CHICAGO GALLERY NEWS September-December 2013
Young June Lew 16 Years with Andrew Bae Gallery
IN THIS ISSUE: • The fall 2013 season • EXPO Chicago + two new art fairs • Richard Gray Gallery is 50 • Chicago Artists Month • SOFA Chicago • An outsider collection • The Driehaus Museum • Fall openings + more
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Paul Sietsema Sept 7–Jan 5
Modern Cartoonist: The Art of Daniel Clowes Through Oct 13 Homebodies Through Oct 13 BMO Harris Bank Chicago Works: José Lerma Through Dec 3
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In this issue: September-December 2013 Openings + Gallery Receptions Exhibiting Artists Artists currently showing around town. 20 Gallery Specialties Abstraction, emerging, antiques, prints + more. 22-32 What’s Happening: Features + Interviews • Letter from the Publisher • CAC’s HATCH Projects • Kevin Nance talks to Richard Gray Gallery about turning 50; A preview of international artists exhibiting in galleries + at EXPO this fall • An art collector reflects on the unexpected • Diasporal Rhythms marks 10 years of collecting • Mary DeYoe explores CAC’s new art fair, EDITION; Chicago Artists Month has a new focus on city neighborhoods 33 Pull-out Gallery District Maps Take our maps along when visiting galleries. Find a list of ongoing studio tours + walks 35-39 News + Highlights Mary DeYoe highlights the Driehaus Museum’s Tiffany exhibition; Lula Café shows fine art in Logan Square; Reasons to visit St. Louis now; Take a DIY tour of Gallery Weekend. Also: Galleries new to CGN; Artists + dealers in the news 16 18
Gallery openings are the place to be this fall. This season’s full list is on p. 16
Kasia Houlihan is one of 24 artists participating in HATCH Projects this year, p. 31
Kevin Nance spoke to Paul Gray of Richard Gray Gallery on the gallery’s 50th anniversary, p. 26
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Sol LeWitt at Russell Bowman Fine Art in River North, p. 41
Art Resources + Art Centers 58
65 SOFA turns 20 this November when the fair returns to Navy Pier Nov 1-3. More fairs are listed on p. 61
River North West Loop / Fulton Market / West Side Hyde Park / Pilsen / Pilsen East / Bridgeport North Side: Wicker Park / Bucktown, Ravenswood, Lincoln Park, and beyond Michigan Avenue / The Loop / South Loop Suburbs + beyond (Wisconsin, Michigan + Indiana)
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ON THE COVER: Young June Lew at Andrew Bae Gallery I still vividly remember the day in 1997 when I first encountered Young June Lew. Her Empty Clothes series was being shown at the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, California. I was struck by the powerful imagery and imposing scale of the works. Those paintings arose from the passing of her mother, and through them the artist reminds us of the ephemeral nature of life’s journey, and also how significant our present existence can be for others. These works were a complete departure from her previous abstract works, which she produced for the first 20 years of her artistic career. It was a momentous experience for me to see this work, and it subsequently led us to a long gallery-artist partnership. In 2011, Lew made another big change with the release of her Ordinary Saints series depicting people’s faces. These were stylistically new and quite unexpected at the time of their debut. Nevertheless, they contained a forcefully expressive quality which epitomized her ideas and philosophies as an artist even more clearly than her previous work did. In an interview regarding her new series, Lew stated: “I feel an awesome, almost indescribable beauty in the ‘goodness’ to be found in many shapes of human faces. My ‘Saints’ represent the beauty in that ‘goodness’. They are not particularly associated with any religion. They manifest the beauty that is spiritual and transcendental. In the faces of the good, just like nature, I see mysterious beauty.” We are proud to present the exhibition Timeless Evanescence, a second solo show of Young June Lew’s Ordinary Saints series. Timeless Evanescence will celebrate her continuous exploration of the goodness in human faces. Our gallery continues its own journey of over 20 years, one of introducing unfamiliar voices from different parts of the world to Chicago and America. Our mission would not be possible without the courageous support and incredible open-mindedness of our clients. As Lew has stated, “Life is a journey - long and continuous.” In that spirit, we invite you to join us to experience the journey of life through the visionary world of Young June Lew. -AB Young June Lew: Timeless Evanescence September 6-October 12, 2013 Opening reception: Friday, September 6, 5-8pm
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago New Low-Residency MFA Attention | Sensation | Perception Starting Summer 2014 Core Faculty
Gregg Bordowitz Matthew Buckingham A. Laurie Palmer Molly Zuckerman-Hartung Visiting Artists—Summer Session 2014
Joseph Grigely Kira Lynn Harris Glenn Ligon Josiah McElheny Lynne Tillman Wu Tsang Priority Deadline December 1 saic.edu/lowres
Diasporal Rhythms and the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts Celebrate
Diasporal rhythms a 10–year love affair with Collecting art of the african Diaspora
Abiola Akintola
Theodore C. Feaster
Dayo Laoye
Lowell Thompson
Floyd Atkins
Andre Guichard
Faheem Majeed
Dale Washington
Paul S. Benjamin
Juarez Hawkins
Joyce Owens
Julian Williams
Dalton Brown
Malika Jackson
Felicia Grant Preston
Shyvette Williams
Makeba Kedem-DuBose
Marva Pitchford Jolly
G.L. Smothers
October 8 – November 9, 2013 Exhibition Reception Friday, October 11, 6 pm Free and open to the public
Artwork: Theodore C. Feaster
Collectors’ Home Tour Saturday, October 12 9 am and 1 pm Tickets $40 ($25 for students) ticketsweb.uchicago.edu or call 773.702.ARTS Reception & tour departures at Logan Center Gallery 915 E. 60th Street, Chicago
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GALLERY OPENING RECEPTIONS Fall is THE season in Chicago’s art world. In addition to world-class art fairs, a whole month devoted to Chicago artists, and a slew of exhibitions opening at area musuems, there are dozens of gallery openings every single weekend as galleries and art centers pull out the stops to showcase emerging artists alongside the veterans. The common theme is not-tobe-missed art. You’ll also find many open houses and gallery walks to attend, as so many of the city’s creative hubs offer monthly events like 2nd and 3rd Fridays, as well as Saturday events. The schedule is constantly being updated, so visit www.chicagogallerynews.com/openings for the most up-to-date list this season. We’ll see you in the galleries! DISTRICT KEY • River North • West Loop + West Side • Pilsen + Pilsen East, Bridgeport + Hyde Park • Michigan Ave., Loop + S. Loop • North Side + Bucktown + Wicker Park • Suburbs + Out of State: IN, MI, WI
Monthly Open Studios + Gallery Nights: • 1st Thursday Sept 5, Oct 3, Nov 7, Dec 5 • 1st Friday Sept 6, Oct 4, Nov 1, Dec 6 • 2nd Friday Sept 13, Oct 11, Nov 8, Dec 13 • 3rd Friday Sept 20, Oct 18, Nov 15, Dec 20 • 2nd Saturday Sept 14, Oct 12, Nov 9, Dec 14 Opening receptions for new exhibitions take place every 6-8 weeks on the first night of a new exhibition, usually some time between 5-9pm on Friday nights, unless otherwise noted. Artists are often present, and the public is welcome. A helpful pull-out map to guide you on your gallery hopping may be found on page 33.
SEPTEMBER F, September 6 Addington Jean Albano Andrew Bae Russell Bowman Roy Boyd Stephen Daiter Catherine Edelman Gruen Galleries Carl Hammer Hilton | Asmus Ann Nathan Jennifer Norback Perimeter Maya Polsky Printworks Rangefinder Judy A Saslow Ken Saunders Vale Craft Zolla / Lieberman Chicago Artists Coalition Packer Schopf Linda Warren Woman Made Chicago Art Source Rotofugi Brauer Museum Lakeside Legacy THĒ Fine Art Gallery Sa, September 7 Vertical The Art Center, Highland Park ZIA | Gallery
Sa, September 14 LACUNA MANIFOLD
Th, October 10 Christopher Art Gallery
Su, September 15 Logan Center
F, October 11 David Weinberg LACUNA Logan Center Art De Triumph Thomas Masters
F, September 20 Schneider McCormick 4Art Bridgeport Yale Factor Zhou B Valerie Carberry Richard Gray KM Fine Arts Jackson Junge Gallery Pink
F, October 18 Hilton | Asmus Printworks 4Art Bridgeport Prospectus Yale Factor Zhou B THĒ Fine Art Gallery Gallery Pink
Su, September 22 LACUNA Th, September 26 David Weinberg
Sa, October 19 THĒ Fine Art Gallery ZIA | Gallery
F, September 27 ARC Firecat Deer Path Art League Tall Grass
F, October 25 Roy Boyd Rhona Hoffman McCormick Linda Warren ARC Firecat Elmhurst Artists’ Guild
Su, September 29 Evanston Art Center
OCTOBER Th, October 3 State Street
W, September 11 Douglas Dawson
F, October 4 Josef Glimer (4-7pm) Chicago Artists Coalition Cornelia Arts Building College of Lake County Lakeside Legacy
F, September 13 Rhona Hoffman Thomas Masters Elmhurt Artists’ Guild Krasl Art Center
Su, October 13 Riverside Arts Center
Sa, September 21 Bert Green
Su, September 8 Riverside Arts Center
Th, September 12 NIU Art Museum
Sa, October 12 LACUNA Vertical
Sa, October 26 Bert Green
NOVEMBER F, November 1 Addington Jean Albano Russell Bowman Echt Gallery Gruen Galleries Carl Hammer Hilton | Asmus Perimeter
Sa, October 5 Josef Glimer (11a-6p) Chicago Printmakers Collaborative Rotofugi 16
F, November 1, Cont. Judy A Saslow Ken Saunders Vale Craft Zolla / Lieberman Frederick Baker Chicago Artists Coalition Packer Schopf Jackson Junge Rotofugi Lakeside Legacy Th, November 7 Chicago Art Source F, November 8 Catherine Edelman Rangefinder Thomas Masters The Art Center, Highland Park Krasl Art Center Sa, November 9 LACUNA Bert Green Th, November 14 Christopher Art Gallery F, November 15 Woman Made 4Art Inc. Bridgeport Yale Factor Zhou B College of Lake County Deer Path Gallery Pink Sa, November 16 Vertical Th, November 21 NIU Art Museum F, November 22 Hilton | Asmus ARC Cornelia Arts Building Tall Grass Arts
Su, November 23 Cornelia Arts Building (1-5pm) Riverside Arts Center F, November 29 LACUNA Firecat Sa, November 30 ZIA | Gallery
DECEMBER F, December 6 Jennifer Norback Printworks Vale Craft David Weinberg Rotofugi Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Lakeside Legacy THĒ Fine Art Gallery Sa, December 7 Chicago Printmakers Collaborative THĒ Fine Art Gallery Su, December 8 Chicago Printmakers Collaborative F, December 13 McCormick Linda Warren Sa, December 14 LACUNA F, December 20 4Art Inc. Bridgeport Yale Factor Zhou B Gallery Pink Sa, December 21 Bert Green F, December 27 Firecat
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McCormick Gallery 835 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, IL 60607 312-226-6800 www.thomasmccormick.com
Vidvuds Zviedris Melanie Pankau Wonsook Kim Richard Schemm Bernard Williams John Henry Lisa Nankivil Richard Hunt John Pittman Rodney Carswell John Santoro Michael Hedges Andrea Myers Darrell Roberts John Neuse Kyle Surges John Sabraw Barry Tinsley
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Abright, Oben……......................Echt Abright, Oben..............The Art Center Anderson, Judie……...........Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Atwood, John….........….Rangefinder Bach, Leroy.....................Logan Center Bachorik, Vladimir…..….............Echt Baldwin, Philip.............The Art Center Ballou, Matthew............Evanston AC Bartlett, Jennifer…..Russell Bowman Basa, Lynn……...Chicago Art Source Baumer, Garrett……........Perspective Baxter, Todd.........................Lubeznik Beebe, Jeffrey..............Packer Schopf Blackmon, Julie......Catherine Edelman Bladholm, Sharon............Christopher Blaha, George……...................Firecat Blank, Martin...............The Art Center Bleck, Cathie……........Packer Schopf Blume, Christopher…..…......Chicago Printmakers Bodett, Matt......Chicago Printmakers Borrello, Brian....Chicago Art Source Bothwell, Christina......The Art Center Bowers, Mark…….....................Krasl Brammer, Jason……...Linda Warren Brandt, Jan……...............State Street Brown, Dalton….....….... State Street Brown, Mark…….................Rotofugi Brydelsky, Tom…......Gruen Galleries Burke, Mary…….............Christopher Butcher, Clyde…….......ZIA | Gallery Cambon, Gerard….....Judy A Saslow Canogar, Raphael…….........Lubeznik Carey, Alison…….............Perspective Carey, Alison……........Riverside Arts Casalini, Tom……............State Street Chamarelli, Fernando….…....Vertical Chihuly, Dale...............The Art Center Chirchirillo, Jeff…….......Perspective Clayman, Daniel..........The Art Center Close, Chuck…........Russell Bowman Cobo, Jose……..............Maya Polsky Cody, Jeremy......Chicago Printmakers Conger, William…….........Printworks Cooper, Barbara…...........Christopher Cooper, Diane….....…....Jean Albano Coupe-Ryding, Jeanine….....Chicago Printmakers Cummings, Matthew......Ken Saunders
September 7 - October 5 / “Don’t Let Go” A Solo Show from Chicago artist Daniel Hojnacki Reception with artist Sat, Sept 7, 6-10pm
October 12 - November 9 / “Among Photons” A Solo Show from Brazilian artist Fernando Chamarelli Reception with artist Sat, Oct 12, 6-10pm
Michael Rodriguez
Upcoming: November 16 - December 21 / “Deck the Halls” Holiday Skate Deck Show 20% of all sales donated to Chicago non-profit The Simple Good.
At Vertical Gallery, we focus on work influenced by urban environments, street art, pop culture, and illustration. By bringing together local, national and international artists in ten dynamic solo and group shows each year, we encourage collectors and casual viewers into the exploration and discussion of urban-contemporary art.
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Dawson, Sandra…….........Addington Deeb, Manal……........................ARC DeLean, Marie……..........Perspective Demonte, Claudia……...Jean Albano Denevan, Robin….......…..Addington Dimitre…..............…..Jackson Junge Donovan, Tara…......Russell Bowman Elkins, Janice…….........Gallery Pink Euclide, Gregory…......…...........Krasl Factor, Yale……...............Yale Factor Faust, Bob…….............MANIFOLD Ferrari, Virginio….......…..Bridgeport Finch, Spencer…......Rhona Hoffman Fish, Julia…….........Valerie Carberry Fisk-Vittori, Carson…..Carrie Secrist
Fitzpatrick, Tony……..............Firecat Fitzsimmons, Michele.....Woman Made Fosberg, Lora…....…...Linda Warren Fragoso, Carlos….........…..........Krasl Fraser, John……................Roy Boyd Fredericks, Marshall M. …..…..Krasl Frid, Dianna…..Riverside Arts Center Fritzche, Katja…....................…..Echt Fritzche, Katja….…....The Art Center Funke, Benjamin……..........Lubeznik Gadomski, Robert……........Lubeznik Garber, Josh……...Zolla / Lieberman Gilchrist, Shelley…..........Christopher Gista, David……......Thomas Masters Goldstein, Iris…....................…..ARC Gopinath, Gabrielle……......Lubeznik Gordon, Nicole…….............Lubeznik Goro, Michael........Jennifer Norback Graf, Oskar……..................Lubeznik Greenburg, Jennifer…..….Schneider Grenon, Gregory..........The Art Center Guarracino, Nathalie................Gruen Galleries Guggisberg, Monica......The Art Center Guinan, Robert….....Frederick Baker
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EXHIBITING ARTISTS Ledgerwood, Judy…...............Rhona Hoffman Leib, Shayna…….........................Echt Leib, Shayna...............The Art Center Letinsky, Laura…....Valerie Carberry Leverkuhn, Adrian......Thomas Masters Lew, Young June......…..Andrew Bae LeWitt, Sol…….......Russell Bowman Liddy, Tim……..............ZIA | Gallery Lin, Maya…….........Russell Bowman Livoni, Mary….…....Frederick Baker Long, JP.......................The Art Center Lutes, Jim…….........Valerie Carberry
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Paluch, Frank…….....Judy A Saslow Pankau, Melanie…..…....McCormick Paschke, Ed……......Russell Bowman Pawlowicz, Elaine...…..…...Lubeznik Peltz, Lorraine…….....Hilton | Asmus Petrides, Olivia….…......Gallery Pink Petrides, Olivia…….............Lubeznik Pionkowski, Gabriel……...........Krasl Pope.L, William……....Logan Center Postiglione, Corey......Thomas Masters Powell, Stephen……....Ken Saunders Preuss, Ted…….............ZIA | Gallery Price, Jeffrey Allen….....Chicago Art Source
Pulido, Eufemio…....….....Prospectus Rajgariah, Preetika…..…...........Krasl Reid, Tomeka..................Logan Center Rigali, Sandra……...........State Street Rosenthal, Donna…..….Jean Albano Rusnak, John Michael…........…..KM
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Saladino, Susan…..….....Jean Albano Sano, Youko.................The Art Center Sawyers, Ross……...........Perspective Schmidt, Diane J. .......Woman Made Schwarz, David……....Ken Saunders Sevener, Jeff…….....Lakeside Legacy Sharpe, David…….......Carl Hammer Sheesley, Joel…….....College of Lake County Shimoto, Harue............The Art Center Shochet, Sheila……..............,.....ARC Siena, James…….....Russell Bowman Simon, Deborah….......Packer Schopf Sistler, Nicholas…….........Printworks Smith, Cauleen................Logan Center Smith, Vanessa…..…........,..Perimeter Sohn, Sarah……....Zolla / Lieberman Sourelis, Dian……......................ARC Sta.Ana, Jun-Jun…….....Bert Green Stachowiak, Kasia……..........Chicago Printmakers Sterling, Megan……..............Chicago Printmakers Stirratt, Betsy…….......Packer Schopf Surges, Kyle….................McCormick Swan, Angela…........Lakeside Legacy Swidler, Sharon…............Christopher Szpunar, David….......Jackson Junge Tanner, Faigie……............Perspective Timmermans, Courtney…..….....Jean Albano Toda, Fumiko…….........ZIA | Gallery Torreano, John…..….....Jean Albano Traylor, Bill……............Carl Hammer Tucker, Cristal……..........Christopher
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GALLERY SPECIALTIES Abstract Expressionism McCormick Abstraction Jean Albano Roy Boyd Valerie Carberry Chicago Art Source Gallery Pink Gruen Galleries Rhona Hoffman KM Fine Arts Leigh McCormick Jennifer Norback Richard Norton Perimeter THĒ Fine Art Gallery David Weinberg ZIA | Gallery Zygman Voss African or African American Douglas Dawson Gallery Pink Gruen Galleries Carl Hammer Ann Nathan PRIMITIVE Judy A Saslow Antiques The Golden Triangle Pagoda Red Antiquities and Artifacts Douglas Dawson The Golden Triangle PRIMITIVE Architecture MANIFOLD Josh Moulton Artists’ Books Chicago Printmakers Collaborative Stephen Daiter Printworks Zygman Voss Asian Andrew Bae Douglas Dawson The Golden Triangle NIU Art Museum Pagoda Red PRIMITIVE
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NEWS - WHAT’S HAPPENING Letter from the Publisher: the fall ushers in the new
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Fall in Chicago is the season of the new. Throughout the city and suburbs, from Hyde Park to Highland Park, the first weeks of September are so full of activity and energy, it’s a delight just to try and keep up. Artists’ hard work is on full display, while curators and gallery owners unveil their latest visions.
As Chicago Gallery News wraps up its 30th year in 2013, we have a great respect for history Kevin Nance’s conversation with Paul Gray of Richard Gray Gallery (p. 26) follows the many ways in which a gallery can continue to surprise and evolve over the course of five decades, particularly through a transition of leadership from father to son. We also see the valuable ways in which new artistic visions are essential to enlivening a city and enriching neighborhoods: as part of the Chicago Artists Coalition’s HATCH Projects (p. 31) young artists are given free rein to explore new territory
and encouraged to work together to break out in creative directions. CAC is also mounting a new art fair this September, EDITION, devoted to affordable works of art that will appeal to new collectors. The City of Chicago has been putting on its annual Chicago Artists Month in October for 18 years (p. 29) but this year it has invited artists from many disciplines, not just the visual arts, to participate and interact with the public, and it is also implementing a renewed focus on a handful of dynamic, yet underrated, neighborhoods tied to the arts. What can we learn from our art veterans while we simultaneously support our newest members of the art scene, and how might we see things from each point of view? The older generations have taught us that we have a solid foundation on which to build. We already know and love our city - one thing we can do is to actively spread the word about what sets Chicago apart and why it’s worth visiting. EXPO Chicago Director Tony Karman wants to attract 50,000 visitors to EXPO this year (read Kevin Nance’s article on EXPO’s stellar
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lineup of international as well as local artists on p. 24) and to claim September as Chicago’s spot on the international art calendar. Desiree Rogers, in an August interview with Chicago magazine, says she wants to attract 50 million visitors to the city, particularly foreign travelers (currently we attract 46 million annually). Chicago is a big, international city that is thankfully also an easy place to call home. We can continue to make it a thriving artistic and cultural community by supporting gallery openings, performances, open studios and art fairs with our feet and by bringing friends. We can also have a great deal of fun taking advantage of it all. A fall frenzy kicks off dozens of gallery openings Friday, September 6 - it’s traditionally a time of introducing new artists as well as mounting shows for celebrated veterans. The variety of exhibitions sums up Chicago appropriately as a place where we do many things well and all at once. This season, keep in mind the elegant reverence for the old, as well as the inspiring beauty of what has only just begun.
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Chicago welcomes international artists for EXPO BY KEVIN NANCE In most ways, the sophomore outing of EXPO CHICAGO this fall at Navy Pier is going to look the same as it did in its freshman year. There will be roughly the same number of exhibitors—104, with about 20 more in the younger “Exposure” category—and a similar mix of local, national and international names. (There’s a smattering of additional Chicago galleries in the mix, including moniquemeloche, Carrie Secrist, Zolla/Lieberman and R.S. Johnson, as well as a number of fresh faces from Europe, including London’s Cabinet, Milan’s Massimo de Carlo, and Berlin’s Isabella Bortolozzi and Thomas Schulte.) Chicago architect Jeanne Gang’s distinctive fair design at the Pier will remain largely the same, as will most other aspects of the proceedings in Festival Hall. “We’re proud of how the fair looked in its first year, so we’re just building on that,” fair director Tony Karman says. “We’re refining a few things, but we’re not making wholesale changes.”
Albert Oehlen at Luhring Augustine at EXPO CHICAGO 2012, Photo by Audia
Meloche agrees. “Historically, September is the start of the season anyhow, so across the board, people tend to go big, for lack of a better word, in that timeframe. It’s smart, especially now that EXPO is also in September. Our planning was well in advance, but certainly it’s the right “Even in the old days of the Chicago art fairs, time of the year.” The gallery, moniquemeloche, I don’t know when we’ve had so many major is also among about 13 participants in Gallery art openings occurring at the same time as the fair,” Karman says. “That kind of energy— that Weekend Chicago, organized first in 2011 kind of artist power, really—is an extraordinary and then paired last year expressly to take thing that wasn’t in place last year. It’s the kind advantage of the influx of art collectors arriving of alignment that speaks not only to my broader in town for EXPO. (For more information, The Richard Gray Gallery, for example, is visit galleryweekendchicago.com.) hopes for EXPO, but also for our strategy of opening a show of new work by Alex Katz. making it imperative for serious collectors to Rhona Hoffman is hosting Spencer Finch and Meanwhile, Karman and his staff have come to Chicago for a great weekend in our Judy Ledgerwood; Kavi Gupta is countering been busy conducting a series of outreach city. My goal for EXPO is that Chicago owns with Theaster Gates and Roxy Paine; September the way other months are owned on meetings and dinners with collectors and Meloche is hosting Rashid Johnson and Iñigo the international art fair calendar. This kind of museum curators in cities in the Midwest Manglano-Ovalle; and Andrew Rafacz and collaboration gives us greater insurance that it’s and elsewhere—including St. Louis, Kansas Carrie Secrist are keeping the pace with Wendy going to happen.” City, Detroit, Minneapolis, Houston and Los White and Andrew Holmquist, respectively. Angeles—to increase awareness of EXPO Other gallery exhibitions concurrent with CHICAGO. By means of these and other Some gallerists resist the notion of an explicit the fair include Kenneth Josephson (Stephen efforts, Karman hopes to increase the fair’s tie-in with EXPO, in part because the fall Daiter and Jennifer Norback), Julie Blackmon has traditionally been a time when they’ve attendance from last’s year’s inaugural tally of (Catherine Edelman), Sarah Sohn (Zolla/ unholstered their biggest guns. “It’s at the same 27,000 to between 40,000 and 50,000 this year. Lieberman) and Gustavo Diaz (The Mission). time as the fair, but it’s part of our regular The Museum of Contemporary Art will be “I’m convinced that there’s going to be a program,” says Hoffman, who is a member offering Paul Sietsema, while the Arts Club marked increase in collector, curator and art of EXPO’s gallery selection committee. “Of will be showcasing Josiah McElheny. In course they’ll come over to the gallery from the enthusiast attendance in our sophomore year,” most cases, the artists will be present to mix fair, but they’d do that in any case, whatever we he says. “Right now we’re just focused on and mingle with EXPO visitors and, if all were showing.” That said, she conceded, “Now making sure that that happens. Of course, goes well, conduct a bit of business. Other I’ll be white-knuckling it until September that EXPO takes place in Septemer, we’ll be institutions with significant shows opening showing people what we think will have greater 23rd.” around the time of the fair include the Graham appeal.” For more information about EXPO CHICAGO, visit www.expochicago.com Offsite, however, the experience of art lovers in Chicago during the weekend of September 19-22 will be busier and richer than ever before. September has always been the opening of the art season in Chicago, but this year several local galleries are taking fuller advantage of the potential synergy with the fair and its art-buying visitors than in the past by opening new shows featuring well-known artists during or around the time of EXPO.
