Chicago's art market is attracting artists despite economic headwinds. Affordable spaces and a collaborative spirit fuel growth, with events like CXW boosting local engagement and sales. Chicago art schools attract talent.
Situated on a quaint side street, it looks and feels less like a dealership than like the home of Sylvie and Christophe Tissot, the artists and owners who greeted visitors to their exposed-beam-ceilinged space by sitting them on stools, offering them fruit juice and regaling them with stories about the Parisian art scene of the 1970s and 80s.
