Focus on Chicago

Art Travel Guide is pleased to provide our readers with a Special Edition about Chicago. Chicago is our hometown, therefore it is difficult to be unbiased, but Chicago is really one of the best cities in America. The city is birthplace of modern architecture, with an unparalleled skyline which can be seen from our beautiful lakefront parks. The restaurant scene is legendary with some of the top chefs in the country calling Chicago home. And of course, Chicago boasts one of the largest and most vibrant cultural communities anywhere. With dozens of museums, theaters, classical and contemporary music venues, dance groups, galleries and public art sites; Chicago enjoys an embarrassment of riches.

In this Special Edition, we highlight a new citywide cultural arts event that takes place at the end of April, and encompasses a variety of what Chicago has to offer.

Thomas Hart
Managing Director — Art Travel Guide

Art Chicago April 27 – 30, 2007 The Merchandise Mart , Chicago The anchor event for the week is Art Chicago, the modern and contemporary art fair. Many may be surprised to learn that Chicago is where America’s first international contemporary art fair took place more than 25 years ago. This is long before The Armory Show in New York or Art Basel Miami Beach. This annual spring event has gone through some ownership and name changes over the years. Now under the The Merchandise Mart’s stewardship, Art Chicago, is poised to regain its important status on the international art fair circuit. This year the fair has many important international galleries returning after long absences, which guarantees the opportunity to see and collect some world-class art. The Art World is Flat Globalism-Crisis and Opportunity April 26– 28, 2007 Jay Pritzker Pavilion Millennium Park, Chicago This 1st annual symposium taking place concurrently with Art Chicago endeavors to address a variety of issues surrounding the topics of economic and technological globalization and its effects on cultural production and diversity, as well as the environment and development. The symposium brings together a diverse group of experts in a variety of disciplines. Each program is open to the public, but pre-registration is required. Click here to register.

Artropolis April 26 – 30, 2007 The Merchandise Mart
Artropolis is the name for a variety of events taking place alongside Art Chicago. These events include the following:
The Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair Spring Fair, April 27 – 30, 2007 The Merchandise Mart, Chicago
This show of more than 100 top-tier international dealers of antiques and fine art is the most important antiques show in Chicago.

The Artist Project April 27 – 30, 2007 350 West Mart Center Lobby
The Artist Project is a smaller, juried show of individual artists.
The Intuit Show of Folk and Outsider Art April 27 – 30, 2007 The Merchandise Mart 8th Floor, North
The dealers in this show focus on self-taught artists, outsider art, art brut, ethnographic art, non-traditional folk art, and visionary art.
Bridge Art Fair April 26 – 30, 2007 350 West Mart Center, 12th Floor
The Bridge Art Fair marks its second year of concurrence with Art Chicago. This show focuses on dealers that represent younger artists. There will be approximately 70 dealers from all over the country, with a few coming from abroad.

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