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Scott Speh

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Owner and proprietor of Western Exhibitions, a contemporary art gallery in Chicago westernexhibitions.com

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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Western Exhibitions is open LATE tonight (Friday, Oct. 2) — until 8pm — as part of the 16th annual West Town Art Walk 1709 W Chicago Ave, Second Floor
Poster for the West Town Art WalkInstallation view of Olivia Zubko solo show at Western Exhibitions,  (mostly) wall-mounted ceramic sculptures, her first show with us (it’s awesome). Installation view of the group show — "Affairs to Remember" — in Gallery 2 at Western Exhibitions, featuring work by Lilli Carré, Journie Cirdain, Nanako Kono, Paul Nudd, Geoffrey Todd Smith, Cathrine Whited and Olivia Zubko.
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@idislikestephen.bsky.social What happened to the New Music Friday column? I miss the RIYL tips and The Long List. The last post like this was on Sept. 4 www.npr.org/2026/09/25/n...
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New Music Friday: The best albums out Sept. 25 : NPR Music
Leon Bridges. Blondshell. Joy Oladokun. Host Stephen Thompson breaks down the best albums out Friday, Sept. 18 with DJs from around the NPR Music network: Erin Wolf from Radio Milwaukee, Jewly Hight f...
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My top shows of the 2000s, per a NYT listicle: Difficult People, The Americans, Friday Night Lights, 30 Rock, Succession, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Schitt$ Creek, Arrested Development, Somebody Somewhere, Andor
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The Onion @theonion.com · 22/09/2026
Glamour Of Lamborghini Negated By Indiana Plates
Glamour Of Lamborghini Negated By Indiana Plates
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Carter Lowe @whitesoxx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Jason Benetti gets roasted by his own production crew with the camera cut after his Austro-Turkish War reference. #DNMW #Tigers
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Harebrained @harebrained.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Help me raise some money for my kids’ elementary school! Buy one of these large DRAW pins and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to their arts magnet school! Do it for the kids! www.harebraineddesign.com/collections/...
Black enamel pin with red type that says “DRAW” and white lettering underneath that says “To keep kids off generative AI” in the style of DARE program tees.
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Lakeshore Drive Slut @shredded-teat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
someone adopt this cat
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Olivia Zubko's show at Western Exhibitions (1709 W Chicago Ave, Chicago) technically opens with a public reception on Thursday, Sept 17, 5-8pm, but you can see it today and tomorrow, 11am to 6pm. Please stop by!
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Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com · 11/09/2026
For artist Olivia Zubko, the bathroom as a space for hidden intimacies bubbles through her sculpture practice. bit.ly/4xPId2j
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Bodies, baths, and beyond - Chicago Reader
For artist Olivia Zubko, the bathroom as a space for hidden intimacies bubbles through her sculpture practice.
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 09/09/2026
The art based scale of pain;
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Get your tickets NOW to The Arts of Life Benefit Auction, it supports their mission to inspire artistic expression, build community, and develop independence for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Benefit Auction | Cosmic Rodeo 2026
Join the Cosmic Rodeo 2026 benefit auction for an unforgettable evening of art, music, and community supporting artists with disabilities. Get tickets.
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Spending a sick day watching some sick shows www.youtube.com/watch?v=c40a...
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Nirvana - 09/30/1989 Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL [60fps]
YouTube video by MCRA NIRVANA
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Afghan Whigs Neil Young Public Enemy Robyn Van Halen
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I’m sitting on my roof deck watching the lunar eclipse and am in rapture, good god this is beautiful
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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.
Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy
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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I watch AI boosters try to argue that GenAI is useful, And that doesn't begin to answer the main criticism of it, which is that it's moral and intellectual poison created from theft and being wielded against the working class. And it ignores that "useful" doesn't mean "good."
