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Copyright 2016
Design by Chad Kouri
and Steve Ruiz
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Marie Watt: Sky Dances Light
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Kavi Gupta Gallery
835 W Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, June 10th, from 4PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, September 30th
Shake Shook Shaken: PAUSE w/ Vienna Webb
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Saturday, June 10th, at 12PM
JeeYeun Lee: Shore Land – Berger Park to Belmont Harbor
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Berger Park Cultural Center
6205 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, June 10th, at 11AM
Howard Hart and Kurt Kramer: Two Urban Visions
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Perspective Gallery
1310 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, June 10th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, June 24th
The Role Of Blue
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Purple Window Gallery
2233 S Throop St, #845, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 10th, from 4 PM - 8 PM
On view through Sunday, June 25th
Library Experimental w/ [star] and Pastel Fractal
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Jefferson Park Library
5363 W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60630
Opening Saturday, June 10th, from 2PM - 4PM
Teacher Institute Curriculum Share-out
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago IL 60611
Opening Saturday, June 10th, from 11AM - 1PM
How One Becomes What One Was
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LVL3
1542 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, June 10th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 22nd
2023 Co-Mission Festival of New Works: Rika Lin
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, June 9th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
Yiwei Leo Wang: #SOFAB Quilted Emptiness
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Chicago Athletic Association
12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Friday, June 9th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Monday, July 31st
Richard Bellia: Artist Talk
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Tamarkin Camera
213 W Institute Pl, #403, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, June 9th, at 5PM
DAVID GISTA: Mini Memories
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Robin Malpass Art Gallery
Fine Arts Building | 410 S Michigan Ave, Studio 621, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, June 9th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, June 11th
In Dialogue on Henry Darger with Philippe Cohen Solal
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Online
Opening Friday, June 9th, from 12PM - 12:45PM
Maddie May: Holding Heavy Objects
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NEIU Fine Arts Center Gallery
5500 N Saint Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Friday, June 9th, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, June 15th
Vani Aguilar & Juan Arango Palacios: El Brillo en Sus Ojos
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, June 9th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 15th
CLEAT Series: Alyssa Miserendino / Conor Tighe Present ‘Oropendola’, Ben Zucker
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Friday, June 9th, at 8PM
Antonius-Tín Bui: There are many ways to hold water without being called a vase
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moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 9th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, July 29th
Juke 4 Liberation
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Links Hall
3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, June 9th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
On view through Saturday, June 10th
ART 64
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ART 64
The Village of Wauwatosa Wauwatosa, WI 53213
Opening Friday, June 9th, from 9AM - 6PM
PHILIP VON ZWECK: Design for Non-Humans
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65GRAND
3252 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 15th
Corinne D. Peterson and Pinar Aral: Truth Be Told
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 9th, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 1st
Quentin Yang: Soft Telling
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Parlour and Ramp Gallery
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, June 9th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, July 7th
European Art Seminar
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, June 9th, from 6PM - 4PM
Ricardo Mondragon: Musica Universalis
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ARTRUSS
4553 W. Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL, 60639
Opening Friday, June 9th, from 5PM - 10PM
On view through Wednesday, December 31st
The NAACP Celebrates Black Artists
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Friday, June 9th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, June 11th
Yuqing Zhu: To Create Yourself a Soul
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, June 9th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, July 22nd
Secret Life of Plants: Talk
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Oliva Gallery
3816 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 9th, from 5 PM - 9 PM
On view through Saturday, July 1st
Invisible Labors Book Launch
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Ingersoll-Blackwelder Mansion
10910 S Prospect, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Thursday, June 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
I AM ACE Panel with Cody Daigle, Bruce Owen Grimm, Ashabi Owagboriaye, & Adam Rhodes
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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640
Opening Thursday, June 8th, at 7PM
Jon Langford: Prints on Wood
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Friendly Community Room
6729 Roosevelt Rd. Berwyn, IL 60402
Opening Thursday, June 8th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, July 9th
Comfort Music: Linda Therese & microplastique
