NEXT: The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art

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NEXT: April 30 – May 3, 2010

NEXT: The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art is a showcase of global, emerging talent, which includes works from both commercial and non‐commercial galleries, project spaces, and art publications. Located at The Merchandise Mart alongside Art Chicago, NEXT provides collectors and art enthusiasts the opportunity to experience new art in a fair that is curated, substantive and even irreverent. Ultimately, the mission of NEXT is as simple as it is perfectly adapted to the art world’s current moment. NEXT is committed to galleries, both young and established, that primarily promote the work of cutting‐edge, living artists.

More than just a fair, NEXT is committed to programming and exhibitions, via artist talks, panel discussions and performances in the NEXT Talk Shop (see links breakdown below).

CONVERGE Chicago | Contemporary Curators Forum at the NEXT Talk Shop -
Designed to stimulate dialogue among curators, dealers, artists and art world professionals within the art fair context, Converge Curators Forum will host over 70 speakers on more than 25 panels. Curators, artists and museum directors will represent top institutions such as ICI (Independent Curators International), MIT List Visual Arts Center, Contemporary Art Museum, Saint Louis and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Held in the dynamic NEXT Talk Shop, located in the center of the NEXT show floor, Converge panels will address some of contemporary art’s most pressing topics.

NEXT Projects and Exhibitions –

The Spanish Edge: Young Spanish Art in Context: The Spanish Edge is a special section at NEXT featuring top Spanish Galleries presenting the best in contemporary Spanish Art.

Goffo: is an exceptional curated section of NEXT, featuring presses, artist collectives and small galleries. Goffo is curated with Swimming Pool Project Space.

NEXT Projects: offers viewers the opportunity to experience large-scale sculpture and ambitious installation in a contemplative setting unencumbered by the traditional environment of booths. Projects will be on view by Christophe Roberts (Lyons Wier Gallery), Richard Haden (Dorsch Gallery), Cordy Ryman (DCKT), Fraser Taylor (Balloon), Michael Rea (EBERSMOORE), Daniel Heyman (Cade Tompkins Projects), Dan Baird (Swimming Pool Project Space), Tony Tasset and Theaster Gates (Kavi Gupta Gallery) and others.

New Insight: an exhibition of top MFA students from some of the country’s most influential graduate art programs, curated by Susanne Ghez, director of the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago. A platform for new talent and innovative ideas, New Insight provides the opportunity to view work by some of the brightest young minds working in diverse graduate programs across the country.

(see full list)

OPENING PREVIEW: Thursday, April 29 6-9pm
FAIR DATES: Friday, April 30‐ Monday, May 3
LOCATION: NEXT will take place in a on the 7th floor of Chicago’s iconic
Merchandise Mart, alongside Art Chicago, located on the 12th floor.