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
TODAY, Thursday, August 20th, is your LAST CHANCE to see Richard Hull's show at Western Exhibitions, a contemporary art gallery (run by me) in Chicago's West Town neighborhood. New paintings in Gallery 1 and a 50-year printmaking retrospective in Gallery 2. Open until 6pm. 1709 W Chicago Ave
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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Roger Brown, Capitol City, 1978 botfrens.com/collections/14377/cont…
Gift of the Louis and Bessie Adler Foundation, Inc., Seymour M. Klein, President
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Western Exhibitions is excited to participate in the inaugural edition of IN/PRINT in Chicago's West Town neighborhood on Saturday, August 29, 11am-6pm. WX will be hosting Bert Green Fine Arts. Learn more at Chicago gallery News www.chicagogallerynews.com/articles/new...
chicagogallerynews.com
Chicago Gallery News | <!-- -->New IN / PRINT Event Brings Contemporary Printmaking to Chicago’s West Town
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The Onion @theonion.com · 08/08/2026
‘Oh Fuck,’ Announces Belching, Groaning Bus Passenger Directly Behind Woman
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‘Oh Fuck,’ Announces Belching, Groaning Bus Passenger Directly Behind Woman
CHICAGO—Noting that there were no empty seats to switch to on the entirely full bus, sources confirmed Tuesday morning that a belching, groaning passenger seated directly behind a local woman had anno...
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Sir, this is a text message
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
@art-institute.bsky.social why no images? What happened 9 days ago?
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Hester Pangs @hesterpangs.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Happy "Down Goes Anderson" Day to all who celebrate Cleveland's greatest player. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oac...
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Tim Anderson & Jose Ramirez Brawl, Extended Call by Tom Hamilton
YouTube video by Tom Hamilton MLB Calls
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Ever spent an entire day at the airport to never get on your flight as the event you’re flying in for will have long started when you land so it’d be pointless to get on this 6 hour delayed flight? No? me neither
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Kinda obsessed with this site iamwillwang.com/notes/has-no...
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has_not_been_viewed_much | Will W.
Museum APIs and the art that hasn't been viewed much.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Got the chance to see these talented players in action today! It was great having the @wnba.com at Home Court at the Obama Presidential Center for All-Star Weekend. 🏀
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This video of a woman telling an anti-abortion asshole to, "Shut the fuck up" is exactly what I needed to see on a Monday morning
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Chicago legend Gladys Nilsson in Vogue. Her retrospective at the @crockerart.bsky.social in Sacramento opens this weekend!
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The Perfectly Peculiar Art of Gladys Nilsson
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The Onion @theonion.com · 16/07/2026
Defeated Man Too Tired To Fight New $14.99 Fee On Phone Bill theonion.com/defeated-man-too-tired…
Defeated Man Too Tired To Fight New $14.99 Fee On Phone Bill
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Ruby T's magic worked! This book is available at Western Exhibitions
A page from Western Exhibitions' artist book catalog describing Ruby T's zine "Draw Him to Death" 

RUBY T
Draw Him to Death, 2019
110 Cartoons of Lindsey Graham, risograph, perfect bound, 110 pages + covers, 6 7/8h x 5w in.
Edition of 180, Partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council
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Ruby T’s cartoons of Lindsey Graham are part of an ongoing experiment in which she draws the opportunistic misogynist over and
over again from the same grimacing photo while listening to him speak. She asks, “If caricature is drawing at its most violent, can
the ritualistic repetition of drawing this asshole accelerate his destruction?” Her fascination with Graham is just one in a string of
obsessions with the political and corporate elite and their bullshit.
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
theguardian.com
Rapper Pitbull and fans set ‘bald cap’ Guinness World Record at London show
Crowd of more than 22,000 people – and the musician himself – filled Hyde Park with the ‘largest gathering of people wearing bald caps’
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Chicago has reached peak bakery
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Jonas Hallgren @nyheter.nu · 07/07/2026
Haaland Oates
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Agree. We’ve been reporting lately on ICE ramping back up to 11, but the trump administration is trying to do it without Minnesota type headlines. The secret police are trying to be more… secret
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Richard Serra at the St Louis Art Museum
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Thanks for covering Richard Hull's show at Western Exhibitions! Up now through August 20
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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 25/06/2026
“Chicago’s gallery and museum scene is eager to provide fresh work for the Midwestern mind,” says writer Natalie Jenkins. Here are 10 art shows to see in The Windy City this summer.
