May 2013
from Wed. March 13 2013 to Monday May 13 2013 |
Sharjah Art Museum Arts Area PO Box 19989 Shiraz See on Map |
www.sharjahart.org/home |
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from Saturday April 13 2013 to Monday May 06 2013 |
Various locations Kyoto P : +0081 (0)80 4069 4032 |
info@kyotographie.jp kyotographie.jp/eng/ |
In spring which is the most beautiful season in Kyoto, the Festival will infuse the city during 24 days with photographic images selected from all over the world, being staged in Kyoto-esque sites such as temples and Machiya (Kyoto townhouse). Kyotographie aims at bringing Kyoto city,a city of arts and culture, together with photography and also strives to make photography permeate more in our daily lives by various collaborations with traditional craftsmanship of Kyoto. Every year Kyotographie will present high-quality programs from Kyoto to the world. | ||
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from Wed. May 01 2013 to Saturday May 04 2013 |
New Museum 235 Bowery NY 10002 New York See on Map P : +1 212 343 0460 |
press@ideas-city.org www.ideas-city.org/ |
IDEAS CITY is a biennial Festival in New York City of conferences, workshops, an innovative StreetFest around the Bowery, and more than one hundred independent projects and public events that are forums for exchanging ideas, proposing solutions, and accelerating creativity. Additional Global Conferences are organized annually in key urban centers around the world to identify urgent issues. | ||
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from Friday May 03 2013 to Monday May 06 2013 |
Taipei World Trade Center NO.5, Hsin-Yi Rd. 11011 Taipei See on Map P : +886 2 7743 7788 |
artrevolution@arts.org.tw www.arts.org.tw |
Making a hit with 90% of the exhibiting artists having sales during the show, with great support from world-class high-powered collectors, Art Revolution Taipei (A.R.T.) will launch its 3rd edition, running May 3-6, at Taipei World Trade Center Hall 3. Carrying further its dual curatorial axes – “presenting artists at the center of the exhibition stage” and “designing the entire art fair as a colossal artwork” – the 3rd A.R.T. features “My Revolution” as its annual theme. The entire exhibition will be designed into nine sections: Curatorial Classics, Taiwan Contemporary Art, China Contemporary Art, International Contemporary Art, New York Contemporary Art Fund, International Artist Juried Competition, Art with Entrepreneurs, Art and Design, and Art Your Compassion. It brings more distinguished artists to participate than before, with 237 artists from 42 countries. | ||
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from Thursday May 09 2013 to Sunday May 12 2013 |
Superstudio Più Via Tortona 27 20123 Milan See on Map P : +39 02 83241412 |
Sofia Boffardi info@miafair.it www.miafair.it |
MIA Fair is both an art fair and a cultural event that demands considerable effort from the curators. The event's exhibitors are selected by a scientific committee chaired by its "inventor", Fabio Castelli, and featuring Gigliola Foschi, curator and journalist; Elio Grazioli, contemporary art critic and curator; Roberto Mutti, curator and photography critic; Enrica Viganò, organizer of events linked to photography and criticism; and 3/3 photography projects, Roma, a studio founded for the purpose of promoting editorial projects focused on the object of photography. | ||
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from Thursday May 09 2013 to Sunday May 12 2013 |
Metropolitan Pavilion 125 West 18th Street New York See on Map |
ekim@artinfo.com www.pulse-art.com |
The eighth edition and for the third year in a row, the fair will be located at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea, with convenient shuttles running to and from the Frieze ferry, and the West Chelsea gallery district. PULSE, a leading art fair dedicated to international contemporary art, will host sixty national and international galleries, presenting exhibitions that span across all media, from works on paper, painting, and sculpture, to performance, installation, and video art. Signature programs, PULSE Play> and PULSE Projects, will present works that stretch beyond the bounds of the booth to incorporate video and large-scale installations. | ||
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from Thursday May 09 2013 to Sunday May 12 2013 |
159 Bleecker Street New York P : +1 312 612 2270 |
info@vergeartfair.com www.vergeartfair.com |
Verge Art New York is proud to host a list of exhibitors that includes international and national galleries. A boutique fair event, the highly selective Verge NY operates in the tradition of Miami's Seven fair, with a maximum of fourteen spacious 200 sq. ft. booths available. Admission during general operating hours is free to the public, providing exhibitors access to a robust and affluent Manhattan audience of collectors and press. While there is no deadline to apply, the number of exhibition spaces is limited, and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. | ||
