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Overview
Art Chicago
2010, the international fair of
contemporary and modern art,
will bring together the world's
leading emerging and established
galleries. Art Chicago
offers curators, collectors,
artists, and art enthusiasts a
comprehensive survey of current
and historic work - from
cutting-edge to modern masters
in a wide variety of media
including: painting,
photography, drawings, prints,
sculpture, video and special
installations.
Art
Chicago 2010 will be the
centerpiece of Artropolis - a
world-class, citywide
celebration of arts, antiques
and culture.
Where: The
Merchandise Mart, 12th
Floor
and Main Lobby
When: April
30 - May 3, 2010, Fri. &
Sat: 11am - 7pm; Sun: 11am - 6pm
& Mon:11am - 4pm
Preview:
Art Chicago Opening Night -
Thursday, April 29, 2009
Noon - 3 pm:
First Focus, benefiting the
Museum of Contemporary Art
3 - 6 pm: Art
Chicago Professional Preview
6 - 9 pm: Art
Chicago, partially benefiting
the Museum of Contemporary Art
Who: 150
leading galleries and dealers
from around the world.
Tickets: Tickets
are $20 for a one day pass or
$25 for a multi-day pass.
Seniors, Students or Groups are
$15 for a multi-day pass.
Children 12 and under are free.
Tickets also provide admission
to NEXT and The Merchandise Mart
Antiques Fair.
Programming
Highlights:
First
Focus,
a private Preview done in
conjunction with and benefiting
the Museum of Contemporary Art,
followed by our Professional and
Opening Previews
on April 29. This year, our
cutting-edge speaker programs, Art
Chicago Speaks and
Converge
Chicago: Contemporary Curators
Forum,
feature an international roster
of artists, writers, curators
and critics discussing current
trends and provocative issues
confronting the contemporary art
market. Detailed programs can be
found at www.artchicago.com.
Perspective
Texas,
our special programming focus on
the Lone Star State, will host
top Texas collectors and
curators from The Dallas Art
Museum, Rachofsky House,
Arthouse, Artspace, Contemporary
Arts Museum Houston, The Blanton
Museum and more.
In
addition, the fair features
onsite exhibitions including New
Insight,
an annual exhibition of rising
MFA students from the country's
most influential art
programs, curated by Susanne
Ghez of The Renaissance Society;
Partisan,
a display of works that
critically explore social and
political ideas; and Survey
America,
a floor-wide exhibit that
highlights extraordinary works
by artists living and working in
the United States.
Collectors
programs include a Docent
Program,
which debuted successfully in
2009 to museum, corporate and
school groups, led by art
professionals and consultants to
help patrons and collectors
navigate the fair and provide
assistance with questions about
works of art.
Contact:
Galleries
interested in learning more
should contact Tony Karman, Vice
President |
Director - Art Chicago at
312.527.6354, tkarman@artchicago.com.
Marketing &
Promotion:
An extensive,
multimedia marketing campaign
will include advertising and
editorial coverage in dozens of
leading art and consumer
publications; 10+ eblasts
reaching a list of 200,000 art
enthusiasts; direct mail to
thousands of collectors; V.I.P.
invitations; press releases and
publicity opportunities to
generate interest, participation
and attendance; co-promotions
with multiple arts and cultural
partners to reach patrons,
donors and members.
Marketing
Contact:
Prospective
sponsorship and promotional and
community partners can receive
more information about marketing
plans by contacting Emilia
Pappas, Manager, VIP &
Exhibitor Relations at
312.527.0323, epappas@artchicago.com.
Media Contact:
Rachel Furnari,
312.527.7792 or rfurnari@mmart.com
Website: www.artchicago.com
Art Chicago and
NEXT gratefully acknowledge
their 2010 sponsors and
partners:
Acura, The
Museum of Contemporary Art -
Chicago, Newcity, Classic Color,
Hotel Palomar and
the Chicago
Conservation Center. New this
year, Acura will premiere the
ZDX, the 4-door coupe
concept from
Acura's Design Studio.
Travel Partners:
Hotel Palomar, Dana Hotel and
Spa, James Hotel, Seneca Hotel
and Province
Restaurant
Art Chicago is
part of the MMPI family of art
fairs that includes The Armory
Show, Art
Toronto, NEXT, VOLTA, and
VOLTA NY.
Art
Chicago Speaks
Converge
Chicago: Contemporary Curators
Forum and Art Chicago | NEXT
Speaks panel discussions and
seminars will take place at Art
Chicago, April 30 - May 2, 2010.
2010 Converge Advisory
Committee: Franklin Sirmans, Los
Angeles County Museum of Art;
James Rondeau, Art Institute of
Chicago; Julie Rodrigues-Widholm,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Hamza
Walker, Renaissance Society; and
Anthony Huberman, Contemporary Art
Museum Saint Louis.
