The Conservation Center is excited to return to EXPO CHICAGO as an official sponsor and the exclusive conservator and framer for our 11th year. EXPO CHICAGO returns to Navy Pier April 11–14 for its eleventh edition, featuring 170 of the world's most prominent galleries from 75 cities and 29 countries, including The Center's educational booth #174. Celebrating the work of over 3,000 artists, the International Exposition of Contemporary & Modern Art offers a week of diverse and dynamic programming you won't want to miss.
EXPO CHICAGO 2023
The Conservation Center is excited to return to THE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION OF CONTEMPORARY & MODERN ART for our 9th year. EXPO CHICAGO returns for a four-day event (April 7 - 10) taking place at historic Navy Pier, featuring more than 140 of the world’s leading art galleries from 16 countries. This fair draws visitors from all over and continues to demonstrate Chicago as an important destination in the art world. As we have for the past nine years, The Center is proud to serve as EXPO CHICAGO’s exclusive art conservation and custom framing provider. Our conservators will also be on-call and on-site to assist dealers and galleries whose pieces have sustained damage related to transportation and handling.
Elevating Women Magazine: "Trailblazing Women in Art" featuring Heather Becker, "Art Conservation Maven"
"Trailblazing Women in Art" featuring Heather Becker at EXPO Chicago 2022
This year at EXPO CHICAGO, Northern Trust is hosting an intimate conversation with three female pioneers who are pushing the bounds of creativity. Steph Wagner, Northern Trust Director of Women and Wealth, will lead a thoughtful conversation with three women creating a ripple effect in the art world. From building the largest art restoration firm in North America to challenging auction house norms with NFTs to transforming communities with the power of color, we will explore how these innovators found their passion and are channeling it into a source of positive change.
Verisk and The Conservation Center
This month, The Center's CEO Heather Becker was featured virtually during the opening of this year's Verisk Elevate Conference in Salt Lake City. With our decades of disaster response experience, The Center is always ready to work with adjusters and insurance companies to save art collections big and small, personal or corporate, historic or modern.