FERIARTE, Art and Antique Fair

Thu, 2012-02-23 00:01

IFEMA; Madrid
November 17 – 25, 2012
http://www.ifema.es/web/ferias/feriarte/default.html

2012 FERIARTE will turn Madrid, once again, into the core of ancient art market, decorative art and painting. Its 35th edition represents a significant artistic event that targets all audiences and will bring together the best Spanish antique dealers and gallery owners, as well as a selection of the most internationally acclaimed ones.

Thousands of museum-quality pieces are going to be showcased for direct sale, pieces that represent different styles, ages and specialties, with a 100 – year – old minimum. Singular and exclusive works that position this fair as the finest exhibitor of ancient art in Spainand, for over a decade, also a must-attend event for collectors and enthusiasts of high quality painting from the 19th and 20th centuries.

The selection of works and objects to be exhibited in this edition includes: furniture, classic antiques,ancient and contemporary painting, sculptures, watches, porcelains, lamps, silver, crystal, Eastern and tribal art, jewelry and other art objects; which confirm the improvement experimented by the event in terms of quality and diversity.

Just like in previous editions, the quality of each object exhibited in the event, its authenticity and preservation state are verified by a commission of 50 experts from different art disciplines, who carry out an exhaustive checking before the fair opening. This rigor, that confirms the high quality of exhibited pieces, bestows exclusivity to the fair. Luxury is blended with art and decoration to offer excellent objects and pieces.

ESTAMPA, International Fair on Contemporary Multiple Art

Thu, 2012-02-23 00:01

Juan Carlos I Fairground 28042 Madrid
November 7 – 10, 2012
www.estampa.org

ESTAMPA is a contemporary art fair that tackles international multiple art through photography editions, engraving, sculpture, video, digital art, art and photography books, sonorous art and other expressions of serial art.

It has been held in Madrid since 1993 and represents an annual benchmark for galleries, editors and institutions devoted to collecting, spreading and promoting contemporary art editions.

Since the very beginning, it has counted on the honorable presidency of Your Highness Queen Sofia and the support of Madrid’s Ministry of Culture, the Community and the City Hall. Other institutions such as Pilar i Joan Miro Foundation, Fundacion Telefonica, Casa de Velazquez, Antonio Perez Foundation, the Contemporary Spanish Engraving Museum Foundation, Fuendetodos Goya Foundation and CIEC Foundation carry out activities and projects in the show. The Fair represents a quality showcase where acclaimed artists have shed light on their works, and is also a platform to launch and consolidate new values.

In Estampa, institutional and private collecting finds a unique site to acquire classic and innovative artworks. Its structure includes a General Program open to international galleries and editorial houses that can also participate in other sections of the fair: Stage, devoted to the promotion and exhibition of only one artist within a 20-square-meter space; Tentaciones section, commissioned and aimed at proposals directly unveiled by artists from a specific field, it promotes the relation between creators and gallery owners and provides an opportunity for them to have access to international acclaimed scholarships; as well as Book In, which will try, with its own design, to showcase innovations from the editorial world, the artist book, among others.

Contact
Infanta Mercedes, 90 ground floor
28020 Madrid
Telephone: +34 91 544 77 27
Fax: +34 91 579 45 81

ArtBo 2012

Wed, 2012-02-22 23:48

October 18 – 22, 2012
http://www.artboonline.com/

Over 26,000 people attended the seventh edition of Bogota’s International Art Fair, thus confirming that ArtBo has become one of the main art shows when it comes to Latin American contemporary art. The 57 participating galleries (13 nationals and 44 foreigners) exhibited almost 1,200 works created by some 300 artists, and reported trade results between 70 and 100 percent.

For seven years, the Fair has been positioned as one of the most important events within the region’s cultural calendar. Dozens of gallery owners, sponsors, researchers, curators and artists from every corner of Earth have gathered in Bogota to discover and invest in this new cultural destination.

“There were several ideas in terms of the drawbacks to be faced by a fair like ArtBo. The aspect of attracting international viewers seemed to be pretty complex. Nevertheless, we meet year in year out, acclaimed galleries not only come to ArtBo, but repeat their participation. Gallery owners and curators from all over the world can’t stop talking about the quality of the show”, Elvira Cuervo de Jaramillo explains, former Minister of Culture (2006-2007), former director of Colombia’s National Museum and a member of ArtBo’s honorable committee.

Catalina Ramirez Vallejo, Bogota’s District Secretary of Culture, Recreation and Sport and also a member of ArtBo’s honorable committee, highlighted the importance of the event when it comes to the improvement of the city’s artistic offer and its positioning on the world cultural map: “ArtBo has a special meaning for this city as it puts it on the international arena in terms of fine arts and the regional art stage. Likewise, foreign collectors get to know artists from Bogota and the entire country. This element amplifies the perception they can have of Colombian art and Bogota as cultural city”, she said.

PINTA. The Contemporary Latin American Art Fair

Wed, 2012-02-22 23:48

http://pintaart.com

7-10 June, 2012, London
Earls Court Exhibition Centre | Brompton Hall
Warwick Road, Earls Court
London SW5 9TA
Friday, June 8, 2012, 2pm to 8:30pm
Saturday, June 9, 2012, 1pm to 8:30pm
Sunday, June 10, 2012 1pm to 7pm

PINTA is a unique event in London to discover the best of contemporary and modern Latin American Art. Over fifty art galleries from the Americas, Europe and London will be showcasing an exciting range of works by established and emerging Latin American artists. This is an opportunity to experience the sophisticated, international and most distinguished visual art from Latin America through museum-quality works representative of abstract, concrete, neo-concrete, kinetic and conceptual art.

Every year at PINTA, visitors, galleries, artists, collectors, curators, and institutions will strengthen their existing knowledge and develop new connections with the Latin American Art world.

After its first successful edition in London in 2010, and four editions in New York City, PINTA is back in London from 7 - 10 June 2012.

8-11 November, 2012, New York, USA
7 West 34th Street, 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10001
Thursday 8, from 17 to 21 h
Friday 9, from 12 to 20 h
Saturday 10, from 12 to 20 h
Sunday 11, from 12 to 19 h

PINTA is a unique event exhibiting annually –for sale through the participating galleries– the best of Latin American art, coinciding with Christie´s and Sotheby´s Latin American art auctions and with important exhibitions in museums and cultural institutions in New York City.

The fair organizers have invited the most prestigious galleries from the United States, Latin America and Europe to participate in this event. Thus, PINTA will be an exclusive fair which will include the participation of fifty select art galleries showing museum-quality works representative of abstract, concrete, neo-concrete, kinetic and conceptual art, as well as of other contemporary art movements.