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Weiner Reflects on 57th Street Art Fair
Sculptor Egon Weiner, a long time Institute of Art professor, recalls early Chicago fairs as inspirational yet shifting from serious art to entertainment. He notes new members and student access, while warning that many fairs resemble a circus and danger to committed, noncommercial art.
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