Art for which the idea (or concept) behind the work is more important than the finished art object.&nbsp;

Conceptual / Performance

<h3>Developed during the Italian Renaissance, primarily for aesthetics or beauty, the highest art was that which allowed the full expression and display of the artist's imagination.</h3>

Fine Prints & Painting – Pre 18th Century

<h3>Graphic Art covers a broad range of visual artistic expression, typically two-dimensional. It includes calligraphy, photography, painting, typography, computer graphics, and bindery.&nbsp;</h3>

Graphic Art

Works of art that utilize the form of the book. They are often published in small editions, though they are sometimes produced as one-of-a-kind objects.

Artists' Books

The exploration of video art and music or sound set, including visual music, abstract film, audiovisual performances and installations.

Video / Sound

The objects produced by shaping pieces of clay that are then hardened by baking, or the skill of making such objects.

Ceramics

An artistic form in which hard or plastic materials are carved, modeled, casted, and constructed into a three-dimensional art object.&nbsp;

Sculpture

The process of creating artworks by printing, typically on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints that have an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting.

Printmaking

<h3>Something made in an earlier period that is collected and considered to have value because it is beautiful, rare, old, or of high quality.</h3>

Antiques and Artifacts

Imagery where the subject matter centers around a view or depiction of Chicago.&nbsp;

Chicago Scenes & Regionalism

Old Masters refer to any painter of skill who worked in Europe before about 1800.

Old Masters

Socio-Political art is used to help the public understand a particular social or political issue.

Socio-Political

<h3>The attempt to represent subject matter truthfully, without artificiality and avoiding artistic conventions, or implausible, exotic, and supernatural elements.</h3>

Realism

<h3>Artwork (particularly paintings and sculptures) that is clearly derived from real objects and is representational.</h3>

Figurative

<h3>Individual works of art that are substantially or wholly made of glass. Glass art ranges in size from monumental works and installation pieces, to wall hangings and windows, to works of art made in studios and factories, including glass jewelry and tableware.</h3>

Glass

<h3>Artwork that often deals with Rococo, the Enlightenment, Neoclassicism, and Romanticism.</h3>

Fine Prints & Painting – 18th & 19th C.

From the Tate Museum's website: Modernism refers to a global movement in society and culture that from the early decades of the twentieth century sought a new alignment with the experience and values of modern industrial life. Building on late nineteenth-century precedents, artists around the world used new imagery, materials and techniques to create artworks that they felt better reflected the realities and hopes of modern societies.

Modernism

<h3>Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic combination of materials, methods, concepts, and subjects that continue to challenge boundaries.</h3>

Fine Prints & Painting – Contemporary

<h3>Art that is concerned with the design and decoration of objects that are chiefly prized for their utility, rather than for their purely aesthetic qualities including, ceramics, glassware, metalware, furniture, textiles, clothing, and more.</h3>

Furniture & Decorative Arts

<h3>Emerging art is work by artists who are still building their artistic careers and have not yet reached a more established and widely recognized status.&nbsp;</h3>

Emerging

<h3>Fiber art refers to fine art whose material consists of natural or synthetic fiber and other components, such as fabric or yarn. It focuses on the materials and on the manual labour on the part of the artist as part of the works' significance, and prioritizes aesthetic value over utility.</h3>

Fiber Arts / Textiles

The quality of dealing with ideas rather than events. Freedom from representational qualities in art.

Abstraction

<h3>Art by African-American artists.</h3>

African-American

<h3>The art and science of designing and making buildings, or the style of a building.</h3>

Architecture

<h3>Impressionism is a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, an emphasis on light and its changing qualities, and inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience.</h3>

Impressionism

From the Tate Museum's website: Abstract expressionism is the term applied to new forms of abstract art developed by American painters such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning in the 1940s and 1950s. It is often characterized by gestural brush-strokes or mark-making, and the impression of spontaneity.

