On the eve of the Midwest’s largest art fair, WBEZ asked some of the city’s most established artists to curate a list of emerging talent. Here’s who they named.
Few American cities match the depth and breadth of Chicago’s cultural exports. The city boasts 60 museums and an even larger collection of extensive and eclectic visual art galleries, many of which will be staging new shows, hosting parties and staying open late this week as part of the city’s premier art fair EXPO Chicago. (EXPO Chicago opens Thursday and runs through Sunday; for a full WBEZ guide, click here.)
This is the first fair since EXPO was acquired by the global art company Frieze — putting the fair on a more prominent international platform. With that visibility comes more galleries, more curators, more limelight and more events. And since no one person can attend every occasion in town nor keep track of the carousel of talent, WBEZ asked four established Chicago artists to share, in their own words, the emerging talents they’re watching. Here’s what they told us.
