Hey, Chicago, you didn’t get your Olympics, but you can console yourself with a big-deal event that’s quieter, briefer, more centrally located, and assuredly attracts a better-dressed crowd. Billed as a return to the days when the city had a world-class art fair, Expo Chicago debuts this weekend at Navy Pier’s Festival Hall, with 120 galleries participating. Some highlights, by category:
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The exhibition space was designed by Jeanne Gang’s Studio Gang Architects, with an eye to accommodating large-scale installations and performance art—a good example being the “itinerant” exhibition “Temporary Landmarks and Moving Situations,” which features work by Theaster Gates, Jan Tichy, Jennifer West, and seven others.
Away from the pier, a whole slew of auxiliary events are scheduled under the banner of Gallery Weekend (galleryweekendchicago.com).
9/20-9/23: Thu-Sat 11 AM-7 PM, Sun noon-6 PM, Navy Pier Festival Hall, 600 E. Grand, expochicago.com, $20 for one day, $65 for a four-day pass.