Foundation, Northwestern’s Block Museum, the Renaissance Society, the Sullivan Galleries at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and others.
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SOFA turns 20 in 2013 While art fairs are an indelible part of the art world’s commercial landscape, with many people both loving and hating the accompanying frenzy that can result, it’s worth recognizing that there are just a handful of fairs around the world today that can boast longevity and history in a constantly changing market. SOFA, which stands for Sculpture Objects and Functional Art, is one of Chicago’s most wellknown art fairs, and the longest continuously running one in the city to date. This November it marks its 20th anniversary. SOFA’s unique focus has helped it stand out from the crowd of contemporary fairs that have multiplied around the world since its start. Founded here in 1994 by Mark Lyman and Anne Meszko in a much less grand way than one might expect of fairs launched today in global scenes like Miami, Dubai, Hong Kong and beyond, SOFA began in the basement of Chicago’s Sheraton Hotel and Towers. The fair drew 58 exhibitors and 14,000 visitors. Located at Navy Pier since 1995, today SOFA’s average attendance is close to 34,000—an increase of more than 100%. Lyman says, “There really wasn’t an established, strong market in the decorative and applied arts” at the time. Lyman was a professor of ceramics, sculpture and design at Washington University in St. Louis in the 1980s, and as he recalls, there was “fantastic work being made in a whole range of media” by artists whose interests in historic objects inspired their experiments with materials and form. SOFA CHICAGO was one of the few initiatives that brought these artists together “in a national and international venue.”
Glass artist super-stars Dale Chihuly (in foreground beneath a signature sculpture) and Lino Tagliapietra (left) at SOFA in the early years.
over the years, and those mediums have different meanings to many observors. Albano says that the serious collectors who come to the fair to look at the quality and artistry of glass, for instance, then tend to become interested in other works as well, which has benefitted Albano and other long-time exhibitors. She thinks a lot of craft has become very sophisticated since the years when SOFA first began, and because SOFA’s specialty sets it apart from other fairs and it’s one of the only venues in the world where artists, galleries and collectors of such unusual contemporary works can come together, it has attracted engaged collectors year after year.
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There are many things about the show that visitors and collectors have come to count on, but SOFA has also been committed to keeping its programming, lecture series and special exhibitions fresh. For 2013, SOFA will debut CONNECT, a special student design competition featuring up to six prestigious art and design schools, including Pratt Institute (New York) and Edinburgh College of Art (Scotland). Each institution will create a lounge environment showcasing students’ Jean Albano, who has participated seating elements, lighting and art, in SOFA with her namesake gallery and students from three participatevery year since the show started, ing schools will be chosen to work remembers, “It was an exciting exwith The Corning Museum of Glass perience at the time, especially since on design prototypes. we weren’t really a typical SOFA gallery. We’ve met wonderful This year’s new developments are collectors and gotten to show things each sure to pay tribute to this we otherwise wouldn’t show. The unique show that has been such a quality of the show has consistently part of Chicago’s art history. been amazing.” SOFA has always been largely associated with glass and craft
SOFA CHICAGO runs November 1-3 The opening preview is October 31. Details: www.sofaexpo.com
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A milestone arrives quietly at Richard Gray Gallery By KEVIN NANCE
and demanding, and who would be appreciative of whatever we could There will be no special exhibit, no monograph, bring to them.” If it can’t be done well, no hoopla whatsoever commemorating the 50th in short, Paul Gray doesn’t want to do anniversary of the Richard Gray Gallery this it, including anniversary celebrations. fall. “We spent a lot of time thinking about that, but didn’t come up with anything that needed The Richard Gray Gallery opened on to be done,” gallery director Paul Gray says November 4, 1963, at 155 E. Ontario. one recent morning in his office at the John The elder Gray—his son was 9 years Hancock Center. “Fifty years is a substantial old at the time—had worked for his achievement, I recognize that, but we looked at own father for several years and had things others have done on major anniversaries, been casting about for a new direction. and none of them inspired me to devote time to Trained as an architect, he’d long that. We started work on a publication, but it been interested in the visual arts, seemed self-indulgent and not very meaningful, particularly painting and sculpture, so we canceled it.” and he’d married into a family of art collectors. When a friend suggested So, this fall it will be business as usual: two that he open an art gallery, it struck major openings (new paintings by Alex Katz him as an opportunity to combine September 20-November 2, followed by a show business with pleasure. of older works by David Hockney at Frieze Masters in London and later in Chicago), “Maybe because of my architecture participation in large international art fairs background, I had a particular interest in draftsmanship, prints and (including EXPO CHICAGO at Navy Pier) drawings,” says Richard Gray, 84. and the usual whirl of buying, selling and “When I opened the gallery, I had the brokering transactions of mostly blue-chip work by famous artists to deep-pocketed clients idea that I’d be handling that kind of thing, and that’s what happened. I in the Windy City and around the world. The started out by representing established gallery’s clients now include more than 10 and emerging artists primarily percent of the Forbes 400 list, including nine working on paper.” Quickly, however, members from the Chicago area, as well as Gray sold works by a number of similarly high-rolling collectors and museum painters and sculptors, including Jules curators from Europe, Asia, the Middle East Olitski, Morris Louis, Louise Nevelson, Hans and South America. In 2012, sales were just Hofmann, Fernand Léger and Jim Dine, an under $100 million. impressive list that would eventually grow to include Hockney, Josef Albers, Joseph The decision to avoid anniversary-related festivities is both typical of Paul Gray (who took Cornell, Richard Diebenkorn, Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston, Roy Lichtenstein, over management of the city’s most successful Agnes Martin, Henry Moore, Robert gallery from his father, Richard Gray, nearly two decades ago) and telling. The younger Gray, Motherwell, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, now 58, is known for his preference for a tightly Mark Rothko, David Smith, Cy Twombly and Andy Warhol, among many others. Gray also focused business strategy, concentrating on a made significant forays into aboriginal and single niche of the art market—the high end— African art. rather than the more eclectic approach once favored by his father, who dealt in antiquities, “My standards were about trusting my own tribal art and works on paper in addition to eye, my own sense of aesthetics,” Gray recalls. the early and mid-20th-century paintings and “It wasn’t the particular style or period that sculpture that have always been the gallery’s interested me; it was the individual work of art.” primary stock-in-trade.
Paul Gray seated in his office by a David Hockney work that will be exhibited this fall. Photo: Kevin Nance
Paul Gray gave little thought to the prospect of joining the family business. He was mildly interested in visual art—like his father, he had dabbled in painting and drawing in high school—but lacked a deep or abiding passion for it. As his father went about the business of making the gallery into a success, the younger Gray was no more absorbed by the process than most young people are in the careers of their parents. “I was raised around the art world and didn’t totally take it for granted, but I didn’t idolize it in any way, either,” he recalls. “It certainly wasn’t preordained that I would go into this field. I didn’t even think about it until I was nearly 30.”
After five years as a theater producer on the East Coast, Gray returned to Chicago to attend graduate school at Columbia College and began working at his father’s gallery one day Demonstrating a talent for networking with “My father always wanted to be sure that a week, hanging art, making follow-up calls to artists and clients, Gray quickly established there were many opportunities for success in artists and clients, and generally learning the a reputation as the Chicago gallery with the the course of the year, but I felt that that was business. It was a ground-up apprenticeship deepest bench, the longest reach and the making us more mediocre on all levels, that that eventually led to his succeeding his father we were spreading ourselves a little thin,” says highest ambition. “They were the best gallery as managing partner in 1994. (Richard Gray in Chicago, as far as I was concerned,” says Gray, whose hair, elegantly tailored suit and even his argyle socks are visual reminders of his Dine, still one of the Grays’ most-shown artists. maintains a presence at the gallery, where he keeps an office from which he manages family name. “I wanted to be more of an expert “Richard has a tremendous eye and a great his personal affairs, but he no longer plays in something, so I decided to specialize in more world view, and he was really the only truly international gallery in Chicago for a long time. an active role in its management.) Paul Gray expensive art, regardless of medium, and I opened a New York branch of the gallery in I was very pleased to be there.” wanted to relate to collectors who were a little 1996. In years since then, he gradually phased further along on the development timeline— out many of his father’s initiatives, including For most of his youth and early adulthood, collectors who were really knowledgeable 26
separate departments for tribal art and prints and drawings, as part of his overall strategy to pursue a narrower and potentially more lucrative focus on the market’s highest strata.
met at the artist’s first show in Chicago in 1996. “We hit it off in two seconds,” Plensa recalls. “Since that day Paul and I have grown together, developing a beautiful friendly relationship. Richard and his wife, Mary, really embraced me as one more member of their family, and I consider Paul a brother, even though he insists on teaching me to swim in any ocean despite knowing that I can only swim in the Dead Sea.”
As part of that process, the younger Gray also represents fewer emerging or even mid-career artists than his father did. There are exceptions, such as Jan Tichy, a Czech-born new-media and video artist who moved to Chicago to attend the School of the Art Institute. “Jan is very busy, but he doesn’t have a large commercial market at this point, and he doesn’t have any commercial impact on our business,” Gray says. “But I took him on because I find his work compelling.” Still, Tichy is the exception that proves the rule.
Paul Gray has also proved adept at the delicate art of connecting some of the world’s richest art collectors with each other, acting as a gobetween in private transactions involving large egos and even larger sums. In his biggest such coup several years ago, Gray brokered a deal between Los Angeles mogul David Geffen and Chicago hedge-fund billionaires Anne and Kenneth Griffin. The Griffins, regular clients of “Of course Paul had his own notions, his own particular tastes, some Gray’s, were interested in acquiring a Jackson Pollock; Geffen, also a of which were different from mine,” Richard Gray says now. “But he’s client, was interested in selling one—for which purpose Gray introduced done extremely well, building a first-rate reputation, not just in Chicago the two sides. “Over lunch at Geffen’s home, Ken Griffin’s eyes kept but internationally. I was absolutely happy for him to do his own thing.” drifting toward a very, very important Jasper Johns painting on the wall nearby,” Gray recalls. “When we left the house, he said to me, ‘I think In at least one respect, Paul Gray is a chip off the old block. Just like his that painting is one of the most incredible things I have ever seen.’” dad, he quickly showed a flair for cultivating professional and sometimes deeply personal relationships with clients and artists, despite—or perhaps The Griffins didn’t buy Geffen’s Pollock, but after a week of intense because of—the latter group’s reputation for eccentricity and prickliness. negotiations overseen by Gray, the Griffins purchased Johns’s False “Artists play a special role in culture, because they’re the bravest, most Start (1959) for $80 million, the highest price ever paid for the work of adventurous, the most willing to bare their souls in public,” he says. a living artist at the time. (The Griffins have since loaned the work for “They have a lot to teach us, and that’s why people are drawn to their exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art work. On the other hand, I think most artists would acknowledge that and the National Gallery of Art.) In the process, Gray’s reputation as they’re not the easiest people to be close to, because they’re pretty an experienced liaison between collectors buying and selling art to each uncompromising and pretty self-involved; they’re focused on making other was cemented. that next discovery in their work. They can be social, but they can be highly antisocial also, and that’s one of the things I respect about them.” “It used to be that any serious art collector in Chicago would come by the gallery at least once a month, but that rarely happens now,” says Gray, Gray has formed a particularly close relationship with the Spanish who recently moved the gallery to a larger space with higher ceilings on artist Jaume Plensa, best known in Chicago for his Crown Fountain in the Hancock Center’s 38th floor. “Now we largely go to the collectors Millennium Park, and to whose portfolio Gray now assigns two fullas advisors and curators. It’s part of the evolution of the business.” The time staff members. About the same age, Gray and Plensa initially Richard Gray Gallery keeps evolving right along with it.
EDITION: a new fair devoted to affordable works BY MARY DEYOE This fall the Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC) and gallery owner Andrew Rafacz are teaming up to present a new satellite art fair. EDITION, which will run concurrently with EXPO CHICAGO, will be an intimate and highly-curated complement to the city’s larger fair. “Our focus is on cultivating new collectors,” says Carolina O. Jayaram, CAC Executive Director, “and celebrating Chicago organizations and artists.” With EXPO drawing major collectors and spectators for the weekend, many in the city have talked about the natural emergence of other fairs, as has been the case in Miami each December during Art Basel. In fact, “Basel” is easily now a catchall for the myriad fairs happening in Miami each winter. Jayaram, who has attended Miami Basel since the beginning, says, “It was an impressive and organic explosion, but many of the local artists and arts organizations didn’t know how to keep up and as a result they became overshadowed.” EDITION is committed to keeping the events around EXPO focused on Chicago and Chicago arts. “Every city is unique, and
the type of fairs and shows you can do comes down to what the city can support,” continues Jayaram. Rafacz, principal of Andrew Rafacz Gallery and a CAC Collectors Circle Board Member, is leading the process of selecting the fair’s galleries. Having participated in many fairs with his own gallery, Rafacz is particularly sensitive to participants’ needs and desires. EDITION, outside of offering an excellent entry point for new collectors, also offers young dealers an affordable and accessible fair. “We may act as a stepping stone for many dealers,” adds Jayaram, “from our fair to a larger fair like EXPO.” EDITION dealers, having paid a fraction of what some larger fairs can charge for space, also have the luxury of showing much riskier work. EDITION, which will take place at CAC (217 N. Carpenter in the West Loop) will feature 15 galleries (including CAC) from cities across the country such as L.A., New York, Boston, as well as from Canada, including Toronto. Galleries will showcase work priced at $5,000 or less and will include limited editions as well as one-of-a-kind pieces. The $5,000 price cap 27
is important, “to keep the work affordable for new collectors,” says Jayaram. Another new addition the same weekend as EDITION is Brooklyn based Fountain Art Fair. Fountain, which has never before presented a show in Chicago, is dedicated to presenting “progressive programming,” and, similar to EDITION, to offering an accessible platform for dealers. Fountain coming to Chicago “is very telling,” admits Jayaram. “Chicago won’t become Miami—and it shouldn’t—but it will be very exciting to see what it does become.” EDITION runs September 20-22, 2013. Visit: editionchicago.com + fountainartfair.com
Collector profile: an eye for the outsider A young doctor quietly living on Chicago’s North Side fell into collecting art 20 years ago. Like many devoted collectors, he says at first he didn’t know what he was doing, but it’s been a passion ever since. Within his Modern-looking condo, surrounded by faces of all colors and shapes and contortions, one is struck by the number of works by Outsiders those curious and inspiring artists who are compelled to create art using any means and materials necessary in an effort to express the thoughts within them. Through learning about his own tastes and interests, this collector has discovered the pleasures of meeting artists in unexpected places and the fun in sharing the unconventional with friends at home. -GV CGN: Tell me how you got started collecting works of art? Is your focus different today? DR: The first work I bought was at auction, at Kass/Meridian, probably 20 or so years ago. Unfortunately I was caught in a bidding war with my roommate at the time! I ‘won’ that battle, only to find I owned a work I knew nothing about, by an artist I had never heard of, but for which I had fought feverishly. That lesson in impulse buying taught me to research, take my time, enjoy the process of discovering what type of art I liked and how to go about finding and collecting it. Much of the art I acquired in the beginning of my collecting days was during travel - I’d pick something up when I was in Vietnam, Peru, Mexico, or London. Eventually, as I formed stronger opinions and learned a bit, I gravitated to Outsider/self-taught artists. I also like to support local artists, and in particular the younger artists who have come from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Above: Works in the Doctor’s home by established artists such as Richard Hull, Roger Brown, and Jim Nutt fit in well alongside mid-century furniture. Lower right: The Doctor has collected a range of works by well known figures like Karl Wirsum and Outsider artist Lee Godie, as well as up-and-coming SAIC graduates like Jenn Wilson and Daniel Schmid
professors, and so on. I think in many ways you are able to see their pure creativity. I have collected works by Lee Godie, Charles Steffen, Jim Work, Henry Darger, Paul Estrada, and Anna Zemankova - some of these artists participated in the established art world and some did not, but all of them have communicated absolutely unique visions.
Please highlight any favorite pieces or collecting experiences. Are there lessons you’ve learned through observing and buying art? I found an artist in Hanoi whose work I loved several years ago. She was represented at a gallery there but lived outside Ho Chi Minh City, so I spent a day trekking miles past the finished roads on the outskirts of the city to find the compound where she and her husband, a sculptor, lived. With blond hair, blue eyes, and the biggest nose in Vietnam, apparently, I certainly stood out wading through those fields, You have focused on figurative work as well as Outsider art. What is it about these genres so I trailed about ten kids with me by the time I reached the artist. She and her husband hosted or view points that attracts you? me for hours, showing me how and where they I’ve tried and failed to come up with a unifyworked and looking through all their art - it ing theme for the art in my collection, and in was really a great day, and I think that was one the end I’ve realized it’s not important to have one. You hear so often (because it’s true!) that of the experiences that really hooked me. Part you should collect what you like and what you of the joy of collecting is the process, of course, and learning about the lives and influences of want to live with, and that is always what I’ve the people you meet along the way. Many of the sought to find, whether it is work by selftaught artists, contemporary trained painters or works that mean the most to me I acquired in artists’ studios, or on the streets in destinations photographers, or furniture designers. I have like Lima, Peru and Mexico City - places outcollected paintings, drawings, some sculpture, side the complex that has grown around the art furniture and woodwork from various eras business, such as the mega-fairs and galleries. really a hodge-podge, but ultimately from this chaos comes a space in which I love to live. I am constantly changing it to accommodate new Are there any reactions to the works in your additions. The Outsiders appeal to me because collection that have surprised you, such as candid responses from friends or family? they were not beholden to the market or to a perceived audience of collectors, gallery agents, My friends think I am nuts, particularly when 28
they are evaluating the latest Outsider acquisition: ‘So, he was schizophenic, or bipolar?’ and ‘You paid for that, or you found it on the street?’ or, ‘Can I sell you what my kid did in school last week?’ I think to most people there is more respect for art that comes from traditionally trained artists, or from recognized galleries, or for more figurative work. In my house there is no relationship between a work’s monetary value and how it is received by a casual observer who is over for dinner. In fact Henry Darger’s work inspires the least positive reviews, though when a guest learns the back story it intrigues them enormously and changes many opinions. Along those same lines, not everything in my home is really family-friendly, and Darger is a good example of that; his reverse image with hermaphrodite Vivian Girls only comes out at more festive dinner parties!
Chicago Artists Month focuses on neighborhoods
For each of the five neighborhoods there is a curator organizing events. Tricia Van This October, artist Jake Myers will present Eck, former Curator at the Museum of a series of work called Celestial Bodies. In most Contemporary Art, is planning events for basic terms the project is a six-episode workout Edgewater/Uptown. Some exhibitions or video. More specifically, it is an “interactive programs will run for the entire month, while space adventure” in which science, art, and many will occur only once and include projects aerobics collide. One video will be played each as diverse as Art Boats, and Pianos in Empty week during Chicago Artists Month, each in a Storefronts (both of which are almost exactly different spotlighted neighborhood. The project what their titles suggests), and mural and will culminate in one final video at CAM’s viaduct painting. These very public events closing event at the Cultural Center on October provide a dynamic counterpoint to more 31. It sounds outlandish and a little bizarre, traditional studio visits, and it is likely that but let’s be honest, it also sounds like a lot of these events will help draw a wider crowd. fun. The mixing of genres and activities, not unfamiliar to Myers, is precisely the stuff of this “Our audience is everyone,” says Koenen, year’s Chicago Artists Month. “kids, adults, [art lovers and art novices].” Exploring the list of programs and activities, CAM is not new to the city, this is its 18th it seems that CAM will be able to more than year, but this season’s celebration of Chicago satisfy this wide range of visitors. arts is literally and figuratively covering a lot more ground. Unlike previous years, in In Pilsen/Little Village the featured events 2013 the event is open to fields outside of the curated by Brenda Hernandez focus on visual artists. “We wanted to include artists the young, developing group of artists who working in many other media,” says Barbara are helping to shape the area’s identity. Koenen, Director of Artists Resources at the The proposed plans explain, “Some artists, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special events, and organizations are being featured Events (DCASE). “The diverse media and because although they have been existence backgrounds is a reflection of today’s art world.” for some time now, their work has not been fully recognized or included within the Pilsen While DCASE oversees the entire month, each artist spectrum.” Koenen explains, “In this event is independently organized, and may neighborhood, we felt it was very important to take place anywhere in the city. Coordinators put the spotlight on young, emerging artists, must submit their proposals for events or primarily because the work they are doing projects to DCASE for approval. This year, is setting a significant change into motion.” however, in honor of CAM’s theme, “In the The events in Pilsen/Little Village will include Neighborhoods,” DCASE will put a special workshops, performances, pop-up galleries, emphasis on five disparate neighborhoods, and concerts. all of which have lively communities and art scenes. The designated neighborhoods are The events of South Shore and South Chicago Edgewater / Uptown (September 28 – 29); are stretching the boundaries even further. Portage Park (October 4 – 6); South Shore / Their events will include restaurant/food South Chicago (October 11 – 13); Pilsen/Little crawls, musical performances and a fashion Village (October 18 – 20); and East Garfield show. “There will be lots of food trucks,” Park – (October 24 – 26). said Koenen. Actually, in light of the Smart Museum’s 2012 Feast exhibition, not to have “The featured neighborhoods are extremely included food would have left something to be different from one another,” says Koenen, “and desired. These events are curated by Allyson this allows us to see a lot of different types of Scrutchens and Margarita Guerra. art and communities.” She adds, “It is not only about bringing new people to the communities, Garfield Park is perhaps the neighborhood but also engaging the people who live in these most different from the others. With events neighborhoods, some of whom may not be anchored around two major institutions—The involved with the arts. We want to bring people Garfield Park Conservatory and the Chicago out of their comfort zones and away from what Center for Green Technology—the program they are familiar with.” seems to have a stronger formality and less of BY MARY DEYOE
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Images by Ellen Gradman, from the Black Water Dragon party at Art Depth that was part of CAM 2012.
a grass roots sensibility, revealing yet another side of what Chicago arts can offer. The events at Garfield Park, though perhaps more formal, are no less exciting, and will make use of the institutions in unexpected ways. The weekend’s kick-off will celebrate the Conservatory’s “wind-driven” exhibition Chime In. The event will feature poetry, spoken word, performance, music and wind chime inspired exhibitions. Throughout the entire month of October, visitors will have the opportunity to experience visual arts, theater, film, fashion, music, culinary arts, and dance. “This year’s event is building on the past, and moving forward beyond what we have done before,” says Koenen. The magnitude of the month is overwhelming, and it would be impossible to even attempt to see it all. Visitors should pick and choose and know that wherever they go, they are bound to discover something they did not know existed. This is perhaps CAM’s greatest contribution – the revealing of myriad artists and artistic practices so close to home. You can see art any day in Chicago - it’s one of the greatest art cities in the world, and one of the liveliest and most welcoming environments for artists to create and show their work. That said, it is always a pleasure to see new art and to see the city championing artists and arts organizations as Chicago Artists Month does. As a crucial part of the Chicago Cultural Plan, CAM is living up to the mission of growing the city’s cultural future. In regards to next year’s Chicago Artists Month, Koenen expressed nothing short of sheer enthusiasm. “We will see where this year takes us,” she says. “We will see how to make the next one even better.” Chicago Artists Month: September 28–October 31 Details at www.chicagoartistsmonth.org
Diasporal Rhythms: 10 years of collecting During a summer visit to South Side, North Washington Park home of collector D.E. Simmons, his thoughts were decidedly on the fall and the 10-year anniversary of Diasporal Rhythms, a Chicago collecting group devoted to art of the African Diaspora. Having heard about the group’s mission and collecting initiatives from co-founder Patric McCoy, Simmons, who works closely with the group and is their fall event chair, told me about this season’s home-tour series as well as the changes the group has undergone in the past decade. When DR started in 2003 there were four founding members; today they number 60-strong; the ambitious group now has its sights on what to accomplish next in the collecting community. -GV Simmons describes Diasporal Rhythms’ fall home tours as having a uniqueness that comes out of the spirit of the South Side art community and its desire to express to the larger population that there are talented artists doing wonderful works worthy of notoriety, and more important, of being added to other collections. Simmons says, “I always talk about us as the little organization that could, and can, and does. We’ve offered eight versions of the tour in 10 years, and we’ve focused on expanding and making them creative.” Simmons says that tour-goers can get a little overwhelmed at first, but ultimately the sensory overload is productive. “If you’ve never been on the tour and you don’t live with this much art in your home, it’s a lot to drink in,” he explains. “You have several houses to go through and so many ideas can come to you. That pollination effect is powerful - not that we hope to wear people out but we want them to think about what’s possible for themselves.” Simmons acknowledges, “The last couple of years some of the same homes have been on the tour, and since we’re trying to make a new experience we have to look at different communities. This year the combination of four homes in South Shore and South Chicago, plus our Logan Center exhibition is going to be really powerful.”
the possibilities. That openness has made many people want to support our organization.” Simmons has received almost shocked personal feedback from participants: “Some of the notes I get say, ‘I didn’t know we lived like this culturally,’ or ‘I didn’t know I could be a collector - I thought it was only high-brow.’ I say it’s about what you like. We want you to join this madcap adventure called collecting because it is enjoyable. We learn quite a bit about certain artists, their techniques, styles, what they’re capturing and then transferring, and we react to it. We buy a piece and bring it into our own environment and that says something about what’s resonating within ourselves.” Diasporal Rhythms will stage an anniversary exhibition in October at the Logan Art Center at the University of Chicago. The chance to show member works in an academic setting is a new way to come together, and the time is right to exhibit in a major art center. To Simmons, “Having pieces taken out of collections and shown together as a part of this show allows others to see the progression from when we started buying work and where we are today. Additionally a catalogue will be published for the exhibition, which is a way of documenting this moment and setting the standard for us and others. This has been our first real test, and I think we’ve passed - we have lasted 10 years. So, the next challenge is ‘what are we going to do next?’”
