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and Steve Ruiz
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UNCOMMON WEALTH with Dr. Kojo Koram and Dr. Julian Go
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 9th, at 7PM
Violet Luczak: Give It a Rest
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A Very Serious Gallery
673 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, February 9th, from 6PM - 9:45PM
On view through Saturday, March 2nd
Anti-Valentine’s Day Party
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 9th, at 6PM
Michelle Chun: Through the thicket, lies a star
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Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640
Opening Friday, February 9th, at 5PM
On view through Friday, March 1st
Rafael França
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
ACCESSION (2018) with filmmakers Tamer Hassan and Armand Tufenkian and plant conservationist Jeremie Fant
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Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston IL 60208
Opening Thursday, February 8th, from 7PM - 9PM
Spectrum of Expression: A Workshop Led by Mesoma Onyeagba
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Fourtunehouse Art Center
4410 S Cottage Grove Ave Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Thursday, February 8th, from 6PM - 8PM
Artini at Gallery Guichard
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Gallery Guichard
436 E 47th St, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Thursday, February 8th, from 6PM - 9PM
Gregory Smithers: Reclaiming Two-Spirits
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Swift Hall, The University of Chicago
1025 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 8th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Ari Banias: A Symmetry
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Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 8th, at 5PM
Christopher Williams: Radio/Rauhfaser/Television
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Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
5701 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, April 19th
AFTER EVERYTHING
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The Hokin
623 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, February 8th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Tuesday, April 16th
In Focus
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Koehnline Museum of Art
1600 E Golf Rd Des Plaines, IL 60016
Opening Thursday, February 8th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, March 22nd
HOUSE OF CARAVANS by Shilpi Suneja
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Women & Children First Bookstore
Online
Opening Thursday, February 8th, at 7PM
Giselle Mira-Diaz: Rotten Fruit
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C33 Gallery
33 Ida B. Wells Dr, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Thursday, February 8th, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, January 28th
Liz Ensz: Unorganized Territory: Mutable Landscapes
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Western Illinois University Art Gallery
1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455
Opening Thursday, February 8th, from 430PM - 6PM
On view through Thursday, February 8th
Werner Herzog: Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984) // Lessons of Darkness (1992)
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Doc Films at the University of Chicago
1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, February 7th, at 7PM
Spaces of Exception
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Kresge Hall, Northwestern University
1880 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Wednesday, February 7th, at 6PM
Portable Graycapade & Hot Cocoa Klatch
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Midway Plaisance Ice Rink
1130 Midway Plaisance Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Wednesday, February 7th, from 5PM - 7PM
Juana Estrada Hernández: Nuestras Historias
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McHenry County College | Epping Gallery
8900 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL 60012
On view through Friday, March 22nd
Unearth
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Cleve Carney Museum of Art
425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Opening Wednesday, February 7th, from 11am - 5PM
On view through Sunday, March 10th
Stephanie Dinkins Lecture
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The Art Institute of Chicago
Fullerton Hall: 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Tuesday, February 6th, from 6PM - 7:30PM
Reimagining Chicago’s Collective Future
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National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, February 6th, from 12PM - 1:30PM
Amanda Beech: “Map of the Bomb” Premiere
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Music Box Theatre
3733 N Southport Ave., Chicago, IL 60613
Opening Tuesday, February 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
Anna Kornbluh: Immediacy
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Seminary Co-op Bookstore
5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Monday, February 5th, from 6PM - 7PM
Anti-Imperialist Engineering 101: Shotspotter & Technosolutionism
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Monday, February 5th, at 7PM
Lewis Alumni Art and Design Invitational
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Wadsworth Family Gallery at Lewis University
One University Parkway, Romeoville, IL 60446
On view through Friday, March 22nd
Live To Tell: Barbara DeGenevieve, her Library at OHKLAHOMO
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Ohklahomo
2518 W Iowa St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Sunday, February 4th, at 6PM
Amanda Beech: Delphic Future
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Twelve Ten Gallery
1210 W Thorndale Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Sunday, February 4th, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 16th
Kathy Halper: Artist Talk
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Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201
Opening Sunday, February 4th, from 2PM - 3PM
Printmaking from the Archive: Ben Blount & Dino Robinson in Conversation
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MAKE letterpress studio + retail shop + gallery
1123 Florence Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
Opening Sunday, February 4th, from 2PM - 4PM
MIYOKO ITO: HEART OF HEARTS
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The Renaissance Society
Swift Hall, 1025 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Sunday, February 4th, from 2PM - 5PM
Making Sense of It All: Artist Talk
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Elephant Room Gallery
704 S Wabash Ave, Chicago IL 60605
Opening Sunday, February 4th, at 1PM
On view through Saturday, February 10th
Asian Improv aRts Midwest Presents: Re-live Groundhog Day with Trio WAZ
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Elastic Arts
3429 W Diversey Ave, #208, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, at 8PM
Agitator Animation!
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Agitator Artist Collective
3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 6PM - 10PM
Tina Mari Rucker
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T. Mari Art Gallery
1227 W Devon Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 6PM - 9PM
Gary Schirmer: Antedated Foresights 2024
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, March 1st
Errata
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PATRON
1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Brittany Nelson : I can’t make you love me
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PATRON
1612 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 5:30PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 30th
Visit/ Life Cyles Exhibition with Natalia Villanueva Linares
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, at 12PM
ciclo y ciclo: Poetry Reading & Conversation
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 3 PM - 4:30 PM
On view through Saturday, February 3rd
Bleached Out Reef: Panel Talk
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Watershed Art & Ecology
1821 S Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, at 2PM
(N0) Room for Doubt
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Devening Projects
3039 West Carroll Avenue
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Sunday, March 10th
Opening Conversation: Actions for the Earth
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 2PM - 3PM
Mary Kind + Andy Moore: What Then (?)
