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✶ Chicago-made. Shipped worldwide. ✶ On-site framing • printing • engraving ✶ Same-day service ✶ Chicago’s art + frame destination — WTTW
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We spend a lot of our time framing Cubs history. This season the Cubs sent some our way.
Our friends at Wrigley Field gifted us our very own pinstripes, along with a handwritten note we’ll be rereading for a long time. Of course we had to build it a proper home. We designed a custom shadowbox with a scoreboard rail inspired by the iconic Wrigley Field scoreboard: the line score across the top, GO CUBS down one side, and AT BAT 26 with the ball, strike and out lights along the bottom. The note is matted in Wrigley green and floated right below the number.
We feel lucky to call the Cubs a partner. An organization this big could work with anyone, and they keep choosing local, family-owned shops. That support keeps neighborhood businesses open and keeps jobs and craftsmanship right here in Chicago. Thank you for trusting us with the work we do for you at the ballpark. It means a lot to our family to be part of the 150th season.
05 Nov 2026
Pink Noise, meet gold. ✨
German painter David Uessem builds his portraits on hyperrealism, detail so precise you lean in to check that it’s really paint. His signature move is hiding the subject’s eyes behind something dazzling like jewels, sequins or a pop-culture shape. That leaves you with only the lips and posture to read, so it’s glamour and mystery at the same time.
In Pink Noise, a faceted ruby mask turns into Mickey ears, playful and a little unsettling, and impossible to look away from.
We gave it a hand-textured gold moulding with a pebbled, reptile-like finish that catches the light the way her gems do. A piece this bold called for a frame that could hold its own.
02 Nov 2026
It is the final weekend for ‘ASCENDING’! Stop by and visit, or shop online (link in bio). Thanks to Alisha and the entire Frame Chicago team for partnering with us for this exhibition.
@framechicago #ascending #framechicago #verticalgallery #chicago
17 Oct 2026
Vertical Gallery’s kaleidoscopic group exhibition ‘ASCENDING’ spotlights close to four dozen artists from across the urban-contemporary landscape — mainstays of our ongoing programming efforts, old friends returning after extended absences and new friends exhibiting with us for the very first time.
Chicago-based conceptual artist E.LEE needs no introduction to longtime Vertical patrons, but the depth and complexity of ”Picture No. 04” and “Picture No. 05,” the two pieces he created for ‘ASCENDING,’ demanded further inquiry.
“They seem at first to be pictures in frames. But when you look a bit closer at the middle, where the image is supposed to be, there doesn’t seem to be an image at all. You just see stripes or dots: a pattern that doesn’t represent anything outside of itself. And the more you look, the harder it becomes to tell where the picture ends and the frame begins,” E.LEE (@_e.lee_) says.
“These works create the idea of something that isn’t actually there. There is no frame. There is no glass. There is no ‘picture’ in the middle. But dividing the surface into a center and an outside creates a hierarchy. The individual elements are abstract, but their relationship to one another creates the representation.”
There’s much more on E.LEE’s inspirations and aspirations in the debut of Vertical’s newest web-exclusive series, Process Spotlight. Link in bio.
‘ASCENDING,’ presented in partnership with Frame Chicago (@framechicago), runs through Oct. 18 at 1627 N. Clybourn Ave.
#verticalgallery #ascending #elee #conceptualart #framechicago
03 Oct 2026
Life is hard. You will be challenged. And then you will get through it. No rain. No flowers. — Cristina Martinez
She painted “No Rain, No Flowers” in a trance, then painted it ten feet tall on brick in Seattle’s Pioneer Square, first stroke to last.
So we framed it in rain: 24 gloss-black bubbles, fitted by hand, one by one. The frame doesn’t hold the piece. It finishes the thought.
25 Sep 2026
ASCENDING was a night.
Vertical Gallery brought together 44 artists from 11 countries and gave them a simple brief: no prescribed theme, just the freedom to create.
And the artists put on a show.
