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A SMALL SYMPOSIUM
22 APRIL 2–5pm
AT
COLOR CLUB
4146 N. ELSTON AVE.
CHICAGO, IL
SEE BELOW FOR MORE INFO
ADDITIONAL VISITING HOURS
16 – 19 APR, 1 – 6 pm
20 – 21 APR, 11 – 6 pm
OR BY APPOINTMENT
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COLOR CLUB's 100-year-old home is not yet wheelchair accessible, but they are working on it. For more information on the venue, visit them here.
BARELY FAIR is host to MINOR MATTERS, a small symposium on the economies of scale. The conversations took place at BARELY FAIR inside Color Club's Ballroom space on 20 APR, 2024 from 2-5PM. Special thanks to Sam Clapp and Bad At Sports for recording the talks.
4.00PM —
PUBLIC SCALE
How Small Collections Enter Large Institutions
Michael Darling (Musuem Exchange), Gary Metzner (Collector, Sotheby's), and Ionit Behar (DePaul Art Musuem). Moderated by Kate Sierzputowski (BARELY FAIR, EXPO CHICAGO).
From left to right: Roland Miller chats with Courtney Sherrer, Josh Rogers, and Megan Green Rogers about their collections. 📷 Roland Miller
Take a peek behind how museums acquire, and are matched with private collections in this conversation with Museum Exchange co-founder Michael Darling, Sotheby’s Managing Director of the Mid-Western Region Gary Metzner, and DePaul Art Museum curator Ionit Behar.
Presented in partnership with Museum Exchange.
This week on Bad at Sports we’re presenting more panel discussions from Minor Matters, the programming arm of Barely Fair, a 1/12th scale art fair produced by Julius Caesar at Color Club this April! First up, CURATORIAL CONFINES: Scaled Selections Within and Outside Institutions moderated by Scott Campbell (Independent Curators International) with panelists Nolan Jimbo (Marjorie Susman Curatorial Fellow at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago), Adia Sykes (Independent Curator) and Kate Sierzputowski (Airlock, BARELY FAIR, Julius Caesar, EXPO CHICAGO) then, SCALE AS SUPPORT: The Architecture Behind BARELY FAIR Moderated by Roland Knowlden (Future Firm) with the Directors of the fair itself, Josh Dihle, Tony Lewis, Roland Miller, and Kate Sierzputowski. Finally, in a podcast *exclusive* (sorry terrestrial radio only listeners!), STARTING SMALL: A Look at the Beginning of a Collection, moderated by Roland Miller (BARELY FAIR, Julius Caesar) with panelists Courtney Sherrer, Josh Rogers, and Megan Green Rogers.
Today on Bad at Sports we’re presenting two panel discussions held this April as part of Minor Matters, the programming arm of Barely Fair, a 1/12th scale art fair produced by Julius Caesar at Color Club! First up, MINOR EXPORTS: Exhibition Programs Across Cities with Michelle Grabner (The Suburban, Milwaukee, Umbria), Tarik Kentouche (Scherben, Berlin), Aron Gent (DOCUMENT, Chicago, Lisbon), moderated by Josh Dihle (BARELY FAIR, Julius Caesar). After the break, SCALING UP: Emerging Artists Presented in Large-Scale Spaces with Torey Gaines (Anthony Gallery), Mickey Pomfrey (MICKEY) and Abby Pucker (GERTIE, Art in Common), moderated by Roland Miller (BARELY FAIR, Julius Caesar).
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