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and Steve Ruiz
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Revolution, Transformation and Identity: Central European Artists Reflect upon Post-Communist Art, Urbanism and Culture
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Graham Foundation
Madlener House 4 West Burton Place Chicago, Illinois 60610
Opening Sunday, October 30th, at 3PM
WISHYOUWEREHERE
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ADDS DONNA
4223 W. Lake, Chicago IL, 60614
Opening Sunday, October 30th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, January 1st
Todd Diederich – WE
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ACRE Projects
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, October 30th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, October 31st
Parallel Play
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Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery
32 East Quincy St. Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Sunday, October 30th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, November 19th
REAL SPACE
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LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave #3, Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, October 29th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 27th
United Freedom: An Exploration of Identity in Central Europe
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Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College
1104 S Wabash, 2nd Fl, Chicago
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, December 10th
Sterling Lawrence
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Tony Wight Gallery
845 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, December 23rd
Todd Chilton: Angled & Siebren Versteeg: Inaction
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
118 N. Peoria Street, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 5PM - 7:30PM
On view through Saturday, December 3rd
Albert Oehlen: Painthing On the Möve
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N. Ashland Ave. 3rd Fl. Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 3rd
Voices from the Center
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threewalls
119 N Peoria St. Chicago, Illinois
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 10th
Diane Christiansen: Enough Space in the Head to Breathe
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Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery
215 N. Aberdeen St. Chicago, Illinois
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 26th
Abstract Spaces: Mediating the Built Environment
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Robert Bills Contemporary
222 North Desplaines Street, Lower Level, Chicago, IL 60661
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 26th
Albert Oehlen: Painthing on the Möve
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Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery
1120 N. Ashland Ave.
Opening Friday, October 28th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 3rd
Artist Talk: Dafi Kühne
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Center for Book & Paper Arts (CBPA)
1104 S Wabash, 2nd Fl, Chicago IL
Opening Thursday, October 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
Jessica Stockholder: Artist Talk
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The University of Chicago
1414 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, October 27th, from 6PM - 7PM
The Happiness Project
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27 W. Randolph window
27 W. Randolph, Chicago IL
Opening Monday, October 24th, from 6AM - 1AM
On view through Tuesday, November 1st
Hand in Glove Conference: Day 3
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Geolofts
3636 S. Iron St., Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, October 23rd, from 11AM - 2PM
Peter Fleps: Done and Undone
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Undone
1442 W Howard St, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Sunday, October 23rd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
MDW Fall Showcase
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The Geolofts
3636 S. Iron St., Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 12PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, October 23rd
Hand in Glove Conference: Day 2
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Geolofts
3636 S. Iron St., Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 9:30AM - 4:30PM
Tim Schade Goes Country
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Kirk's Apartment (offsite)
3706 N Wolcott
Opening Saturday, October 22nd, from 12PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 12th
Hand in Glove Conference: Day 1
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Geolofts
3636 S. Iron St., Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 9:30AM - 8PM
Ryan Travis Christian: The River Rats
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Western Exhibitions
119 N Peoria St, 2A, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 3rd
Make, Work
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CourtneyBlades
1324 W Grand Ave, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Tuesday, November 22nd
MDW Fair: Vernissage
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The Geolofts
3636 S. Iron St., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 8PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, October 23rd
Heidi Norton: Not Touch the Earth
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NEIU Fine art gallery
5500 N St. Louis Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60625
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Rodney Graham
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Donald Young Gallery
224 S Michigan Ave. Ste 266, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 5 PM - 7 PM
On view through Wednesday, November 23rd
Gary Rattigan: Sit, Be Still, and Listen, Because You’re Drunk and We’re at the Edge of the Roof
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65GRAND
1369 W. Grand Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Friday, October 21st, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 19th
Deborah Stratman: Forces and Gazes
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Graham Foundation
Madlener House, 4 West Burton Place, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, October 20th, at 6PM
Unfree Freedom: An Exploration of Identity in Central Europe
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Center for Book and Paper Arts
1104 South Wabash Ave, 2nd Floor
Opening Thursday, October 20th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, December 10th
Hand in Glove: Keynote lecture with Nato Thompson
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Chicago Artists Coalition Gallery
217 North Carpenter St. Chicago, 60607
Opening Thursday, October 20th, from 7 PM - 10PM
Diana Frid + Andreas Karl Schulze
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devening projects + editions
3039 West Carroll Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, October 16th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, December 3rd
Dmitry Samarov – HACK: Pictures from A Chicago Club
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Lloyd Dobler Gallery
1545 W. Division 2nd floor Chicago,IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 19th
Alberto Aguilar/ Michelle Harris
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Roots & Culture Contemporary Art Center
1034 N Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 12th
dream, in, the, act
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Kunz,Vis,Projects.