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10 Art Shows to See in Chicago This Summer
Blessedly, despite the corn sweat, the city’s gallery and museum scene is eager to provide fresh work for the Midwestern mind.
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Lake Michigan @lakemichigan13.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The Great Lakes are big, but we are vulnerable to pollution partly because only about 1% of the water is renewed each year by rain & snow, surface runoff, and groundwater recharge. 1% of 6 quadrillion gallons of freshwater. Work harder to protect us,humans 🌊🌊
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David Daut @davidmdaut.com · 23/06/2026
A "podcast" that is taped and released as video and features famous people is just a talk show that doesn't have to abide by union rules.
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Futurism @futurism.com · 22/06/2026
Who things AI is a good thing? Not that many people, it turns out.
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Americans Have Turned Against AI in Incredible Numbers
A sweeping new poll from Pew Research shows that American adults overwhelming have a negative view of AI, despite using it more than ever.
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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 19/06/2026
10 years ago today: the only blockage worth celebrating.
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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
If you've got a Chicago Public Library card, you'll no longer have to be angry about New York Times paywalls.* You can get the paper with your card. blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/16/f... *Feel free to be angry about how bad the "paper of record" has become all you wish!
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Free New York Times Subscriptions Now Available To All Chicagoans Through City's Public Libraries
Anyone with a Chicago Public Library card can now access all of the Times' news coverage, games, recipes and more.
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
How do I turn off the phone function on my phone? (The 872 call was also spam)
Screenshot of spam phone calls received today, 6 since 11:30am
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Nashies! YouTube Cooking Show 😺 @nashiez.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"So, if I use ChatGPT you think less of me?" Yep. Hope this helps.
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Art bot @art-institute.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
American Collectors (Fred and Marcia Weisman), by David Hockney English, 1937-2026 1968 More info: www.artic.edu/artworks/102234
David Hockney
English, 1937-2026, American Collectors (Fred and Marcia Weisman), A painting of a light-skinned man in a suit and glasses standing in profile and a light-skinned woman with chin-length gray hair and wearing a full-length bright-pink robe stand in a courtyard with various sculptures. Between them is a large stone on a plinth, behind them a green abstracted seated figure, and off to the right a totem pole.
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Marshall Brown's recent show at Western Exhibitions reviewed in @artforum.com by Susan Snodgrass t.co/Nx9JZlCJhv
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https://www.artforum.com/events/marshall-brown-western-exhibitions-review-1234751229/
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Top 10 Least Favorite Ballers Dillon Brooks Jalen Brunson Julius Randall LaMelo Ball Dennis Schroeder Alex Caruso James Harden Payton Pritchard Lu Dort Draymond Green
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
"“I’m here to tell you the mission of your generation is to destroy AI,” said Chieng." news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
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Funny but serious, Chieng issues an AI warning to grads — Harvard Gazette
"Daily Show" star and Class Day headliner is fine writing his own emails.
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isaac @sevier.io · 26/05/2026
An uninhabitable Earth is arriving. We have to do everything we can to stop it and avoid mass death. That means an end to fossil fuels and racial capitalism. To me, that feels more inevitable than any other alternative because of our intense collective will to live.
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Scott Speh @scottspeh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Joy (Pump it up, pump it up) and pain (Come on, come on, here we go) Like sunshine (What else? What else?) and rain (Keep it goin', keep it goin') Joy (Yeah, yeah) and pain (Pump it up, pump it up) Like sunshine (What else?) and rain Give it to 'em, Rob Base
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