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Expo Chicago has named the 170-plus exhibitors that will take part in the fair’s upcoming 2025 edition, slated to run April 24–27 at the Navy Pier.
This edition of Expo Chicago will see one significant change with the presence of 20 Korean galleries at the fair, part of a new partnership with Galleries Association of Korea (Gaok) that is supported by South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. This partnership is part of the new direction for the fair now that it is under the Frieze umbrella; Frieze Seoul runs alongside Gaok’s Kiaf Seoul each year.
Among the galleries that will take part via this partnership are Gallery Baton, BHAK, Gallery Joeun, Lee & Bae, and One and J. Gallery.
“As we enter the second year of EXPO CHICAGO as part of Frieze, we are proud to expand on new initiatives, including a significant collaboration with Galleries Association of Korea, made possible through Frieze’s global reach,” Frieze’s executive director of fairs Kristell Chadé said in a statement. “We look forward to presenting a dynamic selection of artists and exhibitors, while exploring how the crosspollination between our fairs can add value to each, fostering new connections and opportunities across regions.”
In a statement, Gaok president Hwang Dalseung said, “This event was based on the synergy between Kiaf SEOUL and Frieze Seoul, which have already created a new model of win-win through fair-to-fair collaboration in the contemporary art market, where various entities are collaborating in various ways, and this time we will take the first step towards the internationalization of Korean art distribution with EXPO CHICAGO.”
Drawing together galleries from 36 countries and 93 cities, this year’s Expo Chicago will feature more than 50 first-time exhibitors at the fair, including Lehmann Maupin, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, Two Palms, and ILY2 in its main Galleries section. Other returning blue-chip exhibitors include Almeida & Dale,Document, Monique Meloche, David Nolan Gallery, Nara Roesler, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, Ryan Lee Gallery, Southern Guild, and Yares Art.
The Exposure section, organized by the Walker Art Center’s visual arts curator Rosario Güiraldes, focuses on galleries 10 years and younger with an emphasis on solo and two-artist presentations. This year’s iteration features first-time exhibitors to the fair like April April, Mitre, Megan Mulrooney, Gratin, and OCHI.
Additionally, Lauren Haynes, the head curator of Governor Island Arts, will head up a new section within the main Galleries section that will include four booths, GRAY, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, The Melrose Gallery, and Pippy Houldsworth Gallery. Jessica S. Hong, chief curator at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, will organize the IN/SITU section for large-scale works that are spread out across the fair.
In a statement, Expo Chicago president and director Tony Karman said, “Looking ahead to the 2025 edition of EXPO CHICAGO, we’re excited to showcase an incredible lineup of curatorial talent, gallery presentations, special projects, and collaborations aimed at engaging new audiences.”
The full exhibitor list follows below.
Galleries
** GaoK exhibitor
* CONTRAST participant
| Exhibitor | Location(s) |
| 021gallery ** | Daegu |
| Gallery 41 ** | Seoul |
| 193 Gallery | Paris, Venice |
| 313 Art Project ** | Seoul, Paris |
| A Lighthouse called Kanata | Tokyo |