Particpants visiting a residence on the 2012 Home Tour
picture window. Simmons explains, “When I get a new piece it stays here for me to commune with. Ultimately it will go where it’s supposed to be in the house.” He points to the painting that is there now, “This is the only piece that’s come in and stayed and basically said, ‘This is my spot.’ This is my daughter’s work. I saw her finish this and I paid her for it, and she goes, ‘Are you serious?’ I told her yes, but she just thought I was being a dad. When I got it here I just kept looking at it and looking at it. She came over for her birthday, and when she walked in and saw I had it framed, she said, ‘Oh my God, I love it.’ I couldn’t convince her how much I really respected her work, so when she saw it was in this space, she understood that it was for real.”
Each piece, says Simmons, tends to have its own voice, and he’s not the only Diasporal Rhythms member who feels this way, “That’s a common theme when you get to know us - we say the artwork speaks to us.” Works by Joyce Owens, Alonzo Evans, Emmett McBain and Reflecting on the economic difficulties that Theodore Feaster populate the downstairs of have been hard on everyone in recent years, Simmons’s home, demonstrating the range of Simmons says that many Diasporal Rhythms work he’s collected, from large-scale paintings members have still managed to add to their collections and support artists, and they contin- like Owens’s to Evans’s works on corrugated cardboard, to Feaster’s contemporary stained ue to be interested in art despite less-than-ideglass. Each piece tells a story, whether through al-conditions. Three years ago, in the midst of the global financial tumult, the group reviewed its placement in the house, the materials used, and revamped their mission. “By taking a hard or in the case of Feaster’s stained glass, the look at ourselves as an organization,” Simmons tough scene that inspired it. Simmons says that says, “we had to decide whether we were going for a while the economy limited his collecting abilities; since he wasn’t able to buy art, he to do more concrete things. Being more adroit Getting people to interact at home is more unbought frames. To him, as is the case at Bosand focused about how to grow this organiusual than one might think. Simmons says there ton’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum where zation and keep it interesting spurred us to is some reluctance to opening up one’s home, empty frames represent dozens of major works pursue more activities like studio visits to find “There’s something about not letting people into stolen in the 90s, “Everyone was asking, ‘Why out what artists are doing. Diasporal Rhythms your space. Socially, I think in Chicago people are you buying frames?’ and I said, “If you buy aims to emphasize that you don’t have to be a tend to say, ‘Oh I’ll meet you here,’ but I’ve the frame, the artwork will come.’” Simmons multi-millionaire to be a collector. The key is noticed that many people won’t invite you over. was eventually able to buy art once again and that you don’t have to leave Chicago to find This home tour is special. It’s not only on the seek out new artists. The Diasporal Rhythms great artists they’re probably living right next South Side, but it makes people open doors - to 10-year anniversary has energized Simmons door to you and you just don’t know it.” everyone who has a ticket of course - so others and the group as a whole, and it is clear that can experience passion in a personal space. It’s the next 10 years will bring new relationships Simmons led me on a tour of his home and a rare opportunity.” Homeowners quickly find between artists, collectors and their homes. collection the day I visited. From the entryway it to be a very positive experience. They enjoy to the upstairs bedrooms of his vintage home, seeing guests inspired by the abundance of art• The Diasporal Rhythms Home Tour takes place October work. To Simmons, “It is a wonderful exchange colorful, figurative works of art cover most 12, 2013. For tickets and details visit: diasporalrhythms.net of the available wall space. When he acquires • Diasporal Rhythms: A Ten Year Love Affair with collecting - you get to talk about your passion for your something new, it starts out in his office, almost Art of the African Diaspora at the Logan Art Center collection and answer questions. We’re asking visible from the sidewalk out front through the October 8-November 9: http://arts.uchicago.edu/logan/gallery people to join the conversation and explore 30
Artist insights: CAC’s HATCH Projects BY LAURA MILLER
space to be fluid and collaborative. Ryan Peter Miller: HATCH has provided a The Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC), a unique occasion for serious artists to navigate 39-year old nonprofit dedicated to building a the professional waters with tools and resources sustainable marketplace for entrepreneurial that make the city accessible and friendly – artists and creatives, recently launched several especially to someone like myself, a recent new endeavors, one of which is HATCH transplant to the city and an artist who did Projects, a pioneering artist and curatorial not attend an academic program in Chicago. residency that fosters shared experimentation While I have participated in more traditional and creativity for 24 emerging artists and four residencies, I have never participated in a emerging curators each year. Built around model that integrates and encourages studio collaboration, this fall an exhibition organized with professional practice seamlessly. by HATCH Projects resident curator Teresa Rebecca Parker: This has been an important Silva features new work by three artist step for me in developing a sense of place residents - Kasia Houlihan, Ryan Peter Miller, within Chicago’s artistic community. When I and Rebecca Parker – linking interests in began the program, I had been in the city for intimacy, interpersonal connections, space, and under a year. HATCH solidifies one thing we material. The exhibition opens at CAC Friday, all know – artists need a community to be a September 6 and will also be exhibited at part of and CAC provides the common ground EXPO Chicago: September 19-22 at Navy Pier. for us to engage with one another.
exclusively of paint) that play with the ideas of representation in abjection to the conventional hegemony of the image. RP: I’m working on a video that speaks to the complexities of relationships; pairing interviews of southern women discussing their current relationship status with those same women singing Tammy Wynette’s classic and divisive song, Stand by your Man.
HATCH Projects divides artist residents into groups of six that work with one residentcurator throughout the year to produce three exhibitions while gaining insight and professional development through studio visits and public programs. This year’s curator residents were accepted into the program through an application process reviewed by four leading mentor curators: Romi Crawford, Lisa Dorin, Sarah Herda, and Lisa Yun Lee, in addition to HATCH Projects advisor Tricia Van Eck. Current curator Silva says, “No other program like this exists in Chicago, and it’s a burgeoning moment.” Formerly, Silva held curatorial roles at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. She employed the notion of intimacy as the organizing principle for this fall’s show at CAC and states that the work and subject matter will be “lenses in which to view and tap into this primal desire for closeness.” Recognizing that the chance to exhibit HATCH Projects at EXPO is a fantastic opportunity for the artists to show their work to an international audience, Silva believes that the group and booth will stand out representative of experimentation. Beyond the fall, Silva hopes to collaborate with artists in her Logan Square neighborhood and continue with additional exhibition proposals and residency applications. Following is a conversation with three artists featured in the fall show; each shared their experiences to date and thoughts on what’s ahead.
Any plans on the horizon? KH: I’m hoping to continue to foster the great relationships I’ve made through HATCH and do everything I can to keep the momentum going in my studio. RPM: I’m planning to keep Chicago as a home for some time. It’s a beautiful, accessible metropolis that is growing its potential as a significant international art venue. I am also working towards getting my academic vocation to be more connected to the city. RP: HATCH has pushed me to take on some larger projects that have been percolating for quite some time. I plan to capitalize on the energy coming out of this residency to pursue a series of video projects that explore my relationship to the landscape.
Ryan Peter Miller, Untitled, acrylic paint, 6” x 8” x 5”
What is your background? KH: I’m from New York and came here initially to attend the University of Chicago’s diverse undergrad program of Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities (a lot of art history, philosophy, media studies, and studio art classes). Then I worked as an artist’s assistant in Brooklyn for three years before returning to complete my MFA from UIC in 2012. RPM: I was born in West Lafayette, IN and currently work as a painter in Ravenswood and as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Carthage College in Kenosha, WI. I received my BFA in Drawing and Painting from The University of Georgia in 2001, and I got my MFA in Painting from Arizona State University in 2008. RP: I grew up in Tennessee and though I have lived in several other places, I often reflect on the culturally prescribed methodologies embedded in my upbringing to craft and navigate my artistic practice. I received my BFA in ceramics from Middle Tennessee State University and my MFA from the University of How has your involvement with this program Connecticut. impacted your career? Kasia Houlihan: I was drawn to this program Describe what you’re up to at the moment. because of the chance to work on two shows KH: I’m concurrently working on a collage, over a period of time, during which I could be a text embossment, a book, and a large sitein dialogue with fellow artists and a curator. specific installation; the possibilities are endless. HATCH creates a platform for the line of RPM: My most current body of work is a communication between studio and exhibition series of “painthings” (sculptural objects made 31
Rebecca Parker, Untitled (Stand by your Man), video still
Can you comment on the significance of this exhibition and your work being displayed at EXPO alongside top international galleries? KH: It’s a great honor. Any opportunity to show my work in a new venue is a worthwhile chance to create dialogue and begin a discussion. RPM: This is a tremendous and humbling opportunity that has come about through CAC / HATCH, and it’s a chance to participate in a critical dialogue at an entirely new level. RP: It’s an exciting opportunity. There is a real energy in producing art in this city; I think CAC captures that spirit as they provide a voice and forum for contemporary practice. Please share three words that you think describe Chicago’s art scene: KH: Vibrant, close-knit, supportive. RPM: Trenchant, ingenuous, playful. RP: Collective, experimental, catalytic. For details on CAC + HATCH Projects, please see chicagoartistscoalition.org Extended CGN content online
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Fine art at Logan Square’s Lula Café By LAURA MILLER
As Chicago’s reputation as a food capital continues to grow, there seems to be a natural overlap between gallery-goers and foodies. As restaurants and art world personalities collide, the link between food and art extends beyond just where to eat after a busy night at the galleries. There’s a welcoming comfort within Lula Café. Here visitors can easily pass several hours over a leisurely meal of locally sourced seasonal offerings or enjoy a few beers at the bar. The restaurant has evolved substantially since its 1999 opening and today is a cornerstone of the Logan Square neighborhood. The acclaimed food isn’t the only thing visitors seek out here – Lula Café also regularly rotates its artwork on display, so patrons enjoy the season’s best on their plates and on the walls.
moment.” Fairbanks adds, “In part of my art life I focus on work that can’t really exist in a gallery space, whether it is distributable or public based; at Lula I like that we focus on work Anders and I respond to aesthetically that can exist on a wall.” In a restaurant so committed to its community, it makes sense that work from local artists is a part of the dining experience. However, there are certain challenges that come with hanging work in a restaurant, such as adequate lighting and positioning the work so it is stable yet viewable. “Art can really thrive when it’s bumping up against conversation, good food and hanging out with friends,” says Nilsen. The rotating artwork is not only a nice surprise for new guests and regulars, but also for the restaurant’s staff (many of whom are artists or art enthusiasts).
Lula’s fall exhibition features work by Chicago artists Carrie Headed by visual artists and curators Gundersdorf and Katie Loomis. Marianne Fairbanks and Anders Gundersdorf describes her collage Nilsen, quarterly exhibitions are work as “connecting the field hung in the dining room and near the of drawing to a wide-ranging bar. Fairbanks and Nilsen met while theoretical and scientific exploration studying at SAIC, and they both of the interaction between the later worked at Lula in wait staff edges of empirical knowledge and a and cooking positions. When the limitless capacity for discovery and restaurant’s former curator left Lula wonder”. Loomis’s paintings, per the a number of years ago, Fairbanks artist’s statement, have a great color and Nilsen stepped into the role and sensibility and “oscillate between have been involved ever since. Both control and spontaneity” achieved curators enjoy the restaurant’s loyal through “calculated and spontaneous audience and the freedom they are mark making that emphasizes the given by chefs and owners, husband tension between paint-as-material and wife Jason Hammel and Amalea and its representational function.” Tshilds. Nilsen explains, “Lula is There is a public reception with the about community and a kind of artists at Lula Café on September 17. extended “family,” and the original curator fit that mold. He was a friend www.lulacafe.com of Jason’s, curating from contacts www.carriegundersdorf.com in the Chicago painting scene of the www.katieloomis.com Carrie Gundersdorf, Aurora Borealis, 2008, found images/ paper, 20.5” x 30.5”
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Exploring art in St. Louis St. Louis Art Museum (SLAM) Tel 314-721-0072 www.slam.org • An inaugural exhibition of Postwar German art featuring painting, sculpture, prints and photography from SLAM’s extensive collection. Thru Jan 26, 2014.
A culturally rich visit to nearby St. Louis, MO is just a train ride or half-a-day car trip away. If you need a reason to take an art road trip, here are some St. Louis highlights coming up this fall. Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis Tel 314-535-4660 www.camstl.org • Place is the Space, a collaborative show with CAM’s architect, Brad Cloepfil of Allied Works Architecture and CAM’s chief curator, Dominic Molon (formerly of Chicago’s MCA). Featuring five site-specific commissions by Arocha-Schraenen, Jill Downen, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Virginia Overton, and Dominique Petitgand. • British-born, New York-based artist Anthony McCall’s solo light exhibition, You and I, Horizontal II (2006). Shows run Sept 6-Dec 29.
Center of Creative Arts (COCA) Tel 314-725-6555 www.cocastl.org • St. Louis photographer Stewart Halperin’s 40-year career retrospective. Dec 7-Feb 9, 2014 • Videographer Dickson Beall and painter Barb Flunker’s Hybrid Terrain focuses on the creative cycle of the artist with parallels to the natural world and current social issues. Thru Nov 15. Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University Tel 314-935-4523 www.kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu • Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks. This touring exhibition began at Chicago’s MCA. • Red, a retrospective on the color red’s historical use in paintings, prints, books, photographs, and sculptures is also on view. Both exhibitions run Sept 20-Jan 6, 2014
Andra Samelson, Dezembrum (detail), 2010, acrylic on styrene
Fernand Léger, Les Belles Cyclistes, 1944; exhibited as part of Red at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.
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DIY Gallery Weekend Chicago and head north on Ashland to Corbett vs. Dempsey, above Dusty Groove records – see their billboard project from north-facing windows. North on Ashland, west on Division leads to moniquemeloche Gallery Weekend Chicago returns for its third year, coinciding with EXPO CHICAGO. Take this selfguided tour of participating galleries. galleryweekendchicago.com TOUR 1: Chicago Ave. + West Side The 38th floor of the John Hancock Center is home to new spaces for Valerie Carberry Gallery’s and Richard Gray Gallery. Proceed west on Chicago Ave. to The Mission, then continue on
TOUR 2: West Loop In the West Loop begin at Rhona Hoffman Gallery, 118 N. Peoria. Across the street check out Aspect Ratio, devoted to video art. South on Peoria to Washington you’ll find Western Exhibitions, Document and Volume Gallery in the Checker Cab building at 845 W. Washington. Next door at 835 W. Washington is where Carrie Secrist Gallery and Andrew Rafacz Gallery are located.
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The Driehaus Museum shines a light on Tiffany
Group of lamps (bird’s-eye detail). Photo by John Faier, © The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.
BY MARY DEYOE If you have never been to the Driehaus Museum—that gorgeous stone mansion sitting somewhat out of place just off of Michigan Ave. among modern high rises, shops, and restaurants, there is truly no better time than now. From September 28 – June 29, 2014 the Driehaus Museum will present a stunning array of work from its collection by the preeminent American designer, Louis Comfort Tiffany. The show will feature a great range of Tiffany’s signature work, including lamps, furniture, and stained glass windows, appropriately situated throughout the 19th Century house. “One of the unique benefits of the exhibition is that we are able to see Tiffany’s work in the context of a Gilded Age home,” said Samantha Chmelik, Driehaus Museum Sales and Marketing Coordinator. The mansion, completed in 1879 for the family of Samuel Nickerson, a prominent Chicago banker, is an impressive example of the popular tastes of the era’s elite, and the exhibition offers an immersive experience. The home is full of interesting objects that belonged to the Nickersons, including three enormous urns purchased at the Japanese Pavilion at the 1893 Columbian Exposition, yet Tiffany’s work seems to outshine them all. Known for being a master colorist, what the exhibition also reveals is that Tiffany was just as skilled as a metal worker. The elegant shade on his Dragonfly Lamp (c. 1902-1906) is equally matched by the luxurious metal base of lush lilly pads. His ability to make metal appear almost velvety is a feat all its own. Tiffany’s work was extremely popular during his lifetime and his style was widely imitated. That said, “there is a delicacy with Tiffany’s work that you do not find with other glass artists,” said Chemlik. “When you see a Tiffany,
you know it is a Tiffany.” Highlights of the exhibition include the Nautilus Shell Centerpiece Lamp (c. 1910), the top portion of which can be removed to reveal a vase (and each of the eight magnificent nautilus shells that form the base serve as individual bud vases), and several stained glass windows that will be lit by panels of LED lights to reveal the elegant subtleties in both Tiffany’s colors and shapes. Accompanied by various public programs, the exhibition will include concerts, lectures, and a symposium set for November, which will feature Michael Burlingham, Tiffany’s great grandson. Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection was curated by David Hanks, Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Art Institute of Chicago and was designed by Jeff Daly, former Chief of Design at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This exhibition, the first of its kind for the Museum, is an exciting glimpse into the Driehaus collection and hopefully the first of more to come. Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection September 28, 2013 – June 29, 2014 Richard H. Driehaus Museum 40 E. Erie (60611) www.driehausmuseum.org 36
Pictured above: Top: Tiffany Studios (American, est. 1902). Landscape window, 1893-1920. Photo by John Faier, © The Richard H. Driehaus Museum. Bottom: Tiffany Studios (American, est. 1902). Nautilus shell centerpiece lamp, ca. 1910. Photo by John Faier, © The Richard H. Driehaus Museum.
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Robert Kinmont, 8 Natural Handstands (detail), 1969/2009. Photo: Joerg Lohse. Image courtesy Alexander and Bonin, New York.
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Jean Albano Gallery artist Margaret Wharton was awarded an Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant. Mary Ann Papanek-Miller is included in a faculty exhibition at DePaul University through September 29. Jules Feiffer was recently honored by Mayor Michael Bloomberg for the 2013 New York City Literary Honors for humor. Courtney Timmermans’s sculptures are included in an exhibition at the Fowler-Kellogg Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York. Diane Cooper had a solo exhibition at College of Lake County, Grayslake. littlecity.org/arts
Zygman Voss Gallery features the artist Ramon Vilanova, whose work is acclaimed by art critics and represented in distinguished collections throughout Europe. Vilanova was born and raised near Barcelona, Spain. He continues to live and to create in these idyllic surroundings in rural Catalonia to the north. The Coral Springs Museum of Art in Florida exhibited Vilanova’s Instantes de Vida, from February to June this year. Chicago Printmakers Collaborative artists Megan Sterling, Misha Goro, Deborah Maris Lader, Duffy O’Connor, Michelle McCoy and Scott Westgard have been invited to exhibit etchings at the National Arts Club in NYC during the 2013 Printweek in November. The New York Society of Etchers will host the exhibition. ZIA|Gallery’s Zoriah Miller is the inspiration for a soon-to-be-released film starring Juliette Binoche called A Thousand Times Goodnight, directed by Erik Poppe. Miller shot all of the stills for the film and coached Binoche in her role as photojournalist. Kathy Weaver’s Biomechatronics Development Lab 2, ver.2 is currently on tour across the US in Quilt National 2013. ZIA|Gallery is now a publisher. A new hardcover book of Roland Kulla’s art has been released, and a smaller soft cover version is also available. Melissa Jay Craig was interviewed by Nora Maynard for her series on Book Arts in the online section of the literary magazine Ploughshares. From Zolla/Lieberman: Phyllis Bramson will be included in an exhibition at the Elmhurst Art Museum, curated by director Staci Boris: Inventory: The EAM Collection, September 7 through late December. Bramson will speak about her paintings on October 4, 6:30pm. The Return of Rococo, a three-person exhibition including Phyllis Bramson, TL Solien and Lisa Marie Barber, runs September 10-November 2 at the H.F. Johnson Art Gallery, Carthage College, Kenosha,WI. Vera Klement’s memorial encaustic on canvas painting to the victims of Auschwitz, Gate, 1987, has been accepted into the permanent collection of the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie and will be on exhibit there in 2014. Rocio Rodriguez was commissioned to do a 10’ x 21’ wall drawing as part of Drawing Inside the Perimeter, a group exhibition of new acquisitions on view through September 22 at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta Peter Mars of Mars Gallery has been commissioned to create a portrait of Wynton Marsalis, renowned musician and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Converse is featuring Mars’s images on its 2013 sportswear collection. Dolce & Gabbana is releasing an activewear collection that features a variety of new Mars images. Mars is again working at Graceland and plans to add three new Elvis images to the 2013 Peter Mars collection. Pictured at right: Peter Mars, Blackbird, acrylic, mixed media
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ANN BOYD: 1939-2013 Just after our summer issue went to press, the Chicago art community lost one of its gentlest souls too soon. Ann Boyd, of Roy Boyd Gallery and wife of over 40 years to Roy, passed away in mid-April. Ann was welcoming to anyone attending their first Saturday gallery tour, and she always made time to brighten an old friend’s day. Seeing her at the gallery’s opening receptions meant usually finding yourself in deep conversation amidst energetic gallery hoppers. Ann was a wonderful story teller, wife, friend and artist advocate who saw the best in many things. Her eyes and spirit were bright until the end, and she will always be missed. - GV
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MOVES Galleries have been on the move in 2013, staying close to home but relocating to new yet familiar surroundings nearby. Douglas Dawson will be moving from their Morgan St. location to a space on historic South Michigan Ave. this November. Check the gallery’s website for updates. Richard Gray Gallery and neighbor Valerie Carberry Gallery have moved up from the 25th floor of the John Hancock Building to the 38th floor. Hilligoss Galleries now calls the John B. Murphy Building at 50 E. Erie home. Next door to the Driehaus Museum, the gallery is still located within a couple of blocks of Michigan Ave.
ANNIVERSARIES Richard Gray Gallery turns 50 this fall. An article about the gallery’s history as well as its current international operation is on p. 26. ARC Gallery has arrived at 40 this year and will hold a special exhibition celebrating former and current ARC members on September 27. The Conservation Center is marking 30 years as a renown national resource devoted to preserving and restoring art and antiques this season. Mars Gallery will toast 25 years this fall, recalling at its early days as a key part of the West Loop art scene in the 1980s. 4Art, Inc. opened its doors in Pilsen 10 years ago; the gallery has called the Zhou B Art Center home for the past several years. ArtDeTriumph is using its 10th anniversary on Clark St. in Lakeview as a reason to hold a few special events this season. Congratulations to all!
WELCOME TO CGN Zg Gallery, well-known in River North, is new to CGN’s pages this issue. MANIFOLD, located at 4426 N. Ravenswood features exhibitions of contemporary art and design. We are pleased that ARC Gallery, located at 2156 N. Damen and celebrating 40 years as noted above, has joined us in time for a busy fall. Morpho Gallery, open a bit farther up the road at 5216 N. Damen, focuses on works on paper from Chicago-based artists; the gallery also offers an array of media, including photography, jewelry, glass and mixed-media. Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA) has a few special programs happening this season in the heart of Michigan Ave. The suburbs are alive with art as usual, and our gallery group keeps expanding. Gallery Pink, run by Janice Elkins, is part of the Oak Park Arts District and is involved in a few regular gallery nights and tours. Riverside Arts Center’s Freeark Gallery is a non-profit organization dedicated to exhibiting contemporary art by emerging + established artists in all media. A little north of the border, THĒ Fine Art Gallery in Milwaukee is in good company in the Marshall Building in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward, participating in that group’s regular monthly art events and featuring contemporary art. To our Art Services section we welcome Chartwell Insurance, the Ragdale Foundation, MartinJon Video Production, and MOUNT, a Curatorial Residency at Design Cloud. Details are on pages 58-64. 39
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THE GALLERIES Chicago Gallery News is organized by geography, so you can easily plan your route and look up galleries in your area. We aim to make visiting galleries simple, but don’t restrict yourself to just one district or even to the city limits - spaces may be found in surprising spots and can be inspiration for taking longer drives or exploring new territory. Be sure to refer to our convenient pull-out maps on page 33. Refer to these listings to see what shows are taking place, which artists are showing where, and in what areas galleries specialize. The art world has become increasingly international, yet Chicago’s local dealers and artists remain hospitable to veterans and neophytes alike. All of the listings here in print may also be found at chicagogallerynews.com. Visit our online calendar of events for a guide to artist talks, lectures and special happenings in the galleries, and read our up-to-date art blog to check out our latest tips and recommendations. Chicago Gallery News is the only resource of its kind. To be included in these listings, please contact us: 312-649-0064 • info@chicagogallerynews.com
A busy Third Friday studio night at the Zhou B Art Center in Bridgeport. Photo Credit: Brian Glenn Truex
River North Dozens of galleries radiate from the intersection of Superior + Franklin streets, making up the River North gallery district. The area is the city’s densest gallery center, and it is also close to the Merchandise Mart and many area design stores.
