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A new issue means lots of news and changes. We are always pleased to welcome new galleries and art businesses to CGN. We also enjoy sharing news about various artist exhibitions and happenings around the country. Read on to find out the latest!
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• R.S. Johnson Fine Art celebrates 60 years in business in 2015. The gallery was founded in Chicago in 1955 by S. E. Johnson, the father of the current owner, R. Stanley Johnson. The gallery is currently located at 645 N. Michigan Ave. and specializes in master prints.
\r\n\r\n• The Leigh Gallery, founded by Jean Leigh in Lakeview, is celebrating 10 years. The gallery boasts that 90 local artists are showcased daily, from painting to glass to pottery.
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• Pagoda Red moved from its long time Bucktown location to the West Loop to 400 N. Morgan. With an 18 year history in Chicago, Pagoda Red now occupies an exquisite bow truss building nestled in an Asian garden. Pagoda Red is the premier source for exemplary 18th & 19th c. Chinese furniture + art with an expansive collection of Shanxi furniture, lanterns in the Ming manner, and ancient limestone. Also located in Winnetka.
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• The Evanston Art Center is moving to a new location on June 8. Their new home at 1717 Central St. will be state of the art and handicapped accessible. Their annual spring auction and benefit will take place in the new space on Saturday, May 16.
\r\n\r\n• As of May 1 Valerie Carberry, Valerie Carberry Gallery, has joined Richard Gray Gallery as a partner. More info here.
\r\n\r\n• We welcome Berlanga Fine Art • Photographs to River North. The gallery, founded by Paul Berlanga, known to many from his work at Stephen Daiter Gallery, opened in March at 230 W. Superior.
\r\n\r\n• Judith Rivera Contemporary Fine Art opened in a new space at 501 N. Wells. The Mexican abstract artist has also exhibited in a showroom at the River East Art Center.
\r\n\r\n• MLG Gallery, owned by Michael LaConte, has opened in the West Loop at 1046 W. Fulton Market. The gallery shows contemporary emerging art.
\r\n\r\n• Kruger Gallery Chicago opened in Lakeview in the Southport Corridor at 3709 N. Southport this past January. The gallery, also located in Marfa, TX, is dedicated to an avant garde ideal that art can be an agent for political and social change. The gallery represents mainly emerging artists working in a variety of media.
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• Art Post Gallery in suburban Northbrook is in its 35th year. The gallery exhibits work by 125+ national and international artists and features traditional, transitional, and contemporary work. They also offer fine framing and painting restoration services.
\r\n\r\n• Fermilab Art Gallery in Batavia, IL is located at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory for particle physics and accelerator research. Fermilab’s artist in residence program also seeks to stimulate interactions among scientists, artists and the public and is accepting applications for 2015/16. Tours, events and visitor programs at www.fnal.gov/pub/visiting/
\r\n\r\n• We welcome back Cleve Carney Art Gallery at McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn at College of DuPage. The gallery will open a show featuring New Acquisitions from the Collection of Andree Stone in June.
\r\n\r\n• Bruce Duncan’s Northbrook-based Chicago Appraisers Association is new to our art services. Duncan has 49 years of experience.
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• Hyde Park Art Center’s new Guida Family Creative Wing will house the Jackman Goldwasser Residency Program, the Thurow Digital Lab, artist studios, a teen learning center, and a flexible space for collaboration.
\r\n\r\n• Several artists from Rhona Hoffman are part of the Whitney Museum of Art in New York's first exhibition in their brand new space: Inaugural Exhibition: America is Hard to See from May 1 - September 27, 2015. Artists included: Vito Acconci, Huma Bhabha, Luis Gispert, Sol Lewitt, Gordon Matta-Clark.
\r\n\r\nGallery artist Spencer Finch is exhibiting a public artwork: Sunset Soft Serve as part of "Drifting in Daylight: Art in Central Park" this summer, May 15 - June 20, 2015 in Central Park's North End in New York.
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• Zolla/Lieberman Gallery's artist Deborah Butterfield is exhibiting her life-size contemporary horse sculptures at the Denver Botanic Gardens May 23–Oct 18.
