Expo Chicago: Chicago, April 25-27
Expo Chicago, established in 2012, was acquired by Frieze in 2023. The 2024 edition had 170 galleries from 29 countries showing their wares at Navy Pier’s Festival Hall.
One of those was Claire Oliver Gallery of New York, which has participated in every edition so far. “We love this fair,” Claire Oliver said in an email. “The visitors to the exposition are engaged, ask great questions and are truly curious.” Last April she showed mixed-media portraits by BK Adams of Washington, D.C., and textile portraits by Gio Swaby, who lives in Toronto. Swaby’s solo exhibition, “Gio Swaby: Fresh Up,” went on display at the Art Institute of Chicago in 2023, an example of what Oliver called the gallery’s “long-term relationships” with curators at local institutions.
