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and Steve Ruiz
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YOONSHIN PARK: In Lieu Of
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Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, January 19th, from 4 PM - 7 PM
On view through Saturday, February 24th
PERSPECTIVES…The Human Figure in Art
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Carl Hammer Gallery
740 N Wells St. Chicago, IL 60654
On view through Tuesday, March 19th
Sam Onche: Black In Color
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Noyes Cultural Arts Center
927 Noyes St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Friday, January 19th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, March 17th
COLBY GALLERY NEW YEAR SHOW
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Colby Gallery
1626 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Thursday, January 18th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Thursday, March 7th
Ex-Votos and Popular Art Panel
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, January 18th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Art After Work: Wearable Art with Joshua Willis
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A Very Serious Gallery
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, January 18th, from 5:30PM - 7:30PM
Shelby Shadwell: EMERGENCY BLANKETS
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Western Illinois University Art Gallery
1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455
Opening Thursday, January 18th, from 4:30PM - 6PM
On view through Friday, February 16th
Summer J. Hart and S. Yarberry celebrate BOOMHOUSE
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Wednesday, January 17th, from 7PM - 8PM
Culture of Care with Jamila Kekulah Kinney: Care For Real
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Threewalls
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 17th, from 6PM - 7PM
Presenting and Sustaining Yourself as an Artist
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Filter Photo
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 17th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Salon Kawakib: Flag Making Workshop
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, January 16th, from 7PM - 9PM
Sowing Change with Erika Allen and Linda Goode Bryant: Talk
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, January 16th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Julia Signe Fuhler: Flight Lines
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McHenry County College | Epping Gallery
8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
On view through Friday, February 9th
Gallery Conversation: Letter from Birmingham Jail
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Monday, January 15th, from 2PM - 3PM
The Future is Breath: An Artist Talk on Afrofuturism and Speculative Fiction
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Hyde Park Arts Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Monday, January 15th, from 12 PM - 1:30 PM
On view through Sunday, March 3rd
MLK DAY 2024: Yesterdays, Todays, and Tomorrows
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Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S Cornell Ave, Chicago, IL 60615
Opening Monday, January 15th, from 11AM - 3PM
pond scum
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Rainbo Club
1150 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, January 14th, at 7PM
Travis Morehead: Skin Horse
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slow dance
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, January 14th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
Bring Your Own Blanket
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Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, January 14th, from 2PM - 4PM
G.E. Liu: Good Hearts
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, January 14th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, February 24th
Jaclyn Mednicov: Beneath the Green
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Goldfinch
319 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Sunday, January 14th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, February 24th
Healing & Repair: Water
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, January 14th, from 2PM - 3:30PM
Evanston Art Center Faculty Exhibition
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston IL 60201
Opening Sunday, January 14th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, February 4th
Kathy Halper: JOMO: The Joy of Missing Out
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street, Evanston IL 60201
Opening Sunday, January 14th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, February 18th
Paul Verburg & Jack Demuth
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, January 14th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, February 18th
Pop Up Puppetqueers
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Co-Prosperity
3219 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 7PM - 10PM
Healing House with Rhythm Nation: MLK Weekend
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 7PM - 12AM
Cecilia Beaven: Sprouting Shadows
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Cleaner Gallery + Projects
1856 N Richmond St. STO, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 2nd
Jonathan Worcester: Tempers
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Cleaner Gallery + Projects
1856 N Richmond St. STO, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 2nd
God and everybody
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LVL3 Gallery
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Floor 3, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, March 3rd
Crafting Pragmatics
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ENGAGE Projects
864 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 10th
Paula Kamps: Word Of Honor
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M. LeBlanc
3514 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago IL 60647
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, February 17th
Andrew Ek
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NEW gallery
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 4PM - 7PM
Land.Place.Belonging. book launch with Social Ecologies
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Inga Books
1740 W 18th StChicago, IL 6, 0608
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 4PM - 6PM
Noah Hook: YOU MAY NOT SEE ME
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Art City
1400 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Tuesday, February 13th
Luis Romero: All is Illusion, But Nothing Lies New
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, February 24th
Making Sense of It All
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago IL 60605
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, February 10th
The REAL Black History Series
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Urban Art Retreat
1957 S Spaulding Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, March 23rd
The REAL Black History Series
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Urban Art Retreat
1957 S Spaulding Ave, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, March 16th
Water: Moon Readings + Bottle Stringing
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6018North
6018 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 1PM - 5PM
“Go Figure” Artist Talk with Melanie P. Brown and Nancy Pirri
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 1 PM - 3 PM
On view through Saturday, January 20th
Immense Journeys: Art, Nature, Science and Beyond
