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Scott Speh
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Owner and proprietor of Western Exhibitions, a contemporary art gallery in Chicago

http://westernexhibitions.com/
Tonight and tmrw, Oct 3 and 4 is the 15th year of the West Town Art Walk. Western Exhibitions and the galleries at 1709 W Chicago Ave (David Salkin Creative, Document and Volume Gallery) will be open until 8pm tonight and 11am to 6pm on Saturday.

Check out @westtownchicago (on Insta) for more info
October 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
OPENING this Friday, 5-8pm, at Western Exhibitions (Gallery 2)

Simone Mantellassi
Carpeting In the Kitchen Incorporated

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September 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
OPENING this Friday, 5-8pm, at Western Exhibitions

Journie Cirdain
The Gloaming

Cirdain’s large allegorical drawings exist at the intersection of the human and animal, internal and external, magic and reality, and ultimately, life and death.

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September 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Three new titles at WesternXeditions! Available NOW, in-person only, at the WesternXeditions shelves at Western Exhibitions

Dutes Miller
“Eat the Rich”
“Silence = Death”
color xerox zines

Deb Sokolow
“A Deb Sokolow Sampler: 20 Years of Speculative Drawing”
catalog for survey at NIU Art Museum
July 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Opening tonight in Chicago at Western Exhibitions:

In Gallery 1, Folk Methods with Spatial Problems, curated by Shannon Rae Stratton

In Gallery 2, Nanako Kono // Doublespeak

Public reception from 5-8pm, alongside openings at Volume Gallery and Document, at 1709 W Chicago Ave
June 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
May 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Opening tonight at Western Exhibitions:
Jessica Campbell // Dogman Lives on the Ground
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Sukaina Kubba // Textile Museum

5-8pm
1709 W Chicago Ave

Document and Volume galleries will also be opening shows with Faheem Majeed and Robell Awake, respectively
April 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
You may crush our bodies and our ponchos, but you'll never silence our song of protest!
March 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Check out the sculptures in Alana Ferguson’s show at Patient Info — an artist-run gallery at 902 N Western Ave, Chicago — weird, and a little unsettling, in all the best ways
March 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
In "Head in the Clouds" from 1969-1970, Julia Schmitt Healy removed her face from 16 different photographic self-portraits and replaced them with images of clouds on a blue sky taken from cut-up postcards. Her show at Western Exhibitions closes this Saturday!

#imagist
#chicagoimagist
February 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Saturday is the last day to see Julia Schmitt Healy's show at Western Exhibitions, "Looking Back: Work by Julia Schmitt Healy from 1970-1981"

Open today thru Saturday, 11am to 6pm

1709 W Chicago Ave in the great united state of Chicago
February 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
From Julia Schmitt Healy’s solo show up now at Western Exhibitions, through Feb 22

Totem Pole #2
1976
Colored pencil on rag paper, 30h x 22w in. 34h x 26w in. framed

See the ALT TEXT on the first image for a statement form the artist

#juliaschmitthealy
#imagist
#chicagoimagist
February 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
And the final ten...
February 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
FINALLY, on the occasion of MUSIC’s BIGGEST NIGHT, The Spehway Guide to Modern Culture: 2024 Edition: Best 50 Songs is HERE. #girdyourloins

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February 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
From Julia Schmitt Healy’s show, in Gallery 1 at Western Exhibitions, through Feb 22

Baggy People, 1970
Acrylic on Canvas
59h x 59w in

Empty Conversation, 1970
Acrylic on 1969 Linen Tea Towel
16h x 14w in

Turned Away, 1970
Acrylic on Linen 1967 Calendar Tea Towel
16h x 14w in

#chicagoimagist
January 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Empty People Series: Hairstyles, 1970
Gouache on vellum, Substrate size: 9h x 11x in.; Image size: 4 1/2h x 4 w in., framed: 12 1/2h x 15 1/2w in
January 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
From Julia Schmitt Healy’s solo show, LOOKING BACK: WORK BY JULIA SCHMITT HEALY FROM 1970-1981, up now in Gallery 1 at Western Exhibitions, through February 22

#juliaschmitthealy
#imagist
#chicagoimagist
January 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Opening tonight at Western Exhibitions Chicago:
Julia Schmitt Healy + Ella Weber
5-8pm

1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622

+ opening receptions for Document and Volume, both at 1709, and Andrew Rafacz, down the street at 1749 W Chicago Ave
January 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This Saturday from 12 to 4pm at the gallery, as part of ongoing programming related to our 20th Year Anniversary show, Miller & Shellabarger will be crocheting at both ends of a long pink tube, a performance piece that is one year older than the gallery!
December 14, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Listen to me yuck it up about our 20 years in the art biz on the Bad at Sports podcast

badatsports.com/2024/episode...
November 30, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Western Exhibitions Fall Newsletter:

Western Exhibitions in the news!
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Zhi Ding installation views
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Elijah Burgher installation views
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Holiday Hours
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Upcoming events and shows

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November 29, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Installation views of Deb Sokolow "Visualizing" are on our site here:

westernexhibitions.com/exhibition/d...
December 8, 2023 at 5:30 PM
THIS SATURDAY at Western Exhibitions in Chicago, at 2pm, Deb Sokolow gives a walk-through of her current show at the gallery, "Visualizing." Free and open to all!

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November 30, 2023 at 10:34 PM