The gallery, which also brought work to the Armory Show earlier this year, had a Mary Sibande sculpture as the centerpiece of its booth, which attracted consistent photography during the thursday
evening vernissage.
I reached Navy Pier just in time for the September 22nd
evening vernissage.
Entering once the show had been hung, but before
the evening vernissage, they highlighted the hairline cracks in the wall or areas of filled plaster, by daubing «Facebook blue» across the offending areas.
Even the vernissage is now reconstituted as a work of art.
Not exact matches
«The installation receiving the most attention — by far — on Thursday
evening at
Vernissage was Leonard Suryajaya's Bunda located inside the Chicago Artists Coalition booth.»
A short bit into the
evening, Pritzker Director of the Museum of Contemporary Madeleine Grynsztejn, City of Chicago Cultural Affairs Commissioner Michelle T. Boone, Northern Trust Bank's Steve «Mac» Maclellan, Tony Karman all gave remarks thanking those in attendance for their support of EXPO, opening and pop of a magnum size type Ruinart bottle and toast to many more
Vernissage and EXPO Chicago years to come and as Madeleine in closing told guests to buy the art featured in the numerous exhibiting galleries «put yo
Artinfo's Julia Halperin wrote of the
evening, «Civic pride is not a feeling one normally associates with art fairs, but it informed almost every element of the inaugural EXPO CHICAGO's
Vernissage».
Thursday
evening, to kick off the weekend filled with art buying, art talks and art demos, VIPs and art enthusiasts dressed in their finest were spotted on the scene at EXPO Chicago's 5th
Vernissage held Thursday September 22 in Navy Pier's Festival Hall.
Studio Sixty Six (66 Muriel St) hosts the
vernissage of their most recent show, TIME / FRAME, this Thursday
evening.
(At the
vernissage, Hancock himself held court in the booth,
even standing for Instagrams in front of the new paintings.)
VernissageTV attended the
Vernissage on Monday
evening and had a look at what the fair has to offer.