EXPO Art Week kicked off with the Renaissance Society’s RenBen, where over 400 guests attended Maurizio Cattelan’s Silent Party at the Chicago Athletic Association. Sticking a pin in the vacuousness of small talk at art socials, Cattelan and Ren director-curator Myriam Ben Salah guided guests through a roving gala with one condition: two hours of […]
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Thursday night at Navy Pier, outside of the typical crowd that tends to fill the halls of Chicago’s landmark by the lake, hundreds of artistically minded locals and flashily dressed visitors made the lengthy trek out to Festival Hall for the 13th EXPO Chicago. Running through Sunday, this year’s art fair features 130 galleries, alongside […]
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The fair’s first edition under director Kate Sierzputowski aims to offer a more tightly curated experience
The fair’s 2026 edition is the first to be helmed by new director Kate Sierzputowski, who has widened its institutional outreach through local and regional collaborations
What to expect at this year's art fair and beyond.
Meet the Flyover Gals: Gertie’s Abby Pucker and Chanelle Lacy, alongside Mariane Ibrahim Gallery’s Emma McKee—three women rooted in Chicago’s art scene, sending back vivid dispatches from their art world journeys across the midwest. In this Chicago Reader series, the trio captures the creativity, grit, and unexpected beauty shaping the heartland’s cultural landscape. We’ve all […]
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The body of work is centered on a group of industrial thousand-liter water tanks filled with water collected from the shoreline of the San Francisco Bay.
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