Addington Gallery 704 N. Wells (60654) Tel 312-664-3406 Tu-Sa 11-6 dan@addingtongallery.com www.addingtongallery.com Contemporary paintings + sculpture by American + European artists.
Opening receptions are on show start dates from 5-8pm. September 6-October 23: Robin Denevan: encaustic paintings; Sandra Dawson: mixed media paintings. Opening reception Friday, September 6, 5-8pm
River North Events
• September 6 + November 1: major area opening nights • Free weekly Saturday Gallery Tours, 11am-12:30pm chicagogallerynews.com • Brave New Art World’s monthly First Thursdays in River North, 5-8pm bravenewartworld.com
Select dining in the district
• Boarding House: Wine-focused • Farmhouse: Midwestern • Kiki’s Bistro: French • Asian: Sumi Robata, Union Sushi + BBQ, Japonais • Italian: Club Lago, Gene & Georgetti, Coco Pazzo, Prosecco
Left: Robin Denevan, Mangroves (detail), encaustic (wax and oil) on panel, 42” x 42” Right: Sandra Dawson, Beautiful but Misdirected (detail), oil and mixed media on panel, 36” x 32”
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November 1-December 21: Susan Kraut: new paintings. Opening Friday, November 1, 5-8pm MEMBER CHICAGO ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION
River North Jean Albano Gallery
Andrew Bae Gallery
215 W. Superior (60654) Tel 312-440-0770 Tu-F 10-5; Sa 11-5 + by appt. jeanalbano@aol.com www.jeanalbanogallery.com
300 W. Superior (60654) Tel 312-335-8601 Tu-Sa 10-6 info@andrewbaegallery.com www.andrewbaegallery.com
Contemporary paintings, drawings + constructions.
Contemporary Asian art, primarily with ties to Korea, Japan + China.
Please contact gallery or visit website for additional exhibition and opening details. September 6-October 19: TECHNOROMANTICISM: New media exhibition curated by Alfredo Salazar-Caro. Reception Friday, September 6, 5:30-7:30pm November 1-December 21: Celebrating 20 Years of SOFA: Diane Cooper, Claudia Demonte, Amy Honchell, Donna Rosenthal, Susan Saladino, Courtney Timmermans, John Torreano, Margaret Wharton. Reception Friday, November 1, 5:30-7:30pm
Russell Bowman Art Advisory 311 W. Superior, Ste. 115 (60654) Tel 312-751-9500 Tu-W by appt.; Th-Sa 10-5:30 Opening receptions held 5:30-8 on starting date of exhibition. info@bowmanart.com www.bowmanart.com Modern + Contemporary Masters.
Permanent gallery artists include: Kwang Jean Park Young June Lew Yongjin Han Tetsuya Noda Keysook Geum Jungjin Lee Jae Ko Leeah Joo Gapchul Lee
September 6-October 26: System/Repetition: Jennifer Bartlett, Chuck Close, Tara Donovan, Alfred Jensen, Sol LeWitt, Maya Lin, James Siena November 1- January 25: Ed Paschke: Drawings MEMBER CHICAGO ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION
Folk, Naïve, + Outsider Art.
Please contact gallery or visit website for exhibition information + upcoming opening dates. September 6-October 12: Young June Lew: READERS Opening reception Friday, September 6, 5-8pm MEMBER CHICAGO ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION
Sol LeWitt, Modular, 1971, painted wood, 24 1/2” x 24 1/2” x 24 1/2”
Roy Boyd Gallery 739 N. Wells (60654) Tel 312-642-1606 Tu-Sa 10-5:30; M by appt. roy.boyd@sbcglobal.net www.royboydgallery.com
Photography by G.R. Christmas, courtesy Pace Gallery
Young June Lew, Ordinary Saint 13-1, diptych, 96” x 24”
Donna Rosenthal, Couple, Taking Stock - Fails to Deliver, Sure Thing
Stephen Daiter Gallery
September 6-October 22: Jay Kelly: New Sculptures and Drawings October 25-December 3: John Fraser
230 W. Superior, 4th Fl. (60654) Tel 312-787-3350 W-Sa 11-5 and by appt. Paul Berlanga, Lucas Zenk info@stephendaitergallery.com www.stephendaitergallery.com
Contemporary paintings + sculpture Vintage black + white photography, specializing in documentary + experimental photography: Institute of Design, Bauhaus, Photo League, etc.
Opening receptions are held on the opening dates of the exhibition, Fridays, 5-8pm, except where noted.
Rare photography from the 1920s-1960s. September 6-November 30: Been There, Done That. The early explorations of Kenneth Josephson. Opening reception with the artist on Friday, September 6, 5-8pm MEMBER CHICAGO ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION AND ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY DEALERS (AIPAD)
Echt Gallery 222 W. Superior (60654) Tel 312-440-0288 Tu-Sa 11-5 or by appt. info@echtgallery.com www.echtgallery.com Specializing in the finest contemporary sculpture. Artists represented include: Oben Abright, Martin Blank, Christina Bothwell, Dale Chihuly, Daniel Clayman, Pearl Dick, Matt Eskuche, Bella Feldman, Gregory Grenon, Philip Baldwin + Monica Guggisberg, Shayna Leib, Mira Maylor, Clifford Rainey, Joseph Rossano + others.
Contemporary photography + mixed media photo-based art. September 6-November 2: Julie Blackmon: Homegrown Opening reception with the artist on Friday, September 6, 5-8pm. Julie Blackmon artist talk in the gallery on Saturday, September 7 at noon November 8-January 4, 2014: Gustavo Lacerda: Albinos Opening reception on Friday, November 8, 5-7pm
September 7-November 4: Expressions in Contemporary Glass: Hosted by The Art Center Highland Park, curated by Echt Gallery
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November 1-December 31: 2013 Gallery Artists: Featuring new works by Oben Abright, Vladimir Bachorik, Shayna Leib, Janusz Walentynowicz. Reception Fri, Nov 1 MEMBER CHICAGO ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION
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300 W. Superior, Lower Level (60654) Tel 312-266-2350 Tu-Sa 10-5:30 info@edelmangallery.com www.edelmangallery.com Twitter@edelmangallery
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September 20-October 31: Katja Fritzche: Lush, new work
Jay Kelly, Untitled, #321, 322, Metal, 2013
Catherine Edelman Gallery
River North Josef Glimer Gallery, Ltd. 207 W. Superior (60654) Tel 312-787-4640 Tu-Sa 11-5; or by appt. Dir. Josef Glimer Asst. Dir. Nicole Rhoden info@josefglimergallery.com www.josefglimergallery.com 35 years of selling fine art.
The Golden Triangle
Featuring contemporary artists Nancy Wolfe, Thom Kapheim, Mira Hermoni-Levine, Brian Divis, Sheila Finnigan, + Levan Stepanyan. Also featuring masterworks of the 19th + 20th Centuries, including works by Renoir, Chagall, Picasso, Miró, + Zuniga, among others.
330 N. Clark (60654) Tel 312-755-1266 M-F 10-6, Sa 10-5 info@goldentriangle.biz www.goldentriangle.biz
The Golden Triangle’s block-long home in the historic Reid Murdoch Center features one of the largest collections of Asian + European antiques + home furnishings in the country.
A dramatic setting, complete with Asian courtyard, + exemplary customer service.
Gruen Galleries 226 W. Superior (60654) Tel 312-337-6262 M-Sa 10-6; Su 11-5 Dir. Lisa Boron Event Dir. Michael Gerber lisaboron@me.com www.gruengalleries.com Within 20,000 sq. ft. we house a large collection of contemporary American + European painting + sculpture + also showcase tribal African ceramics, furniture + sculpture.
October 4 + 5: Nancy Wolfe, Painting Poetry, receptions on October 4, 4-7pm, and October 5, 11am-6pm
Gallery available for special events. September 6: • Gallery 1: Nathalie Guarracino: New Works, oil on canvas • Gallery 2: Tamar Kander: New Abstract Works, mixed media on canvas. Opening reception Friday, Sept 6 November 1: Tom Brydelsky: New Works, encaustic landscapes. Opening reception Friday, Nov 1
Nancy Wolfe, Sappho’s Song, 55” x 60”, oil on canvas, 2013
Carl Hammer Gallery 740 N. Wells (60654) Tel 312-266-8512 Tu-F 11-6; Sa 11-5 Opening receptions 6-8pm on first date of scheduled exhibitions. Dir. Carl F. Hammer hammergall@aol.com www.hammergallery.com Representing American + international contemporary artists, as well as select examples/artists from the American “outsider” genre.
September 6-October 26: Bill Traylor (1854 - 1949): The Pain of Struggle and Fulfillment September 19-22: Participating in EXPO CHICAGO, Navy Pier, Chicago November 1-December 28: David Sharpe: New Paintings MEMBER CHICAGO ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION
Tamar Kander, Abyss, mixed media on canvas, 60” x 60”
Japanese Shinto Shrine, Hinoki Wood, 19th Century, 50” tall
Hilton | Asmus Contemporary 716 N. Wells (60654) Tel 312-475-1788 Tu-Sa 12-8 or by appt. info@hilton-asmus.com www.hilton-asmus.com Specializing in modern + contemporary paintings, limited edition graphics, glass art, sculpture + photography. September 6-October 12: Dennis Manarchy: Butterflies & Buffalo: Tales of American Culture, “Ghostriders” Chapter 1, photography, drawings, video installation
October 4-6: • 3-day John Ford Film Festival • Book signing by Joseph Malham: John Ford: Poet of the Desert October 18-November 16: Lorraine Peltz: Luster, paintings November 22-January 4, 2014: Istanbul Breeze: Turkish artists group show featuring paintings, sculpture, glass, ceramics, weavings, industrial design objects. Pre-opening reception on Friday, November 1
Ann Nathan Gallery 212 W. Superior (60654) Tel 312-664-6622 Tu-F 10-5:30; Sa 11-5 Nathangall@aol.com www.annnathangallery.com Minimal steel furniture by renowned designer creator Jim Rose. Established + well known painters + sculptors in all media. Selective African Art. Please contact the gallery for an up-to-date exhibition + opening schedule. September 6: Opening reception; contact gallery for exhibition details MEMBER CHICAGO ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION
Bill Traylor, untitled three figure construction in black, pencil, poster paint on found cardboard, c. 1939-43, Montgomery, AL, 14” x 14.5”
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River North
217 W. Huron (60654) Tel 773-671-5945 W-Sa 11-6; or by appt. Jennifernorback@gmail.com www.jennifernorbackfineart.com Specializing in contemporary art in all media with an emphasis on artists working out of Paris and Chicago. Including: Jean-Christophe Ballot, Michael Goro, Herbert Murrie, Stephen McClymont, Rene Romero Schuler, ellsworth snyder, Douglas Stapleton, Jeremy Tubbs, William Utermohlen, Vivian van Blerk.
Richard Norton Gallery 612 Merchandise Mart Plaza (60654) Tel 312-644-8855 M-F 9-5 Richard P. Norton Dir. Susan Klein Bagdade info@richardnortongallery.com www.richardnortongallery.com Notable American + European Impressionist + Modern paintings, drawings + sculpture from the 19th + early 20th Centuries. Offering a wide range of services, including consultation, appraisal, consignment + purchase of artwork.
September 5-28: Kenneth Josephson: The Female Nude: Observations and Constructions Opening reception Friday, September 6
Artists include: Gertrude Abercrombie, Adam Albright, Ivan Albright, George Aldrich, Claude Bentley, Karl Buehr, Francis Chapin, Georges Maurice Cloud, Alexander Corazzo, Manierre Dawson, Julio de Diego, Werner Drewes, John Enneking, Hananiah Harari, Harold Hayden, George Josimovich, Richard Koppe, Walter Krawiec, Albert Krehbiel, Jonas Lie, Jan Matulka, Edgar Miller, Gregory Orloff, Frank Peyraud, William S. Schwartz, Gerritt Sinclair, Anna Lee Stacey, John Storrs, Frederic Tellander, Morris Topchevsky, R. LeRoy Turner, among others. MEMBER CHICAGO ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION
The Rangefinder Gallery works from the legendary
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300 West Superior, Second Floor Monday-Friday 9 - 5:30 - Saturday 10 - 2 312 642-2255 rangefindergallery.com Featuring un-retouched digital & film photographs Opening Reception September 6
Inside City Walls by Michael Jarecki
November 8
if you stand still long enough you become a place by John Atwood
September 16-October 14: Herbert Murrie: Grand Dipinti: Paintings from Tuscany; presented with the Zhou B Art Center. Opening reception Friday, September 20 at Zhou B Art Center: 1029 W. 35th (60609)
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December 5-January 11: Michael Goro: A Tale of Two Cities, watercolors and etchings of Paris and Chicago. Opening reception Friday, December 6
Perimeter Gallery 210 W. Superior (60654) Tel 312-266-9473 Tu-Sa 10:30-5:30 Dir. Frank Paluch perimeterchicago@ perimetergallery.com www.perimetergallery.com Featuring contemporary painting, sculpture, works on paper, + master works in ceramic + fiber arts. Opening receptions are held the first day of exhibitions, 5-8pm. September 6-October 25: • Keiko Hara: painting • Bob McCauley: painting November 1-January 3, 2014: • Robert Hudson: sculpture • Vanessa Smith: ceramics MEMBER CHICAGO ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION
Robert McCauley, The Program, 2013, oil on canvas, 21” x 28”
Maya Polsky Gallery 215 W. Superior (60654) Tel 312-440-0055 Tu-F 10-5; Sa 10:30-5 mayapolsky@aol.com www.mayapolskygallery.com Works by contemporary American, European + Russian artists with special interest in figurative painting. Please contact gallery for additional exhibition information. September 6-October 20: Jose Cobo: Monos and Rag Monkeys, new sculpture Opening reception for the artist on Friday, September 6, 5-7:30pm
Printworks 311 W. Superior (60654) Tel 312-664-9407 Tu-Sa 11-5 and by appt. Opening receptions 5:30-7:30 on first date of scheduled exhibition. Dirs. Sidney Block + Bob Hiebert info@printworkschicago.com www.printworkschicago.com Printworks is a works on paper gallery specializing in contemporary prints, drawings, photographs and artists’ books. September 6-October 12: Nicholas Sistler: Incognito, new gouache paintings October 18-November 30: William Conger: Criss-Cross Series, gouache and ink drawings 2009-2013
The Project Room 217 W. Huron (60654) Tel 847-400-4626 W-Sa 12-6pm or by appt. info@theprojectroompb.com www.theprojectroompb.com
300 W. Superior, 2nd Fl. (60654) Tel 312-642-2255 M-F 9-5:30; Sa 10-2; or by appt. focus@rangefindergallery.com www.rangefindergallery.com
The Project Room is committed to comprehensive programming that includes fine art exhibitions, open dialogue with outstanding leaders, intimate salon gatherings, concerts and workshops.
Featuring un-retouched digital + film photographs made with the legendary Leica M camera.
The Project Room supports emerging + mid-career international artist in all media whose work embodies well-executed conceptual depth. To stay up to date on upcoming events + exhibitions, CONTACT US; like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and join our mailing list.
December 6-January 4, 2014: Carole Harmel and Lialia Kuchma: Rewoven, Photographs. Threads. Words
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Adrian Fernandez, Untitled No. 31, from the Epilogue II series
Please contact The Rangefinder Gallery for updated exhibition information and to learn more. September 6-October 25: Michael Jarecki: Inside City Walls, recent photographs Opening reception Friday, September 6 November 8-December: John Atwood: if you stand still long enough you become a place, recent photographs Opening reception Friday, November 8
River North Judy A Saslow Gallery 300 W. Superior (60654) Tel 312-943-0530 Tu-F 11-6; Sa 11-5 jsaslow300@gmail.com www.jsaslowgallery.com Specializing in international Outsider art as well as emerging + established Contemporary art. Please contact the gallery for an up-to-date exhibition + openings schedule + gallery location. Artists include: Marc Boulier, Francois Burland, Gerard Cambon, Henry Darger, Edmond Engel, Tony Fitzpatrick,
Ken Saunders Gallery
Schneider Gallery
Vale Craft Gallery
Lee Godie, Krista Harris, Matt Lamb, Henry Moore, Mr. Imagination, Michel Nedjar, Jordan Scott, Bill Traylor, Rusty Wolfe, Joseph Yoakum, Purvis Young, Carlo Zinelli
230 W. Superior (60654) Tel 312-573-1400 Tu-Sa 11-5 Ken Saunders gallery@kensaundersgallery.com www.kensaundersgallery.com
230 W. Superior (60654) Tel 312-988-4033 Tu-F 10:30-5; Sa 11-5 Dir. Martha Schneider schneidergalleryinfo@gmail.com www.schneidergallerychicago.com
230 W. Superior (60654) Tel 312-337-3525 Tu-F 10:30-5:30; Sa 11-5 Dir. Peter Vale peter@valecraftgallery.com www.valecraftgallery.com
September 6-October 19: The Artists of Gugging Opening reception Friday, September 6, 5-8pm
Exhibiting the world’s most prominent + innovative artists creating glass sculpture.
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November 1: Frank Paluch and Gerard Cambon Opening reception Friday, November 1, 5-8pm MEMBER CHICAGO ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION
Please check with the gallery + visit our website for information on current exhibition. September 6-October 27: David Schwarz. Opening reception Friday, September 6 November 1-December 28: Stephen Powell and Matthew Cummings. Opening reception Friday, November 1
With over 20 years of experience, Schneider is dedicated to the exhibition of contemporary photography. We are proud to represent established and emerging artists from around the world, featuring photographers from: Argentina, Guatemala, Africa, China, Germany, and Japan, among others. September 13-October 20: • Jennifer Greenburg: Revising History • Janna Ireland: The Spotless Mirror Opening reception Friday, September 20, 5-7:30pm
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Ongoing display of ceramics, decorative fiber art, glass objects, metal sculpture, functional art + unique jewelry. Opening receptions on first date of exhibitions, 5-8pm September 6-November 3: Kiln-Formed Glass November 1-30: 21st Anniversary Show December 6-January 4, 2014: Holiday Show
September 13-December 27: Street Level Project Space: Jedediah Johnson: Big Makeouts November 1-December 27: • Nancy Newberry: Mum • Kelly K Jones: The Sorority Girl Project MEMBER CHICAGO ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION
Heinrich Reisenbauer, Cherries, 2007, pencil, colored pencil, 8.2” x 11.7”
David Weinberg Photography 300 W. Superior, Ste. 203 (60654) Tel 312-529-5090 M-Sa 10-5 Studio Manager: Matt Avignone matt@d-weinberg.com www.d-weinberg.com www.thecoatcheckgallery.com
• The Coat Check Gallery: Natalie Krick, Natural Deceptions September 19-October 6: Filter Photo Festival, Mapping: Borders, Bodies, Memories, Juried by Paula Tognarelli, Griffin Museum of Photography. Reception on Sept 26
Follow us on Facebook Contemporary photography from the archive of David Weinberg to works of emerging artists in The Coat Check project.
October 11: • Main Gallery: David Weinberg: Canon County • The Coat Check Gallery: TBA Reception on October 11
Thru September 14: • Main Gallery: David Weinberg, The Lure of Sirens
December 6: Holiday Salon Exhibition. Reception on December 6
Zg Gallery 300 W. Superior (60654) Tel 312-654-9900 Tu-Sa 10-5:30 info@ZgGallery.com www.ZgGallery.com Twitter @ZgGallery Exhibiting works by emerging and established artists. Artists represented include: Amy Casey, Steve Hough, Gregory Jacobsen, Martina Nehrling, and Jackie Tileston. Please contact gallery for upcoming exhibition information. MEMBER CHICAGO ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION
Zolla / Lieberman Gallery
Richard Parrish, Tapestry 39 (detail), kiln-formed glass, 26” x 36”
Zygman Voss Gallery
325 W. Huron (60654) Tel 312-944-1990 Tu-F 10-5:30; Sa 11-5:30 zollalieberman@sbcglobal.net www.zollaliebermangallery.com
222 W. Superior, #1E (60654) Tel 312-787-3300 Tu-Sa 10-5; Su and M by appt. art@zygmanvossgallery.com www.ZygmanVossGallery.com
September 6-October 19: Sarah Sohn: Sugartown, paintings and works on paper. Opening reception September 6, 5-8pm
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September 19-22: Participating in EXPO CHICAGO, Navy Pier, Chicago November 1-December 28: • Josh Garber: Playthings, new sculpture and drawings • Richard Notkin: Where Do We Go From Here?, ceramic vessels and relief tile murals. Opening reception November 1, 5-8pm
For over 10 years Zygman Voss Gallery has been showcasing museum quality 17th to 20th century masters such as Miró, Picasso, Rembrandt + Renoir. Additionally, Zygman Voss represents contemporary artists Moshe Rosenthalis, Leonardo Nierman, Aliza Nahor, Ramon Vilanova + Elsa Muñoz.
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David Weinberg, Canon County, 2013
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Ramon Vilanova, Paso El Otono, Y El Invierno, 64” x 52”
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West Loop, Fulton Market + West Side The West Side includes West Loop, West Town, Fulton Market, Randolph Street, Ukranian Village + more. Free West Loop tours run every 6 weeks: chicagogallerynews.com West Loop + West Town Dining: • Many of Chicago’s favorite restaurants make great post-gallery hop spots: Publican, Next, the Aviary, Blackbird, Avec, Girl + the Goat, Maude’s Liquor Bar, Piccolo Sogno, Nellcôte, Moto, Au Cheval, Green Zebra and BellyQ District Design: • This part of the city is filled with unique design + antique sources where you can find antique doorknobs and hardware, bargain furniture or high-end design at places like: Morlen Sinoway, Wright, Jan’s Antiques, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Strand Design, and Randolph St. Market Festival
Douglas Dawson Gallery 400 N. Morgan (60642) *Note the gallery is moving in November Tel 312-226-7975 Tu-Sa 9:30-5:30 Dirs. Douglas Dawson, Wallace Bowling info@douglasdawson.com www.douglasdawson.com Ancient + historic ethnographic art from Africa, Asia + the Americas. Since 1983. Please contact gallery or check website for full exhibition details.
1230 W. Jackson (60607) Tel 312-243-2980 Fax 312-243-4673 M-F 10-5, and by appt. President, Frederick Baker Dir. Scot Campbell frebak@aol.com www.frederickbakerinc.com November 1-December 6: To Live By Night Opening reception 5-8pm on Friday, November 1 An exhibition of paintings by Robert Guinan and works on paper by Mary Livoni Specializing in fine American and European Prints, drawings + watercolors. MEMBER INTERNATIONAL FINE PRINT DEALERS ASSOCIATION
Randolph Street Market, where you can find a range of eclectic vintage and antique items, takes place one weekend a month all year long in the 1350 block of W. Randolph, not far from the area’s gallery centers. www.randolphstreetmarket.com Photo by Grace Willis
EC Gallery
FM* Gallery
215 N. Aberdeen (60607) Tel 312-850-0924 Dir. Ewa Czeremuszkin info@ec-gallery.com www.ec-gallery.com
310 N. Peoria (60607) Tel 312-810-5690 M-Sa 10-6, and by appt. franklin@fultonmarketgallery.com www.fultonmarketgallery.com
EC Gallery’s primary focus is the introduction and representation of emerging and mid-career artists whose practices traverse painting, drawing, mixed media and photo media.
Showing painting, sculpture and mixed media by a talented group of local and national artists.
Please check website for full exhibition details.
Studio sessions and art classes taught every Wednesday and Saturday. Please check website for full exhibition details.
September 11-October 12: Modernist Roots: Ethnographic Influences on the Modernist Aesthetic Opening reception Wednesday, September 11, 5:30-7:30 September 19-22: EXPO CHICAGO at Navy Pier October 25-31: Participating in The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show, Park Avenue Armory, New York
Rhona Hoffman Gallery 118 N. Peoria (60607) Tu-F 10-5:30; Sa 11-5:30 contact@rhoffmangallery.com www.rhoffmangallery.com Represented Artists: Vito Acconci Mel Bochner New Catalogue Todd Chilton Spencer Finch Julia Fish Chris Garofalo Luis Gispert Leon Golub Jacob Hashimoto Susan Hefuna Robert Heinecken Judy Ledgerwood Sol LeWitt Robert Overby Karthik Pandian Richard Rezac Fred Sandback Nancy Spero Brian Ulrich Siebren Versteeg Anne Wilson
October 25-November 30: Opening Oct 25, 5-7:30pm •Anne Wilson •Carrie Mae Weems
December 4-8: Participating in Art Miami, Midtown Arts District, Miami MEMBER CHICAGO ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION
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217 N. Carpenter (60607) Tel 312-491-8888 www.chicagoartistscoalition.org www.chicagoartistsresource.org September 6-26: • HATCH Projects: Three-person exhibition featuring Kasia Houlihan, Ryan Peter Miller, Rebecca Parker. Curated by Teresa Silva. (Note: this show closes at CAC Sept. 15 and moves to EXPO CHICAGO • BOLT Residency: Joseph G. Cruz September 19-22: • Participating in EXPO CHICAGO at Navy Pier. Exhibiting HATCH Projects and BOLT Residency. Show details under September 6-26. • EDITION Chicago, a new art fair presented by CAC showcasing limited edition works of art October 4-24: • HATCH Projects: Three-person exhibition featuring Noelle Allen Brent Fogt, Nicholas Sagan. Curated by MK Meador. • BOLT Residency: Adebukola Bodunrin November 1-December 5: HATCH Projects: Six-person exhibition featuring Jessica Bardsley, Victoria Bradford, Kristina Felix, Rebecca Hamlin Green, Johanna Moscosco, Kristin Nason. Curated by Jessica Cochran.