Friday,
April 30
11A
- 12:30P
Converge Curators Forum
Contemporary Perspectives on
Outsider Art
Art Chicago Art Spot, 12th
Floor
This panel brings together
leaders in the field of outsider
and self-taught art practices to
present a variety of
contemporary perspectives on
collecting, presenting and
researching outsider art.
Bernard Herman will
speak on Blublu and its
relationship to contemporary
anarchist street art; Cartin
Collection Curator Steven
Holmes will
address collecting outsider art
in the context of a private
contemporary collection; Colin
Rhodes will
discuss current scholarship in
the field; Leslie
Umberger, Senior
Curator Kohler Arts Center, will
speak on the mounting of
exhibitions in a contemporary
center; and Brooke
Davis Anderson, Director
and Curator, Contemporary Center
at the Folk Art Museum, will
moderate.
11A
-12:30P
Converge Curators Forum
Big
Culture: Contemporary Art in
Texas
NEXT Talk Shop, 7th
Floor
This panel brings together a
group of leading curators and
museum directors to discuss
Texas’ vibrant cultural
landscape, anchored by
innovative non profits, world
class museums and unique
cultural destinations.
Presenters include Risa
Puleo, Assistant Curator of
Contemporary and American Art,
The Blanton Museum, Sue
Graze, Executive Director,
Arthouse Texas, Matthew
Drutt, Executive Director,
Artpace and Charlie
Wyle, Lupe Murchison Curator
of Contemporary Art Dallas
Museum of Art. Moderated
by Eleanor Williams.
Presented as part of Perspective
Texas.
1-2P
New
Insight Public Program
After the MFA
NEXT Talk Shop, 7th floor
Rising artists will discuss MFA
and how it has shaped their
practice, career and outlook on
the art world in a town hall
style discussion with students
exhibiting in the New Insight
exhibition.
Moderator: Pamela Fraser
Panelists: Scott Reeder, Curtis
Mann and Luke Batten
1-2:30P
Converge
Curators Forum
The Old with the
New: Presenting New Works by
Living Artists in the Museum
Art Chicago Art Spot,
12th Floor
This panel discussion will bring
together curators at collecting
institutions, particularly ones
that do not specialize in
contemporary art, to talk about
living artist projects and how
they are integrated into the
mission of the museum.
Moderated by Lisa
Dent, Associate Curator of
Contemporary Art, Columbus
Museum of Art, panelists
include: Rita
Gonzalez, Assistant Curator,
Los Angeles County Museum of
Art; Jill
Dawsey, Curator of Modern
and Contemporary Art, Utah
Museum of Fine Arts; Kelly
C. Baum, Locks Curatorial
Fellow, Princeton University Art
Museum; and Lisa
Dorin, Assistant Curator of
Contemporary Art, Art Institute
of Chicago.
2:30-3:45P
Converge
Curators Forum
The Alternative
State: Non Profits in a New
World
Next Talk Shop, 7th Floor
Panelists will discuss the roles
of their organizations as
creative forces, touching on
exhibitions, programs and
initiatives that have taken
shape because of or in spite of
the economic climate.
Panelists include Stacy
Switzer, Artistic Director,
Grand Arts; Gregory
Burke, Director, The Power
Plant; and Kate
Lorenz, Executive Director,
The Hyde Park Art Center; Amani
Olu, director and
founder of the Humble Arts
Foundation, and Elysia
Borowy-Reeder, School of the
Art Institute of Chicago/Club
Nutz. Paul
Laster, Editor of
Artkrush, will moderate.
3-4:30P
Art
Chicago | NEXT Speaks
Collecting NOW
Art Chicago Art Spot,
12th Floor
Prominent art collectors give
insight into the evolution of
their collecting practice.
Have their interests been shaped
a dynamic cultural and political
landscape, or the tumultuous
economic climate? Panelists
include James
Cahn of
Chicago, Sharon
and John Hoffman of
Kansas City, and New-York based
collector Selig
D. Sacks.
4:45-7P
Art
Chicago | NEXT Speaks
The Renewed Importance of Art in
Public Spaces | Discussion and
Reception
Presented
by ArtTable
Art Chicago Art Spot, 12th
Floor
Join a panel discussion on the
growing importance of art and
architecture in public spaces in
the new economy. As
changes in the economy redirect
the way people spend
recreational time, public art
and architecture have a profound
ability to engage. A
reception with the speakers will
follow this discussion.
4P
Art Chicago | NEXT Speaks
Beauty in Contemporary Art
NEXT Talk Shop, 7th Floor
Join artists Judith Schaechter,
Rob Davis and Mike Langlois,
dealer Valerie Dillon, and
curator Kelly C. Baum to discuss the
potential for beauty in
contemporary art.
5P
Converge
Chicago: Contemporary Curators
Forum
Women in Art Photography:
Are Gender-Specific Exhibitions
Necessary?
