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UIC MFA Open Studios
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UIC Art and Design Hall
400 S Peoria Street Chicago, State: IL 60607
Opening Monday, October 29th, from 7PM - 10PM
Cristobal Lehyt (lecture)
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Open Practice Committee
Logan Center for the Arts, 9th floor Performance Penthouse, 915 East 60th Street
Opening Monday, October 29th, from 6PM - 7PM
Mark Wagner & Nicholas Frank
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Western Exhibitions
845 W Washington Blvd. 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, October 27th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 8th
Melanie Schiff: The stars are not wanted now
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University Galleries, Illinois State University
110 Center For Visual Arts, Normal, IL
Opening Saturday, October 27th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, December 16th
Elizabeth Atterbury: Photography Indoors
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Document
845 W Washington Blvd
Opening Saturday, October 27th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 8th
Industry of the Ordinary: The Harvest
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Chicago Cultural Center
842 W Lake Street, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 12:15PM - 5:15PM
JJ Miyaoka-Pakola: Momentary Volume
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Lloyd Dobler Gallery
1545 W. Division Second Floor, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Melanie Schiff: Sun Land
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago IL 60607
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 8th
Jon Waites and Bruno Smith: BFA SHOW
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In Here Gallery
112 S Michigan Ave. 1112
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 17th
Philip von Zweck
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65GRAND
1369 W. Grand
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 24th
Dietrich Wegner: And to Think That It Was Found Upside Down
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Carrie Secrist Gallery
835 W. Washington Blvd.
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, December 8th
Joyce Pensato: You Gotta Do What You Gotta Do
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Corbett vs. Dempsey
1120 N. Ashland Ave. 3rd Floor. Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Friday, October 26th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 24th
Brittni Hessler & Nina Hartmann: In the Heart of All Beauty Lies Something Inhuman
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LeRoy Neiman Center Gallery
37 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL.
Opening Thursday, October 25th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, November 17th
Aaron Koblin Visiting Artists Program Lecture
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SAIC Columbus Auditorium
280 S. Columbus Drive
Opening Thursday, October 25th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Whitney Huber: Rymplecloth
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Terrain
704 Highland Ave; Oak Park, IL. 60304
Opening Sunday, October 21st, from 12 PM - 2 PM
On view through Friday, November 9th
Tannatt / Schwartz
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New Capital
3114 W Carroll Ave Chicago IL 60612
Opening Saturday, October 20th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 16th
Salmagundi
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Alcatraz
1000 N Halsted
Opening Saturday, October 20th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 21st
Good Clean Fun
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Studio 115/114B
Studio 115/114B 1907 N. Mendell, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, October 20th, from 6PM - 9PM
Matthew Hoffman: We’re All In This Together
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The COOP
230 W Superior, 2F, Chicago, Illinois 60654
Opening Friday, October 19th, from 6:30PM - 12am
Joseph Kramer & Ginger Krebs: Sudden Enough
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Defibrillator
1136 N Milwaukee Ave.
Opening Friday, October 19th, from 8PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 20th
Mike Paro: As long as it looks good and fits the budget
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Kirk's Apartment
2251 W Cornelia
Opening Friday, October 19th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 30th
Soo Shin, Kristina Paabus, & Jesse Butcher: At That Very Moment
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd floor
Opening Friday, October 19th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, November 18th
Cauleen Smith Lecture
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Northwestern University
Northwestern University Kresge Hall Room 3-365, Evanston, IL 60208
Nate Mathews & Ashley Morgan: Shifting Domain
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Manifold
4426 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago 60640
Opening Friday, October 19th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 16th
Clay Hickson: Core Strengthening
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kokorokoko
1323 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60622
Opening Thursday, October 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
What A Long Night It Has Been
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Gallery 214
Visual Arts Building, 330 Gilbert Way, DeKalb, IL 60115, Room 200
Opening Thursday, October 18th, at 6Pm
On view through Friday, October 19th
Live Recording Session at The Recorded Memory Studio: Marvin Tate + Special Guests
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threewalls
119 N. Peoria, North Chicago, Illinois 60607
Opening Wednesday, October 17th, from 7PM - 9PM
Light: Third Annual Juried Photo Exhibition
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David Weinberg Photography
300 W Superior
On view through Saturday, October 27th
Ann Lauterbach (lecture)
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Open Practice Committee
Midway Studios, Room 108, 6016 Ingleside Avenue Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, October 17th, from 5PM - 6PM
Voices: Ramin Takloo-Bighash
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Gallery 400
400 South Peoria Street, Chicago IL, 60607
Opening Tuesday, October 16th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Tania Bruguera Visiting Artists Program Lecture
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Rubloff Auditorium
230 S. Columbus Drive
Opening Monday, October 15th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Andy Moore: The Accident
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Cabin Exhibitions
1759 N. Humboldt Blvd, Floor 2
Opening Sunday, October 14th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, November 25th
THIS WILL HELP // new works by MIRANDA MAYNARD & THATIANA OLIVIERA
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ACRE Projects
1913 W 17th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, October 14th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, October 28th
Luke Pelletier: Lonely Bones
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Peanut Gallery
1000 N. California Ave., Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, October 14th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, November 17th
Andrea Jablonski: Private Collection
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The Franklin
3522 W. Franklin Blvd. Chicago IL 6062
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 11PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, October 14th
Modular22
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22
6910 Cermak, Berwyn, IL 60402
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, December 22nd
MAS Context: Analog
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NEW PROJECTS
3621 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 1PM - 11PM
Andrea Jablonski: Private Collection
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The Franklin
3522 W. Franklin Blvd, Chicago IL 60624
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 11am - 4PM
On view through Saturday, October 13th
Wall Text
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Logan Center for the Arts
Logan Center for the Arts, North Stairwell, listening stations on 3rd and 7th floor landings, 915 East 60th Street
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Friday, November 30th
To Be Designed
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Miller Beach
Miller Beach, Gary, Indiana
Opening Saturday, October 13th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 13th
SMALL is Ordinary Shop
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602
Opening Friday, October 12th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Out of Site: Simultaneous Narrative
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Wicker Park (various)
Opening Friday, October 12th, from 5PM - 7PM
Feminine Recall
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The Nightengale
1084 N. Milwaukee, Chicago IL
Opening Friday, October 12th, at 7PM
Heather Gabel: Night Visions
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Johalla Projects
1821 W. Hubbard St., Suite 209
Opening Friday, October 12th, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, October 28th
Michael Milano & Luis Romero: all is as all as as yet or as yet
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave.