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, June 8th, from 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Maddie May: Holding Heavy Objects: Artist Talk
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NEIU Fine Arts Center Gallery
5500 N Saint Louis Ave, Chicago, IL 60625
Opening Thursday, June 8th, from 12PM - 1PM
IMPROVISED MUSIC SERIES: MAI SUGIMOTO QUARTET
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Thursday, June 8th, at 8:30PM
Jay Allen Hyde: Night Visions
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Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Art Encounter
927 Noyes St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Thursday, June 8th, from 7PM - 8:30PM
When the News Broke: Chicago 1968 and the Polarizing of America
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Newberry Library
60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Thursday, June 8th, from 6PM - 7PM
What am I to do with a weak mirror? 2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition Performances
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, June 8th, from 4PM - 5PM
DARKROOM – MoCP’s Annual Benefit Auction
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Museum of Contemporary Photography
754 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, June 8th, from 6:30PM - 9PM
Artini at Gallery Guichard
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Gallery Guichard
436 E 47th St, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Thursday, June 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
!!!!!!: 2023 DePaul University Graphic Design DCMA Capstone Show
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, June 8th, from 5PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, June 17th
Dreaming of a Future: Opening Soiree
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Central Standard Rooftop
231 S La Salle St, Chicago, IL 60604
Opening Thursday, June 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, September 17th
Zine 101 Workshop
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Skunk Cabbage Books
2826 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Wednesday, June 7th, from 6PM - 8PM
Eating Sharp Fruit
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CAN TV19
Online
Opening Wednesday, June 7th, from 11PM - 11:30PM
10th Annual BrooksDay
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South Shore Cultural Center
7059 S South Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60649
Opening Wednesday, June 7th, from 12PM - 6PM
Universal Particulars: Signal to Noise – Documentary Media MFA Showcase
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, June 7th, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, June 9th
OUTspoken! LGBTQ+ Storytelling
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Sidetrack The Video Bar
3349 N Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60657
Opening Tuesday, June 6th, at 7PM
Rest and Labor: A Gravity Pleasure Switchback Tour
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Gallery 400
400 S Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Tuesday, June 6th, from 4PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, August 5th
Soundtrack | JazStarr
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MCA Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, June 6th, from 7:30PM - 8:30PM
Phillip Chen: No Ideas but in Things
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University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle, Suite 103, Normal, IL 61761
On view through Sunday, August 13th
Poetry @ The Green at 320: June 2023
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The Green at 320
320 S Canal St, Chicago, IL 60606
Opening Monday, June 5th, at 6PM
Implanted Memories Teach Birds a Song
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Weatherproof - ANNEX
3336 W Lawrence Ave, Suite 303 Chicago IL, 60625
Opening Sunday, June 4th, from 6PM - 9PM
Panel Discussion: Olive Stefanski and John Harness
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid
2233 S Throop St, Unit 419, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Sunday, June 4th, from 3PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, June 10th
Queer Dance Freakout
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago IL, 60647
Opening Sunday, June 4th, at 7PM
Maggie Bridger | Lab E: Training Group
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Experimental Station
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, June 4th, from 1PM - 3PM
Men of a Certain Age
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Wrightwood 659
659 Wrightwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Sunday, June 4th, at 4PM
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire
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Comfort Station Logan Square
2579 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, June 25th
El Chiquito Big Book Publication Release
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 6PM - 8PM
Relative Intensity Noise ft. Meredith Haines, Toni Kunst, Helen Lee, Rin Peisert, and Kezia Waters
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, at 8:30PM
home/school/play/ground #2: Hui-Min Tsen: SCENE
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 2PM - 9PM
Sebastian Sandu: Beauty Marks
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NYCH Gallery
2025 S Laflin St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 6PM - 10PM
Mikey Mosher: Biofeedback: Closing Reception
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 3PM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, June 3rd
BODIES III Curator Tour with Megan Euker
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International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 12PM - 1PM
Blake Gopnik – “Andy Warhol: What Makes Him a Great Artist”
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Cleve Carney Museum of Art
425 Fawell Blvd Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 2PM - 4PM
Andy Warhol Portfolios: A Life in Pop/Works from the Bank of America Collection
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Cleve Carney Museum of Art
425 Fawell Blvd Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
On view through Sunday, September 10th
Artist Talk: Dr. Charles Smith