Presented
by Humble Arts Foundation
NEXT Talk Shop, 7th Floor
Moderated by Mary
Goodwin, Associate Director, Light
Works, panelists include Lisa
Hostetler, Curator of
Photography, Milwaukee
Art Museum; Natasha
Egan, Curator, Museum
of Contemporary Photography; Jon
Feinstein, founder, Humble
Arts Foundation; James
Cope, Associate Curator,Goss
Michael Foundation; and Javier
Carmona and Helen
Maurene Cooper,
Chicago-based photographers.
Saturday,
May 1
11-12:30P
Converge
Curators Forum
Curating and the Expansion
Art Chicago Art
Spot, 12th Floor
Curators discuss the challenges
and rewards of mounting
exhibitions in dynamic,
architecturally-driven museum
expansions. Using their
own institution as a frame of
reference, this conversation
will address curatorial issues
from a practical point of view,
while also touching on the
symbolic impact of contemporary
architecture on the display of
art and the museum experience.
Panelists includeChristoph
Heinrich, Frederick and Jan
Mayer Director, Denver Art
Museum, Jan
Schall, Sanders
Sosland Curator of Modern and
Contemporary Art, Nelson Atkins
Museum; Brady
Roberts, Chief Curator,
Milwaukee Art Museum; and Jacob
Proctor, Associate Curator
of Modern and Contemporary Art,
University of Michigan Museum of
Art and Linda
O. Stanford, Project
Manager, Broad Art Museum,
Michigan State University.
11-12P
Converge
Curators Forum
Studio Visit Series: Michelle
Grabner and Anthony Huberman
NEXT Talk Shop, 7th
Floor
The first of two
back-to-back conversations gives
an exclusive opportunity to hear
a curator interview an artist in
an intimate, one-on-one format. Anthony
Huberman, Contemporary Art
Museum Saint Louis, will talk to
artist Michelle
Grabner about
The Great Poor Farm Experiment,
a site-specific exhibition
project located in rural
Wisconsin.
12:15-1:15P
Converge
Curators Forum
Studio Visit Series: Theaster
Gates and Franklin Sirmans
NEXT Talk Shop, 7th
Floor
Chicago-based artist Theaster
Gates, who was included in
the 2010 Whitney Biennial, will
discuss his practice with Franklin
Sirmans, Curator of
Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
County Museum of Art.
1-2:30P
Art
Chicago | NEXT Speaks
Perspective Texas Collectors
Panel
Art Chicago Art
Spot, 12th Floor
Top art collectors from
Texas will discuss their
collections, while offering an
inside look at contemporary art
in the Lone Star State.
Panelists include Melissa
Meeks of
the Dallas Cowboys Art Program,
as well as collectors Lester
Marks and Reggie
Smith. Paul
Laster, Editor of Artkrush,
will moderate the
discussion.
1:30-2:30P
Art Chicago | NEXT Speaks
Condition and Value: How to
Conserve and Protect Your
Furniture, Art, and Objects
Presented with Chicago
Conservation Center
NEXT Talk Shop, 7th Floor
This lecture will provide
insight into how conservation
treatments can reverse, prevent
or minimize/repair incident and
age-related damages which
can negatively affect an
object’s market value. The
lecture will also discuss the
important difference between
conservation and restoration,
when to pursue conservation, and
proactive measures one can take
to preserve and protect objects
for years to come.
3-4:30P
Converge
Curators Forum
Beyond the White Cube: A Short
History of Exhibition Making
Presented with
The Renaissance Society
NEXT
Talk Shop, 7th Floor
While the exhibition space has
been expanded, re-imagined and
resisted since the beginning of
exhibition making, artists have
not ceased to shatter convention
and provide new models.
Curators will discuss ways
beyond the white cube, drawing
on their own history of
exhibition making in some of the
country’s most notable spaces.
Moderated by Bill
Arning, Director,
Contemporary Arts Museum,
Houston, panelists include: Susanne
Ghez, Director, and Hamza
Walker, Associate Curator,
The Renaissance Society at the
University of Chicago; Paul
Ha, Director, Contemporary
Art Museum, Saint Louis; and Irene
Hofmann, Director,
Contemporary Museum, Baltimore.
3-4:30P
Contemporary Art Photography: Points
of View from an Artist,
Collector and Curator
Art
Chicago Art Spot, 12th Floor
Panelists: Larry
Fields, collector; Sandra
Phillips, Senior Curator of
Photography, San
Francisco Museum of Art;
Dawoud Bey, artist; Lisa Holden,
artist; and Martin Weinstein,
Weinstein Gallery.