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 1PM - 4Pm
On view through Sunday, March 3rd
Saturday Studio: Claudel and Movement
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 12PM - 2PM
Family Day | Quilts and Stories
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 11AM - 3PM
Store | Indoor “Sidewalk” Sale
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Saturday, January 13th, from 10AM - 4PM
CLEAT Series: Allen Moore “The Black Arcade”, Post Consumer Material “FULL-TIME”
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208 Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 8PM - 10PM
new year new work
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Oak Park Art League
720 Chicago Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 6PM - 8:30PM
On view through Friday, February 9th
Empty Shapes
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The Plan
610 N Albany Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, February 18th
Warriors of the Apocalypse
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House of the Apocalypse
1837 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Thursday, February 8th
Monica J. Brown: Theatrical Performance
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SoNa Chicago Art Gallery
1527 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 6PM - 7PM
The Paradox of Virtual Visibility
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Wrightwood 659
659 Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Friday, January 12th, at 5:30 PM
On view through Friday, January 27th
hHFEY BfEY and other poems
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PRESS HERE: Center for Mad Culture
410 S Michigan Ave, Suite 419, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 5PM - 9PM
Michael Rakowitz: Listening back to Fragments
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery
1711 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, March 2nd
Laurie Hogin: Kin
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Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, February 24th
Tracy Frein: With a Simple Stroke, Her Strange Beauty Appeared
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Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, February 24th
Yoonshin Park: In Lieu Of
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Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
325 W Huron St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 4 PM - 7 PM
On view through Saturday, February 24th
By the Light of the Moon: Nighttime in Japanese Prints
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Sunday, April 14th
Olya Salimova: The cyborgs undone, the ghosts came to light, the ancestors control the future
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Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W Fulton St, Unit B, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, January 12th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, February 23rd
Night of Ideas
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Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, January 11th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
LUNCH AND LEARN/DESIGNING BELONGING – Working Landscapes: Empowering Healthier, Happier Humans
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Red Line Service
2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL
Opening Thursday, January 11th, from 4PM - 6PM
Charting Your Career as an Artist
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Filter Photo
Online
Opening Wednesday, January 10th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Drone Rodeo: Andrew CS with Honestly Same
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Hideout Chicago
1354 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Tuesday, January 9th, at 8PM
Jordan Knecht: returning
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Chicago Athletic Association
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603, USA
Opening Tuesday, January 9th, from 6:30PM - 8:30PM
On view through Thursday, January 18th
More Drawings about Buildings and Food
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(northern) Western Exhibitions
7933 N Lincoln Ave, Skokie, IL 60077
Opening Sunday, January 7th, at 4PM
On view through Saturday, February 10th
ALMA Art and Interiors International Art Group Salon
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ALMA Art and Interiors
3636 S Iron St, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Sunday, January 7th, from 2PM - 5PM
Artist Talk: Start Deep
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, January 7th, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, January 28th
Community Art Therapy For Activist Burnout
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PO Box Collective
6900 N Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Saturday, January 6th, from 6PM - 9PM
Winter 2024 Artist in Residence
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Kimball Arts Center
1757 N Kimball Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, January 6th, from 4PM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, March 31st
Breaking the Binary
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Logan Square Immersive Arts Coop
2334 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, January 6th, at 6PM
On view through Saturday, January 13th
Past Perfect: Celebrating 30 Years with 30 Artists – Artist Panel Talk and Closing Reception
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Riverside Arts Center
32 East Quincy Street, Riverside, Illinois 60546
Opening Saturday, January 6th, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, January 6th
Kristin Anahit Cass: Traversing Temporalities
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
2233 S Throop St, Unit 419, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, January 6th, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, February 3rd
!Taíno Vive! Caribbean Indigenous Resistance
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The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
3015 W Division St, Chicago, Illinois 60622
On view through Sunday, June 16th
Through The Lens
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Parlour and Ramp Gallery
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, January 5th, from 6:30PM - 10:30PM
On view through Saturday, January 13th
EXHIBIT A
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DOCUMENT
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 17th
Winter Reading Room: The Rise of the Feminist Independent Press
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David Salkin Creative
1709 W Chicago Avenue #2a
Opening Friday, January 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, April 5th
Courttney Cooper: America’s Octoberfest. Zinzinnati. U.S.A.
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 24th
Apex
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Volume Gallery
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 17th
Gayleen Aiken: I Have Many Hobbies
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, January 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 24th
Stacey Lee Gee: I’LL WORSHIP ANYTHING
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, January 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, January 26th
Sessah DelaRue: THE SPACE BETWEEN WAS AND IS
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, January 5th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, January 26th
Oral Fixation Art Podcast
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Oral Fixation
Online
Opening Thursday, January 4th, from 12PM - 12am
On view through Friday, January 12th
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