Abstract Expressionism

Numismatics

Relating to Africa or people of African descent.

African

Eastern European art is a product of recent history. It can be traced to the division of Europe into the Western and Soviet spheres of influence of the allied victory over Germany in World War two.

Eastern European

Considered one of the most influential periods of art, featuring movements including Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Dada, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism.

Early 20th Century

Skill and experience, especially in relation to making objects by hand.

Craft

<h3>The skill of making plans, drawings, or arrangements to show how a building or product is made.</h3>

Design

Asian art is diverse and rich, spanning thousands of years and dozens of countries. It is known for its ritual bronzes, beautiful ceramics, calligraphy, jades, textiles, painted landscapes, garden design, pagodas and stupas, and woodblock prints.

Asian

<h3>An artistic genre of three-dimensional works that often are site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space.</h3>

Installations

An art form that combines visual art with dramatic performance.

Performance

Some of the most prominent, highly influential artists, who challenged preconceptions and pushed the limits of visual art, shaping the art world of our time.

Modern Contemporary Masters

Created in accordance with the vision of the artist as a photographer, using photography as a medium to bring something to life that only lives in the artist's mind.

Photography

The design movement in interior, product, graphic design, architecture, and urban development from roughly the 1930's to 1965.

Mid-Century

A movement in art and literature that flourished in the early 20th-century. Surrealism aimed at expressing imaginative dreams and visions free from conscious rational control.&nbsp;

Surrealism

An innovative discipline which seeks to unify a large range of art forms. This is creatively achieved by combining an array of artistic insights and crafts such as film, literature, performance, music and sound, drama, visual arts, or design.

Multi-Media

<h3>The depiction of landscapes in art—natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent composition.</h3>

Landscape

Plein air is the act of painting outdoors. This method contrasts with studio painting or academic rules that might create a predetermined look.

Plein-air

Printed 2-D artwork which is designed to be affixed to a vertical surface, may consist exclusively of images, or images and text.

Poster / Lithography

<h3>A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person.</h3>

Portraits / Portraiture

<h3>These works are often stunningly beautiful, and encourage the viewer to engage with the rich history of research and experimentation that led to the piece’s conception.</h3>

Scientific

<h3>The Art of the American West is defined by geographical subject, consists of historic and contemporary works of art which focus on varying expressions of individuals, landscapes, ideals, and myths of the American West.</h3>

Western (The American West)

<h3>Borrowed from Wikipedia: In visual arts, music, and other mediums, minimalism is an art movement that began in post–World War II Western art, most strongly with American visual arts in the 1960s and early 1970s. Prominent artists associated with minimalism include Donald Judd, Agnes Martin, Dan Flavin, Robert Morris, Anne Truitt, and Frank Stella. It derives from the reductive aspects of modernism and is often interpreted as a reaction against abstract expressionism and a bridge to postminimal art practices.</h3>

Minimalism

<h3>Occupying the space between fine art and the everyday, functional art refers to aesthetic objects that serve utilitarian purposes. The genre is remarkably inclusive, it encompasses everything from furniture and lighting to dishes and even books.</h3>

Functional Art - Jewelry / Fashion

A range of artistic practices encompassing both historical approaches to nature in art and more recent ecological and politically motivated types of works.

Wildlife / Nature

Watches & Timepieces

Sports Collectibles

3-Dimensonal

Rare Books / Manuscripts

Western European art represents a continuous, though disrupted, tradition from antiquity until the present time. Until the mid-19th century it was primarily concerned with representational and Classical modes of production. After the mid-19th century modern, abstract and conceptual forms gained favor.

Western European

<h3>Artistic expression of Mexico, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, as well as Latin and Hispanic Americans living in other regions. Latin American art has roots in the many different indigenous cultures that inhabited the Americas before European colonization in the 16th-century.</h3>

Latin American and Hispanic

Comics

Large Scale (over 6')

Visual art created in public locations, usually unsanctioned artwork executed outside of the context of traditional art venues. Common forms and media include spray paint graffiti, stencil graffiti, poster art, sticker art, street installations, and sculpture.

