Expo Chicago returns to Navy Pier from April 9-12, featuring over 130 international galleries and anchoring a city-wide week of major art programming. Local institutions and commercial galleries are strategically timing their most significant exhibitions to coincide with the fair, including a major presentation of Chicago Imagist Roger Brown at Gray gallery and architectural collages by Marshall Brown at Western Exhibitions.
This surge of satellite programming highlights the fair's role as a critical economic and cultural catalyst for the Chicago art scene. By showcasing both historic local figures like the Imagists and contemporary conceptual artists, these exhibitions aim to capture the attention of the global collectors, curators, and museum groups that descend on the city for the region's premier contemporary art event.