The Chicago-based The Art Fair Company announced it will produce two art fairs under one roof at Chicago鈥檚 historic Navy Pier Friday, Nov. 5 鈥 Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010. For the first time, The Intuit Show of Folk and Outsider Art will share center stage in Festival Hall with Chicago鈥檚 much-anticipated art fair mainstay, the 17th Annual International Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair: SOFA CHICAGO 2010. One general admission ticket of $15.00 admits visitors to both fairs and their related lecture series, special exhibits and events. Both fairs kick-off with a joint Opening Night Preview in Festival Hall on Thursday, Nov. 4. The public is cordially invited to attend from 7 - 9 pm for the affordable ticket price of $50.00.
Mark Lyman, President of The Art Fair Company, producer of numerous art fairs in the U.S., says, 鈥淲e are delighted to partner with Intuit, Chicago鈥檚 respected Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art to produce The Intuit Show of Folk and Outsider Art alongside SOFA CHICAGO. The Intuit Fair will bring together leading dealers and galleries presenting self-taught art, outsider art, art brut, ethnographic art, non-traditional folk art and visionary art. The Art Fair Company has always been about bridging different segments of the art market, and the Intuit Fair will complement and further broaden the range of artwork on offer.鈥 Intuit Show exhibitors of note confirmed to date include: American Primitive Gallery (New York), Carl Hammer Gallery (Chicago), Hill Gallery (Birmingham, Mich.), Judy A Saslow Gallery (Chicago), Just Folk (Summerland, Calif.), Ricco/Maresca (New York) and Russell Bowman Fine Art (Chicago). Lyman adds, "We expect twenty galleries to participate this year and look forward to growing the fair in future years."
On track with last year, SOFA CHICAGO 2010, the City鈥檚 longest continually running art fair, will feature 80 art galleries and dealers from 10 countries. New and noteworthy galleries include: David Richard Contemporary (Santa Fe, N.M.), Floating World Gallery (Chicago), Ippodo Gallery (New York), New Glass Art and Photography (Berlin, Germany), Medellin 174 (Mexico City, Mexico) and Suppan Contemporary (Vienna, Austria). Premier returning galleries include: Blue Rain Gallery (Santa Fe, N.M.), Bullseye Gallery (Portland, Ore.), browngrotta arts (Wilton, Conn.), Charon Kransen Arts (New York), del Mano Gallery (Los Angeles), Dai Ichi Arts (New York), Habatat Galleries (Royal Oak, MI), Heller Gallery (New York), Jane Sauer Gallery (Santa Fe, N.M.), Litvak Gallery (Tel Aviv, Israel), Maurine Littleton Gallery (Washington, D.C.), Ornamentum (Hudson, N.Y.), Schantz Galleries (Stockbridge, M.A.), TAI Gallery (Santa Fe, N.M) and Wexler Gallery (Philadelphia).
Lyman concludes, 鈥淐ollectors and visitors alike will be intrigued by the side-by-side fairs, each with their own lecture series, special on-site happenings, and VIP programming for informed gallery clients. It promises to be an exciting weekend of discovery and collecting for Chicago鈥檚 impassioned art audience and for the crowd of national and international attendees.鈥