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Art for which the idea (or concept) behind the work is more important than the finished art object.
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","position":46,"hidden":false,"slug":"street-art","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:08.409945","updated_at":"2021-02-03 20:25:03.028203","highlighted":false},{"id":"117","title":"Indigenous & Native","body":null,"position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"indigenous-native","created_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","updated_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","highlighted":false},{"id":"118","title":"Chicago Imagists","body":null,"position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"chicago-imagists","created_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","updated_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","highlighted":false},{"id":"119","title":"East Asian","body":null,"position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"east-asian","created_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","updated_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","highlighted":false},{"id":"77","title":"Medieval / Renaissance ","body":"","position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"medieval-renaissance","created_at":"2022-10-28 16:16:46.020704","updated_at":"2022-10-28 16:16:46.020704","highlighted":false},{"id":"79","title":"Non-Western","body":"","position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"non-western","created_at":"2023-11-08 22:31:45.41764","updated_at":"2023-11-08 22:31:45.41764","highlighted":true},{"id":"120","title":"Southeast & South Asian","body":null,"position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"southeast-south-asian","created_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","updated_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","highlighted":false},{"id":"28","title":"Folk / Outsider / Self Taught","body":"Includes manuscripts, prints, drawings, collages, and paintings on paper.
","position":57,"hidden":false,"slug":"works-on-paper","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:08.52041","updated_at":"2023-11-08 22:32:04.818025","highlighted":true},{"id":"84","title":"Prints and Drawings","body":null,"position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"prints-drawings","created_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:07.077338","updated_at":"2018-10-22 18:28:07.077338","highlighted":false},{"id":"121","title":"West Asia & North Africa","body":null,"position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"west-asia-north-africa","created_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","updated_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","highlighted":false},{"id":"122","title":"Middle Eastern & Islamic","body":null,"position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"middle-eastern-islamic","created_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","updated_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","highlighted":false},{"id":"123","title":"Land Art","body":null,"position":null,"hidden":false,"slug":"land-art","created_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","updated_at":"2025-11-17 14:46:01.587256","highlighted":false},{"id":"38","title":"Hispanic/Latinx","body":"Since opening in 2004, Corbett vs. Dempsey has presented a range of international artists as well as artists connected with the historical and contemporary legacy of Chicago. The gallery’s mission has included extensive exploration of widely known artists, including Ellen Berkenblit, Brian Calvin, Arturo Herrera, Charline von Heyl, Dick Higgins, Rebecca Morris, Albert Oehlen, Joyce Pensato, Arlene Shechet, and Christopher Wool, supporting emerging and mid-career figures including Christina Forrer, Gabrielle Garland, Magalie Guérin, David Hartt, Celeste Rapone, Rebecca Shore, Lui Shtini, Cauleen Smith, John Sparagana, Omar Velázquez, and Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, and championing artists of critical significance to post-war Chicago including Margot Bergman, Dominick Di Meo, Edward Flood, Philip Hanson, Thomas H. Kapsalis, Robert Lostutter, Christina Ramberg, Diane Simpson, Karl Wirsum, and Jimmy Wright.
Creative music has always been a feature of the gallery’s activities; in addition to having its own record label, CvsD is proud to represent Peter Brötzmann and the estate of Sun Ra.
Member Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA).
Image: Installation view of Christopher Wool, February 8–March 30, 2019. Photo: Robert Chase Heishman.
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Founded in 2001, Anne Loucks Gallery specializes in contemporary American painting, photography and works on paper by emerging and mid-career artists in a range of styles and mediums. Celebrating our 24th year, the gallery curates twelve exhibitions annually and offers art advisory, framing and installation services.
Represented artists include: Tracey Adams, Victoria Adams, March Avery, Liz Barber, Rodger Bechtold, Charlie Bluett, Pegan Brooke, Jamie Brunson, David Burdeny, Hannah Bureau, Brian Coleman, Madeline Denaro, Stephen Dinsmore, Lori Glavin, Lyle Gomes, Bernd Haussmann, Stephanie Henderson, Scott Ingram, Joshua Jensen-Nagle, Sherry Karver, Laurie Victor Kay, Richard Kooyman, Yaz Krehbiel, Sara MacCulloch, Cheryl Maeder, John McCormick, Maggie Meiners, Sally Michel, Eleanor Miller, Grace Munakata, Jenny Nelson, Marshall Noice, Mary Jo O’Gara, Sandy Ostrau, Melanie Parke, Lisa Ridgers, Maura Segal, Stephen Seinberg, Adam Siegel, Hunt Slonem, Rodney Smith and Leslie Wu.
Image: Sally Michel, Interior with Plant, 1987, 40”x 50”
","location":"309 Park Ave. Glencoe, IL 60022","display_location":"309 Park Ave. Glencoe, IL 60022","slug":"anne-loucks-gallery","latitude":"42.134913","longitude":"-87.758370","contact":"Anne Loucks","state":"published","created_at":"2013-11-18 20:46:59","updated_at":"2026-03-10 14:46:46.085","sub_district_id":"9","promoted_at":"2018-10-24T18:52:22.757Z","optional_sort_name":"Loucks","thumbnail":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1736027241/r1bd4vykv77ggslzeqe3.jpg","paid":true,"specialties":"Photography, Abstraction, Emerging, Figurative, Landscape, Realism"},{"id":"578","name":"Zolla / Lieberman Gallery","organization_type_id":"1","district_id":"1","telephone":"+13129441990","website":"http://www.zollaliebermangallery.com","email":"info@zollalieberman.com","hours":"Tu–F 10–5; Sa 11–5","body":"Zolla/Lieberman Gallery was established in 1976 by Roberta Lieberman and Robert Zolla within a then-desolate industrial neighborhood now known as the River North Gallery District. They transformed a vacant industrial space into a hub for contemporary art, laying the foundation for the thriving art community that the area is today.
