EXPO Chicago unveils provocative art
EXPO Chicago, the International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art, took place Sept. 18-21 at Navy Pier.
Now in its third season, EXPO Chicago featured more than 140 of the leading galleries from around the world. Items ranged from the perplexing to the layered to the commercial to the unnerving—but were never boring.
Among the local galleries and other businesses featured in the expo were Russell Bowman Art Advisory, The Conservation Center, Stephen Daiter Gallery, Linda Warren Projects, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Bucketfeet ( which sells artist-designed shoes ), Carrie Secrest Gallery, Rhona Hoffman Gallery and Carl Hammer Gallery. Other galleries came from such cities as London; Melbourne, Australia; Madrid, Spain; San Francisco; New York City; Brussels, Belgium; and Tokyo.
EXPO Chicago was the centerpiece of EXPO Art Week, which joined together with more than 45 of the city's most prestigious cultural institutions to highlight and align the vast cultural opportunities that Chicago has to offer to collectors, dealers and art enthusiasts—including museum exhibitions, gallery openings, installations, public art projects and special dining experiences.
Photos from expo by Andrew Davis
Mapplethorpe exhibition at IU Oct. 10-Nov. 22
"Robert Mapplethorpe: Photographs from The Kinsey Institute Collection" will go on display Oct. 10 through Nov. 22 at Indiana University's Grunwald Gallery.
With the Grunwald Gallery and The Kinsey Institute jointly presenting, the exhibition marks the first time this group of photographs has been publicly shown.
On Oct. 10, photo critic Philip Gefter will deliver the lecture "Robert Mapplethorpe, Sam Wagstaff, and the Gay Sensibility." In addition, on Oct. 24, Andrew Moisey will present the gallery talk "Robert Mapplethorpe: Pleasure and Pain."
For further information, contact the Grunwald Gallery at 812-855-8490 or grunwald@indiana.edu .
Artemisia holding Fall Festival of Staged Readings
Artemisia, A Chicago Theatre has announced its 2014 Fall Festival of Staged Readings.
Performances will conclude Sept. 26-27 at Holy Covenant United Methodist Church, 925 W. Diversey Pkwy. Performances begin at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights, and at 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.
Six plays were chosen from seven hundred submissions and are written and directed by women. From these readings, the festival audience will choose its favorite play, which Artemisia will fully produce in spring 2016.
Each night a new play is performed and is free to the public. Donations are encouraged and walk-ins are welcome.
Visit www.artemisiatheatre.org .
