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Chicago-based artist, Will Gabaldón, will open his second solo exhibition at Ackerman Clarke this Saturday, May 16th. A reception will be held from 2-5pm CDT at 2544 W. Fullerton Ave. in Logan Square. Special thanks to Will and his network for making the presentation possible. To say that this is a nice one is an understatement. @willgabaldon @ackerman.clarke #willgabaldon #ackermanclarke #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #oilpainting

OPENING THIS SATURDAY May 16th, 2-5pm CDT WILL GABALDÓN The artist continues his pursuit of translating memories and imagined sites to buttery, shimmering surfaces in single sessions at the easel. This will be Gabaldón’s second solo with the gallery and will feature his largest compositions to date. @willgabaldon @ackerman.clarke #willgabaldon #ackermanclarke #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #oilpainting Image: Will Gabaldón Sundown, 2026 Oil on panel 16h x 20w in Photo: Nathan Keay

Celebrate!🌹🌸💐🌺🌷🌻 Work shown: William J. O’Brien, Petal Eclipse, 2019, marker, gauche on paper, 21 x 18 inches

Today is the last day to view Hidetaka Suzuki’s exhibition, Breathing, at Ackerman Clarke. The gallery is open from 12pm until 5pm at 2544 W Fullerton Ave. Special thanks to Hidetaka and Megumu for making the trip from Tokyo and for the beautiful presentation. @suzukihidetaka @ackerman.clarke #suzukihidetaka #ackermanclarke #contemporarypainting #oilpainting #contemporaryart Caption: Hidetaka Suzuki Afterimage, 2026 Oil on canvas 36h x 29w in, 91h x 72.7w cm

ON VIEW Through Saturday, May 9th HIDETAKA SUZUKI: Breathing This is Suzuki’s second solo exhibition at Ackerman Clarke. The image above depicts blancmange, a molded dessert, structured with gelatin to a wobbly firmness. It is among several other soft food compositions where the artist investigates translucency and texture by selecting subjects made from thickened liquid. @suzukihidetaka @ackerman.clarke #suzukihidetaka #hidetakasuzuki #ackermanclarke #contemporarypainting #oilpainting

NOW ON VIEW Through Saturday, May 9th, 2026 HIDETAKA SUZUKI: Breathing Tokyo-based painter and computer programmer, Hidetaka Suzuki, returns to Chicago after a US solo debut at Ackerman Clarke in 2023. Nine wet-on-wet oils in varying modes of representation amplify the simultaneous beauty and discomfort of subjects found in life and online. Image: Mikey Mosher @mikey.mosher @suzukihidetaka @ackerman.clarke #suzukihidetaka #hidetakasuzuki #ackermanclarke #contemporaryart #oilpainting

OPENING THIS FRIDAY Friday, April 10th, 2026, Reception 5-8pm CDT HIDETAKA SUZUKI: Breathing Ackerman Clarke 2544 West Fullerton Avenue Chicago, IL 60647 USA “Our bodies are not something we can truly control. They belong to the realm of nature, and perhaps the very idea that we own them is nothing more than a simple assumption. If this is true, then how can we justify calling our emotions, sensations, memories, and perceptions our own? Even though something is certainly moving within the body, it can never be seen directly. This invisibility feels much like a ghost. We understand most of our physical selves through images, such as fragments of memory, photographs, or pictures on a screen. Although these are distinct from our actual experiences, they eventually take on the same sense of reality and begin to shape us. If the body is not a firm and solid center but it is instead built from layers of images, then what we call reality must also rest on an unstable foundation.” Caption: Hidetaka Suzuki Liminal, 2026 Oil on canvas 18h x 20 7/8w in, 46h x 53w cm @suzukihidetaka @ackerman.clarke #suzukihidetaka #hidetakasuzuki #ackermanclarke #contemporarypainting #oilpainting