September 13-October 19: Opening Sept 13, 5-7:30pm • Spencer Finch: Study for Disappearance • Judy Ledgerwood: Love, Power, Color.
November: Contact Gallery about relocation exhibition, Scaled Down
Chicago Artists Coalition
kasia kay art projects 215 N. Aberdeen (60607) Tel 312-944-0408 W-Sa 11-5; Tu by appt. and by chance info@kasiakaygallery.com www.kasiakaygallery.com Established and mid-career international artists working in all media. Please contact gallery or check website or online CGN listing for additional show information. MEMBER CHICAGO ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION
West Loop/West Side Mars Gallery 1139 W. Fulton Market (60607) Tel 312-226-7808 W 12-6, Th 12-7, F 12-6, Sa 11-5 Other times by appointment Dir. Barbara Gazdik marsgallery@aol.com www.marsgallery.com Specializing in contemporary fine, fun and sophisticated artwork. Original paintings and limited edition prints. Since 1988 Mars has been the must-see hot spot of the Chicago West Loop art scene. Celebrating 25 years this fall. For additional information regarding show schedule please consult the gallery website.
“IX” from the “Illusions of Psyche” series
McCormick Gallery 835 W. Washington (60607) Tel 312-226-6800 Tu-F 10-5; Sa 11-5 gallery@thomasmccormick.com www.thomasmccormick.com
942 W. Lake (60607) Tel 312-226-8984 Tu-Sa 11-5:30 Dir. Aron Packer packer@packergallery.com www.packergallery.com
McCormick Gallery features both Modern + Contemporary art, focusing primarily on painting, works on paper + sculpture.
Contemporary art in all media. Well-known for folk + outsider art.
We represent the estates of numerous mid-century American painters, with an emphasis on abstract expressionism.
September 6-October 19: • Jeffrey Beebe: When Wish Still Helped: Adventures in Western Refractoria, large and small scale work on paper • Betsy Stirratt: Half-Light, painting
The gallery also shows both established + emerging contemporary artists. September 7-October 19: Norman Kanter: Works from the Estate. Reception September 20, 6-8pm October 25-December 7: • Gallery One: Vidvuds Zviedris • Gallery Two: Kyle Surges Reception October 25, 5-7pm December 13-January 25, 2014: • Gallery One: Michael Hedges • Gallery Two: Melanie Pankau Reception December 13, 5-7pm
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Packer Schopf Gallery
November 1-December 31: • Renee McGinnis: The Girls, painting • Peggy Macnamara: Depiction / Collections, watercolor • Deborah Simon: New Work, sculpture • Cathie Bleck: frAGILITY, work on papyrus December 4-8: Participating in Context, Art Miami. Thomas C Jackson, Lorraine Peltz, Betsy Stirratt, Jennifer Yorke, Diem Chau, Kathy Halper MEMBER CHICAGO ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION
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Peter Mars, Big Boy, acrylic on canvas
Carrie Secrist Gallery
PRIMITIVE
130 N. Jefferson (60661) Tel 312-575-9600 M-Sa 10-6 info@beprimitive.com www.beprimitive.com
Conveniently located in the West Loop, PRIMITIVE’s 30,000 sq. ft. flagship store is filled with authentic, museum-grade furniture, artifacts, textiles, jewelry, fashion + artwork from the world over. Discover how to bridge the gap between LIVING + COLLECTING Please contact us for current exhibition + event schedules.
Linda Warren Projects
Woman Made Gallery
835 W. Washington (60607) Tel 312-491-0917 Tu-F 10:30-6; Sa 11-5 Dir. Stevie Greco info@secristgallery.com www.secristgallery.com
327 N. Aberdeen, Ste. 151 (60607) Tel 312-432-9500 Tu-Sa 11-5 or by appt. Openings 1st day of show 6-9pm Dir. Linda Warren linda@lindawarrenprojects.com www.lindawarrenprojects.com
685 N. Milwaukee (60642) Tel 312-738-0400 W-F 12-7; Sa-Su 12-4 gallery@womanmade.org www.womanmade.org Find us on Facebook
Established and emerging contemporary artists in all media.
Emerging and mid-career contemporary artists in all media.
Artwork in all media in group and solo exhibitions.
Please contact the gallery for additional information regarding the summer show schedule.
Additional focus on corporate collections and consulting.
September: Andrew Holmquist September 19-22: Participating in EXPO CHICAGO, Navy Pier October: Carson Fisk-Vittori
September 6-October 19: Michiko Itatani: Cosmic Kaleidoscope October 25-December 7: • Gallery Y: Matthew Woodward • Gallery X: Jason Brammer December 13-February 15, 2014: • Gallery Y: Lora Fosberg • Gallery X: Emmett Kerrigan MEMBER CHICAGO ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION
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Michiko Itatani, Cosmic Wanderlust painting from Cosmic Theater CWC-9, 2012, oil on canvas, 78” x 96”
September 6-October 24: • Group exhibition: The Photographic Self, juror Carla Williams • Solo exhibition: Michele Fitzsimmons at the Art Institute with Photography by Diane J. Schmidt Opening Friday, Sept 6, 6-9pm November 15-December 22: • Group exhibition: Of the Land, juror Heidi Norton • Group exhibition: From the Earth / Illinois Women Artisans, jurors Carmen M. Perez + Mary Stoppert Opening Friday, Nov 15, 6-9pm
Michele Fitzsimmons at the Art Institute with Photography by Diane J. Schmidt
Bridgeport, Hyde Park, Pilsen, and South Side South of the city center, gallery + artist communities are expanding in areas like Pilsen along 18th St., in the Chicago Arts District along Halsted, as well as in LACUNA Artist Lofts on Canalport. In Bridgeport you’ll find the Zhou B Art Center + Bridgeport Art Center. In Hyde Park there are three University of Chicago affiliated museums: the Smart Museum of Art, the Renaissance Society, + the newly opened Logan Center. Also nearby: Hyde Park Art Center and South Side Community Arts Center.
4Art Inc. Gallery Zhou B Art Center 1029 W. 35th St., Ste. 403 (60609) Tel 773-254-5100 Tu-Sa 10-6; Open for monthly 3rd Fridays artist receptions from 7-10pm Dir. Robin Rios RRios@4artinc.com www.4artinc.com Visit gallery website for exhibition schedule. September 20, October 18, November 15, December 20: Visit the Zhou B Art Center for 3rd Fridays. Held monthly, 7-10pm
Special ongoing district events: • 1st Thursdays, Hyde Park (Smart Museum) • 2nd Fridays, Chicago Arts District • 2nd Saturdays, Lacuna Artist Lofts • 3rd Fridays in Bridgeport at Zhou B Center + Bridgeport Art Center
Zhou B Art Center 1029 W. 35th St., #309 (60609) Tel 815-762-5243 3rd Fridays 7-10pm, or by appt. yalefactor@gmail.com www.yalefactor.com yalefactorartgallery.com Contemporary narrative still life paintings, landscapes + prints. September-December: Watercolors September 20, October 18, November 15, December 20: Visit the Zhou B Art Center for 3rd Fridays. Held monthly, 7-10pm
Yale Factor, Three Falls, watercolor on Arches, 30” x 22”
Upscale, trendy, loft work space in a growing artist community. Located in what was once the world’s largest macaroni factory + conveniently located in the Pilsen Art District. Custom, stylish work + events space for established + up-and-coming artists and professionals throughout Chicago. *NO pets. Commercial only. We do not offer live-in work space. Coined Chicago’s premier event space with rental accommodations for weddings, socials, meetings, networking, celebrity-focused events + more! LACUNA is a truly unique venue. Our spaces range from 1,200-20,000 sf, as well as a 6,000 sf. roof-top deck. • Short/longterm work loft leases • Utilities included: heat, a/c, electric (*some restrictions) • Free Wi-Fi • Community kitchen • Gallery/exhibition area • Exposed brick walls • Original timber beams + hardwood floors, high ceilings • Large open hallways • Updated lighting + electric • 24-hour access • On-site security guard • Secured coded entry
This beautifully restored 500,000 sq. ft. former Spiegel Catalogue Warehouse provides studio + gallery exhibit space for a growing number of artists, fashion designers + creative professionals working in many different art forms + media. The spectacular 18,000 sq. ft., 5th floor Sky Line Loft event space, set against the Chicago skyline, offers a unique setting for weddings, exhibitions, trade shows, fashion shows + corporate events. A second one-of-a-kind event space is on the first floor with 16,000 sq. ft., 12-foot floor-to-ceiling windows, and a beautiful outdoor space with repurposed granite grounds. Framing the entrance are two handsome 12foot french doors that lead to a lovely sculpture garden + outdoor seating.
September 21-November 1: The 2013 Chicago Sculpture
LACUNA Artist Lofts 2150 S. Canalport (60608) Tel 773-609-5638 info@lacuna2150.com www.lacuna2150.com
1200 W. 35th St. (60609) Tel 773-247-3000 M-Sa 8-6; Su by appt. info@bridgeportart.com www.bridgeportart.com
The latest addition to BAC is Chicago’s Premier Fashion Design Center created exclusively for fashion designers by offering affordable work studios + a huge cutting table in a common area. Visit on the 5th floor.
Dining in the district • Nightwood, Nana’s, Acadia, Medici on 57th, Three Aces, Moon Palace, Nuevo León, Mundial Cocina Mestiza
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Bridgeport Art Center
• In-house management • 1 freight + 2 passenger elevators • Free + abundant on-site parking • Roof-top deck: exquisite skyline view + custom-built bench seating SECOND SATURDAYS: 12-6pm September 14, October 12, November 9, December 14 An all-building open-studios event. Expansion Pop-Up Gallery Every 2nd Saturday in LACUNA’s Blank Canvas Space on the 2nd floor
September 21-October 19: N.A.M.E. @ 40 – Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the founding of Chicago’s N.A.M.E. Gallery November 15-January 10, 2014: Continuing Experience: Virginio Ferrari at Bridgeport – Internationally renowned sculptor Ferrari presents new works created especially for this exhibit, in addition to a large collection of existing works. Ferrari’s monumental public sculptures may be seen in dozens of regional locations + he has executed sculptural commissions around the world. He has been recognized + honored for his contributions to international art. 3rd Friday Open Studios: Monthly, 6-10pm. Open studios + free demos. *NOTE: Please check the BAC website for exhibition updates + times.
Logan Center Gallery at the University of Chicago 915 E. 60th St. (60637) Tel 773-702-2787 Tu-Sa 9-8; Su 11-8 arts.uchicago.edu/logan/gallery Free contemporary art programming at the Logan Center Gallery + throughout the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago.
Thru September 29: The Distance Between: Featuring 2013 artists-in-residence of Arts + Public Life + the Center for the Study of Race, Politics + Culture: Leroy Bach, Cecil McDonald, Tomeka Reid, Cauleen Smith, and avery r. young. Exhibition takes place at Logan Center + the Arts Incubator (301 E Garfield Blvd). Reception Sept. 15, 3-6pm Thru September 30: William Pope.L: Cliff (2012) and Better (2013)
September 22: 6-10pm - Art Lives Extravaganza Reverie Gallery
October 8-November 9: Diasporal Rhythms: A 10-Year Love Affair with Collecting Art of the African Diaspora.
October 11-November 29: Ultra Gallery Presents: Enstrumental Clothing: Listen To Me Now, Believe Me Later On; receptions on Oct 11 6-10pm + closing Nov 29, 6-10pm. Artist talk Oct 12 + Nov 9, 3-4pm
October 12: Collector’s Home Tour, 9am + 1pm; tickets at ticketsweb.uchicago.edu/ or 773-702-ARTS
October 26: 7-10pm, Terra Nova Fashion Show Reverie Gallery November 8-9: Jam Productions + LACUNA Present Beer Hoptacular Tickets: www.beerhoptacular.com December 14-15: 2-9pm Holiday Art & Creative Bazaar - Open Studios: live music, DJs, art, fashion, performances + holiday deals! 47
International Exhibition. For the first time Chicago Sculpture International (CSI) hosts its Sculpture Exhibition at BAC. The exhibit, a highlight of Chicago Artists Month, showcases the enormous range of work by CSI members + will be shown in both BAC’s indoor Art Gallery + outdoor Sculpture Garden. CSI is a nonprofit organization made up of over 150 sculptors who work in all media including, steel, wood, glass, paper, fiber + video.
Theodore C. Feaster
Liz Long Gallery at Chicago Urban Art Retreat Center 1957 S. Spaulding @ 21st St.; Kedzie El stop on CTA Pink Line (60623) Tel 773-542-9126 Sa 11-4; and by appt. contact@urbanartretreat.com www.urbanartretreat.com Twitter @urbanartretreat Facebook.com/urbanartretreat Non-profit art gallery featuring under-represented artists. Please contact gallery or visit website for exhibition information and full schedule.
Museum of Contemporary Photography Columbia College 600 S. Michigan (60605) Tel 312-663-5554 mocp@colum.edu www.mocp.org Founded by Columbia College Chicago in 1984 as the successor to the 1976 Chicago Center for Contemporary Photography, the museum collaborates with artists, photographers, communities, and institutions locally, nationally, and internationally. As the leading photography museum in the Midwest, presenting projects and exhibitions and acquiring works that embrace a wide range of contemporary aesthetics and technologies, the museum offers students, educators, research specialists, and general audiences an intimate and comprehensive visual study center. Thru October 6: Backstory: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Ron Jude and Guillaume Simoneau October 19-December 22: Of Walking
Prospectus Gallery 1210 W. 18th St. (60608) Tel 312-733-6132 Dir. Israel Hernandez Showcasing Latin American and other contemporary Art. Representing: Montserrat Alsina, Tim Arroyo, Hector Barron, Roberto Ferreyra, Jeff Abbey Maldonado, Alfredo Martinez, Antonio Martinez, Mark Nelson, Eufemio Pulido. August 31-September 28: Transitions: Alfredo Martinez and Eufemio Pulido. Reception Saturday, August 31 October 11-December 21: Made in Pilsen VIII: Featuring local and internationally known artists. Reception Friday, October 18
Second Saturdays at Lacuna Artists Lofts
The Renaissance Society University of Chicago 5811 S. Ellis Cobb Hall, #418 (60637) Tel 773-702-8670 Tu-F 10-5; Sa-Su 12-5; Closed Mondays info@renaissancesociety.org www.renaissancesociety.org
An all-building open studios event 12-6pm • 2150 S. Canalport in Pilsen lacuna2150.com • 773-609-5638 Smart Museum of Art University of Chicago 5550 S. Greenwood (60637) Tel 773-702-0200 Tu,W, F, Sa, Su 10-5; Th 10-8; Closed Mondays Smart-musuem@uchicago.edu www.smartmuseum.uchicago.edu Admission is always free.
Admission is always free. September 15-December 15: Suicide Narcissus, featuring work by international artists—including Thomas Baumann, Haris Epaminonda & Daniel Gustav Cramer, Katie Paterson, Nicole Six + Paul Petritsch, Lucy Skaer, and Daniel Steegmann. The exhibition addresses ecological extinction, finite natural resources, and the limits of knowledge.
Thru December 8: Gigi Scaria: City Unclaimed September 8-December 8: Wings, Speed, and Cosmic Dominion in Renaissance Italy October 3-January 12, 2014: State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970 December 17-March 16: Interiors and Exteriors: Avant-Garde Itineraries in Postwar France
Zhou B Art Center
1029 W. 35th St. (60609) Tel 773-523-0200 M-F 10-5; Sa 12-5 info@zbcenter.org www.zbcenter.org The Zhou B Art Center presents a vibrant mix of galleries, artist’s studios, and special event spaces, in addition to the Zhou B Cafe + Art Lounge. Our 3rd Friday openings are eclectic and enthusiastic events featuring gallery openings and open studios for all our in-residence artists, from Chicago and abroad. September 20, October 18, November 15, December 20: 3rd Fridays: Monthly eclectic + enthusiastic events featuring gallery openings + open studios for all our in-residence artists. 7-10pm.
September 16-October 14: Herbert Murrie: Grand Dipinti, paintings from Tuscany. A painting exhibition presented by Zhou B Art Center, in collaboration with Jennifer Norback Fine Art. September 20-October 12: Zhou Brothers: After successful traveling exhibitions in their homeland of China, the Zhou Brothers return to Chicago to present their new body of work. October 18-November 9: Centerline: Metaphoric DNA: An exhibition of artists of the Zhou B Art Center; curated by Robin Rios. October 18-20: Bridgeport Art Walk Friday, Oct. 18: 6-10pm Saturday, Oct. 19: 10am-4pm Sunday, Oct. 20: 10am-5pm November 15-January 5, 2014: Cohesion: Celebrating an artist’s action of forming pieces by combining past exploration of techniques with current experiences; curated by Christine Forni.
Offering one-hour mural tours Saturday, October 19 + Sunday, October 20 at 12 noon, 1:30pm + 3pm. $10 donation per person; contact gallery for more details.
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North Side Neighborhoods
AdventureLand Gallery
The city’s North Side is broadly comprised of a number of areas, including Lincoln Park, Old Town, Lincoln Square, Bucktown, Wicker Park, Ukrainian Village, Lakeview, Andersonville, Ravenswood + Rogers Park.
1513 N. Western (60622) Tel 312-617-5168 W-Sa 12-4 or by appt. Perry Casalino www.adventurelandgallery.com
Regular as well as special art events, hosted by neighborhood groups such as I Am Logan Square and the Flat Iron Artists Association (FIAA) take place on certain weekends during the year, since many artists live + work in studios on this side of the city.
AdventureLand Gallery is a newly founded Chicago exhibition space which seeks to celebrate young talent and act as a service to artists in the Chicago area. The gallery will help emerging, young, and upcoming artists by providing a location to display their work and a network by which they can connect to the art patrons of Chicago.
Check out neighborhood gems like Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, the only nonprofit in the U.S. whose sole purpose is to present self-taught art. Also explore new galleries, alternative spaces and collectives that have been popping up throughout Ukrainian Village, Humboldt Park + beyond. Open studios, events, lectures: • Monthly 1st Fridays at the Flat Iron Arts Building, 6-10pm. flatironartsbuilding.com
Recognizing the difficulties young artists face, renowned local artist Tony Fitzpatrick has helped create this new gallery in conjunction with Firecat Projects to help artists sell their work with minimal fees.
Alibi Fine Art
1966 W. Montrose (60613) Tel 773-454-1512 F-Sa 11-6; + by appt. Adam Holtzman info@alibifineart.com www.alibifineart.com Alibi Fine Art is a contemporary gallery located in the Ravenswood / Lincoln Square area. Our goal is to promote new, overlooked and mid-career artists. The gallery’s primary focus is on photography, with other media represented as well. Please visit website for exhibition details.
Visit the website for summer exhibition information and opening dates.
• Cornelia Arts Building: Oct 4, 6-10pm Nov 22, 6-10pm + Nov 23, 1-5pm Darrell Roberts’s studio at the Corneilia Arts Building corneliaartsbuilding.com
ARC Gallery 2156 N. Damen (60647) Tel 773-252-2232 W-Sa 12-6; Su 12-4 info@arcgallery.org www.arcgallery.org Thru September 21: • Cheri Reif Naselli, conceptual works • Manal Deeb, painting • Duncan Oja, photography September 25-October 19: 40th Anniversary All Members Exhibition; celebrating former and current ARC members. Reception Fri, September 27, 6-9pm October 23-November 16: • Iris Goldstein, sculpture • Sheila Shochet, painting • Dian Sourelis, mixed-media constructions. Reception Oct 25, 6-9pm
ArtDeTriumph + Artful Framer Studios 2938 N. Clark (60657) Tel 773-832-4038 Open 7 days a week M-F 11-7; Sa 10-6; Su 12-5 Nancie King Mertz Nancie@NancieKingMertz.com www.NancieKingMertz.com Celebrating 10 years on Clark St. expert framing for 33 years, open 7 days a week. Mention this ad for $10 credit on your purchase! Commissioned paintings for corporate + private collections are scheduled with the artist/ owner. Nancie King Mertz, PSA,
Chicago Art Source Gallery
DCPP named winner Pastel Journal magazine Best 100 Pastels + winner Outstanding Pastel, BoldBrush Painting Contest. Oil Painters of America Salon Show awarded Nancie two prizes for her painting of Chicago: Over the Top, and her work will be included in the Pastel Society of America Show in NYC in September. Please also view our framing listing in CGN’s Art Services section.
1871 N. Clybourn (60614) Tel 773-248-3100 M-F 10-6; Sa 10-5; and by appt. Jackie Pernot art@chicagoartsource.com www.chicagoartsource.com Chicago Art Source Gallery represents a wide array of local + national artists. We offer a vast inventory of contemporary art with a focus on painting, mixed media + photography.
September 6-November 2: Beautiful Decay: Jeffrey Allen Price, Yvette Weijergang and Lynn Basa. Opening reception Friday, September 6, 5-8pm November 7-January 4, 2014: What Remains: Melissa Herrington and Brian Borrello. Opening reception Thursday, November 7, 5-8pm
October 11: New work depicting Ireland by Nancie King Mertz. Irish music and food will be served during October 11 reception, 5-9pm
November 20-December 14: Art / Tech: Juried national exhibition. Juror: Jan Tichy. Reception Fri, November 22, 6-9pm
Duncan Oja
Nancie King Mertz, Adare Thatch, 16” x 16” plein air pastel, painted in Ireland in March 2013
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Jeffrey Allen Price, Absorption Modules, 8 x 8, corrosion, coffee grounds, dirt and natural elements on paper stacks, 48” x 48” (6” x 6” modules)
Cornelia Arts Building Where art works
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative 4642 N. Western (60625) Tel 773-293-2070 F-Sa 12-5; + by appt. Dir. Deborah Maris Lader info@chicagoprintmakers.com www.chicagoprintmakers.com Featuring affordable fine art prints + works-on-paper by local + international artists. Located in Chicago’s longest-running fine art printmaking workshop. Artists Incude: Hiroshi Ariyama, Christine Gendre-Bergere, Sanya Glisic, Misha Goro, Dan Grzeca, Ryan Kapp, Amos Kennedy Jr, Deborah Maris Lader, Kim Laurel, Ray Maseman, Dennis O’Malley, Megan Sterling, Shawn Stucky, Scott Westgard + others. September 21-November 2: Intervention, curated by Megan Sterling, featuring Christopher Blume, Matt Bodett, Jeremy Cody, Jeanine Coupe-Ryding, Michelle McCoy, Duffy O’Connor, Megan Sterling, Kasia Stachowiak. Open house + demos October 5, 12-5pm; reception 5-8pm. December 7-January 31, 2014: 24th Annual International Small Print Show and Holiday Sale. Open house Sa-Su, Dec 7-8, 11am-7pm. Check web for extended holiday hours.
1800 W. Cornelia (60657) info@corneliaartsbuilding.com www.corneliaartsbuilding.com Twitter @CorneliaArts facebook.com/CorneliaArtsBuilding Established in 1986, the Cornelia Arts Building is one of the largest all-artist-studio buildings on Chicago’s Northside. Original artwork from the studios of over 40 artists. Plus, live music, food trucks and guest artists! Events are FREE and open to the public. Please visit our website for info: www.corneliaartsbuilding.com Fall 2013 Open Studio Dates: October 4, 6-10pm November 22, 6-10pm November 23, 1-5pm
Set in the heart of Lakeview/ Wrigleyville/Boystown. Offering innovative selections of original artwork in all media. Dedicated to exhibiting quality art at reasonable prices. Oil, acrylic, watercolor, etching, pastel, sculpture, bronze, glass, jewelry, pottery, wood + more.
2124 N. Damen (60647) Tel 773-342-5381 M-Sa 10-4 Stan Klein vitodklein@aol.com info@firecatprojects.org www.firecatprojects.org Opening receptions for the artist take place from 7-9pm on the first night of the exhibition. September 27: George Blaha: Now Appearing, new digital photo-based work by this Chicago artist October 25: Peter Mars, John Dillinger in Chicago November 29: Tony Fitzpatrick: American Etchings December 27: Fundraising Show: Donated pieces from previously shown artists as well as other artists wishing to contribute artwork. Proceeds help Firecat Projects grow and expand.
Kevin Swallow, Golden Lights, 2013, oil on canvas, 24” x 30”
The Leigh Gallery 3306 N. Halsted (60657) Tel 773-472-1865 Open Daily 11am-6pm, closed Tues Jean Leigh theleighgallery@comcast.net www.theleighgallery.com Find us on Facebook + Twitter
Firecat Projects
1389 N. Milwaukee (60622) Tel 773-227-7900 M-Sa 11-8; Su 12-5 support@J2gallery.com www.J2gallery.com Features the work of Laura Lee Junge + other contemporary Chicago artists. Paintings, sculpture + photography. Original art, limited edition reproductions, + Giclées. Custom framing on site.
