Chicago’s Top Attractions by Owners of Richard Gray Gallery
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Richard Gray Gallery in Chicago has launched a major show of monumental new work by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa at Gray Warehouse. “Secret Garden” presents recent sculptures in wood, stainless steel, and bronze, in conjunction with a suite of drChicago’s Top Attractions by Owners of Richard Gray Gallery
Richard Gray Gallery in Chicago has launched a major show of monumental new work by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa at Gray Warehouse. “Secret Garden” presents recent sculptures in wood, stainless steel, and bronze, in conjunction with a suite of drawings, and will on display until November 11, 2017. The gallery, which is an international dealer in Modern, Post War, and Contemporary Art with locations in New York and Chicago, also participated in the recently concluded EXPO Chicago. “Gray Warehouse is our new exhibition space on the city’s west side and Jaume’s show will be the second exhibition to take place there,” says Valerie Carberry, who co-owns the gallery along with Paul Gray, the son of the gallery’s founder Richard Gray. Blouin ARTINFO spoke to Carberry and Gray about the best places to visit, stay and dine in Chicago.What are your recommendations for must-visit places in Chicago and why?Gray: Stony Island Arts Bank — it’s one of Theaster Gates’s Rebuild Foundation projects that is reinvigorating a once-grand South side neighborhood. What restaurants, bars, and cafes would you recommend in Chicago and why?Gray: Ruxbin, which features inventive new cuisine by an exciting young chef. Where would you go and what would you do if you had a free morning or afternoon in Chicago?Carberry: I would go for a long run or a bike ride along the lakefront path, one of the best features of the city. Where would you head to in Chicago for the best shopping and what would you buy?Carberry: The curated collections of women’s fashion at Blake on W. Chicago Avenue. Everything is selected with intelligence.Where would you recommend people stay (hotels etc.) when they visit Chicago?Carberry: Chicago Athletic Association Hotel is a beautifully restored vintage club with a humorous, modern sensibility. From there, you can walk to the Art Institute and Millennium Park.Gray: The Park Hyatt is luxurious and cool with modern digs, great food at their No-Mi restaurant and a lush Sigmar Polke painting to greet you in the lobby. What are the best places to see and buy art in Chicago?Carberry: We have world class public institutions (Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art) and incredible galleries that show everything from emerging to international contemporary art.What are the best places to see live bands or musicians in Chicago and why?Gray: Check out the Empty Bottle for great live music that tends towards alt-rock, electronic. What projects are you currently working on/involved in?Carberry: We are excitedly working on a major show of new, large-scale Alex Katz paintings, which is planned for spring of next year at Gray Warehouse.Click here to view a slideshow on Chicago. Read more