Kirsten Kilponen loves NEXT: The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art

By Venus Zine Staff
Published: May 1st, 2009 | 9:50pm

The cutting-edge collective of the world’s freshest contemporary art is back this year at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, home to the wonderful and annual event: Art Chicago. NEXT: The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art and Art Chicago are an art sister act that simultaneously takes over every May to bring to you the leading contemporary and modern art from galleries all over the world.

Only NEXT is like the younger, cooler, and hipper little sister, whose gallery of creatives were let into the showcase by invite only. Super elitist, but you don’t need a special invite to attend, you just need to fork over twenty bucks and you’ll be able to see all the paintings, photography, drawings, prints, sculpture, video, and special installations you want at both NEXT and Art Chicago, and don't forget the Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair. So not only will you be able to impress friends by dropping names of obscure artists from Düsseldorf, but you’ll be able to impress your grandma too with your new found knowledge of 1800s dinnerware.

NEXT

will be located at:

The Merchandise Mart

222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, 7th Floor

May 1st – May 4th, 2009

For more information or to purchase tickets visit: nextartfair.com

Kirsten Kilponen is a Venus Zine editorial intern.