Pop / Street Art / Graffiti

Medieval / Renaissance 

Non-Western

<h3>Art produced by self-taught or naïve art makers. Typically, those labeled as outsider artists have little or no contact with the mainstream art world or art institutions. In many cases, their work is discovered only after their deaths. Often, outsider art illustrates extreme mental states, unconventional ideas, or elaborate fantasy worlds.</h3>

Folk / Outsider / Self Taught

American Regionalism

Literary Arts

Mosiac

Includes manuscripts, prints, drawings, collages, and paintings on paper.

Works on Paper

Prints and Drawings

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.&nbsp;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).&nbsp;Image: Installation view of Christopher Wool, February 8–March 30, 2019. Photo: Robert Chase Heishman.&nbsp;

Corbett vs. Dempsey

Lily Pad | West is a contemporary art gallery that presents artwork from over 70 artists. We showcase a wide range of artwork from photorealism to abstract art in our virtual and in-person exhibitions.&nbsp;Visit our website to view more information and our full exhibition schedule.&nbsp;Lily Pad | West is a participant in 2024 Gallery Night MKE:&nbsp;January 19 &amp; 20April 19 &amp; 20July 19 &amp; 20October 18 &amp; 19 &nbsp;

Lily Pad | West

Tandem Press is a professional print publisher and gallery affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Tandem invites internationally renowned artists to create original fine art prints in its printmaking studio. Using an array of traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques, Tandem has established itself as a leader among international fine art print publishers. Visitors may tour the printmaking studio, view the current exhibition in the gallery, and browse prints in the print study center. Tandem Press has produced original fine art editions with over 100 artists spanning many artistic styles and subject matter. Current inventory includes work by Derrick Adams, Richard Bosman, Suzanne Caporael, Robert Cottingham, Lesley Dill, Jim Dine, Jeffrey Gibson, Sam Gilliam, Michelle Grabner, Al Held, Ikeda Manabu, Robert Kelly, David Lynch, Judy Pfaff, Alison Saar, Swoon, Mickalene Thomas, and others.Gallery exhibitions feature curated selections from the Tandem Press inventory and affiliated artists.Image: Tandem Press Apex Gallery with works by Alison Saar, Robert Cottingham, and Jim Dine on view.

Tandem Press

Carl Hammer Gallery is recognized world-wide for its discovery and representation of historically significant artists within the “Outsider” and self-taught genres, including&nbsp;internationally renowned artists Marcos Bontempo, Henry Darger, Bill Traylor, Joseph Yoakum, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Lee Godie, Howard Finster, Frank Jones, William Dawson, Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley, Simon Sparrow, Albert Zahn and others. &nbsp; Additionally, it represents both important historically and contemporary significant&nbsp;artists from major art traditions both nation-wide and world-wide, including Don Baum, Roger Brown, Grace Graupe Pillard, Chris Pyle, Cameron Gray, Alicia Henry, Jay Kelly, Marilyn Murphy, Ed Paschke, Bill Rauhauser, David Sharpe, Hollis Sigler, Fred Stonehouse, Ken Warneke, and Mary Lou Zelazny. The dialogue between “mainstream” and&nbsp;“Outsider” artists is both important and is influential in determination of both our&nbsp;exhibition criteria and artist representation. Visit our website for&nbsp;exhibition and opening information. Images, clockwise from top left:&nbsp;Bill Traylor; Chris Pyle;&nbsp;Ed Paschke; Henry Darger