Opening Friday, October 12th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, November 16th
Hebru Brantely: Brothers of the Robbing Hood
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The Ultra Gallery
2150 S. Canalport Ave Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 12th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Monday, December 31st
Dock 6: Design and Art 4
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Dock 6
4200 W Diversey Ave
Opening Friday, October 12th, from 6PM - 12am
On view through Saturday, October 13th
Ritual No. 3: I Am I
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Rooms Gallery
1835 SOUTH Halsted
Opening Friday, October 12th, from 8PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, October 12th
Locality
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Chicago Artists' Coalition
217 N. Carpenter Street
Opening Friday, October 12th, at 6PM
On view through Thursday, November 1st
Jenny Kendler: The Hall of Disappearing
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Chicago Artists' Coalition
217 N. Carpenter Street
Opening Friday, October 12th, at 6PM
On view through Thursday, November 1st
The Lost Vanguard: Soviet Modernist Architecture, 1922-32
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Graham Foundation
4 W Burton Pl
On view through Saturday, February 23rd
1979:1 – 2012:21: Jan Tichy Works with the MoCOP Collection
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The Museum of Contemporary Photography
600 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60647
Opening Thursday, October 11th, at 5PM
On view through Sunday, December 23rd
In Action
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In Here Gallery
112 S Michigan Ave. 1112
Opening Thursday, October 11th, from 4:30PM - 5:45PM
Richard Lerman: Sonic Environments
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Logan Center for the Arts
Logan Center for the Arts, North Stairwell, listening stations on 3rd and 7th floor landings, 915 East 60th Street
Opening Thursday, October 11th, at 5PM
On view through Wednesday, November 14th
Pamela Lee (lecture)
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Open Practice Committee
Cochrane Woods Arts Center, 5540 South Greenwood Avenue, Room 157
Opening Thursday, October 11th, from 4:30PM - 5:30PM
Richard Hull & Ken Vandermark
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DePaul Art Museum
935 West Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Wednesday, October 10th, from 7PM - 8PM
Voices: Benjamin Nicholson
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Gallery 400
400 South Peoria Street, Chicago IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, October 9th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Anthony Elms: Like Stripes that Gather at the Waist (lecture)
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Logan Center for the Arts
915 E. 60th Street, Chicago IL 60637
Opening Monday, October 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
Christopher Aque: Homonyms (for Misfits and Outcasts)
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PEREGRINEPROGRAM
3311 W Carroll Ave. #119
Opening Sunday, October 7th, from 4 PM - 6:30 PM
On view through Sunday, November 4th
Alex Chitty: Platonic Year
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Alderman Exhibitions
1138 W. Randolph St. Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, October 6th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, November 24th
Falling Short
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LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, 3rd Floor
Opening Saturday, October 6th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, November 4th
Benjamin Bellas: Represent the sound outside these spaces.
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slow
2153 W 21st Street
Opening Saturday, October 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, November 10th
Jordan Martins: Dysgraphia
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saki
3716 W. Fullerton
Opening Saturday, October 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Tuesday, October 30th
Oh My Goddess
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Queer Thoughts
1640 W 18th St. #3, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, October 5th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, October 28th
Doug Ischar: Films 2007 – 2012
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CCC Art and Design Department
Hokin Hall, 623 S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60605
Opening Friday, October 5th, at 7:30PM
Polly Yates: Trialogues
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The Plaines Project
1822 S Desplaines St, Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, October 5th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, October 19th
Welcome To Goonswood
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Maxwell Colette Gallery
908 N. Ashland Ave
Opening Friday, October 5th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, November 9th
The Installation Experiment
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showPOD
1826 - 1843 S. Halsted Street, 7 storefront galleries along the 1800 block of South Halstead
Opening Friday, October 5th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 21st
Liz Ensz: New World Landscapes
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Gallery X
280 S. Columbus Dr., rm 113
Opening Thursday, October 4th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, October 20th
At the Threshold
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Smart Museum of Art
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue
Opening Thursday, October 4th, from 5 PM - 7:30 PM
On view through Thursday, October 4th
The 23rd International Sculpture Conference: Process, Patron, Public
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
37 S Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, October 4th, from 9AM - 11PM
On view through Saturday, October 6th
Andi Zeisler Visiting Artists Program Lecture
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SAIC Columbus Auditorium
280 S. Columbus Drive
Opening Wednesday, October 3rd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Voices: Karen Reimer
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Gallery 400
400 South Peoria Street, Chicago IL, 60607
Opening Tuesday, October 2nd, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Lauren Taylor: My Hot Cheeto
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In Here Gallery
112 S Michigan Ave. 1112
Opening Monday, October 1st, from 1PM - 4:30PM
On view through Monday, October 8th