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from Friday May 10 2013 to Sunday May 12 2013 |
Basketball City 299 South Street New York See on Map P : +1 212 594 0883 |
info@newartdealers.org www.newartdealers.org/ |
NADA’s non profit model has always been a flexible and adaptable one, which continues to respond to the needs of its exhibitors and the art world at large by creatively reinventing the experience and presentation of art in a fair enviornment. NADA NYC is dedicated to showcasing new art, and to celebrating the rising talents from around the globe. | ||
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from Friday May 10 2013 to Sunday May 12 2013 |
Flat Iron Hotel 9 west 26th Street NY 10013 New York See on Map P : 1.646.827.9205 |
info@poolartfair.com frereindependent-poolartf.squarespace.com/ |
Inspired by the French tradition of Artists Fairs, starting from the famous 1863 Courbet's Salon des Independents, (AKA Salon des Refusés) PooL is the premiere fair in the US dedicated to unrepresented artists. The first edition took place in 2000 under the title: New York Independent Art Fair. | ||
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from Friday May 10 2013 to Sunday May 12 2013 |
69th Regiment Armory Lexington avenue New York See on Map P : +1 917 273 8621 |
info@reddotfair.com www.reddotfair.com/NewYork/visitorinfo.htm |
The venue will afford convenient access for visitors and ample space for exhibitors to display. Following our highly successful shows in Miami during Art Basel, Red Dot Art Fair will continue to host painting, sculpture, photography, jewelry and fine art object-oriented dealers. | ||
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from Friday May 10 2013 to Monday May 13 2013 |
107 Suffolk Street NY 10002 New York See on Map P : +1 646 770 1669 |
ny@cutlog.org www.cutlogny.org/en/ |
cutlog NY will focus on showing cutting-edge and established galleries that promote the work of contemporary artists. The fair will foster new relationships between galleries, collectors and art institutions to form a collaborative platform for building new perspectives on contemporary art. cutlog NY aims to be a creative laboratory, showcasing works by artists from all over the world and offering them the opportunity to gain global visibility. | ||
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from Friday May 10 2013 to Monday May 13 2013 |
Randall’s Island Park New York See on Map P : +1 212 463 7488 |
Antoinette Tostivint antoinette.tostivint@frieze.com friezenewyork.com/ |
Frieze New York presents the most forward-thinking galleries from around the globe, bringing an international focus to the dynamic contemporary art scene in New York. In addition to being able to see and buy art by over 1,000 of the world’s leading artists, visitors can experience Frieze Projects, the fair’s program of artists’ specially commissioned projects and Frieze Talks, a program of debates, panel discussions and keynote lectures. | ||
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from Wed. May 15 2013 to Monday May 20 2013 |
Amsterdam RAI Europaplein NL 1078 GZ Amsterdam See on Map P : +31 20 6264020 |
info@kunstrai.nl www.kunstrai.nl |
The KunstRAI is a large, national art fair for modern and contemporary art from both Dutch as well as foreign artists. A one-audience fair with 70 high class galleries who reflect the diversity, quality and pluralism of the historic rich offer of Dutch art. A selection committee existing of Piet de Jonge, former (head) conservator of the Van Abbe museum, Kröller Müller musem and museum Boijmans van Beuningen; Peter Fransman. Director Museum Het Domein in Sittard and Harry Tupan, conservator contemporary art of the Drents Museum, judges the participants on quality. | ||
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from Wed. May 15 2013 to Wed. June 12 2013 |
Le Beffroi 92120 Montrouge P : +33 (0) 1 53 96 83 79 |
Leslie Compan salondemontrouge@brunswickgroup.com www.salondemontrouge.fr |
Pour sa 58ème édition qui se tiendra du 16 mai au 12 juin 2013, le Salon de Montrouge continue de promouvoir la création émergente. Sous la direction de Stéphane Corréard, commissaire artistique, un Collège Critique constitué de professionnels a sélectionné cette année 71 artistes parmi 2 700 dossiers de candidatures. Chaque artiste retenu aura ainsi l’opportunité de proposer une exposition personnelle dans un espace scénographié par matali crasset, et de bénéficier d’un accompagnement individualisé par un membre du Collège Critique. Ce professionnel référent pourra ainsi conseiller l’artiste sur le choix des œuvres exposées et se chargera de rédiger un texte critique, ensuite publié dans le catalogue du Salon. | ||