2324 w. Montana GARAGE, Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Monday, October 31st
Deborah Boardman
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Ebersmoore
213 North Morgan, #3C, 3rd Floor Chicago, Illinois
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, December 3rd
DIGITAL REVOLUTION
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2ND FLR Gallery
903 w. 19th St. Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 29th
Agitation! a Symposium
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Special Collections Research Center, The University of Chicago Library
1100 E 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, October 14th, from 9 am - 6:30 PM
Beyond the Edges: Joseph D Jachna Photographs 1958-2010
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Gahlberg Gallery/McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage
425 Fawell Blvd. Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Thursday, October 13th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 26th
IAM Visiting Artist Lecture: Gordon Kummel
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Interactive Arts + Media, Columbia College Chicago
916 S Wabash Ave, Lecture Hall #150
Opening Wednesday, October 12th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Making it in Chicago: Building an artistic career in the Second City
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DePaul Art Museum
935 West Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, October 12th, from 6PM - 8PM
Audry Cramblit
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Gallery 180 of The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago
180 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL 60601
Opening Wednesday, October 12th, from 5PM - 6:30PM
On view through Thursday, November 3rd
Revolution As An Eternal Dream
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Joan Flasch Artists' Books Collection at SAIC
37 S Wabash Ave, 5th Floor, Chicago, IL
Opening Tuesday, October 11th, from 5 PM - 7 PM
Jonathan Baldock – Pierrot
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PEREGRINEPROGRAM
3311 W Carroll Ave. #119 Chicago, Illinois
Opening Sunday, October 9th, from 3PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, November 6th
Core Values
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North Branch Projects
3550 W. Lawrence Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, October 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 19th
Tie Dyes on the Sunrise
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The Bike Room
1109 W. Northshore, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, October 8th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, November 12th
Songs for October
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threewalls
119 N Peoria St. #2C
Opening Saturday, October 8th, from 11 PM - 2 AM
But the Dust Came In, new work by Jessica Taylor Caponigro
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Happy Collaborationists Exhibition Space
1254 N Noble St. Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, October 8th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, October 28th
Tisch Abelow and Orion Martin
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Manifest Exhibitions
2950 N Allen Ave, Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, October 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 6th
International Hotdog Forum
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E-Dogz Mobile Community Culinary Center
1034 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, October 8th, from 4PM - 7PM
Hornswaggler Collection Exhibition
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Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219-21 South Morgan Street Chicago Illinois, 60608
Opening Friday, October 7th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, October 7th
New Ways: An Exhibition of Ragdale Fellowship Artists
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Coalition Gallery, Chicago
217 N. Carpenter Chicago, IL
Opening Friday, October 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, October 29th
GEIST
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The Meadow
2858 W Montrose Ave Chicago, Il 60625
Opening Friday, October 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, October 28th
Meat for the Siren
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Gallery UNO
Fine Arts Building, 410 s Michigan Ave, Chicago
On view through Monday, October 31st
Nancy Holt: Sightlines
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Graham Foundation
Madlener House, 4 West Burton Place, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, October 7th, from 6 PM - 8 PM
On view through Saturday, December 17th
UK/Chicago party
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UK British Consul's Residence
161 East Chicago Ave, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, October 7th, from 8PM - 11PM
Zachary Cahill artist talk
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threewalls
119 N. Peoria st. Chicago IL 60647
Opening Thursday, October 6th, from 7 PM - 9 PM
Allison Wade – No More. No Less.
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Parallax Gallery
280 South Columbus Drive, Room 122, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 6th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, October 27th
Joel Parsons – Pas De Deux and Variation
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Gallery X
280 South Columbus Drive, Room 113, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 6th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, October 27th
Bill Fontana Lecture
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Fullerton Hall
111 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago IL
Opening Wednesday, October 5th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Beyond Visibility: Photography and Our Connection to the Cosmos
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The Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL
Opening Tuesday, October 4th, from 6PM - 9PM
Veronica Bruce – Environmental Factors
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Julius Caesar
3114 W. Carroll Chicago, Illinois, 60612
Opening Sunday, October 2nd, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, October 30th
Ceramics: the world’s most fascinating pastime
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Julius Caesar
3311 W. Carroll Ave. Chicago, IL (rooftop)
Opening Sunday, October 2nd, from 4PM - 7PM
MINING CONNECTIONS
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IMAGES GALLERY COOPERATIVE
1823 WEST WILSON AVENUE
Opening Saturday, October 1st, from 12PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, October 29th
John Henley can’t stop
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slow
2153 W 21st Street, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, October 1st, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, October 29th
SHoP Open House
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SHoP
5638 S. Woodlawn, Chicago IL
Opening Saturday, October 1st, from October 1st 2011 - November 1st, 2011
On view through Friday, May 2nd