\r\n\r\n• Jean Albano Gallery artist Jules Feiffer was featured in a solo show at the Parrish Art Museum, NY with 150 original drawings from Kill My Mother, his recent graphic novel.
\r\n\r\n• Photographer Art Shay will have a book signing at the Art Institute on May 2 from 4-5pm in Gallery 10 to mark a new installation in Gallery 10 celebrating the 93 year-old Shay's accomplishments and his recent generous gift to the Art Institute of Chicago of photographs from across his career.
\r\n\r\nArt Shay is one of Chicago's great photojournalists. With more than 25,000 published photographs—including more than 1,000 magazine covers—he has shaped the way we see the world on the printed page. For seven decades, Shay's camera has documented the famous and the downtrodden, the international and the local, the newsworthy and the intimate.
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By CGN STAFF
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center will reopen its Skokie location on November 11, 2026, following a renovation that expands visitor spaces, updates its core Holocaust exhibition and adds a new reflection gallery. The reopening is timed to coincide with Veterans Day. Active military personnel, veterans and their families will receive free admission that day.
The project includes a redesigned Lillian & Larry Goodman Auditorium and Gallery, an enlarged lobby in the Shapiro Family Foundation Welcome Center, and a refreshed Resilience Hall with an expanded stage for presentations and public programs.
Updates to the Zev & Shifra Karkomi Holocaust Exhibition include additional material on the roots of antisemitism, the story of Chicago resident Leo Edelman, and the experiences of other groups targeted by the Nazis. A new reflection gallery, accessible from the exhibition, offers visitors a quiet space during and after their visit.
“Every visitor’s experience now begins differently and runs deeper,” said Kelley Szany, the Museum’s senior vice president of education and exhibitions. “The new welcome center sets the tone from the moment people arrive, the enhanced core Holocaust exhibition brings the history and the voices of survivors into sharper focus, and our new auditorium gives us a place to gather, listen, and talk about what it means for our communities today.”
Existing attractions, including the virtual reality theater, the interactive Survivor Stories Experience holographic theater, the Take A Stand Center and the Voices of Genocide Exhibition, will remain part of the Museum’s offerings.
Following the reopening, Blacklist: The Hollywood Red Scare will open November 15 in the special exhibition gallery. Created by and on loan from Jewish Museum Milwaukee, the exhibition examines the intersections of politics, antisemitism, freedom of speech and national security during the Red Scare of the 1940s and 1950s. It will remain on view through March 2027.
The Museum’s satellite location in Chicago’s River North neighborhood, Experience360, will remain open through December 31, 2026. The downtown space opened during the Skokie renovation to provide continued access to the Museum’s immersive exhibitions.
For information and ticket reservations, visit ilholocaustmuseum.org.
Image: Museum exterior. Photo by David Seide/Definedspace.com
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By GINNY VAN ALYEA
SOFA Chicago, the longtime fair devoted to sculpture, objects, functional art and collectible design, will return to the city October 28–31, 2027, as part of Chicago Art Fair at THE MART, which opened its inaugural edition last night.
Founded in Chicago in 1994, SOFA became a popular fixture on the city’s fall arts calendar. For much of its history, collectors and visitors gathered at Navy Pier to discover works in glass, ceramics, wood, metal and fiber, alongside sculpture and design. Its focus on materials and craftsmanship gave the fair a distinct identity and cultivated a devoted audience.
The announcement comes as the inaugural Chicago Art Fair gets underway at THE MART. The new fair opened with a preview on October 7 and continues through October 10, presenting modern and contemporary art. Tim von Gal, CEO and producer of SOFA Chicago and CEO of Intersect Art and Design, was in Chicago this week for the occasion.
Organizers describe the 2027 collaboration as two distinct but complementary presentations under one roof, with SOFA’s focus on three-dimensional art and design alongside Chicago Art Fair’s broader offerings.