4426 N. Ravenswood (60640) Tel 773-754-7186 Th-Sa 1-6 info@manifoldchicago.com www.manifoldchicago.com facebook.com/Manifold-Chicago MANIFOLD features exhibitions of contemporary art and design. September 14-November 2: Bob Faust: Ipseity A typographic exhibition of society vs. self. Faust takes an internal look at selfhood and society’s role within it, presenting a series of sculptural type assemblages that confront issues of stereotype as well as type profiling. Drawing upon the language and tools of the design world, Faust creates visual, visceral and contextual art experiences with the intent to make a difference. Opening reception Saturday, September 14
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3013 W. Armitage (60647) Tel 773-965-1341 Call for appt. Dennis Johnson dennis@johnson-studio.com www.johnson-studio.com Find us on Facebook under: Johnson-Studio Johnson-Studio is a gallery + painting studio featuring urban landscapes paintings, drawings + works on metal by Dennis Johnson.
September 20-October 27: David Szpunar: Wicker Park After Dark, solo photography exhibition November 1-December 31: Oh Good Lord: Group exhibition
Laura Junge, The Mayor of Mayhem, oil on canvas
Thomas Masters Gallery
Morpho Gallery
245 W. North Ave. (60610) Tel 312-440-2322 W-F 12-6; Sa 11-6; Su 12-5 Thomas@thomasmastersgallery.com www.thomasmastersgallery.com
5216 N. Damen (60625) Tel 773-878-4255 F-Sa 1-6; all other days by appt. morphogallery@gmail.com www.morphogallery.com
Contemporary artwork.
The gallery focuses primarily on works on paper from Chicago-based artists, lithographs and etchings, but the gallery also offers a vast array of medias, including photography, jewelry, glass and mixed-media.
Please contact gallery or check website for exhibition + opening reception details. September: Adrian Leverkuhn Opening reception on Friday, September 13 October: David Gista Opening reception on Friday, October 11 November: Corey Postiglione Opening reception on Friday, November 8 MEMBER CHICAGO ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION
Gregg Rogers, Jeweled Agate, oil on aluminum, 24” x 24” framed
JohnsonStudio
Thru September 15: Dimitre: Chicago: One City Many Colors, solo photography exhibition
George Blaha
MANIFOLD
Representing 80+ artists: David Mayhew, Darren Jones, Armando Pedrosa, Mel Thompson, Michael McKee, Robert Koch, Roger Heide, Thom Bierdz, Joey Wozniak, Jimmy Newton, Ann Powell, Sharon Stelter, DonEllen Glass Design, John Garrison, Barbara Pihos, Elvin Griffin, Turtle Bay Glass, Scott Fullmer, Amy Husinga, Jagoda Lane, Rochelle Weiner, Jean Leigh.
Jackson Junge Gallery
Please contact gallery for exhibition information.
Josh Moulton Fine Art Gallery 2218 N. Clark (60614) Tel 773-592-3434 M 4-7; Tu 3-8; W 1-6; Th 11-5; F 4-7; Sa + Su 12-5 josh@joshmoulton.com www.joshmoulton.com Artist Josh Moulton’s urban landscapes, images of Chicago neighborhood + architectural scenes, + detailed rural vistas transport you from your urban environs. They reflect the city’s industrial roots, integral business district, skyscrapers, + waterways significant to Chicago’s iconic aesthetic. Moulton paintings are in many corporate collections, including Deloitte & Touche, NMH Prentice Women’s Hospital + many more.
Pagoda Red
1714 N. Damen (60647) Tel 773-235-1188 M-Sa 10-6 info@pagodared.com www.pagodared.com Pagoda Red is the premier source for exemplary 18th + 19th C. Chinese furniture + art with an expansive collection of Shanxi furniture, lanterns in the Ming manner, ancient limestone sculpture and tables, unexpected scholars’ objects, textiles, unusual blue and whites, Shanghai deco cabinets and chairs and Nickols & Central Asian carpets.
Park Schreck Gallery The gallery also represents emerging Chinese + Asian-inspired artists. To mark the gallery’s 15th anniversary, Pagoda Red celebrates the exciting wave of design emerging out of China today with a showcase of contemporary Chinese design.
1747 W. North (60622) Tel 773-309-1747 M, F, Sa 11-6; Th 11-8; Su 12-5 info@parkschreckgallery.com www.parkschreckgallery.com Facebook.com/parkschreckgallery Twitter @ParkSchreck
A limited edition Lucite collection fashioned after traditional Ming examples by July Zhou is currently featured. The collection bridges the old with the new and communicates the beauty of the classical forms free and clear of traditional wood material.
Park Schreck Gallery finds talented artists and connects them with buyers who are looking for original artwork. Amazing art, great value. Please visit website or contact gallery for exhibition details.
Pagoda Red has galleries in Chicago + Winnetka and is an internationally recognized go-to source for collectors, designers and others with a taste for incredibly unusual and beautiful things.
The gallery offers over 40 different images, numbered + signed, plus over 120 framed prints to choose from for $200 each.
Rotofugi
2780 N. Lincoln (60614) Tel 773-868-3308 11-7 daily. Openings held 7-10pm on first day of new exhibition. Dir: Kirby Kerr Curator: David van Alphen rotofugi@rotofugi.com www.gallery.rotofugi.com Quality work by both established + emerging artists in fields of modern pop, illustration art + character design. Partner/adjunct to Rotofugi Designer Toy Store. We show artists well-known in the designer toy community but don’t limit ourselves to designer toy creators. Please join our gallery preview email list: Previews.rotofugi.com for first opportunity to purchase pieces from most exhibits. September 6-29: Mark Brown; Kelly Vivanco
See also our suburban CGN listing for our Winnetka location + visit our website for information about exhibitions + special events.
October 5-27: Toy Karma 4 November 1-December 1: Ken Keirns
Josh Moulton, Confidently Waiting, acrylic on canvas, 30” x 40”
Slaymaker Gallery & Frame Shop 936 W. Roscoe (60657) Tel 773-935-ARTS (2787) or 773-348-1450 M-W 9:30-5; Th-Sa 11-7; Su 12-5 wslaymaker@rcn.com www.slaymakerfineartltd.com Featuring the United States’ largest collection of contemporary + traditional fine art on paper + canvas from artists across North America + Europe. The Slaymaker collection consists of 8,000 original paintings including pastels, intaglio collagraphs, watercolors, monotypes, encaustics, acrylics, oils, collage + mixed media works. Slaymaker is one of the only government contractors in the nation authorized to sell original art + picture framing to the United States Government.
December 6-January 5, 2014: Travis Lampe; Jon McNair July Zhou, Mirage Stool
Galleries Maurice Sternberg 3000 N. Sheridan (60657) Tel 312-642-1700 By appt. M-F, 10-5 hpool@galleriesmaurice sternberg.com susan@galleriesmaurice sternberg.com www.galleriesmauricesternberg.com A fine art dealer in Chicago since 1945, the galleries offer “Sternberg Traditional,” 19th/ early 20th Century American + European paintings, + “Sternberg Contemporary,” which features the work of a distinguished list of contemporary artists from around the world.
Vertical Gallery
Worthington Gallery
1016 N. Western (60622) Tel 773-697-3846 Tu-Sa 11-6; Su-M by appt. Dir. Patrick Hull info@verticalgallery.com www.verticalgallery.com
The gallery focuses on work influenced by urban environments, street art, pop culture, and illustration. New monthly exhibitions highlight local, national and international artists.
Find us on Facebook, Instagram + Twitter.
You may view and purchase past and current work either in the gallery space or online.
Tel 312-266-2424 or 773-248-7700 By appt. worthingtonart@aol.com worthingtongallerychicago.com Founded in 1970
Vertical Gallery is a new gallery dedicated to urban, contemporary and street art located in Ukrainian Village.
September 7-October 5: Daniel Hojnacki: Don’t Let Go, solo show by this Chicago artist. Opening reception Saturday, September 7, 6-10pm October 12-November 9: Fernando Chamarelli: solo show by this Brazilian artist. Opening reception Saturday, October 12, 6-10pm
Please contact the gallery for exhibition schedule.
November 16-December 21: “Deck the Halls” Holiday Skate Deck Show: 20% off all sales donated to Chicago non-profit The Simple Good. Opening reception Saturday, November 16, 6-10pm
Free parking + delivery is available.
One of the leading galleries in the US and internationally, Worthington Gallery sells, buys, and curates art by the German Expressionists, Blauer Reiter, and New Objectivity artists. Specializing in building collections for private clients and museums the gallery has organized international traveling exhibitions, published important catalogs and hunted fakers. Artists represented: Barlach, Beckmann, Campendonck, Corinth, Dix, Feininger, Grosz, Heckel, Kandinsky, Kanold, Kirchner, Klee, Kokoschka, Kollwitz, Macke, Marc, Meidner, Nolde, Pechstein, Schiele, Schmidt-Rottluff, Tappert, Ury, Zille. Also, Horst Janssen, Michael Triegel. MEMBER ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA MEMBER INTERNATIONAL FINE PRINT DEALERS ASSOCIATION
XOOOOX, Transformer IV, 2013, spray paint on metal
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The Arts Club of Chicago
Downtown, Michigan Ave., The Loop, South Loop
201 E. Ontario (60611) Tel 312-787-3997 Gallery Hours: Tu-F 11-6; Sa 11-3 information@artsclubchicago.org www.artsclubchicago.org
Over 20 galleries can be found along the “Magnificent Mile,” from Oak Street to the Chicago River, south near Millennium Park, + down past Congress Parkway. Galleries occupy spaces steps from Michigan Avenue, as well as in some of Chicago’s most iconic skyscrapers.
September 17-December 14: Josiah McElheny: Two Clubs at The Arts Club of Chicago In Collaboration with John Vinci. A sculptor and filmmaker known for his interrogation of glass as a material and paradigm in art, McElheny has conceived this exhibition in collaboration with Chicago architect Vinci, who designed The Arts Club’s current building.
The area includes the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA), Spertus, the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP), as well as the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) + Columbia College Chicago. Navy Pier hosts two international art fairs: EXPO CHICAGO in September + SOFA CHICAGO in November.
Valerie Carberry Gallery 875 N. Michigan Ave., Ste. 3860 *note new suite number John Hancock Center (60611) Tel 312-397-9990 M-F 10-5, Sa 11-5 Dir. Valerie Carberry Asst. Dir. Susan Beagley info@valeriecarberry.com www.valeriecarberry.com Modern and Postwar American art: painting, sculpture and works on paper from 1915-1965. Blaine, Bolotowsky, Brooks, de Rivera, Diller, Drewes, Ferber, Ferren, Gallatin, Gordin, Gottlieb, Greene, Hofmann, Howard, Kelpe, Matulka, Merrild, Morris, Roszak, Rothschild, Shaw, Smith, Storrs, Survage, Tobey, Tworkov, Vytlacil, Walkowitz, and Xceron. Also representing contemporary artists of national stature: Judith Belzer, Susanna Coffey, Ellen Lanyon, Laura Letinsky, Jim Lutes, and Evelyn Statsinger.
This fall the MCA offers new exhibitions as well as its regular dance and performance series. Pictured here: Top 1: White Rabbit Red Rabbit. Image courtesy Aurora Nova Productions, from Nassim Soleimanpour: White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, November 3, 4, 5, and 9, 2013 Top 2: From Sandra Bernhard: Everything Bad and Beautiful, December 5 + 7; Sandra Bernhard. Photo: Kevin Thomas Garcia Bottom: From MCA DNA: Warhol and Marisol, September 21-June 15, 2014, Andy Warhol, Jackie Frieze, 1964. Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, partial and promised gift of Beatrice Cummings Mayer, 2007.32
Visit gallery website for more details. September 13-October 26: Under Investigation: Jim Lutes, Laura Letinsky, Julia Fish Opening reception Friday, September 20, 6-8pm MEMBER ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA MEMBER CHICAGO ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION
Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washington (60602) Tel 312-744-6630 M-Th 9-7; F 8-6; Sa 9-6; Su 10-6. Holidays 10-4 www.chicagoculturalcenter.org Ongoing: Chicago Landmarks Before the Lens, Landmark Chicago Gallery Thru September 23: Stefan Sagmeister: The Happy Show Exhibition Hall & Yates Gallery Thru September 29: Nailed, City Gallery in the Historic Water Tower at 806 N. Michigan Thru November 3: Jun Kaneko, South Boeing Galleries in Millennium Park
Colletti Gallery • Antique Posters • Fine Art
Richard H. Driehaus Museum
49 E. Oak (60611) Tel 312-664-6767 M-Sa 11-6, Su 12-5 Dir. Russell Colletti info@collettigallery.com www.collettigallery.com
40 E. Erie (Nickerson Mansion) (60611) Tel 312-482-8933 Tu-Sa 10-5; Su 12-5 info@driehausmuseum.org www.driehausmuseum.org
Colletti Gallery features a world class collection of antique posters from the 1890s Belle Epoque and Art Nouveau eras through the 1920s and 30s Art Deco and Modern eras.
The Museum is open for self-guided visitation during regular hours of operation (see above). Guided tours of Driehaus Museum highlights are available daily at 11 and 2 Tu-Sa, and 1:30 and 3 on Su. Advance reservations are not required.
Works by Mucha, Cherét, Cappiello, and Cassandre are among the master poster artists included, plus an exceptional selection of the original prints and posters of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
The Richard H. Driehaus Museum immerses visitors in one of the grandest residential buildings of 19th-century Chicago, the Gilded Age home of banker Samuel Mayo Nickerson. Chicago philanthropist Richard H. Driehaus founded the museum on April 1, 2003 with a vision to influence today’s built environment by preserving and promoting architecture and design of the past.
Also featured are turn of the century ceramics by Amphora, Massier, and Zsolnay in addition to Art Nouveau and Art Deco furnishings.
September 28-June 29, 2014: Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection
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Richard Gray Gallery 875 N. Michigan Ave., Ste. 3800 *note new suite number John Hancock Center (60611) Tel 312-642-8877 M-F 10-5:30; Sa by appt. Directors: Richard Gray; Paul Gray; Jennifer Rohr info@richardgraygallery.com www.richardgraygallery.com Founded in 1963, Richard Gray Gallery is one of the leading dealers in modern and contemporary American and European art with locations in Chicago and New York. The gallery offers exceptional works by masters such as Picasso, Matisse and Miró and also represents some of the most exciting artists working today, including Jaume Plensa, David Hockney, Jim Dine, and Alex Katz. Please contact gallery for up to date exhibition information. September 20-November 2: Alex Katz Opening reception September 20 MEMBER ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA MEMBER CHICAGO ART DEALERS ASSOCIATION
Bert Green Fine Art 8 S. Michigan Ave., Ste. 1220 (60603) Tel 312-434-7544 W-F 11-6; Sa 12-5; or by appt. Dir. Bert Green inquiry@bgfa.us www.bgfa.us Twitter @bgfa Emerging + mid-career contemporary artists in various media. September 21-October 26: Stephen Kaltenbach: Conceptual Art Survey 1969-2013 Artist’s reception Saturday, September 21, 5-8pm (artist will be present; reception during EXPO CHICAGO weekend) Closing reception October 26, 5-8pm
Hildt Galleries 140 E. Walton Drake Hotel Arcade (60611) Tel 312-255-0005 M-Sa 11-5:30 Hildtg@ameritech.net www.hildtgalleries.com Hildt Galleries showcases fine original 19th + 20th Century British, European + American oil paintings + watercolors. Artists include: Antoine Bouvard Montague Dawson Constantin Kluge Evert Pieters Bernard Pothast EJ Paprocki Alan Wolton
Hilligoss Galleries
50 E. Erie (60611) *Note new location in the Murphy Building Tel 312-755-0300 hilligossgalleries@gmail.com www.hilligossgalleries.com Twitter @HilligossArt vimeo.com/69133442
Our sizable inventory also includes originals, lithographs, and etchings by many master painters including Picasso, Renoir, Rembrandt, and Miró. Featuring Nikolai Blokhin’s Chicago collection of 50 giant cityscapes.
Hilligoss Galleries specializes in contemporary oil painting of ornate subjects by classically trained artists from all over the world.
November 9-December 21: • Gabriel Mejia: Paintings from Facebook • Jun-Jun Sta.Ana: Internet Portraits Artist’s reception Saturday, November 9, 5-8pm (artists will be present). Closing reception Saturday, December 21, 5-8pm; Artists talk at 6pm during closing reception
Nikolai Blokhin
R.S. Johnson Fine Art 645 N. Michigan Ave. Ste. 990 (60611) Tel 312-943-1661 M-Sa 9-5:30 RS_Johnson@msn.com www.rsjohnsonfineart.com Established in 1955, R.S. Johnson Fine Art specializes in museum quality works of art ranging from Old Master works on paper to 19th and 20th Century paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture. Our clients include more than 50 museums worldwide.
Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA)
KM Fine Arts
875 N. Michigan Ave., Ste. 2515 John Hancock Center (60611) Tel 312-255-1202 chicago@kmfinearts.com www.kmfinearts.com
September 20-December 21: John Michael Rusnak: Fear of Nostalgia. Artist opening reception Friday, September 20, 5-8pm
Modern, Post War + Contemporary works by masters including: Baselitz, Bluhm, Botero, Brooks, Calder, Chagall, Chamberlain, Dine, Frankenthaler, Goldberg, Haring, Hofmann, Indiana, Kahn, Marin, Mehretu, Miró, Motherwell, Picasso, Poons, Rauschenberg + Warhol.
December 3-8: Participating in Art Miami
820 N. Michigan Ave. (60611) Tel 312-915-7600 Tu 11-8 (free admission); W-Su: 11-6 luma@LUC.edu www.LUC.edu/luma Facebook.com/LUMAChicago Twitter.com/LUMAChicago LUMA is dedicated to exploring, promoting, and understanding art and artistic expression that illuminates the enduring spiritual questions of all cultures and societies.
LUMA displays the Martin D’Arcy, S.J. Collection, one of the finest collections of medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque European art and decorative arts in the Midwest. Thru November 3: • Andra Samelson: Cosmologies • Indira Freitas Johnson: Ten Thousand Ripples • Teresa Albor: All that lies beyond us
Featured artists: Dürer, Rembrandt, Piranesi, Goya, Degas, Cassatt, Guillaumin, Raoul Dufy, Toulouse-Lautrec, Matisse, Gleizes, Villon, Masson, De Chirico and Picasso. MEMBER INTERNATIONAL FINE PRINT DEALERS ASSOCIATION
John Rusnak, Los Viejos Negros Y Los Jovenes Blancos, 2011, Imagery created from photographs taken on 4X5 Polaroid 55 Negative film with manual enhancements by the artist. Pigment printing on Hahnemuhle Bamboo fiber-based paper with archival mounting on 1/8” aluminum, 67 11/16” x 39 13/16”, edition of 10 + 2 AP
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Andra Samelson, Dezembrum, 2010, acrylic on styrene
Mongerson Gallery 875 N. Michigan Ave., Ste. 2520 John Hancock Center (60611) Tel 312-943-2354 M-Sa 10-5 Pres. Tyler Mongerson Dir. Courtney Covington Asst. Dir. Margot Mache info@mongersongallery.com www.mongersongallery.com Since 1971 Mongerson Gallery has specialized in paintings and sculpture from the United States’ Westward Expansion, featuring artists Frederic Remington, Charles Marion Russell and Harry Jackson. The gallery also exhibits notable Modern, Regionalist, Contemporary and African American works. Contact gallery or visit the website for additional information.
Joel Oppenheimer, Inc.
Poster Plus
Washington College
410 N. Michigan Ave., Ste. 1 The Wrigley Building (60611) Tel 312-642-5300 M-Sa 10-6 Joppen@audubonart.com www.audubonart.com
30 E. Adams, Ste. 1150 (60603) Tel 312-461-9277 M-F 10-6 Dir. David Gartler dgartler@posterplus.com www.posterplus.com
The nation’s premier gallery of art from the Golden Age of Exploration for four decades.
Since 1969, Poster Plus has offered an extensive selection of original posters from the 19th + 20th Centuries. Topics include advertising, art exhibitions, circus, Chicago festivals, literary, propaganda, + travel (airline, railroad, steamship).
Located in the historic Wrigley Building, the gallery specializes in rare antique natural history art + limited-edition fine art prints, with particular emphasis on the works of John James Audubon. The gallery also is home to a wide variety of works by other notable Natural History Artists such as Pierre-Joseph Redouté, John Gould + Basilius Besler. In addition to being an incredible art resource, the gallery provides custom archival framing + nationally recognized conservation + restoration services for works of art on paper, paintings on canvas + photographic materials. The facility services museums, collectors + dealers throughout the nation.
President’s Gallery, Harold
State Street Gallery at Robert
Morris University
30 E. Lake, Room 1105 (60601) Tel 312-553-5738 M-F 10-5 and by appt. www.pedestrianproject.org
401 S. State (60605) Tel 312-935-4088 M-Th 10-6, F 10-5 www.robertmorris.edu
The President’s Gallery at Harold Washington College highlights artists from the Chicago area.
The State Street Gallery at Robert Morris University is an outlet for art education + cultural enrichment. It exists to maintain + promote exposure to the fine arts for the University’s students, employees + extended RMU community.
Contact the gallery or visit our website for exhibition details + more information.
Thru September 30: • The Shadow of Your Smile: Select Works by Dalton Brown: An explosion of color and emotion not to be missed. • War and Peace by Anastasia Khabirova Musick: Anastasia is a student at RMU and is our first artist in our Painting Guild Program focusing on her love for aviation.
Particularly noteworthy are Chicago railroad posters of the 1920s + World’s Fairs; The Columbian Exposition of 1893 + the Century of Progress 1933-34. Though we have closed our familiar gift gallery on Michigan Ave., we continue to carry Chicago related posters, Giclées + gifts in our new location + on our website.
September 30-December 9: Combined Exhibition: Joint show featuring Jan Brandt, Tom Casalini, Dan Olvera, Sandra Rigali, Melissa Wilkinson.
Over 40 years of experience providing poster conservation, restoration + framing services. MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL VINTAGE POSTER DEALERS ASSOCIATION INC.
Dalton Brown, The Shadow of Your Smile
Suburbs and Beyond Chicago Our vibrant art scene extends beyond the city + art destinations exist in all directions, including Indiana, Michigan + Wisconsin. Short trips offer chances to explore the western suburbs + the North Shore. Evanston, home to Northwestern, is just 5 miles from downtown. Traveling along Sheridan Rd. + Highway 41 you’ll encounter galleries all the way up to Wisconsin. Visit Oak Park on weekends to check out all the galleries on Harrison St., or take a tour of the Frank Lloyd Wright Home + Studio. South of the city you’ll find arts non-profits as well as renowned sculpture parks. Directional Key to Suburban Galleries: • North/Northwest • South/Southwest • West • Out of State Indiana, Michigan, + Wisconsin
Gallery 218
The Art Center
(Milwaukee, WI)
(Highland Park)
In the Marshall Building, located in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward 207 E. Buffalo St., Ste. 218 Milwaukee, WI (53202) Tel 414-643-1732 F 1-6; Sa 12-5; + by appt. Open some Sundays - please call ahead Dir. Judith Hooks director@gallery218.com www.gallery218.com Contemporary art focusing on abstraction, conceptual, light and space, nature-inspired works in all media. Receptions eight times per year on quarterly Third Ward Gallery Night and Day, and Marshall Building Open House art events. Schedule of exhibitions on website.
1957 Sheridan Rd. Highland Park (60035) Tel 847-432-1888 M-Sa 9-4:30 info@theartcenterhp.org www.theartcenterhp.org Classes and workshops in the visual arts, gallery exhibitions, and special events and performances.
