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Chicago Art Exhibitions to See: May 2025

2 weeks ago | art.newcity.com | Brian Hieggelke

1 Herminio Rodríguez: Osamenta (Oliva Gallery) The photographer captured the “erosion of infrastructure, ambition and memory across Puerto Rico” by documenting the “structural remnants” of all seventy-eight municipalities. Opens May 22 Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom (Museum of Contemporary Art) An exploration of spectacle and mass culture through the lens of basketball, soccer and other sports.
Five Brazilian Gallery Exhibitions at Expo Chicago We’re Excited About

3 weeks ago | art.newcity.com | Brian Hieggelke

1 Chico da Silva at Galeria MaPa The late indigenous artist had an extraordinary rise and fall in life, and now in death he’s been “rediscovered” and is one of the most sought-after names in Brazilian art, with his first North American museum show underway in Lexington, Kentucky as a companion to this solo in Chicago.
Art for Art’s Sake: How to Get the Most of Expo Chicago if you just love art

3 weeks ago | art.newcity.com | Brian Hieggelke

We asked some of the top collectors, curators and art advisors of the Midwest and the world for their experiences and insights into the art-fair experience. But if that’s not you, there is still a great Expo Chicago experience available. To get to it, don’t do what I too often do, that is meander the aisles, hoping to see old friends, new acquaintances or artistic inspiration and end up seeing nothing. Make a plan. 1 It’s OK not to visit every booth.
Who Wants to Run A Museum? How the Directors Summit is Shaping a New Generation of Leadership

3 weeks ago | art.newcity.com | Brian Hieggelke

One of the most compelling things Expo Chicago did in recent years to set itself apart from the crowded and often generic art-fair market has been to expand its special programming, most notably in creating its curator’s forum.
Five Chicago Gallery Exhibitions at Expo Chicago We’re Excited About

3 weeks ago | art.newcity.com | Brian Hieggelke

1 Edra Soto at Engage Projects The Puerto Rico-born Chicago artist has been on a roll, and this solo at Engage offers a chance to see where she’s been and where she’s going, with “the place of dwelling,” a wall sculpture that connects her heritage to memories of her mother and themes of migration. 2 Politically Engaged Artists at Rhona Hoffman The legendary Chicago gallerist is closing her physical space next month, and this may be her last art fair.
Welcome to the Art Party: The Unofficial Guide to Expo Chicago

3 weeks ago | art.newcity.com | Brian Hieggelke

I’ve been going to art fairs, mostly in Chicago, my entire adult life. In the 1980s, when I was a young art obsessive, I’d visit the fair at Navy Pier with palpable enthusiasm, albeit little knowledge about the dealers whose booths I was passing by. I’d leave, physically exhausted and so mentally fatigued that I felt I’d fallen out of love with art.
How to Expo: Collectors, Curators and Art Advisors Share Their Insights Into Doing the Art Fair

3 weeks ago | art.newcity.com | Brian Hieggelke

While the masses might be wandering around Navy Pier in search of cool art to gaze at, a good glass of wine to guzzle and famous people like fair regular Chance the Rapper to peep, at the end of the day, art fairs exist to sell art. So we asked a cross-section of Chicago and the Midwest’s leading buyers of art—curators, collectors and art advisers—to offer input derived from their experiences at Expo Chicago and other fairs. What art fairs do you regularly attend and what’s your routine?
Marion Maneker on "Wall Power" and the Puckish Side of the Art Market

4 weeks ago | art.newcity.com | Brian Hieggelke

Artists should not be starving anymore, based on estimates that put annual revenue in the global art market in the sixty-five billion-dollar range. Art might be big business, but coverage of art tends to look past the dollars in favor of personalities and, well, art. Which is why I’ve been charmed this past year by the “Wall Power” newsletter that seasoned journalist Marion Maneker writes for the Puck media company.
Is the Best Art the Most Expensive? According to the Research of Northwestern Professor Larissa Buchholz, the Answer is Often No.

1 month ago | art.newcity.com | Brian Hieggelke

In a culture that too-often equates artistic excellence with financial success, the work of Northwestern professor Larissa Buchholz is refreshing and reassuring for those who love art for art’s sake. Her book, “The Global Rules of Art,” articulates the difference between critical or curatorial success and high prices in the art market. We corresponded with Buchholz, who was in Europe as we were going to press, via email. How did a sociologist become interested in the art market?
Top Chicago Art Exhibitions to See: April 2025

1 month ago | art.newcity.com | Brian Hieggelke

1 Caroline Kent (Patron) The 2020 Newcity Breakout Artist kicks off another breakout year. Opens April 102 Faheem Majeed: All of the Parts (Document) A solo turn from the Floating Museum co-founder. Opens April 183 Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers (Guggenheim Museum, New York) A mid-career retrospective for the 2004 Newcity Breakout Artist.