HOST COMMITTEE

NEXT ART CHICAGO is committed to developing a citywide event that truly engages the cultural arts community. The 2012 Host Committee has been reimagined and built on that principle, and features the leaders from the City of Chicago's most prominent civic and cultural institutions. NEXT ART CHICAGO is proud to have the continued support from longstanding partner institutions and collectors.

Virginia Berg, Chicago Gallery News
Dan Berger, Collector and Director, Iceberg Projects
Michelle T. Boone, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Matti Bunzl, Artistic Director, Chicago Humanities Festival
Jennifer & Curt Conklin, Collectors
Douglas Druick, Eloise W. Martin Director, Art Institute of Chicago
Natasha Egan, Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography
Susanne Ghez, Director, The Renaissance Society
Madeleine Grynsztejn, Pritzker Director, Museum of Contemporary Art
Marj Halperin, Vice Chair, Chicago Cultural Affairs Advisory Committee
Gary Heiferman, Collector and President of AAA Rentals
Jan & Brian Hieggelke, New City Publishers
Leslie Hindman, President, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Anthony Hirschel, Dana Feitler Director, Smart Museum
Scott Hunter & Richard Renfro, Collectors
Mary Jane Jacob, Executive Director of Exhibitions, School of the Art Institute
Lee Kelley, Director of Visual Arts | Public Art Program, Chicago Office of Tourism & Culture
Susan & Lewis Manilow, Collectors
Walter Massey, President, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Tricia Van Eck, Artistic Director, 6018 North

 
Fundamental to our mission, NEXT ART CHICAGO will continue the celebrated educational programming presented at past Art Chicago and NEXT fairs to foster important dialogue. This year, the Talk Shop will include panels and lectures by an international roster of artists, curators, collectors, critics, and writers to discuss current artistic and collecting trends as well as crucial issues confronting today’s global art market.  To that end, NEXT ART CHICAGO is proud to have the support of our 2012 Curatorial Committee.

Naomi Beckwith, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Lisa Freiman, Indianapolis Museum of Art
Marilu Knode, Laumeier Sculpture Park
Dominic Molon, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
James Rondeau, Art Institute of Chicago
Gilbert Vicario, Des Moines Art Center