September 7-November 3: • Expressions in Contemporary Glass: Oben Abright, Philip Baldwin, Monica Guggisberg, Martin Blank, Christina Bothwell, Dale Chihuly, Daniel Clayman, Katya Fritzsche, Gregory Grenon, Shayna Leib, Mira Maylor, JP Long, Youko Sano, Harue Shimomoto, Clifford Rainey and Janusz Walentynowicz. Curated by Echt Gallery • Dutch - Chicago Interactions: An “accumulative retrospective” of works by artist Bert Menco (Arnhem, The Netherlands, 1946). Gallery talk on Thursday, October 3, 7pm November 8-January 4: Pastels Chicago 2013: 4th Biennial National Juried Exhibition, presented by The Chicago Pastel Painters + TAC Highland Park. In conjunction, Sandra Burshell will conduct a three-day workshop November 8-10 at TAC. For more info, visit chicagopastelpainters.org
Milwaukee Wisconsin’s Third Ward hosts Gallery Night and Day October 18 + 19, 2013
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Bert Menco, etching/aquatint 27” x 21”
Brauer Museum of Art
Valparaiso University (Valparaiso, IN) Valparaiso University 1709 Chapel Dr. Valparaiso, IN (46383) Tel 219-464-5365 Tu, Th, F 10-5; W 10-8:30; Sa + Su 12-5 CST Summer hrs + academic recess: Tu-Su 12-5 Dir. Gregg Hertzlieb ghertzli@valpo.edu www.valpo.edu/artmuseum The Museum aims to educate + inspire the campus + community with original works of American art + international religious art, + to bring distinction to Valparaiso University + Northwest Indiana through exhibitions of regional, national + international importance. All Brauer Museum shows + events are free + open to the public; donations welcome. Thru December 15: • Wehling, McGill, Sloan, West, Ferguson Galleries + Gallery 1212: Selections from the Permanent Collection • Education Room: Glimpses of Grace: Digital Collages by E. John Walford. Opening reception Friday, September 6, 7pm, BMA
Christopher Art Gallery at Prairie State College (Chicago Heights)
202 S. Halsted St. Chicago Heights (60411) Tel 708-709-7738 M-Th 9-3; Extended hours on W, Th 5-7pm Dir. Beth Shadur bshadur@prairiestate.edu www.prairiestate.edu/artgallery/ www.facebook.com/ southsuburbanartscene Gallery features five exhibitions yearly by artists working in all media, and three student shows per year. Artists have included nationally acclaimed and Midwestern renowned artists. September 30-October 31: Phantasmagoria: The Imaginations of Kathy Weaver, Sharon Bladholm and John Kurtz. Reception Thursday, October 10, 4:30-7pm November 11-December 12: Abstract Impact: Zach Mory, Steve Leavitt, Sharon Swidler, Barbara Cooper, Michael Hopkins, Mary Burke, Cristal Tucker, Shelley Gilchrist. Reception Thursday, November 14, 4:30-7pm
The Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery
Elmhurst Art Museum Building 150 Cottage Hill Ave. Elmhurst (60126) Tel 630-279-1009 Tu-Th, Sa 10-5; F 10-8 info@elmhurstartistsguild.org www.elmhurstartistsguild.org Contemporary artworks by local + invited artists in all media + styles. Thru September 6: Summer Members Show September 10-October 18: Judie Anderson: Phases - Coming Full Circle: Featuring work from 50+ years as a painter, fashion illustrator, children’s educational illustrator, Chicago Tribune illustrator, designer +
Editorial Art Department Director of Features. Reception Friday, Sept. 13, 7-9pm. October 22-November 29: Fall Members Show: Group show featuring artworks in various media by EAG members. Reception Friday, October 25, 7-9pm December 3-January 17, 2014: Deviant Pop: Invitational group show of Chicago-area contemporary artists working in lowbrow or pop surrealism genres, producing designer toys + art reminiscent of vintage cartoons, tattoos + comic book arts. Reception Friday, December 6, 7-9pm
College of Lake County, Robert T. Wright Gallery (Grayslake)
19351 W. Washington St. Grayslake (60030) Tel 847-543-2240 M-Th 9-9; F-Sa 9-4:30; Su 1-4:30; College break hrs vary Dir. Steven Jones sjones@clcillinois.edu www.gallery.clcillinois.edu Committed to displaying the works of Illinois artists + increasing the visibility of nationally known artists in Lake County. Thru September 29: Flex: 3-D 12 Sculpture Group Featuring sculptural works of eight Chicago artists who explore the innovative use of a wide variety of materials.
(Lake Forest) 400 E. Illinois, Lake Forest (60045) Tel 847-234-3743 M-F 10-4, Sa by appt. Receptions take place the first night of new exhibitions, 5-8pm. info@deerpathartleague.org www.deerpathartleague.org
Thru September 13: Summer Exhibition
Gallery hosts bimonthly thematic exhibits representing varied media by local as well as national artists, both established + emerging. Gift shop in the Gallery. The nonprofit League also offers classes, workshops + outreach programming + hosts the Annual Art Fair on the Square, Labor Day Weekend in Historic Lake Forest Market Square.
September 27-November 1: Art in Architecture. Reception Friday, September 27, 5-8pm
September 1-2: Art Fair on the Square, in Lake Forest’s Market Square, Sunday + Monday, 10am-5pm
November 15-January 3, 2014: Fire & Ice. Reception Friday, November 15, 5-8pm
October 4-November 10: Recent Works: A Juried Competition. This 33rd annual competition includes all fine art media and is open to all artists who reside or work in Lake County. Approximately $2,000 will be presented for awards. Reception Friday, October 4, 7-9pm November 15-December 15: Joel Sheesley: Paintings Sheesley paints realist images of reflective water puddles that metaphorically address a much larger world. Reception Friday, November 15, 7-9pm
Evanston Art Center 2603 Sheridan Rd. Evanston (60201) Tel 847-475-5300 M-Th 10-10; F-Sa 10-4; Su 1-4 Opening receptions held on first day of exhibition from 1-4pm Pdanoff@evanstonartcenter.org www.evanstonartcenter.org www.facebook.com/evanston.art www.twitter.com/evartcenter September 29-November 10: In Three Moving Parts: Featuring the work of three artists: Matthew Ballou, Norbert Marszalek and Timothy P. Vermeulen - as a triangulation of the tensions and resonances prevalent in their particular instances of selfdepiction. November 22-December 22: 2013 Winter Arts + Crafts Expo Preview Party on November 22, 6-9pm; tickets $35
Judie Anderson, Phase #1, watercolor + pastel on illustration board, 10.25” x 7.25”
Deer Path Art League
Norbert Marszalek
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Gallery Pink
Kamp Gallery
(Oak Park)
(Winnetka)
149 Harrison St., Oak Park (60304) Tel 708-524-2231 or 708-648-3131 Sa-Su 1-5; + by appt.; 3rd Fri 6-9pm Dir. Janice Elkins jfeart@gmail.com www.gallerypink-elkinsstudio.com www.janiceelkinsart.com Featuring established + emerging artists. Gallery artists: Gina Lee Robbins (ceramic sculpture), Howard McClain (African American folk artist) + more. Corporate gifts (giving artfully): for info email jfeart@gmail.com Participating in Oak Park Arts District Art Walk the 4th Saturday of every month, 11am-noon. September-October: Janice Elkins, small works September 20-21: Art on Harrison October-November: Olivia Petrides, painting November-December: Roberta Malkin, ceramic sculpture, woodcuts, paintings
Janice Elkins, CODA, 24” x 20”
996 Green Bay Rd. Winnetka (60093) Tel 847-441-7999 Tu-Sa 11-5; or by appt. kampgallery@gmail.com www.kampgallery.com This autumn begins Kamp Gallery’s 38th anniversary as one of the Midwest’s most esteemed purveyors of historical and contemporary Fine Art Painting. We have an established expertise in selling art of quality and rarity by artists who pursued their careers either in part or whole in the Central U.S. and whose work withstands comparison to many of the most well-known American and European artists - and we sell those painters too! Kamp Gallery, The Rare Art Center: Old Master to Modern.
Krasl Art Center
(St. Joseph. MI)
707 Lake Blvd. St. Joseph, MI (49085) Tel 269-983-0271 M-W, F, Sa 10-4; Th 10-9; Su 1-4 Opening receptions held first day of exhibition, 6-8pm Executive Dir. Julia Gourley www.krasl.org September 13-October 20: • American Painting Today: Physical & Visceral • Laura Elayne Miller: Past, Present, Future Perfect, in the artlab. Artist talk Thursday, September 12 November 8-January 12, 2014: • Sketches to Sculpture: Rendered Reality, Sixty Years with Marshall M. Fredericks • Place Making Studio Projects in the artlab; lecture and artist talks Thursday, November 7
Eli Halpern, Here to Help, from American Painting Today
Lakeside Legacy Arts Park Dole and Sage Galleries
(Crystal Lake)
401 Country Club Rd. Crystal Lake (60014) Tel 815-455-8000 M-F 9-5 www.lakesidelegacy.org www.facebook.com/lakesidelegacy Studio space available for creative artists + musicians. Culinary studio + event space available. Call for artists! Visit our website for application. First Fridays: Art, music, appetizers + cash bar, 5-8pm. Free and family friendly. Donations appreciated. Announcing The Listening Room - an intimate performance venue. Visit website for box office information.
November 1: First Friday 11/1 • Dole: NISRA Exhibition • Sage: Mental Health Board Showcase, featuring artwork from county agencies
101 W. 2nd St. Michigan City, IN (46360) Tel 219-874-4900 M-F 10-5; Sa-Su 11-4 CDT Hyndman Gallery closed to public Th 10-1 artinfo@lubeznikcenter.org www.lubeznikcenter.org Located at Michigan City’s lakefront, the architecturally iconic Lubeznik Center for the Arts features a full exhibition schedule in five galleries; an outdoor art collection; a gallery shop featuring hand-crafted artisan items; plus classes, performances and after-hours events.
Thru October 27: • Magical Realism: Todd Baxter, Robert Gadomski, Nicole Gordon, Laurie Hogin, Priscilla Humay, Elaine Pawlowicz, Casey Riordan Millard, Caleb Weintraub • The Documentation of Nature: Olivia Petrides + Peggy Macnamara • Water Wrackets: Benjamin Funke + Gabrielle Gopinath • Melissa Washburn: Nesting Instinct, mixed media works November 2-February 9, 2014: • Citizen-Soldier-Citizen: Featuring contemporary works by military combat veterans; curated by Tara Leigh Tappert • Theater of Conflict: William Weege, Oskar Graf, Raphael Canogar
Cole Hauschildt, Untitled, painting, with Nancy Merkling’s Mr. Toad, photograph
(University Park)
Walk among giants in 105 acres of rolling prairie. The NMSP offers 28 sculptures including works by diSuvero, Nauman, Puryear, Hunt, and Mary Miss. Programs and activities enhance visitors’ understanding of the work and its setting.
October 4: First Friday 10/4 Dole + Sage: A Journey: Two Views Life with Cancer, work by Janette Maley + Arthur Hand; www.arthurhand.com. Proceeds from the book donated to breast cancer research.
(Michigan City, IN)
December 6: First Friday 12/6 Sage: Winter Reflections, featuring Lakes Region Watercolor Guild; watercolorguild.com
The Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park, Governor’s State University
Governor’s State University 1 University Parkway University Park (60484) Tel 708-534-4486 Open daily, dawn until dusk Free Admission Geoffrey Bates sculpture@govst.edu www.govst.edu/sculpture
September 6: First Friday 9/6 Dole + Sage: Portrait Salon featuring Jeff Sevener of J7arts + Cole Hauschildt; photographers Janet Kay of from me to you photography, Nancy Merkling, + Angela Swan
Lubeznik Center for the Arts
Located one hour by rail from Millennium Park Station (35 miles south of the Loop), the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park is celebrating its 35th anniversary and the 30th anniversary of the installation of Bruce Nauman’s House Divided in 2013. Visit our website to learn about programming surrounding these two important milestones.
Martin Puryear, Bodark Arc 1982 (detail of bronze throne)
Northern Illinois University (NIU) Art Museum
(DeKalb)
Altgeld Hall, 1st Fl., West End Northern Illinois University DeKalb (60115) Tel 815-753-1936 Tu-F 10-5; Sa 12-4; Group tours by appt. Dir. Jo Burke jburke2@niu.edu www.niu.edu/artmuseum Balancing contemporary with traditional art to examine visual culture.
public and what is private (or what should be). Visit website for artist list. Reception Thursday, September 12, 4:30-6pm November 19-February 15, 2014: *Closed Thanksgiving + Holiday break from December 19-January 6, 2014 NIU School of Art Faculty Exhibition: Biennial exhibition featuring new artwork + research by current full/ part-time NIU School of Art faculty. Reception Thursday, November 21, 4:30-6
Thru October 19: On Watching and Being Seen: Group exhibition explores the personal, political and social roles of the voyeur and the exhibitionist in both older and contemporary works, especially work that responds to the impact of social media and technology in defining what is
Left: William Betts, Park Sequence III, acrylic on canvas, 27” x 36”. Courtesy of the artist + Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago Right: Jay King, Untitled-Chicago, 1972, gelatin silver print, 13” x 10”. Courtesy of the artist + Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago
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Pagoda Red (Winnetka) 902 Green Bay Rd. Winnetka (60093) Tel 847-784-8881 Tu-Sa 10-5 www.pagodared.com Rare and unusual Chinese finds, plus a Chinese scholars’ garden not to be missed. See also our Northside listing for our Bucktown location. Visit our website for information about exhibitions + special events.
Winnetka Storefront
Perspective Group + Photography Ltd. (Evanston)
1310-1/2B Chicago Ave. Evanston (60201) Tel 224-200-1155 Th-Sa 12-6; Su 12-5 perspectivephotogallery@gmail.com www.perspectivegallery.org A not-for-profit, communityoriented cooperative whose purpose is to promote fine art photography. In addition to ongoing member and featured artist exhibitions, the gallery sponsors LENS, an international, juried photography exhibition; Student Perspectives, a Chicagoland area High School show; and Perspectives on Photography, a special speaker series.
September: • Jeff Chirchirillo + Peter Nussbaum • Perspectives on Photography speaker, Doug Manley, September 29 October: Faigie Tanner November: • Invitational show featuring the work of several Chicago photographers including Garrett Baumer, Alison Carey + Ross Sawyers • Perspectives on Photography speaker, Barbara Crane, November 10 December: Marie DeLean + Howard Hart
Please check the gallery website for special events and dates.
Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery (Riverside)
32 E. Quincy St. Riverside (60546) Tel 708-442-6400 Tu, W, F, Sa 1-5 rivarts@sbcglobal.net www.riversideartscenter.com A non-profit organization dedicated to exhibiting contemporary art by emerging + established artists in all media. September 8-October 5: Alison Carey: New Kingdoms Opening reception September 8 October 13-November 16: Dianna Frid + Allison Wade: Turn of Phrase Opening reception October 13 November 23-January 11: Sabina Ott: Ornament Opening reception November 23
Salon Artists Gallery (Park Forest)
294 Main St. Park Forest (60466) Tel 708-833-5108 T-W 10-4; Sa 10-4; F 1:30-4 Patricia Moore, Bev Szaton Tel 708-703-7806 bgszap2@gmail.com www.salonartistsgallery.com An artist’s cooperative that began 30 years ago with 20 professional exhibiting artists, featuring monthly exhibits.
Shot Images (Niles) 7430 N. Lehigh Ave. Niles (60714) Tel 847-507-9415 M-F 10-5; Sa by appt. simon@shot-images.com www.shot-images.com A unique new art space for contemporary photography. Please see our website for exhibition information.
The Salon Artists Gallery prides itself on mentoring new artists as well as providing a co-operative stage for local artisans featuring painters, potters, jewelers, woodworkers, photographers and glass artists. Please see online listing or visit our website for additional information + exhibitions.
Tom Callahan
Tall Grass Arts Association (Park Forest) 367 Artists Walk, P.O. Box 776 Park Forest (60466) Tel 708-748-3377 Tu-Sa 11-4 Janet Muchnik tallgrass367@sbcglobal.net www.tallgrassarts.org Tall Grass Arts Association is located in downtown Park Forest Cultural Center. Visit our website for information on events, exhibitions, programs and artists. MISSION To promote public education + appreciation of the arts; to encourage artists; to encourage artists; + to support high quality art through exhibitions, sales, classes and special programs available to the public of all ages. PROGRAMS • Exhibits local, regional, national + international artists + culture • Classes for all ages in all media • Presents lectures + tours featuring esteemed authorities in various areas of arts + culture • Provides docent led tours + performances for school children in regional + under-served Chicago communities • Sponsors 3 Annual Film Series featuring art films that are followed by group discussions
THĒ Fine Art Gallery (Milwaukee, WI)
• Organizes an Annual Juried Art Fair featuring works by Midwest artists • Facilitates an Annual Beaux Arts Ball + art auction that supports TGAA operational fees
207 E. Buffalo St., Ste. 210 Milwaukee, WI (53202) Tel 414-688-ARTS (2787) Th-Sa, 11-5 + by appt. art@thefineartgallery.org www.thefineartgallery.org
Thru September 22: Showing Off: Annual gallery artists exhibition; curators Cousandra Armstrong, Janice Pratt + Faye Zalecki.
In the Marshall Building, located in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward
September 27–November 10: Graffiti and Graphic Novels: Featuring emerging artists; curators Jeff Stevenson, Peter Wilhelm, Jasmine Henderson. Reception Friday, September 27, 7-9pm. Coffee Talk, Saturday, September 28, 11am November 22-January 12, 2014: The Holiday Show; curator Gisele Perreault. Reception Friday, November 22, 7-9pm. Coffee Talk, Saturday, November 23, 11am
Dale Augustson, Sunset
Featuring contemporary art in abstract, realistic, conceptual, narrative and other inspired approaches in all media. September 6-7: Featuring Marshall Building Art October 18-19: Third Ward Gallery Night/Day December 6-7: Holiday in the Third Ward
Union Street Gallery
ZIA | Gallery
(Chicago Heights)
(Winnetka)
1527 Otto Blvd. Chicago Heights (60411) Tel 708-754-2601 W, Th 12-5; F 12-6; Sa 11-4; Tu by appt. Dir. Jessica Segal unionstreetart@gmail.com www.unionstreetgallery.org Find us on Facebook Twitter @unionstgallery
548 Chestnut St., Winnetka (60093) Tel 847-446-3970 M-Sa 10-5 anne@ziagallery.net www.ziagallery.net Facebook.com/ziagallerychicago
Union Street Gallery is a not-forprofit art center + contemporary gallery housed in a beautiful three story historical building in Chicago Heights, IL, with two floors of gallery space + art studios on the third floor + throughout the building. The gallery and studios are open to the public free of charge.
September 7-October 12: Tim Liddy + Fumiko Toda, paintings. Opening reception Saturday, September 7, 5-7pm
Please see our online listing or visit our website for additional information + exhibitions
November 30-January 4, 2014: Group Exhibition of All Gallery Artists. Opening reception Saturday, November 30, 5-7pm
Contemporary American photography, painting and works on paper.
October 19-November 23: Clyde Butcher + Ted Preuss, photography. Opening reception Saturday, October 19, 5-7pm
Fumiko Toda, Spirit of Fish, mixed media painting, 48” x 26”
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Art Services + Resources • Auction Houses...........................................58
Beyond the galleries, scores of professionals offer a variety of art-related services. Consult the following pages to find the many individuals + businesses that provide valuable resources for a range of art needs, such as:
• Appraisers....................................................59 • Art Careers, Mentoring + Residencies.......59 • Conservation / Art Restoration...................60 • Consultants / Private Dealers.....................61 • Fairs + Art Expositions...............................61
• Managing an existing collection • Selling art on the secondary market • Evaluating + insuring art • Find an art career or an artist residency • Touring gallery districts + visiting the latest art expositions • Properly packaging, transporting, framing or repairing works in your collection
• Framing........................................................62 • Guides + Tours.............................................63 • Insurance.....................................................63 • Imaging + Photography...............................64 • Video Imaging..............................................64 • Art Supplies.................................................64 • Transportation / Crating / Preparators......64
Auction Houses Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
SUSANIN’S
Sotheby’s Chicago
Auctioneers & Appraisers 1338 W. Lake (60607) Tel 312-280-1212 M-F 9-5 Leslie S. Hindman, President + CEO info@lesliehindman.com www.lesliehindman.com
or entire groups of property and is committed to excellent client services. For details on selling or buying at auction and for information on upcoming auctions please call 312.280.1212.
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers is one of the largest full service auction houses in the nation and an industry leader with over 30 years of expertise and experience that has earned the auction house an international reputation for achieving record prices.
UPCOMING AUCTIONS:
The firm is known as a key player in the global auction market; its team of professionals delivers over forty sales a year and specializes in modern and contemporary art; Old Master; 19th and 20th Century American and European paintings, prints, drawings and sculpture; fine furniture and decorative arts; 20th Century decorative arts; fine silver and objects de vertu; Asian works of art; fine jewelry and timepieces; vintage couture and accessories; fine books and manuscripts. Public previews begin 2-4 days prior to each auction, and are held in the West Loop gallery space. The firm offers complimentary auction estimates for single items
September: • 8-9: Fine Jewelry + Timepieces • 10: Vintage Couture + Accessories • 11: Property from the Estate of Betsy Pickerling Kaiser • 22-23: Asian Works of Art • 24: American + European Art • 25: Modern + Contemporary Art • 26: Fine Prints October: • 14-16: Fine Furniture + Decorative Arts • 17: Marketplace • 23-24: 20th C. Decorative Arts
188 E. Walton (60611) Tel 312-475-7900 www.sothebys.com • Helyn D. Goldenberg, Midwest Chairman • Gary Metzner, Senior Vice President Fine Arts • Cassie Spencer, Vice President Trust and Estates • Laura Jenkins, Assistant Vice President • Jennifer Dybsky, Administrator Fine Arts • Carrie Reyes, Administrative Assistant • Cathy Busch, Associate Sotheby’s, the world’s oldest international auction house, began as a book auction house in London in 1744 + today has 107 offices located in 41 countries, with principal salesrooms in New York + London.
November: • 6: Fine Books + Manuscripts • 19: Fine Silver + Objets de Vertu • 20: Marketplace
Sotheby’s Chicago operates as an extension of New York with an experienced + dedicated staff of specialists ready to facilitate consigning + purchasing needs of Midwest clients. The Chicago office evaluates property in a wide range of fine + decorative arts, as well as jewelry, for sale at Sotheby’s international auction centers + maintains a vigorous presence in the Midwest market through unique exhibitions, seasonal lectures, special events + community projects.
900 S. Clinton (60607) Tel 312-832-9800 info@susanins.com www.susanins.com For the last 20 years, SUSANIN’S Auctioneers & Appraisers has grown to become an auction market leader in Chicago and throughout the world. With over $125 million achieved in sales, SUSANIN’S specializes in fine art, estate jewelry, antiques, decorative art, silver, coins, Asian art, rugs, and collectibles. SUSANIN’S invites consignments from collectors, estates, corporations, museums, and institutions worldwide. SUSANIN’S team of specialists regularly meet with curators, heirs, and executors to evaluate property for auction with SUSANIN’S. Call or email to schedule an appointment with an appraiser or member of the consignment staff. Visit SUSANIN’S in Chicago’s up and coming South Loop neighborhood, located in a 40,000 sf building at the corner of Clinton and Taylor.
December: • 5: Vintage Couture + Accessories • 8-9: Fine Jewelry • 9: Fine Timepieces • 11: American + European Art • 12: Modern + Contemporary Art 58
Appraisers
Art Careers, Mentoring + Artist Residencies
New World Art Services Native American and Tribal Art Evaluation
Bolt Residency
1012 Timber Trail Dixon (61021) Tel 815-652-4196 Marianne Huber tellapple9712@yahoo.com New World Art Service’s expertise is in the areas frequently referred to as Tribal Art. Marianne Huber’s particular interests are pre-Columbian art, African art, and Oceanic art, including objects from New Guinea and Indonesia. She has also done extensive work in appraising and identifying costumes and textiles. Marianne Huber is an expert in tribal art. She has appraised and consulted for fine private collectors and museums in the United States and Europe since 1982. Her clear, accurate, and carefully researched reports are fully accepted for any legal situation, among them, IRS appraisals for charitable donation, estate settlement, market situations, and division of assets.
Ms. Huber has been active in following new discoveries and new market events in pre-Columbian, African, Oceanic, and other areas included under the title, Tribal Arts. She will also recommend experts who can help you with evaluating other types of art objects. Whatever your needs or questions about tribal art and textiles, call Marianne Huber Even if all you need is expert identification of an unfamiliar work of art, Ms. Huber can help you. Her company, New World Art Services, is a member of the American Society of Appraisers and the Appraisers’ Association of America. All of Ms. Hubers’ appraisal reports adhere to the 2012-2013 edition of the Uniform Standards of Appraisal Practice of the US Appraisal Foundation and the code of ethics of the American Society of Appraisers.
217 N. Carpenter Tel 312-491-8888 www.chicagoartistscoalition.org BOLT Residency, an initiative of the Chicago Artists’ Coalition (CAC) is a highly competitive, juried, oneyear artist studio residency program offering contemporary emerging artists the opportunity to engage the Chicago arts community + its public in critical dialogue about contemporary art. The residency provides nine professional open-plan studios + a 500 square foot gallery space dedicated to residents. BOLT functions as an incubator program – taking a holistic approach to the development of residents’ artistic careers by providing studio work space, exhibition opportunities, professional development + creative community.
MOUNT: A Curatorial Residency at Design Cloud 118 N. Peoria, 2N (60607) Tel 312-348-5836 www.DesignCloudChicago.com Angela@DesignCloudChicago.com Deadline: September 6, 2013 ($25 application fee) MOUNT is a juried curatorial residency presented by Design Cloud (D:CL) that provides a platform to assist creatives in developing proposed art exhibitions. As a collective of independents working at a digital design studio in an art gallery, MOUNT is a natural extension of D:CL’s independent spirit, headed by curator Angela Bryant. Selected applicants are awarded three months of exhibition space, a collaborative work environment, ten hours of graphic design assistance, the ability to develop additional programming, and a $1,000 stipend.
Ragdale Foundation 1260 N. Green Bay Rd. Lake Forest (60045) Tel 847-234-1063 info@ragdale.org www.ragdale.org An artist retreat for writers, visual artists, composers and interdisciplinary artists. Apply today for 18 – 25 day residencies offering uninterrupted time + space to work. Application deadlines: September 15, January 15 + May 15. Online application + details at www.ragdale.org “There is no artist colony that means more to me or has shown such ongoing generosity in supporting my work as Ragdale.” -Fiction writer, 2012
Ragdale, a non-profit artist residency program created in 1976, is located on architect Howard Van Doren BOLT is structured to provide artists Shaw’s country estate in Lake Forest, with myriad resources + support to Located in the West Loop arts 30 miles north of Chicago. Each year create, build upon + sustain a longdistrict, MOUNT provides an Ragdale welcomes over 150 artists, term career in the arts. opportunity for curators of various writers + composers at all stages of backgrounds to cultivate their talents their career for 2-6 week residencies. by generating exhibitions that are Join our e-mail list at ragdale.org + both challenging and inspiring. like us on Facebook. Once you get in touch… you’ll want to stay in touch.