| ACA Galleries | New York |
| Addison Rowe | Santa Fe |
| Allouche Gallery | New York |
| Almeida & Dale | São Paulo |
| Galería Artizar | Canary Islands |
| Gallery Baton ** | Seoul |
| Richard Beavers Gallery | Brooklyn |
| BHAK ** | Seoul |
| Bienvenu Steinberg & C | New York |
| Bockley Gallery | Minneapolis |
| Bogéna Galerie | Saint-Paul de Vence |
| Browse & Darby | London |
| C24 Gallery | New York |
| Casterline|Goodman Gallery | Aspen, Chicago, Nantucket |
| Cernuda Arte | Miami |
| Catharine Clark Gallery | San Francisco |
| Ethan Cohen Gallery | New York |
| The Columns Gallery ** | Seongnamsi, Seoul, Singapore |
| Cynthia Corbett Gallery | London |
| Cristea Roberts Gallery | London |
| DOCUMENT | Chicago, Lisbon |
| EBONY/CURATED | Cape Town, Franschhoek |
| Everyday Mooonday (EM) ** | Seoul |
| Les Enluminures | Chicago, New York, Paris |
| Everard Read | Johannesburg, Cape Town, London, Franschhoek |
| Eric Firestone Gallery | East Hampton, New York |
| Friedrichs Pontone | New York |
| Galerie GAIA ** | Seoul |
| The Gallery of Everything | London |
| Gana Art | Seoul, Los Angeles |
| GRAY * | Chicago, New York |
| Gallery Grimson ** | Seoul |
| Richard Heller Gallery | Los Angeles |
| Hexton Gallery | Aspen |
| Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery | London, Berlin, West Palm Beach |
| Bill Hodges Gallery | New York |
| Nancy Hoffman Gallery | New York |
| Rhona Hoffman Gallery | Chicago |
| Edwynn Houk Gallery | New York, Zurich |
| Pippy Houldsworth Gallery | London |
| Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery | London, Miami |
| ILY2 | Portland |
| Jenkins Johnson Gallery * | New York, San Francisco |
| Gallery Joeun ** | Seoul |
| Keumsan Gallery ** | Seoul, Gyeongju |
| LEE & BAE ** | Busan |
| Lehmann Maupin | New York, Seoul, London |
| Richard Levy Gallery | Albuquerque |
| Diana Lowenstein Gallery | Miami |
| David Lusk Gallery | Memphis, Nashville |
| JD Malat Gallery | London |
| Galeria MaPa | São Paulo |
| McCormick Gallery | Chicago |
| Miles McEnery Gallery | New York |
| The Melrose Gallery * | Johannesburg |
| moniquemeloche | Chicago |
| Gallery MOMO | Johannesburg |
| Melissa Morgan Fine Art | Palm Desert |
| David Nolan Gallery | New York |
| Gallery Nosco | Brussels |
| October Gallery | London |
| Claire Oliver Gallery | New York |
| ONE AND J. Gallery ** | Seoul |
| Opera Gallery | New York, Aspen, Beirut, Dubai, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, Miami, Monaco, Paris, Seoul, Singapore |
| Galerie Pici ** | Seoul, New York |
| Pontone Gallery | London |
| PYO Gallery ** | Seoul |
| Galerie Quynh | Ho Chi Minh City |
| Rele | Lagos, London, Los Angeles |
| Revolver Galería | Lima, Buenos Aires, New York |
| Galerie Richard | Paris |
| Galerie Robertson Arès | Montreal |
| Nara Roesler | São Paulo, New York, Rio De Janeiro |
| Michael Rosenfeld Gallery | New York |
| RYAN LEE Gallery | New York |
| Secrist | Beach | Chicago |
| SEIZAN Gallery | New York, Tokyo |
| SmithDavidson Gallery | Amsterdam, Miami |
| SOUS LES ETOILES GALLERY | New York |
| Southern Guild | Los Angeles, Cape Town |
| Marc Straus Gallery | New York |
| Sun Gallery ** | Seoul |
| Suppoment Gallery ** | Seoul |
| Sundaram Tagore Gallery | New York, London, Singapore |
| TAI Modern | Santa Fe |
| Tandem Press | Madison |
| Tang Contemporary Art | Hong Kong, Bangkok, Beijing, Seoul, Singapore |
| Two Palms | New York |
| Unix Gallery | New York |
| Vallarino Fine Art | New York |
| Gallery Vit ** | Seoul |
