PIGMENT INTERNATIONAL @EXPOCHGO 2023 THE TEA IS HOT AND WE’RE SPILLING OUR TOP PICKS FOR #EXPOCHGO VISIT US IN BOOTH P8

Pigment International??invites you to join us for the 10th?Edition of EXPO Chicago.?There we will launch our?Black Gallery Guide +?(BGG+),?a resource that lists galleries, art fairs, museums and services offered by Black purveyors across the globe. This first-of-its kind publication also includes profiles of gallery owners.?The cover of the guide features Waterkolours Gallery in Memphis, Tennessee.?The publication will be available on-line, updated quarterly and printed annually.

Joining us for EXPO this year is?Jennifer Warren??contestant on?MTV and The Smithsonian Channel’s?“The Exhibit: Finding?the Next Great Artist,” hosted by Chicago journalist and art muse?Dometi Pongo.?The Cleveland native and Chicago based artist was the winner of the show’s first challenge.??The show concludes on April 10th.???Pigment International?covered Warren nearly two years ago at The?Other Art Fair, where she debuted her prints for the first time in Chicago.??Correspondent?Vee Harrison?has been following the series for the Pigment International Newsletter.

Pigment will also welcome students and staff from?Gary Comer Youth Center?in Chicago’s Grand Crossings neighborhood. Speakers for the day will include the Pigment International team, EXPO Chicago and a host of artists and galleries.??

?Pigment International is a media partner to EXPO Chicago along with?Financial Times/HTSI, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Connects, ArtReview, ArtNexus, ARTNews, Art in America, The Art Newspaper, Chicago Gallery News, The Baer Faxt, CULTURED, Esse, Newcity, Ocula, OSMOS, Mousse, Collectors Agenda, Critical Minded, Lampoon?and?Terremoto.?

In this week’s Pigment Newsletter, we’ve curated some of our favorite events and happenings highlighting Black art and culture.??Follow us on?IG?and DM us and we’ll enter you into drawings for artwork, Pigment International merch, and gifts from our partners.??We’ll have artist meet and greets and join our community for invites to all our art events and experiences.

Read this week’s newsletter?here.?

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Pigment International Schedule:?

April 13th

Opening Night?

6:00 pm -??9:00 pm

Meet artist?Jennifer Warren?from MTV and Smithsonian Channel’s The Exhibit

April 14th

Gary Comer Youth Center Tour

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Artists Meet & Greet

April 15th

Pigment International Launch of the?Black Gallery Guide +

Meet Danny Jenkins of Waterkolours Gallery

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Pigment Photo Shoot?

Toast provided by Play Pen Vodka?

Gift Basket from Cottonseed Exchange?

More Gifts and Giveaways?

Artists Meet & Greet

Sign up to receive our Pigment Magazine -?Black Fine Art:??The Gilded Age?

Meet?Jennifer Warren??from MTV and Smithsonian Channel’s The Exhibit?

Pigment International’s Top Picks for Expo 2023

April 11th??– South Side Openings

·??????The Study at the University of Chicago |?1227 E 60th St

A Toast to the South Side?| Reception: 5 – 6:30 p.m.; Remarks: 5:45 p.m.?

·??????South Side Community Art Center |?3831 S Michigan Ave

"where the light corrupts your face..."?| Extended Gallery Hours: 4?– 7 p.m.?

·??????The DuSable Black History Museum & Education Center |?740 E 56th Pl

Diaspora Stories: Selections From The CCH Pounder Collection?| Extended Gallery Hours + Walkthroughs: 4 – 9 p.m.?

GIO SWABY: FRESH UP

April 8 – July 3, 2023

The Art Institute of Chicago

SKIN + MASKS CONVERSATION?

Monday April 10th

Armani Howard, Erol Scott Harris, Lola Ayisha Ogbara, Vic Mensa and Chanelle Lacy?

Location | SKIN + MASKS Pop-up?

Opening Night?

Thursday, April 13th

6:00 pm – 9 pm

Chance the Rapper?in Dialogue with?Hank Willis Thomas?

ART on THE MART - DERRICK ADAMS

April 14

Projections: 8:30 – 10 p.m.

On view nightly April 14 – July 5, 2023 along Chicago's Riverwalk

Saturday, April 15th

Black Arts Experience

Mimosa Brunch and Art Talk with Kendra Walker?

featuring Kendra, Allana Clarke, Esmaa Mohamoud?

Esmaa Mohamoud?| 219 N Elizabeth St Fl. 1 | Opening April 14

Allana Clarke?| 835 W Washington Blvd Fl. 1 | Opening April 14

THE MELT GOES ON FOREVER: THE ART & TIMES OF DAVID HAMMONS?

Gene Siskel Center?

April 16 | 1 p.m.?

Be Sure to Visit these Black Galleries at EXPO

Richard Beavers Gallery, Brooklyn

Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, New York

Welancora Gallery, New York

?Afriart Gallery, Kampala

Anthony Gallery, Chicago

Kendra Jayne Patrick, Bern

Residency Art Gallery, Inglewood

JUPITER Contemporary, Miami

AMFM, Chicago