Can a Slimmed-Down Expo Chicago Still Throw Its Weight Around?

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday.Ask incoming Expo Chicago fair director Kate Sierzputowski what her city’s art scene is like, and you get a couple of very illuminating examples to illustrate its nature, which she describes as “distinctly collaborative.” For many years, dealer Rhona Hoffman hosted an August ping-