Aug 4 – 8, 2010, Melbourne, Australia
La fiera d’arte di Melbourne è l’appuntamento biennale con il mercato dell’arte australiana, mentre si è appena conclusa la Biennale di Sydney l’attenzione dei collezionisti e degli appassionati si sposta ora per quattro giorni (4-8 agosto 2010) nella seconda città del Paese. La fiera offre una selezione di 77 gallerie in prevalenza provenienti dalle principali città dell’Australia ma con presenze anche neozelandesi, giapponesi, cinesi e canadesi. La fiera è organizzata dalla Melbourne Art Foundation che propone una settimana di incontri, conferenze e attività all’insegna dell’arte contemporanea.
Comunicato Stampa
Presented by the Melbourne Art Foundation, Melbourne Art Week is an exciting week of Art events, including the celebrated opening night Vernissage, a comprehensive education program featuring free Lectures, Forums and Artist Talks, free Guided Tours, the launch and gifting of the Melbourne Art Foundation Commission, Project Rooms, Music Music Music! Fair Shake music night, and most importantly the biennial Melbourne Art Fair, Australiaʼs premier contemporary art fair, exhibiting over 80 galleries and 10 project rooms at the World Heritage listed Royal Exhibition Building and surrounds from 4 to 8 August.
Melbourne Art Week launches with the Melbourne Art Foundation 2010 Lecture presented by a Bill Henson on Monday 2 August at BMW Edge, Federation Square. At NGV International, there will be a series of Forums between 12.30pm and 4.00pm on Wednesday 4 August and on Friday 6 August, the exclusive Melbourne Art Foundation and Monash University Museum of Art 10am Session – presented by Robert Storr, Dean of the Yale School of Art and Artistic Director of the 2007 Venice Biennale at Fitzroy Town Hall.
Another key initiative at the Melbourne Art Fair is the Richard Larter Education Space, a unique Education Space featuring figurative and abstract works by leading Australian artist Richard Larter, providing a fun and active learning space and a significant opportunity to engage directly with, and learn from, practising artists. Everyone is welcome to participate, from children to adults. Join artist Lisa Radford and others and be inspired to make your mark!
One of the highlights of Melbourne Art Fair is the Melbourne Art Foundation Commission, a spectacular large-scale work positioned centre-stage under the dome of the Royal Exhibition Building and gifted to an Australian Art Gallery or Museum at the conclusion of the Fair. Rarely is such a diverse collection of artists represented under one roof. The Melbourne Art Fair offers a fantastic chance to view and purchase quality artwork by some of the best-known artists working today. Over 3,000 contemporary artworks including Paintings, Works on Paper, Sculpture,
Photography, Digital Media and Video, will be showcased from more than 900 artists represented by over 80 leading contemporary galleries from all states and territories of Australia and beyond.
Participating Galleries:
10 Chancery Lane, Hong Kong
Aboriginal and Pacific Art, Sydney
Alcaston Gallery, Melbourne
Alison Kelly Gallery, Melbourne
Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne/Sydney
Annandale Galleries, Sydney
Arc One Gallery, Melbourne
Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
Australian Galleries, Melbourne/Sydney
Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne
Beaver Galleries, Canberra
Bett Gallery Hobart, Hobart
Breenspace, Sydney
Chalk Horse, Sydney
Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
China Art Projects, Beijing
Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney/Cologne
Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
Dianne Tanzer Gallery + Projects, Melbourne
Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
Fehily Contemporary, Melbourne
FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane
Gallery 9, Sydney
Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney
Gallery East, Perth
Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi, Melbourne
Gallerysmith, Melbourne
Goddard de Fiddes Gallery, Perth
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne
Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide
Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
James Dorahy Project Space, Sydney
James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
Jensen Gallery, Auckland
John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne
Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art, Melbourne
Karen Brown Gallery, Darwin
Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney
MARS – Melbourne Art Rooms, Melbourne
Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay, Sydney
Mossenson Galleries, Perth/Melbourne
Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
Neon Parc, Melbourne
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
Orexart, Auckland
Perth Galleries, Perth
Raft Artspace, Alice Springs
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
Sarah Scout, Melbourne
Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
Stills Gallery, Sydney
Sullivan Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
Tim Melville Gallery, Auckland
Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
TrépanierBaer Gallery, Calgary
Turner Gallery, Perth
Uplands Gallery, Melbourne
Utopia Art Sydney, Sydney
Watters Gallery, Sydney
William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
Yamaki Art Gallery, Osaka
Whether youʼre a casual art fan, serious collector or student of art, Melbourne Art Fair offers something for everyone. Enjoy a leisurely stroll through galleries exhibiting an impressive collection of contemporary art. Expand your art knowledge with a free Guided Tour. Take advantage of the unique opportunity to engage with artists and curators at the free Lectures and Forums.