Moderator: Alex Novak,
Contemporary Works/Vintage Works
5:30-7P
Converge Curators Forum
Beyond the White Cube II:
International Networks
Presented with ICI
(Independent Curators
International)
NEXT Talk Shop, 7th Floor
How can the expansion of
curatorial networks and
collaborative practice between
institutions internationally
start to build the potential for
new forms of exhibitions and
exchange? How are practitioners
re-thinking and re-defining
their roles? Moderated by Kate
Fowle, Executive Director of
ICI (Independent Curators
International), panelists
include João
Ribas, Curator, MIT List
Visual Arts Center, Boston; Abigail
Satinsky, Co-director,
InCUBATE, Chicago; and Bisi
Silva, Founder and Director
of the Center for Contemporary
Art in Lagos, Nigeria.
Sunday,
May 2
11A-12P
Converge
Curators Forum
Studio Visit Series: Gilbert
Vicario and Jason Lazarus
NEXT Talk Shop, 7th Floor
Gilbert
Vicario, Curator of
Contemporary Art, Des Moines Art
Center will talk with
Chicago-based photographer Jason
Lazarus about
his practice.
11A-12:30P
Art
Chicago | NEXT Speaks
Prints: What to Know Now
Presented with the
International Fine Print Dealers
Association
Art Chicago Art Spot, 12th Floor
Bruce W. Pepich,
Executive Director and Curator
of Collections at the Racine Art
Museum poses questions to
panelists about the fundamentals
of starting or expanding a
collection in 20th century
modern and contemporary prints.
Featuring Mark
Pascale, Curator, Department
of Prints & Drawings, the
Art Institute of Chicago,
collector Jane
Ratcliffe, and art dealer Eva
Maria Worthington. Sponsored
by the International Fine Print
Dealers Association.
12-1:15P
Converge
Curators Forum
Studio Visit Series: Stephanie
Smith and Laura Letinsky
NEXT Talk Shop, 7th
Floor
Stephanie Smith,
Director of Collections and
Exhibitions and Curator of
Contemporary Art, Smart Museum
of Art, will talk to
Chicago-based photographer Laura
Letinsky about
her practice.
1-2:30P
Art
Chicago | NEXT Speaks
Social Media Strategies in
Chicago's Art Community
Presented by Chicago
Gallery News News
Art Chicago Art Spot, 12th Floor
How are arts organizations
and publications using blogs,
Twitter and Facebook to connect
with their communities? How is
social media changing art
criticism, marketing and
writing? Co-moderated by
art critic Alicia
Eler and
Chicago Gallery News' Ginny
Berg, this panel features Duncan
MacKenzie, Bad at Sports; Kathryn
Born, Chicago Art Magazine; Karla
Loring, Museum of
Contemporary Art;Crystal
Pernell, Hyde
Park Art Center; Judd
Morrissey, School of the Art
Institute; and Carrie
Heinonen, Art Institute of
Chicago.
3P
Art
Chicago | NEXT Speaks
The Fabric of
Sculpture: Texture, Textile,
Text
Presented with the
International Sculpture Center
Art Chicago Art Spot, 12th Floor
Critic and art historian Kathryn
Hixson will
lead a discussion among four
artists whose work enlivens and
trespasses boundaries between
fiber, sculpture, textile,
communication, installation,
architecture, and monument.
Boston artist Janet
Echelman is
known for monumental, floating
works based on net-making
principles, Chicago artist Mike
Andrews large-scale
anarchist tapestries that are a
tangle of enlarged pixels and
erratic gestures, and German
artist Regina
Frank combines
dress-making with advanced
technology and communication
strategies.
3P
Aperture Presents: The
Midwest Photographers Project
Location: NEXT Talk Shop, 7th
Floor
Moderated by Karen
Irvine, Curator, Museum of
Contemporary Photography,
panelists include artistsCurtis
Mann, Brian
Ulrich and Lesley
A. Martin.
Presented
by The Aperture Foundation
Monday,
May 3
1-2:30P
Converge
Curators Forum Special Student
Program
After School Special:
Student-Run Art Spaces On-and
Off-Campus
Presented with the
School of the Art Institute of
Chicago
NEXT Talk Shop, 7th Floor
Moderated by Hyde Park Arts
Center Exhibitions Manager Allison
Peters Quinn, this panel
discussion explores the
innovative curatorial and
entrepreneurial initiatives that
have arisen from student-run art
spaces, while dissecting both
the positive and negative
aspects of the term
"student-run" within
Chicago's Do-It-Yourself spirit
of business in the arts.
Participants include School of
the Art Institute of Chicago
alumnus Iain
Muirhead, co-founder of
SAIC's Student Union Galleries (SUGs)
and the exhibition logistics
firm NFA Space; current SUGs
administrative director Katherine
Pill, co-director of
Concertina Gallery; and other
students with burgeoning
galleries. Peters Quinn co-curated
Artists Run Chicago, Hyde Park
Art Center's comprehensive 2009
exhibition of Chicago's history
of apartment galleries.
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