 8th
Jared Brook’s Artist Talk
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FLXST Contemporary
2251 S Michigan Ave Suite 220, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Saturday, February 11th, from 2:30PM - 4:30PM
On view through Monday, February 20th
Clarisse Casalino: Pill Bottles Make Terrible Roller Skates
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PRESS HERE
410 S Michigan Ave #419, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, February 10th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, April 7th
2023 Student Juried Exhibition
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Ralph Arnold Gallery
1131 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, February 10th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, March 3rd
X: THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Friday, February 10th, at 7PM
Pawing the Ground in Place: Performance featuring Whitney Johnson/Matchess
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Logan Center Exhibitions
915 E 60 St, 1st Floor Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, February 10th, at 7PM
On view through Sunday, March 5th
Anti-Valentine’s Day
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
David Nasca & Ava Wanbli: Soft Bodies in the Shimmering Mirage
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, February 10th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, March 12th
ON GO ING: an evening with Bob Eisen
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, February 10th, at 7PM
On view through Saturday, February 11th
Writing Together
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Awakenings Art
Online
Opening Friday, February 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
Left Unsaid: A Sound, Scent, Taste, and Sight Interchange
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ALMA Art and Interiors
3636 S Iron St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, February 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
Different Names (for the same thing): Closing Reception
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The Martin
2500 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 11th
The Nervous Brush
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Chicago Art Department
1926 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, February 26th
Conor Stechschulte: Casting Call
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Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 10th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, March 24th
Left Unsaid: A Sound, Scent, Taste, and Sight Interchange
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ALMA Art and Interiors
3636 S Iron St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, February 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
Warriors of the Apocalypse
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House of the Apocalypse
1837 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 10th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, March 9th
Groundwork: Open House
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C33 Gallery–Columbia College Chicago
33 E Ida B. Wells Dr, 1st Fl, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, February 10th, from 6:30 PM - 7 PM
On view through Wednesday, March 1st
Closing Reception for Movement Language: Lens Stories art II
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Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 10th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, February 10th
Despina Stratigakos, Ph.D: The Hidden Bodies of Modernist Architecture
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, February 9th, from 6PM - 7PM
Intro to the Visual Artists Rights Act
@
Lawyers for the Creative Arts
Online
Opening Thursday, February 9th, from 12PM - 1:30PM
Art By Artist
@
iO Theater
1501 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, February 9th, from 10PM - 11PM
On view through Thursday, March 2nd
Natasha Mijares and Matthew Goulish
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, February 9th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
On view through Saturday, March 18th
Open Door: José Olivarez, Britteney Black Rose Kapri, Vic Chávez & Raych Jackson
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The Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, February 9th, from 7PM - 8PM
Mutinous Women: How French Convicts Became Founding Mothers of the Gulf Coast
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Newberry Library
Online
Opening Thursday, February 9th, from 6PM - 7PM
RESIDUE (2020) with filmmaker Merawi Gerima
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, February 9th, from 7PM - 9PM
ELECTRIC VISIONS: Chicago’s Groundbreaking Video and Computer Art
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Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Thursday, February 9th, from 6 PM - 8 PM
Charlotte Briskin: Groundwork
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C33 Gallery–Columbia College Chicago
33 E Ida B. Wells Dr, 1st Fl, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, February 9th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Wednesday, March 1st
Raúl Ortiz: Manipulated Motifs
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Harper College, Art Exhibition Space C200
1200 W Algonquin Rd Palatine, IL, 60067
Opening Wednesday, February 8th, at 11am
On view through Thursday, March 9th
Mann at the Movies: Death in Venice
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Northwestern University
Kresge Hall 1515 at Northwestern University, 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Tuesday, February 7th, at 6PM
Writing Together
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Awakenings Art
4001 N. Ravenswood Ave, Suite 204-C, Chicago, IL, 60613
Opening Sunday, February 5th, from 1PM - 3:30PM
Eli Williamson: The Four Virtues
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston IL 60201
Opening Sunday, February 5th, from 2PM - 4PM
On view through Friday, March 10th
Soundtrack x Afrotrak | Mike Orie
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Sunday, February 5th, from 12PM - 1PM
MCA x Black x Art
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Sunday, February 5th, from 12PM - 4PM
Maggie Wong: UNITY
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Chinese American Museum of Chicago
238 W 23rd St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Sunday, February 5th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, March 12th
Steve Geer & Paula Shur
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Perspective Gallery
1310 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, February 4th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, February 26th
Black History Month – 2023
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Art Gallery
747 S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Saturday, February 4th, from 6PM - 9PM
Evanston Made Group Show: Prints & Printmaking
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1100 Florence Gallery
1100 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, February 4th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, February 26th
William Douglas: Firsts & Lasts
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Open Studio Project