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from Thursday May 16 2013 to Sunday May 19 2013 |
Faliro Pavilion 2 Moraitini str. Athens See on Map P : (+30) 210 92 21 254 |
Alexis Caniaris generaldirector@art-athina.gr www.art-athina.gr |
Launched in 1993 by the Hellenic Art Galleries Association, ART-ATHINA stands today as one of the longest-lasting contemporary art fairs in Europe. ART-ATHINA is the largest annual visual arts event in Greece attracting 18,000 visitors. The fair is located at the shorefront of Athens, in Faliro Pavilion –a former TaeKwonDo Olympic Games venue– providing an ideal meeting ground and an intriguing business opportunity for artists, representatives of galleries and museums / cultural institutions, collectors and curators. | ||
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from Thursday May 16 2013 to Sunday May 19 2013 |
Fort Mason Center Marina Boulevard CA 94123 San Francisco See on Map P : +1 (415) 307-3853 |
Wendy Norris wendy@norriscommunications.biz www.art-mrkt.com/ |
artMRKT San Francisco, the Bay Area’s premier contemporary and modern art fair, will feature 70 highly reputable galleries from around the globe, bringing some of the world’s most intriguing artists and galleries to San Francisco. In showcasing historically important work alongside relevant contemporary pieces and projects, artMRKT will create an ideal context for the discovery, exploration and acquisition of art. | ||
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from Thursday May 16 2013 to Saturday May 25 2013 |
C/ Enrique Granados 3 ppal 08007 Barcelona See on Map P : +34 932 155 260 |
info@screen-barcelona.com www.loop-barcelona.com/2013/festival/?lang=en |
SCREEN Festival is a festival for contemporary art practices related to video, film and new media of Barcelona. It was conceived in 2003 to offer a unique viewing experience together with LOOP Fair, the professional meeting point for commercial galleries related to artists’ video and film. SCREEN Festival is a city project that takes place in many different venues around the city. It seeks to stimulate a network between non-profit institutions, curators, producers, artists, distributors, galleries, cultural centers and universities, both local and International. | ||
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from Thursday May 23 2013 to Saturday May 25 2013 |
Hotel Catalonia Ramblas c. Pelai 28 08001 Barcelona See on Map P : +34 932 155 260 |
loop-barcelona.com/2013/fair/ |
LOOP is a professional meeting point and an invitational platform for moving image artists’ projects presented by their galleries. Putting the accent back on the piece presented, it has established itself as a space of discovery through the careful selection of work by our committee and the emphasis given to premières. | ||
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from Thursday May 23 2013 to Sunday May 26 2013 |
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai Hong Kong See on Map P : +852 31 27 55 29 |
Director Asia: Magnus Renfrew hongkonginfo@artbasel.com hongkong.artbasel.com/ |
On July 1, 2011 MCH Swiss Exhibition (Basel) Ltd., a MCH group company and organiser of Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach, acquired a 60% stake in Asian Art Fairs Ltd. In 2013 ART Hong Kong will be replaced by the first Hong Kong edition of Art Basel. The Show will be directed by Magnus Renfrew, Art Basel’s Director Asia, and will take place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre [HKCEC] from May 23-26 2013. The debut show will present more than 250 of the leading galleries from Asia, Europe, the Americas and the rest of the world, chosen by a selection committee composed of renowned international gallerists. As in the established shows in Basel and Miami Beach, the new Hong Kong edition of Art Basel will draw more than 50 percent of participating galleries from Asia and the Asia-Pacific region. In the show's multiple sectors the exhibition will present the highest quality paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, photographs, video and editioned works of the 20th and 21st centuries by more than 2,000 artists from Asia and around the globe. | ||
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from Thursday May 23 2013 to Sunday May 26 2013 |
JW Marriott Hotel Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty Hong Kong See on Map |
info@asiacontemporaryart.com www.asiacontemporaryart.com/ |
The spring edition of the Asia Contemporary Art Show is just weeks away – Hong Kong’s most vibrant and exciting show for accessibly priced original paintings, limited editions, sculpture and photography! The Show opens May 23rd with our VIP Preview, and will present a selection of more than 2,000 works from over 300 artists, curated by 75 galleries from 16 countries. | ||
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from Thursday May 23 2013 to Sunday May 26 2013 |
