Art Fairs with Kieran Shep

• 2009-11-05

  Gearing up for Art Miami!

  Art Miami 2009 opens next month (December 2nd - December 6th)  in Florida and the crew is already paving the way.

  For more information, visit the Art Miami website.

• 2009-10-22

  FIAC

  Today is the opening of FIAC in Paris!

  Dates: October 22-25, 2009

  From the FIAC website:

  For the fourth consecutive year, in collaboration with the Musée du Louvre, FIAC presents a program of outdoor projects in the Jardin des Tuileries. The growing interest for this annual event among galleries and artists - together with the exceptional beauty of the site - has enabled us to us to bring together over fifteen projects, including sculptures, installations, performances and ephemeral creations, deployed in the garden’s fountains, basins, lawns, alleys and groves…

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• 2009-10-08

  Art.Fair 21

  The next big event for October is Art.Fair 21 in Cologne, Germany.

  
  Focused on the 21st century, Art.Fair 21 features work by over three hundred artists from around the globe.

  Dates: October 29 - November 1 2009.

  From Berlinista:

  This year’s Art.Fair 21 is dedicated to the new Asian markets. Besides of the 59 exhibitors there will be four galleries from Taiwan and six galleries from Korea who’ll present their range of artists in Cologne.

  Last year ART.FAIR 21 drew a crowd of 30.000 visitors and the signs are good that this expanding art fair will even see more this year. The mixture of well known and young galleries with presenting well known as well as upcoming artists is a combination that makes this art fair so attractive which resulted in record sales last year.

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• 2009-10-01

  Frieze Art Fair

  A prominent art fair held during the month of October is Frieze Art Fair.

  Held annually at Regents Park in London, U.K., Frieze Art Fair presents the work of emerging and esteemed artists, in over 150 galleries, to visitors from all over the world. It will be open for four days, from October 15-18, 2009.

  From Artdaily:

  This year’s Sculpture Park, again sponsored by Heath Lambert, presents work by a strong and broad spectrum of artists, including some of the most acclaimed international sculptors working today, and a number of unseen pieces. These include Louise Bourgeois, whose selected work, The Couple, 2003, is the largest in a series of hanging aluminium sculptures by the artist. Eva Rothschild, whose work has just been seen as the most recent Duveens’ commission at Tate Britain, will show a new work created specially for Frieze Art Fair, Someone and Someone, 2009. Artist Graham Hudson will make history at Frieze Art Fair this year. Edward VIII remains the only monarch since Elizabeth I not to have a statue or monument of commemoration in England; Hudson’s sculpture changes that…

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• 2009-09-08

  Photography Art Fairs in September

  There are a number of art fairs dedicated solely to photography occurring in September.

  In Cordoba, Spain there is the Optica Festival Cordoba 2009 from September 10-12, 2009.

  In Paris, France there is the Optica Festival Paris 2009 from September 24-26, 2009.

  Both of the above are organized by the Optica Art Fairs.

  In San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country in the USA, FotoSeptiembre USA- SAFOTO will take place. It’s an on-going photography art fair for the whole month of September from the 1st to the 30th.

  Enjoy all of the photography around the world!

• 2009-08-25

  India Art Summit

  The India Art Summit occurred from August 19 to August 22, 2009,  and is known as India’s first Modern and Contemporary Art Fair. This year has been its second edition.

  From their website:

  “In 2009, the second edition of India’s international art fair promises to be much larger; showcasing the most diverse range of modern and contemporary paintings, sculpture, photography, mix media, prints, drawings and video art by established and upcoming artists. With over 50 top galleries from around the world” 

  However, this year’s fair was not without controversy.  According to an AFP article, India Art Summit occurred,  ”without works from the country’s most acclaimed painter because of fears of attacks by Hindu extremist groups.

  Painter M.F. Husain, 94, who has been called the ‘Picasso of India’, has angered hardline Hindus by portraying Hindu deities in the nude or in a sexually suggestive manner.”

• 2009-08-18

  Art Taipei 2009

  Next week we can look forward to Art Taipei 2009, known as a very important event for Chinese arts.

  According to the Art Taipei 2009 website, “The attraction of Art Taipei is Chinese arts. Art Taipei is the most experienced and professional art fair trading Chinese arts.”

  Date: Aug 28th ( Fri) to September 1st (Tue), 2009

  Time: 11 a .m.-7 p.m. （Lasts until 6 p.m. on Sep 1st）

  Venue: Taipei World Trade Center (Area A&D)

  Some artists to look forward to are Ya-Hui Wang, Takafumi Hara, Ju Ming, and Chiu Chih-Wei.

• 2009-08-10

  Art Fair Jackson Hole

  An art fair in Jackson Hole, Wyoming was “…established in 1965. Art Fair Jackson Hole (AFJH) brings diverse forms of art to a community that is rich in western history.  The Summer Art Fairs are family-oriented events that feature up to 170 international, national and local artists, live music, food and snack booths and hands-on art activities.  AFJH attracts enthusiastic members of the public from our immediate community and from across the nation who are interested in supporting the visual arts

  Here’s some more information if you’re around

  August 14-16

  Friday 10am - 6pm
  Saturday 10am - 6pm
  Sunday 10am - 4pm

  Miller Park, corner of Millward and Deloney Avenue
  $3 per day

• 2009-08-03

  Art Nocturne Knocke 2009

  From August 8 to 19 2009, Art Nocturne Knocke 2009 will take place at

  CuultureCentrum

  Sharpoord Meerlaan

  32 at Knocke-Heist

  Belgium

  It’s an Arts and Antiques Fair which has grown to be one of the most important summer European fairs of its kind. Here’s a video giving an overview of the art fair:

  

  Other art and antique fairs include the Haughton International Fairs in New York and London, the TEFAF in Maastricht, and the American International Fine Art Fair in Palm Beach, FL.

• 2009-07-27

  The National Black Arts Festival

  The National Black Arts Festival (NBAF) takes place in Atlanta, Georgia every July and is an art fair dedicated to black or african diaspora art. From their website it can be described as “The mission of NBAF is to engage, cultivate and educate diverse audiences about the arts and culture of the African Diaspora and provide opportunities for artistic and creative expression”

  It takes place from July 31 - August 2nd 2009 at the Woodruff Art Center.

  As an introduction and to emphasize the importance of this festival (which this year will focus more on black film) here’s an interesting question posed by a huffington post writer: Do We Need a National Black Arts Festival? It poses questions about the importance of race, nationality, and culture when categorizing art and if this is a necessary way to remember the arts.