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Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
756 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 1PM - 2PM
Hyde Park Community Art Fair
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Bixler Park Chicago
5641 S Kenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 10AM - 6PM
On view through Sunday, June 4th
Full Moon Performances
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Co-Prosperity
3129 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 6PM - 11PM
Lucas Simões: Luscofusco
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PATRON
1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, July 15th
Dianna Frid: pre-knowing / un-knowing
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PATRON
1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, July 15th
Summer Art Sale
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 9AM - 4PM
Gallery Talk: Perspectives on Art, Medicine, and Palliative Care in “The Heart’s Knowledge”
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 2PM - 3PM
First Saturday Evanston Art Events
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Evanston Made
Various Locations
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 9AM - 9PM
El Diseño: On LatinX Design in Public Space
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Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 12PM - 2PM
Destination
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W. gallery
600 W Van Buren St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 7PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 2nd
Vincent Davis and Chad Kouri
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, June 3rd
Ari Norris + Ryan Burns Artist Talk
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Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery
32 E Quincy St, Riverside, IL 60546
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, June 24th
THE BODY OF EVIDENCE: A CONVERSATION ABOUT REPARATIONS
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Lawndale Pop-Up Spot
3601 W Douglas Blvd, Chicago, IL 60623
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 24th
Outmoded Shapes
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Blanc Gallery
4445 S Martin Luther King Dr, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 9th
Yves Scherer: Provence
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M. LeBlanc
3514 West Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, July 15th
Side Yard Sounds: Levinson/Mahlmeister + Douglas Andrew McCombs + Eli Caterer
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Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 7PM - 9PM
Marvelocity: The Art of Alex Ross
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
On view through Sunday, August 20th
The WARHOL Exhibition
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Cleve Carney Museum of Art
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 10AM - 6PM
On view through Saturday, June 10th
57th Street Art Fair
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57th Street
57th Street, Hyde Park, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Saturday, June 3rd, from 11am - 5PM
On view through Sunday, June 4th
Reeling Pride Month Film Showcase Presented by MUBI and Chicago Filmmakers
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Chicago Filmmakers
1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Friday, June 2nd, at 7PM
On view through Friday, June 30th
Inclusiveness
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Triple R Gallery
5031 W Montrose Ave, Chicago, IL 60641
On view through Friday, June 30th
David Brodsky: PLACE & TIME
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Dwell Studio Chicago
7449 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60634
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 6:30PM - 10PM
Philip Bosmans: In Search of a Quiet Mind
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Vertical Gallery
2006 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, June 24th
Guerrilla Art: Closing and Artist’s talk
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Agitator Gallery
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Friday, June 2nd, at 7:30PM
AMY PEARL LANG: OBJECT PERMANENCE
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SULK CHICAGO
525 S Dearborn St, Apt 209, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, July 7th
SCAPES
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Jackson Junge Gallery
1389 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
Friendship’s Death
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ANDREW RAFACZ
1749 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, July 15th
First Friday | Art , Music & More !
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Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 7PM - 11PM
Emiliano Zapata’s Women
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 7:30PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, June 3rd
Richard Bellia
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Tamarkin Camera
213 W Institute Pl, #403, Chicago, IL 60610
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
Carolina Pereira: FUZZY MEMORIES
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Povos Chicago
1541 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 2nd
THE SPACE SHOW
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Povos Chicago
1541 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 5PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, July 2nd
Dog Show
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Circle Contemporary
2010 W Carroll Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Monday, July 24th
Meetup Event for Artists with Disabilities
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Central West Center
2102 W Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 5PM - 7PM
FireToolz • Sharperheart • Mukqs • Mrs. Hands • BoySlut
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Digital Art Demo Space
2515 S Archer Ave, Suite 2, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 7PM - 1AM
Marvelocity
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Friday, June 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
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