The gallery section of EXPO CHICAGO hosts leading international exhibitors presented alongside one of the highest quality platforms for global contemporary art and culture.

New initiatives for 2025 include a major new partnership with the Galleries Association of Korea, as well as CONTRAST, a new section curated by Lauren Haynes, Head Curator, Governors Island Arts and Vice President for Arts and Culture at the Trust for Governors Island.

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About CONTRAST Curator

Lauren Haynes is Head Curator, Governors Island Arts and Vice President for Arts and Culture at the Trust for Governors Island in New York City. Haynes is a specialist in contemporary art by artists of African Descent and has spent her almost two-decade career at art institutions across the US, including the Queens Museum; the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art; the Momentary; and the Studio Museum in Harlem. She has written and lectured extensively on contemporary art and contemporary artists at all stages of their careers. Haynes serves as a trustee-at-large for the AAMC and AAMC Foundation and on the visiting committee for the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College. Haynes was a 2018 Center for Curatorial Leadership fellow and a recipient of a 2020 ArtTable New Leadership Award.

2025 GALLERIES

* CONTRAST is a new section of galleries and artist presentations for the 2025 edition of EXPO CHICAGO. The inaugural section is curated by Lauren Haynes, Head Curator, Governors Island Arts and Vice President for Arts and Culture at the Trust for Governors Island. CONTRAST brings together 8 contemporary galleries each presenting artists whose work explores contrasts in culture, identity, and experience.

** A collaboration with the Galleries Association of Korea (GAoK), EXPO CHICAGO presents a selection of 20 leading Korean galleries within the fair’s core Galleries section. This initiative is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Arts Management Service and builds upon the successful synergy between Kiaf Seoul and Frieze.