The International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art, now in its third year, is an intimidatingly large event that promises/threatens to overload your eyeballs as galleries descend on Navy Pier for three days of exhibitions, site-specific projects, panel discussions, and more. The disorientation can be its own experience, but for those who’d like some guidance, here are five high points to swim for amidst the aesthetic flood.
Dialogues: “What Do Your Politics Get From Being in My Art?” (Sat 9/20, 11:15 AM) Part of the ambitious lineup of Expo’s Dialogues series, this discussion moderated by Bad at Sports podcast and blog founder Duncan MacKenzie focuses on the relationships between the art world and the sphere of social and political causes—a topic of particular interest in Chicago, which has been a center for blending art and activism at venues like the late, lamented Mess Hall. MacKenzie talks to Rakowitz, Threewalls associate director Abigail Satinsky, and artist and DePaul associate professor Jim Duignan.
9/19-9/21: Fri and Sat 11 AM-7 PM, Sun 11 AM-6 PM Navy Pier 600 E. Grand expochicago.com $20
