{"id":2722681,"date":"2025-02-19T22:37:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T22:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=2722681"},"modified":"2025-05-08T16:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T16:56:09","slug":"expo-chicago-2025-french-connections","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/expo-chicago-2025-french-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"Expo Chicago 2025\/ French Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since 2012, EXPO CHICAGO showcases leading contemporary and modern art galleries each April at Navy Pier\u2019s Festival Hall, alongside a diverse and inventive lineup of talks, on-site installations, and public art initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once again, Chicago presents itself as a privileged cultural destination, given 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.expochicago.com\/exhibitors\/galleries\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expochicago.com\/exhibitors\/galleries\">Galleries<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For the 2025 edition, 98 gallerists will be represented, including a large number of Paris-based gallery owners:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.193gallery.com\/store\/\"><strong>193 Gallery<\/strong><\/a>, Paris, Venice<br><a href=\"https:\/\/bogena-galerie.com\/\"><strong>Bog\u00e9na Galerie<\/strong><\/a>, Saint-Paul de Vence<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.galeriecharlot.com\/en\">Galerie Charlot,<\/a><\/strong> Paris, Tel Aviv<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesenluminures.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Les Enluminures<\/a><\/strong>,<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Chicago, New York, Paris<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.galerierichard.com\/index.php\/en\/accueil-english\/\">Galerie Richard<\/a><\/strong>, Paris<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/zidoun-bossuyt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery<\/a><\/strong>,<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Dubai, Luxembourg, Paris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.expochicago.com\/programs\/directors-summit\">Directors Summit<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>EXPO CHICAGO will celebrate its fourth annual Directors Summit, April 24-26, 2025. The initiative has previously gathered an emerging generation of art museum leaders from across the country. For the first time in 2025, the program will include distinguished leaders from across the globe.&nbsp;In partnership with Villa Albertine Chicago,&nbsp;<strong>this year\u2019s participant from France is:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guillaume D\u00e9sanges, Director,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/palaisdetokyo.com\/en\/\">Palais de Tokyo in Paris<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guillaume D\u00e9sanges is curator and art critic. In January 2022, he was named president of the Palais de Tokyo. He founded Work Method, a Paris based agency for curatorial projects.&nbsp;From 2013 to 2022, he was responsible for the artistic programme of La Verri\u00e8re \u2013 Fondation d\u2019entreprise Herm\u00e8s in Brussels. From 2015 to 2019, he also curated the M\u00e9thode Room, an artist residency in Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.expochicago.com\/programs\/curatorial-initiatives\/curatorial-exchange\"><strong>Curatorial Exchange<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Through its annual Curatorial Exchange, EXPO CHICAGO remains one of the nation\u2019s 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.<br>In partnership with Villa Albertine Chicago,&nbsp;<strong>this year\u2019s participant from France is:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jean-Baptiste Delorme<\/strong>, Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/musee-rochechouart.com\/en\/\"><strong>Mus\u00e9e d\u2019art contemporain de la Haute-Vienne &#8211; Ch\u00e2teau de Rochechouart<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opened in 1995, this contemporary art museum is housed in a Renaissance castle in the heart of the French countryside. Previously, Jean-Baptiste Delorme served as a curator at the Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Art Moderne de Paris, the Centre National des Arts Plastiques in Paris, and the Mus\u00e9e National Marc Chagall in Nice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3427065,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[218],"app_city_tax":[223],"app_event_type":[421],"class_list":["post-2722681","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-visual-arts","app_city_tax-chi","app_event_type-art-fair"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Expo Chicago 2025\/ French Connections - Villa Albertine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/expo-chicago-2025-french-connections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Expo Chicago 2025\/ French Connections - Villa Albertine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Since 2012, EXPO CHICAGO showcases leading contemporary and modern art galleries each April at Navy Pier\u2019s Festival Hall, alongside a diverse and inventive lineup of talks, on-site installations, and public art initiatives. 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