Carl Hammer Gallery

Rosenthal Fine Art is located in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. Founded in 1984, Rosenthal provides a wide range of personalized services including appraisals and curatorial consultations, new acquisitions and exhibitions. The gallery also provides valuation advice in the form of appraisals for insurance, donations, estate settlements and expert witness services. Our focus is Modernism, Abstract Expressionism, Post-War, and Contemporary.&nbsp; Artists include: Jack Beal, Harry Bertoia, Stanley Boxer, Joseph Bueys, John Cage, Giorgio Cavallon, Gene Davis, Jim Dine, John Deom, Sam Gilliam. Judith Goldsmith, Dimitri Hadzi,&nbsp;Keith Haring, Sharon Kopriva, Richard Lindner, Reuben Nakian, Claus Oldenburg, Jerry Ott, Santiago Parra, Larry Poons, James Rosenquist, Hunt Slonem, Elsworth Snyder, Harry Sudman, Bill Weege, Dennis Wojtkiewicz, and Larry Zox. Image: Main upstairs gallery, Seasonal Selections Exhibition

Rosenthal Fine Art, Inc.

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.&nbsp; Celebrating our 23rd 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.&nbsp;Also located at 564 Lincoln Ave. Winnetka, IL 60093&nbsp;Image: Sally Michel, Snow Decked Trees, 1977, oil on canvas, 42" x 50"

Anne Loucks Gallery

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.&nbsp; 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&nbsp;Dealers Association&nbsp;of America (ADAA). Image: Deborah Butterfield, Lucky, 2021, cast bronze,&nbsp;87 x 110.5 x 24.5 in.&nbsp;

Zolla / Lieberman Gallery

Located in the heart of the River North Gallery District for over two decades, Addington Gallery focuses on dynamic contemporary painting, both abstract and representational, with many of the gallery’s artists staking their claim somewhere in between categories. Process and materials play a large role with most of the artists represented, who work in a wide range of contemporary styles, subjects, and media. The gallery offers a full range of services, including installation, painting restoration and conservation, framing consultation, and corporate curating. 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,&nbsp;oil on aluminum, 36” x 36”

Addington Gallery

Founded in 2017, Gallery Victor exhibits compelling contemporary art in a variety of media by both established and emerging artists. Gallery Victor brings over 20 years of experience creating relationships with artists, collectors and institutions and builds on a reputation for promoting thought-provoking figurative art, museum quality works of Realism and Studio Furniture of exacting detail. The gallery also provides outreach to the community in the form of educational and social events designed to further the relationship between artist and audience. A section of the gallery called “The Studio” is dedicated to the creative process featuring an artist’s formative works and drawings, as well as the work of emerging artists. Art is accessibly priced and presented to encourage the formation of an art collection for new viewers or those who wish to expand their collection. The work of renowned steel furniture maker Jim Rose is always on view.&nbsp; We offer consulting services, artwork on approval, and financing options. Image: Bruno Surdo, A Selfie, A Pink Unicorn, Paparazzi! What Does It Take To Get Noticed?, oil on canvas, 79 H x 108 W in.

Gallery Victor 

We wish you a peaceful and restorative holiday season. The gallery will be on Winter Break through January 24th and will reopen on Saturday, January 25th with two new exhibitions. Goldfinch is a commercial gallery that provides compelling physical, conceptual, and discursive frameworks for artists and contemporary visual practices.&nbsp; Artists Represented: Carris Adams; Iris Bernblum; Meghan Borah; Mari Eastman; Andreas Fischer; Azadeh Gholizadeh; Minami Kobayashi; Damon Locks; Jessie Mott; Sherwin Ovid; Scott Wolniak.&nbsp;&nbsp;Image: Installation view of Meghan Borah’s solo exhibition, Ladylike, in 2024. Photo: Ryan Edmund &nbsp;&nbsp;