Above You. From the Top. Flight. Sky’s the Limit. Balance in Chaos. Protect My Energy. Always With You. Light of the Infinite. Inherited Horizons. And, fittingly, Ascending.
Different artists. Different countries. Different stories. Yet when Vertical brought the work together at Frame Chicago, it felt like it belonged in the same conversation.
Chicago filled the room. The art took over the walls. And our first exhibition together became an incredible night of art, conversation and community.
@petiteedith_chicago made it even better, bringing their warm hospitality and creative cocktails and keeping the room buzzing.
Opening night may be over, but ASCENDING is still very much here.
On view through October 18 at Frame Chicago. We’re open 7 days a week, so come in, take your time and experience what Vertical Gallery and these 44 artists have brought together.
Explore available works:
https://verticalgallery.com/collections/ascending
23 Sep 2026
ONCE AND FUTURE.
@hebrubrantley takes over @esme_chicago for a new artist residency, bringing his unmistakable world of characters, color and storytelling to the table.
Art doesn’t have to live on a wall.
Once and Future moves beyond the canvas, translating Hebru’s visual language through art, food and imagination for a fully immersive dining experience.
Presented by ESMÉ in partnership with Arte Haus Studios and Frame Chicago.
Now open, with reservations available throughout the residency.
#BUYARTE #HebruBrantley #OnceAndFuture #ArteHausStudios #ChicagoArt
21 Sep 2026
ONCE AND FUTURE. Hebru Brantley takes over Esme with Once and Future—an immersive culinary residency bringing his world of characters, bold color, and storytelling to life across every course. Now open, with reservations available throughout the residency. @esme_chicago
#HebruBrantley #OnceAndFuture #ArteHausStudios #ChicagoArt
20 Sep 2026
‘Call The Plumber’ my latest work featuring everyone’s favourite plumber is on show now and available at ‘Ascending’ group show tonight at @framechicago with @verticalgallery
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‘Call The Plumber’
Acrylic on Wood
11x14in
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Opening reception: Thursday, September 17, 5:00-8:00 pm
Show dates: September 14 – October 18, 2026
Location: Frame Chicago, 1627 N. Clybourn Ave., Chicago
17 Sep 2026
Tonight’s the night that ‘ASCENDING’ takes flight!
‘ASCENDING,’ presented by Vertical Gallery in partnership with Frame Chicago (@framechicago), spotlights 41 artists from across the international urban-contemporary landscape — a veritable who’s-who spanning a broad spectrum of styles, sensibilities and price points.
‘ASCENDING’ features two original works from each artist, both sized 11 x 14 in. (30 x 40 cm).
The ‘ASCENDING’ experience begins with this evening’s opening gala, at Frame Chicago (1627 N. Clybourn Ave.) from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Don’t you dare miss it!
#verticalgallery #framechicago #ascending #contemporaryart #chicagoart
17 Sep 2026
‘ASCENDING’ by Vertical Gallery opening today !
Reception hours: 5:00 - 8:00pm CT
Location: Frame Chicago
On view:
‘Lost in fun’
40x30cm
Ed. of 3
‘He had a fear of heights’
40x30cm
Ed. of 3
#hamawoods #squirrels #nosebear
17 Sep 2026
One of two new paintings for the "ASCENDING" group exhibition at @verticalgallery and @framechicago
Opening Reception
Thursday, September 17
Frame Chicago,
1627 N. Clybourn Ave.
Chicago
"Protect My Energy"
Acrylic and gouache on canvas
11 x 14 inches (30 x 40cm)
CABNOV
2026
"Protect My Energy" functions as a mantra and prayer in my daily life. Since I have slowed down, it serves as a gentle reminder that I am guided, and that all experiences encountered are either blessings or lessons.
#cabnov
"Protect My Energy" functions as a mantra and prayer in my daily life. Since I have slowed down, it serves as a gentle reminder that I am guided, and that all experiences encountered are either blessings or lessons.
"Protect My Energy"
Acrylic and gouache on canvas
11 x 14 inches
CABNOV
2026
#cabnov
04 Sep 2026
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