OPENING TONIGHT Friday, April 3, 2026 Barely Fair: DUNCAN MCGILLIVRAY-SMITH McGillivray-Smith contributes three dry media works on board to this year’s booth presentation at the Barely Fair, held in Chicago (McKinley Park), a 1:12 scale art fair owned and arranged by the Chicago artist collective, Julius Caesar. Special thanks are in order, beginning with Duncan, his support team, and of course, Roland Miller and Tony Lewis, for their enthusiasm and dogged commitment to introducing relevant global contemporary art from an approachable position. Image: Duncan McGillivray-Smith SFO, 2026 Oil pastel, pastel, ink, graphite on board 9h x 12w in, 22.9h x 30.5w cm Unframed @duncannapkins @duncanmcgillivrayart @ackerman.clarke @barely_fair @roartservices @roropaints @_tony_lewis_ @lewisbagchi

OPENING NEXT FRIDAY Friday, April 10th, 2026 HIDETAKA SUZUKI: Breathing Reception from 5-8pm CDT Ackerman Clarke 2544 West Fullerton Avenue Chicago, IL 60647 USA This is Tokyo-based artist, Hidetaka Suzuki’s, second solo exhibition at Ackerman Clarke. With all of the ongoing events during this forthcoming EXPO Chicago art fair week, the gallery (and Suzuki’s show) will be open all of Friday from 10am until 8pm, and by earlier appointments. We’re thrilled to welcome the artist to Chicago for the first time, and special thanks to him and his partner for their contributions in making this happen. @suzukihidetaka @ackerman.clarke #hidetakasuzuki #ackermanclarke #suzukihidetaka #oilpainting #contemporaryart

Bremen painter Vincent Haynes sent new work for NADA Miami 2025. The characters in his paintings are chosen from Haynes’s personal archive of images and videos promoted by governments worldwide. Haynes selects for standout garments, colors, postures, and backdrops that inform his oil paintings interrogating the celebrations and semiotics of power. Caption: Vincent Haynes Pressekonferenz, 2025 Chalk, oil pastel, graphite on linen 15 3/4h x 19 3/4w in, 40h x 50w cm Documentation: Vincent Haynes Studio @v1ncent_h4ynes @newartdealers @ackerman.clarke #vincenthaynes #newartdealers #ackermanclarke #nadamiami2025 #nadamiami #nada #contemporaryartfair #contemporarypainting #oilpainting #chicagogalleries

The Miami fair hosted by the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) is open today until 6pm EST. Special thanks to everyone who has already visited this year’s iteration. Chicago-based Chris Bradley contributes new sculptures to the stand that suggest trade or craft activities where multitudes of toothpicks adhere to one another atop paint cans. Like much of Bradley’s work that suspends disbelief and incorporates extensive finishing techniques to provide verisimilitude, the combined painted objects switch materials, substituting metal alloy for wood and vice versa. Caption: Chris Bradley Mnemonic (Heat), 2025 Steel, wood, paint 22 1/2h x 10w x 10d in, 57.2h x 25.4w x 25.4d cm Unique Documentation: Chris Bradley Studio @mango_chunks_ @newartdealers @ackerman.clarke #mangochunks #chrisbradley #newartdealers #ackermanclarke #nadamiami25 #nadamiami #newartdealersalliance #contemporaryart #contemporarysculpture #contemporarygallery #contemporaryartfair #miami #chicagogalleries

The NADA Miami art fair moves into the weekend. Chicago-based artist, Caleb Schroder, made new work for the booth presentation since the solo exhibition last November. Growing up in rural Montana, Schroder’s contribution to the stand utilizes expanded painting models to probe gender suppositions associated with woven garments of the American Cowboy that, like the wraith-like forms, continue to haunt masculinity. Caption: Caleb Schroder A kiss away from being a reality (roseate), 2025 Flannel shirting, thread, beads, hardware 49h x 34w x 13d in, 124h x 86.4w x 33d cm Documentation: Mikey Mosher @mikey.mosher @calebschroder3 @ackerman.clarke @newartdealers #calebschroder #ackermanclarke #newartdealers #nadamiami2025 #nadamiami #contemporaryartwork #contemporaryart #contemporaryfair #contemporaryartfair #flannel #plaid