Goldfinch

Blue Moon Gallery is an intimate, fun, and exciting contemporary art space with a friendly service-oriented vibe nestled in the heart of majestic Lake County.&nbsp; &nbsp;Known for award-winning artists and creative exhibitions, the gallery is a go-to destination for beautiful, original fine art created by outstanding professional artists from the Chicagoland area and Southeastern Wisconsin. The gallery proudly offers a variety of styles, genres, and price points including oil &amp; acrylic, watercolor, drawings, metal art, photography, collage, and assemblages at multiple affordability levels. &nbsp;We bring joy and positive emotions to others through the excitement of experiencing fine art and host fun events so that artists and art lovers can connect. Monthly exhibitions on 4th Saturdays from 6-9pm usually feature 50+ works of art. Stunning art, lively conversation and networking, inspiration and beauty, plus interacting with the artists are the hallmarks of our receptions and make for a memorable experience for art collectors and patrons. We are also open on most weekends. We look forward to sharing our amazing artists with you.Image: Rob Kight of Rob’d Arts

Blue Moon Gallery

Chicago artist Lucca Colombelli founded Povos in 2020 as an online gallery. After a run of successful pop-up projects, Povos moved to its first physical space on Milwaukee Avenue in late 2021, and later to a larger gallery in Chicago’s West Town. In 2024, Povos partnered with artist and gallerist Winston Guo, founder of W. Gallery, leading to the opening of Povos Downtown. This expansion allows Povos to open 10 exhibitions per year. Since its founding, Povos has produced 36 exhibitions featuring more than 160 unique artists.&nbsp; Povos amplifies the voices of emerging and early-career artists, focusing on unique, surreal, and politically engaged narratives. The gallery now aims to build its international platform, supporting artists committed to exploring deep and timeless truths. Member New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA). Image: Installation View: William Schaeuble, FIGHTS, 2024

Povos

Vivid Art Gallery showcases fine art in the Hubbard Woods Design District of Winnetka. We feature primarily paintings, works on paper, photography and ceramics from emerging and established artists. Our focus is on local and Midwest artists. Vivid presents a new exhibit each month, with First Friday openings.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;Vivid is a full-service gallery, offering art consultation as well as delivery, framing and installation.&nbsp;First Friday openings 5-7pm. (Second Friday in July)&nbsp;&nbsp;Image by Mikey Mosher

Vivid Art Gallery

The Gallery of Contemporary Mosaics (GoCM) exhibits internationally renowned masters, emerging and established contemporary mosaic artists. GoCM promotes artists employing exemplary conceptual and technical excellence through a multitude of approaches and materials. In the US, contemporary mosaics are relatively unrecognized as a fine art; GoCM provides a space for highly coveted artists to exhibit in our state of the art facility. GoCM is affiliated with The Chicago Mosaic School (CMS), the preeminent center for mosaic arts education in the Americas. The Gallery of Contemporary Mosaics will profoundly reshape how one may experience mosaics&nbsp; within and outside our walls.Image from American Mosaics Now, 2023&nbsp;

Gallery of Contemporary Mosaics

SECRIST | BEACH, located in the West Town neighborhood at the corner of Wood and Hubbard Streets, occupies a double bow-truss, sky-lit 10,000 sq. ft. space that features an expanded approach to contemporary exhibition experiences. Our reinvigorated programming presents solo artists’ exhibitions alongside curated surveys by like-minded creators, elaborating the dialogue around related topics.&nbsp; Additional programming includes panel discussions, lectures, curatorial invitationals and other events. As we dive into our third decade we offer a revitalized mission as a gift to engage our art community locally and at large.&nbsp; Image: Installation view: Hilma's Ghost. Photo by Nathan Keay.&nbsp;

Secrist | Beach

VSG CONTEMPORARY is dedicated to presenting the work of emerging and mid-career artists through both solo exhibitions and curated group shows. Since opening its doors in 2022, the gallery has quickly gained recognition from esteemed publications such as The New York Times and The Economist for its distinctive fusion of humor and high-caliber contemporary art.&nbsp; Located in Chicago’s dynamic West Town Art District, VSG is committed to cultivating a vibrant community of artists, collectors, and art lovers—shaping the cultural landscape of tomorrow. Image: Gallery view

Figurative

Artwork (particularly paintings and sculptures) that is clearly derived from real objects and is representational.

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