Fodor's Expert Review River North Gallery District
River North
Neighborhood
North of the Merchandise Mart and south of Chicago Avenue, between Orleans and Dearborn, is a concentration of art galleries carrying just about every kind of work imaginable. Virtually every building on Superior Street between Wells and Orleans houses at least one gallery, and visitors are welcome to stop in.
Free tours leave from Addington Gallery at 704 N. Wells on the second Saturday of the month at 11; galleries also coordinate their exhibitions to showcase new works typically on "First Fridays" (check the Chicago Gallery News for dates). Although many artists have left this high-rent district for the less expensive, more industrial West Town, there is still a lot to see here, just a 10-minute walk from Michigan Avenue.