Experience the Project Rooms where you can view artworks from a new generation of artists. Visit the Richard Larter Education Space and make your own mark! Join the Collector Program and meet fellow collectors, artists, curators and art lovers.
Melbourne Art Fair 2010 will feature 10 Project Rooms profiling the work of innovative and independent artists by presenting new work in a series of spaces in and around the Royal Exhibition Building. Project Rooms create opportunities for developing artists to present innovative and experimental work within the context of a major international visual art event, highlighting the diversity of current contemporary art practice, alongside a strong and vibrant gallery scene.
Galleries exhibiting as part of the Project Rooms program include Artspace Auckland, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown and from Melbourne – Centre for Contemporary Photography, Gertrude Contemporary, Hell Gallery, Sticky Institute, TCB Art Inc, Twitcher, curated by Peter Fay and Wendy Foard, Experimenta on the forecourt. Offsite we also have a Project Room at Sofitel Melbourne On Collins featuring the work of artist Emily Ferretti.
All components of the Melbourne Art Fair directly benefit living artists. Over its 22-year history, the Melbourne Art Fair has generated a wealth of national and international commercial and critical attention for artists and galleries.
Melbourne Art Foundation is a not for profit organisation dedicated to the promotion of contemporary art, ethical representation and living artists.
INFORMAZIONI UTILI:
Melbourne Art Fair
Aug 4 – 8, 2010
Royal Exhibition Building,
PO Box 2528 Fitzroy,
Melbourne VIC 3065
Tel: 61 3 9416 2050
mail@melbourneartfair.com
Melbourne Art Week Program Details at a glance….
Monday 2 August Melbourne Art Foundation 2010 Lecture
Presented by Bill Henson
6.00pm, BMW Edge, Federation Square Melbourne
FREE, bookings essential
Wednesday 4 August Melbourne Art Fair 2010 Forums
12.30pm – 4.00pm NGV International, St Kilda Road
FREE, bookings essential
Melbourne Art Fair Vernissage Opening Night first preview party
7.00pm-10.30pm, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton Gardens
Tickets: $175, bookings essential
Friday 6 August Melbourne Art Foundation and Monash University Museum of Art,
10am Session
Presented by Rober Storr, Dean of the Yale School of Art and Artistic Director of the 2007 Venice Biennale
10.00am Fitzroy Town Hall, Cnr Moor & Napier Streets,
Free entry, bookings essential
Music Music Music! Fair Shake
9.00pm, Ding Dong Lounge, 18 Market Lane Melbourne
Thursday 5 – Sunday 8 August
Melbourne Art Fair Public Days
Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Thursday 11.00am – 7.00pm
Friday 11.00am – 8.00pm
Saturday 11.00am – 7.00pm
Sunday 11.00am – 5.00pm
Melbourne Art Fair Guided Tours are conducted hourly from 12 noon.
FREE upon entry to the Fair
Tickets: Melbourne Art Fair Day entry 5 – 8 August
Tickets at door, Adult $25, Concession $19
Children 14 years and under free
Catalogues at door $25 inc gst