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Conservation/Art Restoration Broken Art Restoration, Inc. 1841 W. Chicago (60622) Tel 312-226-8200 or 815-472-3900 By appt. info@brokenartrestoration.com www.brokenartrestoration.com Chicago’s oldest established studio specializing in the professional restoration of porcelain, pottery, ceramics, wood, ivory, metal, and stone art objects. Museum-quality invisible repair; missing parts replaced.
Michelle and William Marhoefer, M.F.A., along with their personally trained staff, have restored well over 20,000 art objects since 1980 for art and antique dealers, collectors, galleries, museums, and designers nationwide.
The Conservation Center
400 N. Wolcott (60622) Tel 312-944-5401 M-F 9-5 by appt. Heather Becker, CEO info@theconservationcenter.com www.theconservationcenter.com
Staff members belong to the following institutions: American Institute for Conservation (AIC), Western Association for Art Conservation (WAAC), The Chicago Free estimates. Area Conservation Group (CACG), National New Deal Preservation Broken Art has been seen on ABC, As the largest private art conservation Association (NNDPA), National CBS, WGN, HGTV; and seen in Chicago Home, Chicago Journal, Chicago laboratory in the nation, The Center Association of Women Business has provided care for some of the Owners (NAWBO), + Women’s Sun Times, Chicago Tribune, Daily country’s most prestigious museums, Business Enterprise (WBE Status), Journal, Lake and Victoria magazine. galleries, corporations + private among others. Broken Art Restoration was the featured restoration studio in Chicago collectors since 1983. Celebrating 30 years of business magazine, October 2009. in 2013 With over twenty conservators on staff, The Center has nine areas of specialty and four service departments: paintings, murals, works of art on paper, photographs, rare books, textiles, sculpture, frames and gilded objects, antique + fine furniture, clocks, custom framing, transportation + installation, 35,000 square fee of climate controlled + specialized storage capabilities, + disaster response.
DPR Art Rescue 2501 W. Armitage (60647) Tel 1-888-377-5669 info@dprartrescue.com www.dprartrescue.com DPR Art Rescue specializes in disaster planning and response services for artwork, sculpture, works on paper, objects, antiques, and fine furniture. Our professional team provides immediate action to emergency situations including fire, flooding, or accidental damage, and ensures accurate inventory, safe evacuation, transportation, and storage while maintaining maximum security and climate control. DPR offers professional art conservation and disaster response planning. The company’s clients include insurance firms, museums, corporate and private collections, art dealers, and disaster response companies nationwide. MEMBER CONSERVATION + DESIGN INTERNATIONAL (CDI) WWW.CONSERVATION-DESIGN.COM
The Center’s Disaster Response hotline is available 24/7: 312-543-1462. Before After Tang Dynasty Horse and Rider, restored by Broken Art Restoration
Conservation/Art Restoration Scott K. Keller Book Binding + Conservation 2650 W. Montrose (60618) Tel 773-478-2825 skkellar@sbcglobal.net www.scottkkellar.com Full range of book and paper conservation; archival enclosures. Custom designed portfolio cases for photographs, prints, matted work, etc. Die stamping available.
Joel Oppenheimer, Inc. 410 N. Michigan (60611) Tel 312-642-5300 www.audubonart.com Restoration and conservation. See complete Michigan Ave. listing.
Parma Conservation 1100 W. Cermak Ste. C-203 (60608) Tel 312-733-5178 info@parmaconservation.com www.parmaconservation.com Parma is a full service conservation laboratory that provides nationwide services for both private and public art collections. Over 25 years experience. Conservation services address cleaning and repair of damage caused by fire, water, mishandling, or the natural course of age of an artwork.
Poster Plus Photography and x-ray imaging available.
On-site services include conservation of murals and architectural artwork, Vintage poster restoration, consultation and assessments, disaster conservation. planning and disaster response. See complete Michigan Ave. listing. Director is a Professional Associate of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC). MEMBER CONSERVATION + DESIGN INTERNATIONAL (CDI) WWW.CONSERVATION-DESIGN.COM
Before After Louis Frederick Berneker (1876-1937); before and after cleaning of the painted surface
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30 E. Adams, Ste. 1150 (60603) Tel 312-461-9277 www.posterplus.com
Art Consultants + Private Dealers Art Advisory Ltd. Tel 773-671-8624 By appt. only Susan Blackman susan@artadvisoryltd.com www.artadvisoryltd.com
Chicago Art Source
Joy Horwich
1871 N. Clybourn (60614) Tel 773-248-3100 M-F 10-6; Sa 10-5; and by appt. Felice Davis consulting@chicagoartsource.com www.chicagoartsource.com
Whether you have a single room or an entire facility in need of artwork, our consulting professionals are equipped to execute your project seamlessly from concept to completion.
We are a comprehensive art consultation service established over a decade ago to better serve businesses, designers, and homeowners in need of a sophisticated, full-service source for artwork.
View resources, details + job portfolios at chicagoartsource.com
Enrich Life, Collect Art. Contact Susan to schedule a consultation.
Tel 773-327-3366
Isobel Neal Tel 312-664-8181 By appt.
Call for details. Private art dealer and consultant. After 25 years of directing a public gallery, Joy Horwich consults privately, curates exhibits, and conducts “Joyous Jaunts” within and outside of Chicago. See also listing for Joyus Jaunts under Art Tours.
We are the largest art and custom framing business in the country, yet we still source our artwork personally from around the world.
Art consultants offer a range of services to the individual as well as to the corporate group looking to learn about art and build a collection.
Art Fairs + Expositions Antiques + Modernism Winnetka
EDITION
EXPO CHICAGO
Randolph Street Antiques Market
SOFA CHICAGO
Winnetka Community House 620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka (60093) www.thewinnetkashow.com
Chicago Artists Coalition 217 N. Carpenter (60607) www.editionchicago.com
Navy Pier, Festival Hall 600 E. Grand, Entrance 2 (60611) www.expositionchicago.com
1350 Block of W. Randolph Sa 10-6; Su 10-5 www.randolphstreetmarket.com
Navy Pier, Festival Hall 600 E. Grand, Entrance 2 (60611) www.sofaexpo.com
Presented by the Woman’s Board of Winnetka Community House. A fusion of the former Winnetka Antiques Show and the Modernism Show. Nationally recognized as two of the Midwest’s most well-respected events, its combined 60 year history and prevailing reputation speaks to the caliber of this highly anticipated show.
Showcasing cutting edge galleries and non-profit institutions from around the world in an intimate, invitationonly art fair context. Presenting both emerging and established artists with an emphasis on affordable works that will offer collectors a unique entry point into the art market.
Leading international contemporary, modern + design galleries.
Art, fashion, vintage treasures, food, live music, and more.
Sculpture Objects and Functional Art.
Visit website for the full exhibitor list as well as dates, times + ticket information.
Now all year long!
Celebrating 20 years in 2013.
Celebrating 10 years in 2013
September 19-22: Vernissage benefiting the MCA will be held at Navy Pier on Thursday evening, September 19
Visit website for additional dates + details.
November 1-3: Opening Preview Party, Thursday evening, October 31
October 18-20: $15 for three day tickets to the show
September 20–22: Friday 12-7; Saturday 10-7; Sunday 11–6
Albert Oehlen at Luhring Augustine, 2012
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September 28-29 October 19-20 November 23-24 December 14-15
Photo by Grace Willis
Grant McCaig, Black Earth, 2013, silver, stainless steel, niello, 38.5” x 37.7”, Courtesy Craft Scotland
Framing Artful Framer Studios + Art De Triumph 2938 N. Clark (60657) Tel 773-832-4038 M-F 11-7; Sa 10-6; Su 12-5 Nancie King Mertz Nancie@ArtDeTriumph.com www.ArtDeTriumph.com www.NancieKingMertz.com Celebrating 10 years on Clark Street - mention this ad for $10 off your purchase! Expert framing by professional artists since 1979. This inviting Lakeview gallery is packed full of originals, Giclée prints + fine art cards of Chicago + the world by Nancie King Mertz. Nancie’s husband Ron prints her sold work in sizes-to-order, on canvas or paper. The 2938 N. Clark storefront is their gallery/frame studio.
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5061 N. Clark (60640) (Gallery) Tel 773-506-8300 M-W 11-7, Th-Sa 10-7, Su 11-5 info@foursided.com www.foursided.com www.twitter.com/foursided www.facebook.com/foursided
Serving Chicago artists + collectors for over 18 years, Creativo Framing seeks to uphold the long standing tradition of custom framing by utilizing old world techniques + craftsmanship.
Also: 2939 N. Broadway (60657) Tel 773-248-1960 M-W 11-7, Th-Sa 10-7, Su 11-5
Also in Highland Park: 225 Skokie Valley Rd. Crossroads Shopping Center Highland Park (60035) Tel 847-831-0003 M, Th 9-8; Tu, W, F 9-6; Sa 10-5 Selected Chicago’s Best Framer by Chicago magazine, we are proud to be called a Chicago institution and to have artists, designers, curators, galleries among our loyal, long time customers.
Over the years, we have built a solid reputation for excellence + value. Owner operated for over 18 years, we offer service with a personal consultation + a smile.
Foursided has one of the largest moulding selections in Chicago, currently over 5,000 available.
Our professional creative consultants share over 20 years of industry experience, and many hold advanced art degrees. Our personal services Their south-connecting space at 2936 We passionately and personally Visit us in our new location (above include the use of museum quality N. Clark, is the studio of Gregory source thousands of exclusive picture Starbucks) at the corner of Chicago materials, acid-free mat boards, a Jennings Design, featuring newer frames from around the world, and Ave. and Franklin St., footsteps away variety of glass types, and the best paintings by Nancie in a residential because we have over a million feet from our old space + the Chicago mounting and hinging techniques to setting, as Greg offers stunning art of moulding in stock, we can return Brown Line El stop. protect your valuable artwork. + mirrors combined with furniture + your artwork to you in one week. accessories. His history as a premier Creative Framing offers custom, Foursided maintains a carefully designer makes this showroom a onemuseum, corporate and personal curated selection of serigraphs, stop destination for design, cabinetry, Our team of over 50 talented framing professionals is dedicated to picture framing. Matting, mounting, prints, paintings, collage, assemblage, art + framing. nothing but picture framing. Read and canvas stretching also available. photography and textiles from local and national artists. The collection is Schedule commissioned paintings for about them, and our broad range of corporate + private collections with the services, at the new artistsframe.com continuously changing as new pieces artist/owner. Please view our gallery are scouted and many are created on listing in CGN’s North Side section. site by Chicago artist, Todd Mack.
Frame Factory’s Framing Design Center 1809 W. Webster (60614) Tel 773-862-1010 Tu-F 10:30-7; Sa 9-5:30; Su 12-5 www.framefactory.com The Frame Factory on Webster, in West Lincoln Park, is your source for custom framing. With over 40 years of experience, our staff of artisans are there to help you create a perfectly framed piece. Also: Frame Factory on Pulaski 3400 N. Pulaski (60641) Tel 773-427-1010 M-F 9-5:30 The Frame Factory on Pulaski houses our production facilities. Both of our locations are just off of the Kennedy Expressway and offer parking, pick-up and delivery, and installation services. Incentives are available for designers, architects, artists and galleries. MEMBER ASID
Framing The Great Frame Up 2905 N. Broadway (60657) Tel 773-549-3927 M-F 10-7; Sa 10-6; Su 12-5 mklitzky@lifeissimplyart.com www.lifeissimplyart.com Locally owned + operated since 1971, The Great Frame Up believes that when a customer is part of the art, it enhances not only their buying experience but also increases appreciation for each finished piece. The Great Frame Up was the first art + picture framing store to offer Do-It-Yourself framing to customers, enabling us to offer same-day service. We continue to offer this “fast, fun + frugal” service at all 5 of our locations, as well as our quality-guaranteed custom work, all completed on our stores’ premises.
Seaberg Picture Framing, Inc. Industry-certified professionals offer creative solutions for all your framing needs, evolving with industry technology + customer expectations. We manufacture our own handcrafted moulding + offer a selection of imported Italian + metal frames. We offer dry mounting up to 4’ x 8’, canvas stretching, pick-up + delivery of art, custom-designed shadowbox + multiple-object presentations, readymade frames, framed + unframed artwork, + preservation-quality materials. Corporate framing services are available in addition to The Sign Shop for trade graphics + signage. 41 years of quality, service, selection + expert design await you.
Other Locations: Chicago (Gold Coast, 60610) 21 W. Elm Tel 312-482-8811 M-F 10-7:30, Sa 10-7, Su 11-5 Evanston (Wilmette, 60201) 2814 Central St. Tel 847-869-9130 M-F 10-7; Sa 10-6; Su 12-5 Northbrook (Highland Park, Glencoe, 60062) 601 Skokie Blvd. Tel 847-480-0400 M-F 10-7; Sa 10-6; Su 12-5 Arlington Heights (Prospect Heights, 60004) 1310 Rand Rd. Tel 847-398-8238 M-F 10-7; Sa 10-6; Su 12-5
831 N. Lessing* (60642) Tel 312-666-3880 *Note location: from Chicago Ave., we are two blocks west of Halsted (turn north under the viaduct onto N. Lessing)
Slaymaker Gallery and Frame Shop 936 W. Roscoe (60657) M-W 9:30-5; Th-Sa 11-7; Su 12-5 Tel 773-935-ARTS Woody Slaymaker, Owner wslaymaker@rcn.com www.slaymakerfineartltd.com We provide quality custom picture framing, creative design + personal atmosphere to families, artists, designers + businesses nationwide. From posters, sports memorabilia, fine art + heirlooms, we ensure complete satisfaction. Trained professionals use archival materials to create perfect project solutions. Competitive pricing, creative designs, quality + customer satisfaction will have you coming back. Stop by for framing experiences you’ll always cherish. Slaymaker is one of the only government contractors in the nation authorized to sell original art + picture framing to the U.S. government. Free parking + delivery is available.
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Gallery Guides + Tours Joy Horwich / Joyus Jaunts
Architectural Terra Cotta Tours
Tel 773-327-3366 joyusjaunts@gmail.com
Tel 847-432-4257 Mary Seyfarth, tour leader marykseyfarth@yahoo.com www.gardenpied-a-terre.com
After 25 years of directing a public gallery, Joy Horwich consults privately, curates exhibits, and conducts “Joyus Jaunts” within and outside of Chicago. Contact Joy for specific details and upcoming tours and events.
Walk the Loop Customized walking tours led by Mary Seyfarth - an exhibiting artist, sculptor + professor of ceramics/ design. Be guided around Chicago’s internationally famous outdoor museum of architecture + visit the Loop’s several commercial buildings designed between 1883 - 1905 + built by master architects Daniel Burnham, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Holibard and Root. Visit living examples of Chicago School of Architecture, learn to identify the Chicago window + answer the question “what is terra cotta?”
Free CGN Saturday Gallery Tours Tel 312-649-0064 info@chicagogallerynews.com www.chicagogallerynews.com
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Free weekend gallery tours organized by Chicago Gallery News. A gallery representative leads a guided tour of 4 galleries. The gallery roster + tour leader change weekly + conversation centers on the exhibits + artists on view. • River North Tours Every Saturday 11am-12:30pm Meet at 750 N. Franklin, inside Chicago Ave. corner Starbucks. • West Loop/Fulton Market Tours Every Six Weeks on a Saturday 1:30-3pm. Important: Check the online schedule and meet by 1:30pm at the first gallery on tour. If you miss the group, catch-up at the 2nd gallery listed, etc. See online schedule for details.
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Insurance Chartwell Insurance Services 211 W. Wacker, Ste. 1800 (60606) Tel 312-645-1200 Contact: Rebecca Korach Woan rwoan@chartwellins.com www.chartwellins.com “Collecting is an art. Protecting what you’ve collected is an even greater art.” - William Randolph Hearst
DeWitt Stern Group, Inc. 150 N. Wacker, Ste. 2120 (60606) Tel 312-252-2157 Lori Pastore, CIC, AIS Vice President lpastore@dewittstern.com www.dewittstern.com From its inception in 1899, DeWitt Stern has held fast to its philosophy of bringing exemplary service to individuals and businesses.
Chartwell Insurance Services has extensive experience and respected expertise in insuring fine art, jewelry, DeWitt Stern has, for decades, antiques, and other collectibles. developed innovative approaches to insuring risk. Whether it is a costWhether the insured pieces consist sensitive program for international of a few items of jewelry or an corporations, gallery owners or the extensive and evolving schedule most discerning fine art collectors, containing many and varied art our brokers consistently design forms, the insurance program should insurance solutions to fit the client. be designed to accommodate the owner’s lifestyle, usage, and purchase habits. We guide collectors on how to best catalog and appraise their collection, conserve and frame their most valuable works, and implement a disaster and recovery plan.
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Willis Tower 233 S. Wacker, Ste. 2000 (60606) Tel 312-288-7297 Sandra R. Berlin, Senior Vice President Sandra.Berlin@willis.com www.willis.com Willis Fine Art, Jewelry & Specie division, Willis of Illinois, Inc. has a preeminent position in the insurance of fine art, jewelry + collectibles. Coverage + advice can be provided for auctioneers, fine art packers + shippers, dealers, galleries, private + corporate collections, museums + exhibitions.
Willis’ fine art specialists possess expertise needed for unique + often complex insurance demands covering everything from Han Dynasty terra cotta figures to late 20th Century installation art; from Dutch Old Masters to paintings by Abstract Expressionists. Willis provides coverage for some of the largest private art + museum collections in the world. Each policy is especially designed to cover actual needs of clients, thus avoiding unnecessary expenditure of premium. “Our expertise + level of commitment in the world of fine art is unrivaled anywhere in the insurance market.”
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Gallery 218……............................54 4Art Inc. Gallery………...............47 Addington Gallery…..............…..40 AdventureLand Gallery...................49 Jean Albano Gallery…...........25, 41 Alibi Fine Art……........................49 ARC Gallery…….....................….49 The Art Center (Highland Park)...54 Art De Triumph + Artful Framer Studios…….49, 62 Andrew Bae Gallery…….......13, 41 Arts Club of Chicago....................52 Frederick Baker, Inc. …...…..20, 45 Russell Bowman Art Advisory.....41 Roy Boyd Gallery..........……........41 Brauer Museum of Art at Valparaiso University……........55 Bridgeport Art Center……....35, 47 Valerie Carberry Gallery….....….52 Chicago Artists Coalition........…..45 Chicago Art Source Gallery.........49 The Chicago Cultural Center…...52 Chicago Printmakers Collaborative……......................50 Christopher Art Gallery at Prairie State College…..........…55 College of Lake County Robert T. Wright Gallery…......55 Colletti Gallery • Antique Posters • Fine Art......................52 Cornelia Arts Building..……........50 Stephen Daiter Gallery……....5, 41 Douglas Dawson Gallery….....9, 45 Deer Path Art League……..........55 EC Gallery…….............................45 Echt Gallery……..........................41 Catherine Edelman Gallery…10, 41 Elmhurst Artists’ Guild Gallery...55 Evanston Art Center…….............55 Yale Factor Gallery……...........8, 47 Firecat Projects…….....................50 FM* Gallery..................................45 Gallery Pink..................................55 Josef Glimer Gallery, Ltd. ....25, 42 The Golden Triangle…….............42 Richard Gray Gallery...................53 Bert Green Fine Art.....................53 Gruen Galleries…….....................42 Carl Hammer Gallery……...........42 Hildt Galleries...............................53 Hilligoss Galleries.........................53 Hilton | Asmus Contemporary...8, 42 Rhona Hoffman Gallery…...........45 R.S. Johnson Fine Art.................53 Johnson-Studio…….....................50 Jackson Junge Gallery……........50 Kamp Gallery................................55 kasia kay art projects gallery..........45 KM Fine Arts................................53 Krasl Art Center............................56 LACUNA Artist Lofts + Studios....47 Lakeside Legacy Arts Park Dole and Sage Galleries............56 The Leigh Gallery…….................50 Logan Center Gallery at the University of Chicago................47
Liz Long Gallery at Chicago Urban Art Retreat Center...…..48 Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA)...............................35, 53 Lubeznik Center for the Arts.......56 MANIFOLD……........................50 Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park...........................2, 56 Mars Gallery……...................23, 46 Thomas Masters Gallery..….........50 McCormick Gallery……........17, 46 Mongerson Gallery.......................54 Morpho Gallery…............…........50 Josh Moulton Fine Art Gallery...51 Museum of Contemporary Photography…….................34, 48 Ann Nathan Gallery…….............42 Jennifer Norback Fine Art......5, 43 Northern Illinois University Art Museum (NIU).........................56 Richard Norton Gallery…...........43 Joel Oppenheimer, Inc.................54 Packer Schopf Gallery….......…..46 Pagoda Red…….....................51, 56 Park Schreck Gallery…...…........51 Perimeter Gallery……...........21, 43 Perspective Group + Photography Gallery, Ltd..........57 Maya Polsky Gallery……............43 Poster Plus....................................54 President’s Gallery, Harold Washington College...................54 PRIMITIVE….......................…..46 Printworks……............................43 The Project Room…….................43 Prospectus Art Gallery.................48 The Rangefinder Gallery at Tamarkin Camera……..............43 The Renaissance Society…..........48 Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery..........................57 Rotofugi Gallery…..................…..51 Salon Artists Gallery.....................57 Judy A Saslow Gallery…......…..44 Ken Saunders Gallery…........…..44 Schneider Gallery…….................44 Carrie Secrist Gallery….........…..46 Shot Images...................................57 Slaymaker Gallery & Frame Shop……....................51 Smart Museum of Art…….....37, 48 State Street Gallery at Robert Morris University.........54 Galleries Maurice Sternberg...….51 Tall Grass Arts Association..........57 THĒ Fine Art Gallery...................57 Union Street Gallery.....................57 Vale Craft Gallery…...............…..44 Vertical Gallery……...............18, 51 Linda Warren Projects……...38, 46 David Weinberg Photography...11, 44 Woman Made Gallery……..........46 Worthington Gallery.....................51 Zg Gallery…….............................44 Zhou B Art Center……...........3, 48 ZIA | Gallery.................................57 Zolla / Lieberman Gallery……....44 Zygman Voss Gallery……...........44
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Additional Galleries, Artist Studios + Alternative Spaces NORTH SIDE Anatomically Correct Art in Public Spaces 858 W. Armitage #354 312-514-1802 www.anatomicallycorrect.org The Art Colony Studio Building 2630 W. Fletcher www.lostartistschicago.com Art on Armitage 4125 W. Armitage (60639) 773-235-8583 www.artonarmitage.com
Roots + Culture Contemporary Art Center 1034 N. Milwaukee (60622) 773-580-0102 www.rootsandculturecac.org threewalls 312-432-3972 www.three-walls.org
PILSEN / HYDE PARK / SOUTH SIDE Beverly Arts Center 2407 W. 11th (60655) • 773-445-3838 www.beverlyartcenter.org
Center on Halsted Visual Arts Gallery 3656 N. Halsted (60613) 773-472-6469 www.centeronhalsted.org
Chicago Art Department East: 1932 S. Halsted (60608) West: 1732 W. Hubbard (60622) www.chicagoartdepartment.org
Chicago Printmakers Collaboration 4642 N. Western (60625) 773-293-2070 www.chicagoprintmakers.com
Chicago Arts District (office) 1945 S. Halsted (60608) • 312-738-8000 www.chicagoartsdistrict.org
Cornelia Arts Building 1800 W. Cornelia www.corneliaartsbuilding.com Flat Iron Arts Building 1579 N. Milwaukee (60622) 312-566-9800 www.flatironartsbuilding.com Friends of The Arts (FoTA) 1800 W. Cornelia (60657) www.fota.com Greenleaf Art Center 1806 W. Greenleaf (60626) 773-465-4652 www.greenleafartcenter.com Heaven Gallery 1550 N. Milwaukee (60622) 773-342-4597 www.heavengallery.com Lillstreet Art Center 4401 N. Ravenswood (60640) 773-769-4226 www.lillstreet.com
WEST LOOP / WEST SIDE Albany-Carroll Arts Building 319 N. Albany (60612) www.albanycarroll.com Chicago Artists Coalition 217 N. Carpenter (60607) 312-491-8888 www.chicagoartistscoalition.org Fulton Street Collective 2000 W. Fulton (60612) www.fultonstreetcollective.com 65
Chicago Urban Art Society (CUAS) 600 W. Cermak, Unit 1B (60616) www.chicagourbanartsociety.com LACUNA Artist Lofts + Studios 2150 S. Canalport (60608) 773-609-LOFT www.Lacuna2150.com Mana Studios 2233 S. Throop (60608) • 312-850-8301 www.manafinearts.com Pilsen Open Studios (October 2013) Western Ave - Halsted St. 16th-24th Sts. (60608) www.pilsenopenstudios.net
MICHIGAN AVE. / SOUTH LOOP / BRIDGEPORT Bridgeport Art Center 1200 W. 35th (60609) 773-247-3000 www.bridgeportart.com Co-Prosperity Sphere 3219-21 S. Morgan (60608) 773-837-0145 www.coprosperity.org Fine Arts Building (FAB) Studios 410 S. Michigan (60605) 312-566-9800 fineartsbuilding.com Zhou B Art Center 1029 W. 35th (60609) 773-523-0200 www.zbcenter.org
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