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EXPO CHICAGO September 13-17

[press release]

Opening the international fall art season each September, EXPO CHICAGO returns to Navy Pier September 13 – 17, hosting over 135 leading international exhibitors from 25 countries and 58 cities presented alongside one of the highest quality platforms for global contemporary art and culture.

Asian Galleries Participating in EXPO CHICAGO

HDM (Beijing, Hangzhou)

Gagosian (Hong Kong)

One+J (Seoul)

Perrotin (Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo)

Sundaram Tagore (Singapore, Hong Kong)

HIROSHI SENJU, Waterfall, 2012, natural pigments on Japanese mulberry paper, 102.375 x 78.75 inches (image courtesy the artist)

HIROSHI SENJU, Waterfall, 2012, natural pigments on Japanese mulberry paper, 102.375 x 78.75 inches (image courtesy the artist)

TAKASHI MURAKAMI Untitled (Flowerball), 2016, acrylic and platinum leaf on canvas mounted on wood panel, 59 1:16 inches diameter 150 cm diameter, © 2016 Takashi Murakami : Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. (image courtesy the artist and Perrotin)

TAKASHI MURAKAMI Untitled (Flowerball), 2016, acrylic and platinum leaf on canvas mounted on wood panel, 59 1:16 inches diameter 150 cm diameter, © 2016 Takashi Murakami : Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. (image courtesy the artist and Perrotin)

EXPOSURE

313 Art Project, Seoul | Gigisue 

The EXPOSURE section features solo and two-artist presentations represented by galleries eight years and younger. 

For advance tickets and a full listing of programming and events, visit expochicago.com

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Now in its sixth year as a leading international art fair, EXPO CHICAGO offers diverse programming, including /Dialogues, IN/SITU, IN/SITU Outside, EXPO VIDEO, the Curatorial Forum, the Art Critics Forum, Special Exhibitions and OVERRIDE | A Billboard Project. In addition, EXPO CHICAGO continues to publish THE SEEN, Chicago’s International Journal of Contemporary & Modern Art.

YUNHO KIM Mogwa Dabang, 2017, Digital C Print, 52x62 cm (image courtesy the artist)

YUNHO KIM Mogwa Dabang, 2017, Digital C Print, 52×62 cm (image courtesy the artist)

 Chicago Architecture Biennale | Palais de Tokyo

The 2017 edition of EXPO CHICAGO will align with the Chicago Architecture Biennial (September 16–January 07), and launch an official partnership with the Palais de Tokyo and Institut français to present an off-site exhibition opening to the public on Tuesday, September 12. Entitled Singing Stones (September 13–October 29), curated by the Palais de Tokyo’s Katell Jaffrès, the exhibition brings together 11 emerging artists from the French and Chicago art scenes at The Roundhouse—a 17,000 sq. ft. space built in 1881 and designed by Burnham & Root—at the DuSable Museum of African American History in Washington Park.

WANG YI, Diffusion, 2015, Mixed media on aluminium, 60 x 60 cm (image courtesy the artist)

WANG YI, Diffusion, 2015, Mixed media on aluminium, 60 x 60 cm (image courtesy the artist)

HANS HARTUNG T1989-U3 1989 acrylic on canvas 53 1:8 x 40 3:8 x 2 3:8 inches unique

HANS HARTUNG T1989-U3 1989 acrylic on canvas 53 1:8 x 40 3:8 x 2 3:8 inches unique