Here’s an advance look at the exhibitor list for the fourth edition of the Expo Chicago art fair, which features 141 galleries from 15 countries.
Among first-time exhibitors this year are Alison Jacques Gallery (London), Kayne Griffin Corcoran (Los Angeles), Pearl Lam Galleries (Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore), and Travesía Cuatro (Madrid, Guadalajara). Pace Gallery (New York, Menlo Park, London, Beijing and Hong Kong) is returning for the first time since 2012.
The fair, which takes place September 17–20 at the Navy Pier, has grown steadily since its 2012 debut, which drew 100 galleries. The following year saw 120, and the 2014 edition featured just over 130 exhibitors. Tony Karman, the fair’s founder, says that attendance has similarly risen, with 32,500 attending in 2014, up about 8 percent from 30,000 the previous year.
Dealers told artnet News that sales were strong at the 2014 edition (see Dealers Upbeat About Expo Chicago Sales), which drew on star power, with the FLAG Art Foundation tapping basketball star Shaquille O’Neal to organize its booth (see Expo Chicago’s Third Edition Boasts Show Curated by Shaq).
The price range for a display at Expo this year is from $23,000 for a 400-square-foot booth to $40,000 for 800 square feet. That’s a relative bargain compared to events like Frieze London, where dealers pay nearly $80,000 for the largest booths, and Art Basel in Miami Beach, where prices can top $100,000.
Louis Grachos, the director of the Contemporary Austin, will organize a section devoted to large-scale installations and site-specific works. A program of talks and conversations includes jet-setting curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, Studio Museum in Harlem director Thelma Golden, Los Angeles County Museum of Art curator Franklin Sirmans, and artist Daniel Buren. The Exposure section features galleries in business for less than seven years, and the Editions + Books section features seven print contributors, ranging from New York’s tiny Regina Rex gallery to Beijing’s Ullens Center for Contemporary Art.
Area museums will roll out exhibitions timed to the fair; the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA) opens a Rafael Ferrer show, while the Art Institute of Chicago unveils an exhibition devoted to architect David Adjaye, and the Renaissance Society celebrates its centennial.
Here’s the exhibitor list:
1301PE Los Angeles
Galería Alvaro Alcázar Madrid
Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe New York
Gallery Paule Anglim San Francisco
Base Gallery Tokyo
John Berggruen Gallery San Francisco
Peter Blake Gallery Laguna Beach
Marianne Boesky Gallery New York
Bortolami New York
Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi Berlin
BORZO Gallery Amsterdam
Brame & Lorenceau Paris
Rena Bransten Projects San Francisco
Browse & Darby London
Buchmann Galerie Berlin, Lugano
casati gallery Chicago
Cernuda Arte Coral Gables
Chambers Fine Art New York, Beijing
Connersmith. Washington, D.C.
Corbett vs. Dempsey Chicago
CRG Gallery New York
Alan Cristea Gallery London
Crown Point Press San Francisco
Stephen Daiter Gallery Chicago
Maxwell Davidson Gallery New York
Douglas Dawson Chicago
Massimo De Carlo Milan, London
Catherine Edelman Gallery Chicago
Flowers Gallery London, New York
Galerie Forsblom Helsinki
Forum Gallery New York
Honor Fraser Los Angeles
Freight + Volume New York
Taymour Grahne Gallery New York
Richard Gray Gallery Chicago, New York
Garth Greenan Gallery New York
Kavi Gupta Chicago
Hackett | Mill San Francisco
Hales Gallery London
Carl Hammer Gallery Chicago
Richard Heller Gallery Los Angeles
Galerie Ernst Hilger Vienna
Hill Gallery Birmingham
Nancy Hoffman Gallery New York
Rhona Hoffman Gallery Chicago
Hostler Burrows New York
Edwynn Houk Gallery New York, Zürich
Inman Gallery Houston
Alison Jacques Gallery London
Galerie Michael Janssen Berlin, Singapore
Kayne Griffin Corcoran Los Angeles
Robert Koch Gallery San Francisco
Koenig & Clinton New York
König Galerie Berlin
Alan Koppel Gallery Chicago
Greg Kucera Gallery Seattle
Pearl Lam Galleries Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore
Lisson Gallery London, Milan, New York
Diana Lowenstein Gallery Miami
MA2Gallery Tokyo
Matthew Marks Gallery New York, Los Angeles
Barbara Mathes Gallery New York
The Mayor Gallery London
McCormick Gallery Chicago
Anthony Meier Fine Arts San Francisco
moniquemeloche Chicago
Laurence Miller Gallery New York
Robert Miller Gallery New York
The Mission Chicago
Morgan Lehman Gallery New York
Anne Mosseri-Marlio Galerie Basel
Carolina Nitsch New York
David Nolan Gallery New York
Gallery Wendi Norris San Francisco
Richard Norton Gallery Chicago
Claire Oliver Gallery New York
P.P.O.W. New York
Pace Gallery New York, Menlo Park, London, Beijing, Hong Kong
Pace Prints New York
Gerald Peters Gallery New York, Santa Fe
R & Company New York
Andrew Rafacz Chicago
Ratio 3 San Francisco
Yancey Richardson Gallery New York
Roberts & Tilton Culver City
ROSEGALLERY Santa Monica
rosenfeld porcini London
Salon 94 New York
Galerie Thomas Schulte Berlin
Carrie Secrist Gallery Chicago
Marc Selwyn Fine Art Beverly Hills
Sicardi Gallery Houston
Jessica Silverman Gallery San Francisco
Louis Stern Fine Arts West Hollywood
Allan Stone Projects New York
Marc Straus New York
Hollis Taggart Galleries New York
Tandem Press Madison
Galerie Daniel Templon Paris, Brussels
Paul Thiebaud Gallery San Francisco
Cristin Tierney Gallery New York
Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects New York
Leon Tovar Gallery New York
Travesía Cuatro Madrid, Guadalajara
Steve Turner Los Angeles
Vincent Vallarino Fine Art New York
Various Small Fires Los Angeles
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects Los Angeles
Volume Gallery Chicago
Von Lintel Gallery Los Angeles
Weinstein Gallery Minneapolis
Wentrup Berlin
Western Exhibitions Chicago
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Chicago
Pavel Zoubok Gallery New York
Zürcher Gallery Paris, New York
David Zwirner London, New York
EXPOSURE
Eleven Rivington New York
Albertz Benda New York
Aspect/Ratio Chicago
Chapter NY New York
Luis de Jesus Los Angeles Los Angeles
Edel Assanti London
Evelyn Yard London
Greene Exhibitions Los Angeles
Halsey McKay Gallery East Hampton
Higher Pictures New York
Charlie James Gallery Los Angeles
Louis B James New York
Luce Gallery Torino
MIER Los Angeles
Nicodim Gallery Los Angeles
On Stellar Rays New York
Otto Zoo Milan
Papillion Art Los Angeles
David Petersen Gallery Minneapolis
Rawson Projects New York
Regards Chicago
Romer Young Gallery San Francisco
Silberkuppe Berlin
Rachel Uffner Gallery New York
Van Horn Dusseldorf
Kate Werble Gallery New York
Editions + Books
Document Chicago
Imperfect Articles Chicago
No Coast Chicago
only photography Berlin
Regina Rex New York
René Schmitt Druckgraphik Westoverledingen
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art Beijing