“Chicago has always been an extraordinary home for SOFA and a city with a deep appreciation for art, craft, architecture and design,” said von Gal in the announcement. “Joining the Chicago Art Fair at THE MART gives us the opportunity to build upon that legacy while creating an exciting new experience for collectors and exhibitors alike.”
Eric Smith, owner of Chicago Art Fair and CEO of Redwood Art Group, said the addition would broaden the fair’s scope while preserving SOFA’s identity.
“SOFA has a remarkable legacy and a distinct identity, and its return adds an important new dimension to the fair while reinforcing Chicago’s position as a destination for collectors, galleries and art lovers from around the world,” Smith said.
For those who remember SOFA as an annual opportunity to encounter ambitious work in craft and design, the return will be welcome news. The participating galleries and programming, still to be announced, will provide a fuller picture of how that legacy will take shape in its new setting.
SOFA Chicago is produced by Intersect Art and Design, which also organizes annual art and design fairs in Aspen and Palm Springs.
Additional details about exhibitors, partnerships and tickets are expected in the coming months.
Visit chicagoartfair.com for updates.
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The artist Richard Hunt
By CGN Staff
Pigment International has dedicated Black Fine Art Month 2026 to Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt (1935–2023), recognizing his contributions to American art and his lifelong connection to the city.
As part of the month’s programming, the organization will host Pigmented: Chicago to the World — A Black Fine Art Convening on October 23 at the University of Chicago’s Logan Center for the Arts. Partners include the Richard Hunt Legacy Foundation, Adler University, CAI Designs, Chicago Public Art Group, Chicago Sculpture Exhibit and Diasporal Rhythms.
Born and raised on Chicago’s South Side, Hunt developed an internationally recognized practice while continuing to live and work in his hometown. His welded metal sculptures brought together abstract forms, references to the natural world and an enduring interest in freedom and social justice.
Hunt identified attending Emmett Till’s funeral in 1955 as a turning point in his artistic life. Till had lived just two blocks from Hunt’s home. Decades later, Hunt’s public commissions would honor figures including Martin Luther King Jr., Mary McLeod Bethune, Jesse Owens and Ida B. Wells, while also addressing the Middle Passage and the Great Migration.
In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson appointed Hunt to the National Council on the Arts, where he became its first African American member. In 1971, at age 35, he became the first African American sculptor to receive a retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. His career encompassed more than 150 solo exhibitions and more than 160 public art installations.
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Richard Hunt with artist Chris Devins, who recently completed a mural honoring the sculptor in Hyde Park. Photo courtesy of Chris Devins.
Recent projects in Chicago offer new ways to encounter Hunt’s work and history. This fall, the Logan Center opened the Hunt, a café honoring the artist. Created and designed by Little Black Pearl founder and executive director Monica Haslip, the space incorporates two Hunt sculptures, African art, archival materials and photographs by Sandro Miller.
In Hyde Park, artist Chris Devins and historian Michelle Duster have brought a mural of Hunt to 1515–19 E. 54th Street. The portrait is based on photographs Devins took in Hunt’s studio before the sculptor’s death.
“Richard Hunt was a giant in the arts world and people need to see what he looked like and be inspired by his legacy,” Devins said.
Pigment International’s dedication also reflects its own relationship with Hunt. The organization featured him in its magazine in 2020, and he welcomed its Black Fine Art Month programming into his studio in October 2021.
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Two events take place this month:
Pigment International at SPECTRUM Chicago Art Fair
October 7–10, 2026.
Chicago Merchandise Mart, seventh floor, booth #3091.
Wednesday, October 7, 5–8 pm, with a champagne toast in the booth and an artist meet-and-greet.
Thursday, October 8, 6-8pm with Diasporal Rhythms
Featured artists: Jesse Howard, Howard Simmons, Edo, Candace Hunter, Sura DuPart and Max Sansing.
Additional events are taking place during the fair
Chicago to the World: A Black Fine Art Month Convening
Presented by Pigment International as part of Black Fine Art Month, which the organization has dedicated this year to Richard Hunt.
Friday, October 23, 2026, 11:30 am–5 pm.
Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th Street, Chicago.
Details at pigmentintl.com