Chicago’s art scene got here out as a collective force for EXPO Chicago and claimed its status as a formidable player on the international art stage
In 1980, Chicago opened the primary large-scale international art exposition in the USA. Positioned just shy of a three-hour plane journey from Latest York City and 4 from Los Angeles, 80 dealers and 10,000 visitors attended. The Chicago International Art Exposition (later referred to as Art Chicago) was America’s answer to Art Basel. But Chicago’s early promise as an art epicentre was dimmed by the 1987 stock crash, followed by the devastating 1989 River North gallery fire that incinerated the center of town’s art scene, and the...
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