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Hilton Contemporary is proud to announce a specially curated exhibition of photographs, diamond dust and neon artworks by internationally celebrated artist David Drebin. Following his solo exhibition at Intersect Aspen, CINEMATIC DREAMS marks Drebin’s Chicago debut and introduces collectors to his unique blend of cinematic storytelling and striking visual drama. Renowned for his ability to weave narratives of desire, mystery, and glamour into large-scale photographs, Drebin has become one of the most recognizable visual artists of his generation. His body of work spans photography, light boxes, neon installations, sculptures, and etchings on glass. Known for blending cinematic drama with raw human emotion, his art has been described as 'Hollywood glamour meets psychological thriller.' Hilton Contemporary’s presentation of CINEMATIC DREAMS is the gallery’s first major showcase of David Drebin’s works to our Chicago collectors. The exhibition will highlight both his most celebrated images and rarely seen archival works, giving collectors the chance to experience Drebin’s evocative vision in person. “We are very pleased to introduce David Drebin to Chicago,” said Arica Hilton, CEO and founder of Hilton Contemporary galleries. “His work is bold and unforgettable. Drebin's landscapes are pure cinematography, turning glamour into cinematic storytelling. By presenting Drebin’s vision to our collectors, we continue our mission to feature artists who inspire us to see the world with renewed imagination.” Opening Reception: Friday, October 3rd • 5 to 8 p.m. Hilton Contemporary - River North 716 N. Wells, Chicago About David Drebin Born in Toronto and based in New York City, David Drebin graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1996 and quickly rose to international acclaim. His cinematic style explores themes of beauty, fame, and fantasy. Often his images portray subjects caught in moments of longing or escapism against breathtaking cityscapes and dreamlike settings. In addition to photography, Drebin is celebrated for his multidisciplinary practice. His Hidden Stars portraits playfully mask or conceal well-known cultural figures, exploring the tension between celebrity, anonymity, and identity. He has also created large-scale neon installations, light boxes, etchings on glass, and sculptures, all of which extend his visual universe beyond photography into immersive and experiential art. Drebin’s career includes collaborations with leading global brands and publications such as Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, GQ, and National Geographic. His artwork has been exhibited at Art Basel, Paris Photo, Intersect Aspen, Photo London, Art Miami, Art Palm Beach, Istanbul Contemporary, and many more. He has also photographed high-profile individuals such as Charlize Theron, John Legend, Sandra Bernhard, Kevin Bacon, and Diane von Fürstenberg among others. Known for his striking portraits, expansive city views, and neon art pieces, Drebin creates immersive worlds that blur the line between reality and imagination. His photographs often feel like stills from a film noir, inviting viewers to create their own narratives around his enigmatic subjects. Drebin has published multiple monographs with teNeues, including The Morning After (2010), Chasing Paradise (2015), Dreamscapes (2016), and Collectors Edition (2021). His works are highly sought after on the international art market, with pieces consistently commanding record-breaking results at auction.

Cinematic Dreams

Irish artist Elaine Byrne and Aliza Shvarts, Director of SAIC's Low-Residency MFA and Assistant Professor, Performance will discuss how borders political, social, and psycho- logical- define, divide, and drift, shaping the sense of belonging and exclusion. Drawing on Byrne's Drifting Sovereignty and her research into borders and the essay film, the conversa- tion explores how art can make visible the fluidity of environmental and geopolitical change.

In Conversation: Boundaries/Borders a discussion with Elaine Byrne & Aliza Shvarts

The Consul General of Ireland, Brian Cahalane, will open the exhibition at 6:00 P.M. followed by a gallery walk with the artist.We are most grateful of Culture Ireland, who supported this event.John David Mooney Foundation is pleased to present&nbsp;Drifting Sovereignty, a solo exhibition by Elaine Byrne, represented by Kevin Kavanagh Galleries, from 5th - 29th November 2025. This show, supported by Culture Ireland, will be opened by Consul General Brian Cahalane.​​Drifting Sovereignty&nbsp;is a multidisciplinary exhibition that critically engages with the shifting nature of borders and the performance of power at geopolitical and environmental margins. Through photography, sculpture, video, and performance, the exhibition interrogates how sovereignty is both asserted and destabilized in contested spaces.​Contemporary borders are often represented as fixed lines on maps, yet such depictions obscure their social, political, and material complexity. Byrne's work shifts focus from the border as line to the borderscape--a dynamic, contested space shaped by governance, infrastructure, and lived experience. In doing so, the exhibition emphasizes the constructed and mutable nature of borders, which appear, dissolve, fracture, and overlap in response to both human and environmental forces.The works traverse multiple geographies. In the California desert. Byrne photographs prototypes of the U.S.-Mexico border wall--monumental forms that embody both the spectacle and futility of territorial enforcement. In the Canadian High Arctic, she documents landscapes marked by forced Indigenous relocation, revealing how political decisions have reconfigured lives and land. In Svalbard, where Russian-owned land exists within NATO territory, she explores competing territorial claims in the context of climate change and resource extraction.A central performance video shows Byrne walking across Arctic Sea ice--a minimal gesture that functions as a meditation on human presence within a rapidly changing landscape. This act underscores how environmental instability redraws boundaries once presumed stable.Byrne's sustained engagement with borders positions them not solely as barriers, but as active agents in the production of identity, belonging, and exclusion.&nbsp;Drifting Sovereignty&nbsp;offers a critical reflection on the entanglement of geopolitical power, mobility, and environmental change, prompting urgent questions about the future of territory and the limits of control in an increasingly unstable world.​

Elaine Byrne: Drifting Sovereignty

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Buzz Spector is an American artist, writer, and educator whose work explores the relationships between public history, individual memory, and perception. He is known for his sculptural and conceptual use of books as both subject and object, employing stacking, tearing, and reconfiguration to examine how meaning is shaped and transformed through the material presence of language.&nbsp;Spector has presented solo exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington DC, Huntington Museum of Art in West Virginia, Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, Qian Juntao Museum in Jiaxing, China, Saint Louis Art Museum, and Rockford Art Museum in Illinois. His work is included in more than fifty museum collections worldwide.&nbsp;In addition to his visual practice, Spector has written widely on contemporary art and culture for publications including Artforum, American Craft, Brooklyn Rail, and New Art Examiner. He is the author of&nbsp;The Book Maker's Desire&nbsp;and&nbsp;Buzz Words, and his experimental writing has appeared in journals such as Benzene, Cafe Solo, Posit, and River Styx. He lives and works in the Hudson Valley of New York, continuing to shape contemporary dialogues around books, memory, and the visual language of text.

Buzz Spector: Recto | Verso

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Sebastian Thomas

Dec 10 - Jan 4, 2026: Luminous Mosaics, Taiwanese&nbsp;Artist Kai-Chun Chiang

Luminous Mosaics, Taiwanese Artist Kai-Chun Chiang

Image: Herman Aguirre,&nbsp;¡Ni uno mas!, 2023, Oil and oil/acrylic skins on panel, 63" x 98" x 4.5"

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