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boundary
2334 W 111th Pl, Chicago, IL 60643
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 2PM - 5PM
On view through Saturday, March 9th
Kristin Anahit Cass: Traversing Temporalities: Coffee Divination Workshop
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago
2233 S Throop St, Unit 419, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Saturday, February 3rd
Bronzeville in Reel Time
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South Side Community Art Center
3831 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 1PM - 3PM
A Love Supreme Panel Discussion
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Elmhurst Art Museum
150 S Cottage Hill Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 1PM - 2:25PM
BLACK WOMEN IN CLAY LEGACIES AND NEW DIRECTIONS
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Navy Pier
600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 1PM - 3PM
The Art of Gathering / El arte del convivio
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CAPE
1010 W 35th St, STE 697, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 12PM - 3PM
On view through Saturday, March 16th
We Are What We You Eat: Artist Talk
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 12PM - 1PM
On view through Sunday, March 10th
Screening | The Sojourner Truth Film Festival
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Saturday, February 3rd, from 10AM - 5PM
János Megyik: Photograms
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
On view through Monday, July 8th
David Shrobe: Natural Sovereignty
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moniquemeloche
451 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, March 16th
Full & Fragmented Affections
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Yes Project Space
1029 W 35th St, 3rd floor, Chicago, IL 60609
Opening Friday, February 2nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, March 8th
Radical Signals – realtime audio/video performances
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Tritriangle
1550 N Milwaukee Ave, Fl 3 Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 2nd, at 7PM
Riotsville, U.S.A.
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Logan Center for the Arts, The University of Chicago
915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Friday, February 2nd, at 7PM
Vino Divino – Wine Tasting and Art Opening
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Parlour and Ramp
2130 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 2nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, February 3rd
We Are What We You eat
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Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee Ave #2, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 2nd, from 7PM - 11PM
On view through Sunday, March 10th
CHANNELED 8: CLOSING SYMPOSIUM
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SULK CHICAGO
525 S Dearborn St, Apt 209, Chicago, IL 60605
Opening Friday, February 2nd, at 6PM
THIS LIFE AIN’T FOR EVERYONE Slow & Low Throughout the Years
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Pilsen Arts & Community House
1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
Dawn is a Headspace, Night is a Feeling
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Purple Window Gallery
2233 S Throop St, #845, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, February 24th
Tita Recometa-Brady & Jill Kolker: Landscapes / Cityscapes
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SoNa Chicago Art Gallery
1527 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 16th
Tappers and Tapestries
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Fulton Street Collective
1821 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
From Blue, to Bright
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Fourtunehouse Art Center
4410 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago, IL 60653
Opening Friday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
On view through Sunday, March 3rd
CV: 2/2/24
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Bill's Auto
3217 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 10PM
Cody Bratt: The Other Stories
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Filter Photo
1821 W Hubbard St, Ste 207, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 9th
olivier & Martín Wannam: Archiving Edging: The edges of archives and to edge an archive
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Roots & Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 9th
Marten Katze: THE RUINS
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Friday, March 22nd
Marilyn Artus: BURLESQUE DIVA DIA MUERTOS
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 23rd
Joe Gallo: LUST IN THE DUST
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 23rd
Tallulah Cartalucca: if a tree falls
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Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Friday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Wednesday, February 28th
Andrew Boynton: No Land Without a Lord
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Epiphany Center for the Arts
201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Friday, February 2nd, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Saturday, March 23rd
Iris Goldstein: Forever Is Composed Of Nows
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, February 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
Bianca Pastel: the desire to communicate vs. the desire to hide
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Vertical Gallery
2006 W Chicago Ave #1R, Chicago, IL 60622
Opening Friday, February 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, February 24th
Cop City Will Never Be Built: History and Lessons from the Struggle
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Pilsen Community Books
1102 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Friday, February 2nd, at 7PM
BLACK WOMEN TAUGHT US by Jenn M. Jackson
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Women & Children First Bookstore
Online
Opening Friday, February 2nd, at 7PM
COLLAGE/ASSEMBLAGE: Beautiful and Strange Fragmentation
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ARC Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Friday, February 2nd, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Friday, February 23rd
Miranda Forrester: Interiorities
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MARIANE IBRAHIM
437 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
On view through Saturday, April 6th
“Architecture is a Child of the Sea”: Short Films from Prismatic Ground with Inney Prakash and Rhayne Vermette
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Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Opening Thursday, February 1st, at 7PM
Lecture: Drawn to Picasso—The Donors Who Built Chicago’s Collection
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The Art Institute of Chicago
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Opening Thursday, February 1st, from 6PM - 7PM
Amir H. Fallah: Artist Talk
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Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago
5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, February 1st, at 6PM
Gabriel Moses: Marsha
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ANTHONY GALLERY
1360 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, February 1st, from 5PM - 8PM
On view through Saturday, March 2nd
2024 Student Juried Exhibition
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Ralph Arnold Gallery
1131 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660
Opening Thursday, February 1st, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Sunday, March 10th
Visit/ Life Cyles Exhibition with Natalia Villanueva Linares
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DePaul Art Museum
935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
Opening Thursday, February 1st, from 4PM - 5PM
Jen Everett: Could you dim the lights?
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Krannert Art Museum
500 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
Opening Thursday, February 1st, from 5PM - 7PM
On view through Saturday, October 5th
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