Expo Chicago 2024/ French Connections
Once again, Chicago reveals itself as a privileged cultural destination, judging by the rich contemporary art community that gathers there every year. Thanks to its annual curatorial exchange, EXPO CHICAGO remains one of the only art fairs in the country to have an initiative dedicated to funding global curatorial exchanges, which foster future collaborations between curators on a local, national and international level. This invitation-only program encourages critical dialogue on the Chicago and Midwest art scenes from an international perspective.
For the 2024 edition, 170 gallerists will be represented, including a large number of Paris-based gallery owners. Such as :
193 Gallery, Paris, Venice
Bogéna Galerie, Saint-Paul de Vence, Phoenix
Galerie Charlot, Paris, Tel Aviv
Les Enluminures, Chicago, New York, Paris
Galerie La Forest Divonne, Paris, Brussels
Mariane Ibrahim, Chicago, Paris, Mexico City
NIL Gallery, Paris
Perrotin, Paris, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, Dubai, Los Angeles
Galerie Poggi, Paris
Galerie Richard, Paris
Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris
Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Dubai, Luxembourg, Paris
Through its annual Curatorial Exchange, EXPO CHICAGO remains one of the nation’s only art fairs with a dedicated initiative focused on funding global curatorial exchanges that foster future collaborations for curators on the local, national and international level. This invitation-only program fosters critical dialogue about the Chicago and Midwest art scenes from an international perspective.
In partnership with Villa Albertine Chicago, this year’s participant from France is:
Stéphanie Airaud, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Marseille
Graduated of the Ecole du Louvre, Paris Sorbonne University and the Institut national du patrimoine, Stéphanie Airaud started at the Musée d’Art moderne et contemporain in Strasbourg before heading the fine arts and contemporary art department of the Annecy Museum in 2002. She has notably curated projects co-created by Marie Preston, Nicolas Floc’h and Esther Ferrer. Giving a theoretical and reflective framework to these practices, mixing contemporary creation, mediation and institutional criticism. In 2022, Stéphanie Airaud was appointed curator at the Galerie d’architecture moderne et contemporaine of the Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine. On July 4, 2023, she took the direction of the [mac], Museum of Contemporary Art in Marseille.
Apr 14, 2024 | 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM | Chicago Into the World: Artistic and Cultural Exchange Along a Continuum
Panelists | Assia Drame aka Azzeazy (Visual Artist, Poet and 2024 Villa Albertine Artist in Residence), Catherine Sarr (founder and CEO of ALMASIKA and the Sarr Collection), Megha Ralapati (Program Director of Fellowships at CEC ArtsLink), Bora Un (Managing Director of ART WORKS Projects) and Jennifer Murray (Museum Manager at 21c Chicago).
21c Museum Hotel Chicago, ARTS WORKS Projects, CEC ArtsLink, and Villa Albertine invite you to a thrilling conversation, over coffee and pastries on the last day of Expo Chicago, on gaining insights into how distinctive platforms facilitate international artistic and cultural exchanges.
Expo Chicago | Raphaël Barontini
Mariane Ibrahim Gallery announces the solo presentation of artist and 2024 Villa Albertine resident Raphaël Barontini at EXPO Chicago 2024 (Booth #203)