The New York-based Palo Gallery participating in Expo Chicago for the first time, sold two works from its solo stand of paintings by the New Orleans-based artist Auudi Dorsey for $11,000 and $14,000 in the fair’s opening days. The canvases are inspired by the life of Clifford Etienne, a champion boxer now serving a 105-year prison sentence at the infamous Louisiana State Penitentiary.
“We’ve been wanting to engage with the community of institutions and collectors in the Midwest,” says Paul Henkel, Palo Gallery’s founder. “We applied because Auudi Dorsey had been wanting to show at this fair and because we know that the city and the fair are really important for Black art and Black collectors.” Remaining works on the stand are priced between $5,000 and $14,000.
