Chicago’s Volume Gallery Triples in Size with a Move to West Town
The last couple of years have seen many art galleries close in art hubs around the world amid a struggling market. But one in Chicago is tripling in size with a move to a new neighborhood. Volume Gallery will open on February 13 in a 3,500-square-foot space designed by co-founders Claire Warner and Sam Vinz at 1700 West Hubbard Street, across from mainstays Mariane Ibrahim and Monique Meloche. It’s the gallery’s third space since it opened in 2010. If expanding a gallery in a market downturn seems counterintuitive, Warner and Vinz know all about making the best of a bad situation. They met when they both worked as specialists at Wright Auctions, and both were laid off in the economic downturn of 2008. “I have the record for the shortest employment there,” said Vinz, who was hired in May and let go after two weeks (at least getting three months’ severance out of the deal). Warner was laid off a couple of months later. Related Articles “I think a lot about that time as we …