| Tanya Weddemire Gallery | Brooklyn |
| Weinstein Gallery | San Francisco |
| Weinstein Hammons Gallery | Minneapolis |
| Wellside Gallery ** | Seoul |
| W-galería | Buenos Aires, Pueblo Garzón |
| Yares Art | New York, Beverly Hills, Santa Fe |
| Timothy Yarger Fine Art | Los Angeles |
| Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery | Luxembourg, Dubai, Paris |
| Zilberman Gallery | Istanbul, Berlin, Miami |
Exposure
| Exhibitor | Location(s) |
| 56 HENRY | New York |
| 65 GRAND | Chicago |
| Aicon Contemporary | New York |
| Anthony Gallery | Chicago |
| april april | Pittsburgh |
| Bill Arning Exhibitions | Kinderhook |
| Art Latinou | Mexico City |
| Baert Gallery | Los Angeles |
| Petra Bibeau | New York |
| Bianca Boeckel | São Paulo |
| Brandt Gallery | Amsterdam |
| Jonathan Carver Moore | San Francisco |
| Contour Art Gallery | Vilnius |
| COTT | Buenos Aires |
| DURAN CONTEMPORAIN | Montreal |
| Eclectica Contemporary | Cape Town |
| Enari Gallery | Amsterdam |
| EUROPA | New York |
| Fragment | New York |
| Geary Contemporary | Millerton, New York |
| Goldfinch | Chicago |
| Gratin | New York |
| GALLERY HAYASHI + ART BRIDGE | Tokyo |
| Hesse Flatow | New York, Amagansett, East Hampton |
| Jupiter Contemporary | Miami |
| Martin Art Projects | Cape Town |
| THE MISSION PROJECTS | Chicago |
| Mitre | Belo Horizonte, São Paulo |
| Montague Contemporary | New York |
| Megan Mulrooney | Los Angeles |
| Marisa Newman Projects | New York |
| NIL Gallery | Paris |
| OCHI | Los Angeles, Ketchum |
| Omenai Gallery | Chicago |
| Palo Gallery | New York |
| Patel Brown | Toronto, Montréal |
| PATRON | Chicago |
| Povos Chicago | Chicago |
| Niru Ratnam | London |
| re.riddle | San Francisco |
| Rivalry Projects | Buffalo |
| Sarai Gallery | Mahshahr, London, Tehran |
| Chris Sharp Gallery | Los Angeles |
| Superposition | Los Angeles, New York, Miami |
| Swivel Gallery | New York |
| TERN | Nassau |
| Tramo | Buenos Aires |
| Verve Galeria | São Paulo |
| Maximillian William | London |
| Zielinsky | Barcelona, São Paulo |
Profile
| Exhibitor | Location(s) |
| Corbett vs. Dempsey | Chicago |
| Dep Art Gallery | Milan, Ceglie Messapica |
| ENGAGE Projects | Chicago |
| Fridman Gallery | New York |
| Gaep | Bucharest |
| The Hole | New York, Los Angeles |
| Charlie James | Los Angeles |
| Library Street Collective | Detroit |
| Walter Maciel Gallery | Los Angeles |
| Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art | Calgary |
| Claire Oliver Gallery | New York |
| Alberta Pane Gallery | Paris, Venice |
| PENTIMENTI | Philadelphia |
| PIERMARQ* | Surry Hills, Sydney |
| The Pit | Los Angeles |
| Mindy Solomon Gallery | Miami |
| Spinello Projects |
Editions + Books
| Exhibitor | Location(s) |
| Chicago Printmakers Collaborative | Chicago |
| Bert Green Fine Art | Chicago |
| Lusenhop Fine Art | Cleveland |
| Manneken Press | Bloomington |
| MCA Chicago Store | Chicago |
| René Schmitt | Berlin |
| Stoney Road Press | Dublin |
| Wildwood Press, LLC | St. Louis |
Special Exhibitions
| Exhibitor | Location(s) |
| Arts of Life / Circle Contemporary | Chicago |
| Blanc Gallery | Chicago |
| Center for Native Futures | Chicago |
| Chicago Artists Coalition | Chicago |
| Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art | Indianapolis |
| Hyde Park Art Center | Chicago |
| Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College | Chicago |
| OSMOS / ARTS&REC | New York |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago |
| University of Chicago | Chicago |
| YoungArts | Miami |