Chicago Curated

$5550 WITH HOTEL

‍This hotel rate is available through August 19.

Includes hotel accommodations.
Add a plus one for $3450.

$3550 WITHOUT HOTEL

Without hotel accommodations.
Add a plus one for $3450.

$2550 WITH ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP

For EarlyWork members with annual membership ($600/year)
‍Sign up ➝

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Join us for the first in a series of intimate, high-touch cultural journeys across the great art cities of the world.

We are offering meaningful access to the art world in ways that are immersive, story-rich and rooted in real relationships with cultural organizations and artists in each city.

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This will be an intimate experience with 30-40 guests total.

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View sample itinerary from our last experience ➝

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Across the span of 3 days, we will experience cultural immersion in a city whose greatest cultural gems lay just under the surface.

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Lunches prepared by acclaimed Chicago chefs at some of the city’s most exciting galleries

Dinners are our time to explore the nooks and crannies of the city that only locals know – likely not on any trendy lists (...yet)

Spend time amongst some of the most exciting private art collections and hear about the stories behind the work

Evenings will be spent over drinks and music, whether that’s at Tony Lewis’ studio turned cocktail lounge or an intimate concert at one of the city’s most iconic music venues

Have real conversations with visitors and locals alike over a bottle of wine, a coffee or maybe even some Malort (a local favorite)!

Get a sneak peek at exhibitions from artists like Theaster Gates before they open to the public

Meander through the Chicago Architecture Biennial at The Cultural Center

Be the first to see the new exhibition at 400 N. Peoria – Over My Head: Encounters with Conceptual Art in a Flyover City, 1984-2015 and get a tour from the curators

This will be an intimate experience with 30-40 guests total.

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View sample itinerary from our last experience ➝

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YOUR CO HOSTS

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Eugene Fu

Laura Hyatt

Tony Karman

Kibum Kim

Gary Metzner

Abby Pucker

Ellie Rines

Carmen Rossi

Helen Zell

BE PART OF A NEW MODEL

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Across the cultural sector the traditional philanthropy is broken. These funding and governance structures have often enabled administrative bloat, mission drift, and a disconnect from the communities and creators they were built to serve. We’re building something different: a new, agile model for supporting the arts that’s more personal, more transparent, and more aligned with how we actually engage with culture today.

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BECOME A NEW KIND OF PATRON

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At the heart of the experience is a new exhibition that is being commissioned by Chicago Exhibition Weekend and YOU. Your participation in the Chicago Curated Weekend directly funds the exhibition. As the producer of the weekend, Abby Pucker has invited two young up and coming curators (Iris Colburn, Curatorial Associate at the MCA and Gareth Kaye, independent curator) to put together a landmark show that speaks to Chicago’s influence and importance to the art world.

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‍Over My Head: Encounters with Conceptual Art in a Flyover City, 1984–2015 explores key post-conceptual exhibitions staged by pioneering Chicago dealers such as Rhona Hoffman, Donald Young, Feature Inc., Feigen Inc., and Robbin Lockett. focusing on works that marked pivotal moments in an artist’s practice, reflected enduring dealer-artist relationships, or engage themes of temporality, transmission, and memory.

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After our private preview, the show will open to the public—free of charge—for a 3 week run.

$5550 PER PERSON

Includes hotel accommodations

$3550 PER PERSON

Without hotel accommodations

$2550 PER PERSON

For EarlyWork members with annual membership ($600/year)
‍Sign up ➝

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FOR ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE EMAIL
‍abby@gertie.co

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Chicago Exhibition Weekend presents‍

September 18-21, 2025

Join us for the first in a series of intimate, high-touch cultural journeys across the great art cities of the world.

We are offering meaningful access to the art world in ways that are immersive, story-rich and rooted in real relationships with cultural organizations and artists in each city.

This will be an intimate experience with 30-40 guests total.

‍

View sample itinerary from our last experience ➝

Across the span of 3 days, we will experience cultural immersion in a city whose greatest cultural gems lay just under the surface.

‍

This will be an intimate experience with 30-40 guests total.

‍

View sample itinerary from our last experience ➝