Island Shangri-La Hong Kong Hotel 41-42/F, Pacific Place, Supreme Court Road Hong Kong See on Map P : +852 2820 8525 |
bankartfair@gmail.com www.bankartfair.com |
Bank Art Fair mainly showcases affordable artworks under USD10,000 from over 100 emerging Korean artists. | ||
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from Thursday May 23 2013 to Sunday May 26 2013 |
Matadero Madrid C/ San Joaquín 12, 3ºD Madrid See on Map P : +34913697537 |
Lorena Polanco comunicacion@artfairs.es madridfoto.es/ |
MADRIDFOTO will held its fifth edition from May, 23th to 26th, 2013, at Matadero Madrid. The fair will count with around 50 galleries, of which the 30 % will be national ones. We will have the presence of galleries of international renown, with visibility and path, emblematic galleries, settled in the panorama of both historical and contemporary photography. In this edition we will highlight the particularly important presence of American galleries. | ||
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from Friday May 24 2013 to Sunday May 26 2013 |
China Merchant Wharf 18 Sai Ning Street, Kennedy Town Hong Kong See on Map P : +1 (852) 2801 5311 |
info@link-artfair.com link-artfair.com/ |
LINK is an international contemporary Art Show. It transcends the cultural barriers of contemporary art, historically marked out by institutionalism and elitism, baptizing an event without barriers, which welcomes, involves and thrills a mixed public with a cross-sectional content. Through LINK-artfair, the public can experience contemporary art over 360 degrees, without putting it behind barriers. Our environment, though universal apolitical language breaks down any cultural, social and institutional barrier. | ||
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from Friday May 24 2013 to Monday May 27 2013 All venues open 1.00pm to 9.00pm |
LA RURAL - Pabellones Azul y Verde avenida Sarmiento, 2704 Buenos Aires See on Map |
info@arteba.org www.arteba.org |
The list of participating galleries, chosen by different Selection Committees and curators, makes arteBA one of the most important art fairs of Latin-America, featuring both established and emerging galleries. By redefining and optimizing its sectors, arteBA has constantly responded to the evolving needs of its galleries, collectors and the public. | ||
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from Friday May 24 2013 to Monday May 27 2013 |
The Excelsior Hotel 281 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay Hong Kong See on Map P : +1 (852) 2858 1771 |
info@hkc.com.co www.hkc.com.co |
With the success of its hot debut in 2012, Hong Kong Contemporary will once again provide an interacting platform for art lovers around the world in 2013. In recent years, Hong Kong art market has developed and risen dramatically, seizing the attention from global art communities. Many worldly renowned art fairs and auction houses, such as Christie’s and Art Basel, start to settle down in this newly emerging city of art. Through various shows and fairs during Hong Kong Art Week, both international and local art business communities can gain a chance to interchange cross-cultural experiences of art in this gateway where east meets west. | ||
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from Friday May 24 2013 to Sunday June 23 2013 |
Dans différents lieux dans la ville Toulouse P : +33 05 61 14 23 51 |
Contact presse mathilde@claudinecolin.com www.toulouseartfestival.com/fr/accueil |
Précédemment appelé Le Printemps de Septembre, le Festival international d’art de Toulouse se renouvelle, change de formule et de temporalité et se déroulera désormais au printemps. Dirigé par l'artiste français Jean-Marc Bustamante et imaginé par sept membres du comité de programmation permanant présidé en 2013 par Christy MacLear (directrice de la Fondation Rauschenberg à New York), le festival présentera pour sa première édition sept projets artistiques conçus spécifiquement pour les lieux qui accueillent le festival cette année. | ||
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from Monday May 27 2013 to Sunday June 02 2013 |
The Swedish Museum of Photography (Fotografiska) Stadsgårdshamnen 22 116 45 Stockholm See on Map P : +46 (0)8 50 900 500 |
info@spwk.eu spwk.eu |
Stockholm Photography Week is organized by and held at The Swedish Museum of Photography (Fotografiska). The 2013 program includes an international portfolio review, open portfolio night, seminars and workshops as well as exhibitions. This is an event for both professional photographers and amateurs, as well as for the regular photographic exhibition visitor. The Portfolio Reviews are one of the main events during Stockholm Photography Week 2013. This year, the reviews are divided into two sections: Fine Arts Portfolio Reviews and Commercial Portfolio Reviews. | ||
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