Now located at 325 W Huron St, William Lieberman continues to uphold the legacy of quality and professionalism established since the gallery’s founding. Z/L represents a diverse range of artists and genres that offer a dynamic view of contemporary art in Chicago. They are dedicated to providing personal attention to both beginning and established collectors, as well as other art professionals.
Member Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA).
Installation View of Lora Fosberg: I Love it Here, Let's Leave; in Search of the Hill (photography by Ian Ace Photography)
","location":"325 W. Huron Chicago, IL 60654","display_location":"325 W. Huron, Chicago, IL 60654","slug":"zolla-lieberman-gallery","latitude":"41.894558","longitude":"-87.636606","contact":"William Lieberman; Brian Gillham ","state":"published","created_at":"2013-11-18 20:47:01","updated_at":"2025-11-05 20:11:58.317","sub_district_id":null,"promoted_at":"2018-10-26T21:25:03.734Z","optional_sort_name":"","thumbnail":"https://res.cloudinary.com/dfafo598z/image/upload/v1762373474/cour1egkxzeuoav4h8pk.jpg","paid":true,"specialties":"Prints and Drawings, Abstraction, Emerging, Figurative, Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary, Works on Paper, Sculpture"},{"id":"654","name":"Evanston Art Center","organization_type_id":"7","district_id":"6","telephone":"+18474755300","website":"http://www.evanstonartcenter.org","email":"egudewicz@evanstonartcenter.org","hours":"M-Th 9–6; F 9–5; Sa–Su 9–4pm","body":"The Evanston Art Center (EAC), founded over 95 years ago in 1929, is an integral part of community life, providing access and experiences in the arts to people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. Through community-based events, classes and exhibitions, EAC helps expand its mission to provide accessible arts education and arts enrichment experiences to the community and the surrounding areas.
The Evanston Art Center’s galleries exhibit contemporary artwork by emerging and established artists, and are free and open to the public seven days a week. Exhibition programming includes publications, artist talks, interviews with curators, opening receptions, In Focus lectures and docent led tours for groups (please call to schedule a tour) at no charge to the public.
The Evanston Art Center’s in-person and online art courses have something for everyone and every schedule. Subjects include: painting, drawing, sculpting, jewelry, bookbinding, and much more! Browse our online adult and youth course schedule at EvanstonArtCenter.org
Opening receptions typically held on first Sunday of exhibition 1–4pm.
Photo credit: Erica McKeehen
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Receptions are typically held on the 1st Friday of every other month: January, March, May, July, Sept, Nov. Visit our website and sign–up for our mailing list to receive news about upcoming exhibitions.
Image: Misha Goro, Van Buren and Wabash, oil on aluminum, 36” x 36”
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With an interest in Jewish and Chicago artists, Madron’s inventory of 19th and 20th century paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, and prints—displayed en suite in our gallery alongside curated exhibitions of both historical and contemporary artists—illuminates artistic connections across decades.
Exhibition essays and publications from the in-house Madron Press are available online.
Free parking available.
Image: Installation view of \"Conversations in Abstraction\" at Madron Gallery Fall of 2025. Image courtesy of Madron Gallery.
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Also read CGN's 2021 interview with Fitzpatrick here.
Image: Tony Fitzpatrick, Our Joe, Chicago 1919
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Our desire is to connect patrons and art lovers with original work, to add too or start their own collection, within an in-person experience.
We are located in the Streeterville neighborhood, steps away from Michigan Ave., and housed in the newly land-marked, Erie Street Row Building, built in 1877.
Exhibitions and events throughout the year. Visit our website for details.
Image: Gallery Front Room Entrance
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We provide a warm, welcoming, non-intimidating atmosphere where both new and experienced collectors can feel comfortable asking questions, pricing is transparent, and browsing is encouraged.
Vivid is a full-service gallery, offering art consultation as well as delivery, framing and installation.
First Friday openings 5-7pm (Second Friday in July)
Image: Gallery view
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Jan 2–Feb 14: Susan Hall. Opening Jan 16, 5–8pm
Feb 27–Apr 10: Gabrielle Marie Stone. Opening Feb 27, 5-8pm
Apr 17–May 30: Katherine Steichen Rosing. Opening: Apr 17, 5-8pm
Jul 10–Aug 15: Color Play. Opening: July 17, 5-8pm
Aug 21–Sept 26: Tim Anderson. Opening: Aug 21, 5-8pm
Oct 2–Nov 7: Hector Acuna & Andy Paczos. Opening: Oct 16, 5-8pm
Nov 13–Dec 19: Doug Fath. Opening: Nov 13, 5-8pm
Image: Art by Paul Krainak
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Installation View: Oscar Joyo, 2025
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Please see CGN lising or gallery website for 2026 dates and details.
Image: Gallery view
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ShadowBoxX Gallery is home to curated fine artwork from local, U.S. and international artists, hosting group and solo art exhibitions each month.
”The gold is in the shadow.” – Carl Jung
Images by StudioJ Media
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