901 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Saturday, February 4th, from 3PM - 5PM
Liat Yossifor: Life Against Itself
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PATRON
1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 4th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, March 25th
Lavar Munroe: Sometime Come To Someplace
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moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Friday, March 10th
Relative Intensity Noise: The Illusion of Depth
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 4th, at 8:30PM
First Saturday Evanston Art Events
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Evanston Made
Various Locations in Evanston
Opening Saturday, February 4th, from 9AM - 9PM
Bike Winter Art Show
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Agitator: A Co-operative Gallery
3851 W Fullerton AveChicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 4th, from 6PM - 11PM
On view through Friday, February 24th
Science, Art, and the Search for Meaning: Opening Conversation with Dario Robleto
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr. Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, February 4th, at 2PM
On view through Sunday, July 9th
Robert Hutchison: Draw Your Own Conclusions
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Firecat Projects
2124 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 4th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, March 18th
Ish Muhammad: The Astros
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Saturday, February 4th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Joanne Aono: Prairie Passage: Artist Talk
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Geneva Center for the Arts
321 Stevens St, Suite Q, Geneva, IL 60134
Opening Saturday, February 4th, from 2PM - 3PM
On view through Thursday, February 9th
Myra Greene: Kept
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PATRON
1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 4th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, March 25th
Dabin Ahn Open Studio
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Mana Contemporary, Studio 514
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 4th, from 5PM - 8PM
Discussion: Max Guy with Lin Hixson and Matthew Goulish
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Renaissance Society
1010 E 59th St, Classics Building, Room 110, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, February 4th, at 2PM
SankofaWaters: The Mak Blagic Experience
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Connect Gallery
1520 E Harper Ct, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Friday, February 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, February 28th
Reckless Rolodex: Virtual Tour
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Gallery 400
Online
Opening Friday, February 3rd, from 3PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, March 18th
Inspired Stories
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Dwell Studio Chicago
7449 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60634
Opening Friday, February 3rd, from 6PM - 6PM
On view through Tuesday, February 28th
What Are Words For?
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, February 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, March 19th
La Candelaria
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OPEN Center for the Arts
2214 S Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Friday, February 3rd, from 4PM - 6PM
Back on the Shelf
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Filter Photo
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, March 31st
Jonathan Ricci: Cold/Heat Migration
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, February 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 18th
Off White Colors of Perception
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Circle Contemporary Chicago
2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, February 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, March 13th
COLOR
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, February 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 25th
Michael Chambers and Millicent Kennedy: For Those Who Toil
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Purple Window Gallery
2233 S Throop St. #845, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 3rd, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, February 26th
Riley Valentine Solo Exhibition
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Chicago Fine Art Salon
2623 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 3rd, from 5PM - 9PM
Pattern and Process
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Krannert Art Museum
500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
On view through Friday, December 22nd
Not Just Another Pretty Face – Public Salon
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Thursday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 8PM
Percussionist Ian Antonio and Ben LaMar Gay interact with Assaf Evron’s Collage for The Arts Club of Chicago
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The Arts Club of Chicago
201 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Thursday, February 2nd, at 6PM
On view through Thursday, February 23rd
Art By Artist
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iO Theater
1501 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, February 2nd, from 10PM - 11PM
On view through Thursday, March 2nd
Erica McKeehen: REVEAL
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The Arcade, Columbia College Chicago
618 S Michigan Ave, 2 nd FL. Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, February 2nd, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Tuesday, March 21st
Frances Lee: A tax on a bag and other landscapes
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UIS Visual Arts Gallery
One University Plaza, HSB 201, Springfield, IL 62703
Opening Thursday, February 2nd, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, February 16th
Latinx Poetics Anthology Launch Celebration
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The Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Thursday, February 2nd, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Artist Talk with Jordan A. Porter-Woodruff on Portraits: An Intimate View
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, February 2nd, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, February 11th
Talk | Martine Syms with Jadine Collingwood and Allyson Nadia Field
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave Chicago IL 60611
Opening Thursday, February 2nd, from 12PM - 1:30PM
Against the World: Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 7PM
Craig Jun Li and Olivier: documentum
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Weatherproof
3336 W Lawrence Ave, Ste. 303, Chicago, IL, 60625
Opening Thursday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Copyright Claims Board
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Lawyers for the Creative Arts
Online
Opening Wednesday, February 1st, at 12PM
Giving Back: The Soul of Philanthropy Reframed and Exhibited
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
On view through Sunday, April 30th
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