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Launched in 1993 by the Hellenic Art Galleries Association, Art-Athina
stands today as one of the longest-lasting contemporary art fairs in Europe
and as the largest annual visual arts event in Greece, attracting 18,000
visitors. A meeting point for international artistic creation, Art-Athina
brings together significant Greek and foreign art galleries, cultural
institutions, curators, collectors, art critics and art lovers. This year,
the fair will proudly present more than 800 artists from four continents,
and will unfold a rich parallel programme composed of talks, round tables,
presentations, exhibitions and interactive activities.
For full
details about the participating galleries in Art-Athina 2013, please see
the complete exhibitors list of the 18th edition of Art-Athina here.
Parallel programme
For the parallel programme,
Art-Athina invited Marina Fokidis and Artemis Potamianou to organize and
curate four different vibrant projects in specially designed spaces in the
fair. The curators in collaboration with recognized galleries, globally
renowned artists and art theorists prepared a series of exciting projects
that boast discussions on contemporary art.
Marina
Fokidis organises the Symposia and invites 12
renowned international art personalities to present and discuss their
curatorial methodologies and challenges. The speakers list includes
Chiara Bertola (Curator of Contemporary art in Querini
Stampalia, Venice and the Furla Prize, Bologna), Kimberly
Bradley (freelance journalist: Monocle, Art
Review, Art Agenda, The New York Times and more),
Florence Derieux (Director of the FRAC Champagne-Ardenne
in Reims), Galit Eilat (Research Curator at the Van
Abbemuseum in Eindhoven and President of the Akademie der Kunste der Welt
in Cologne), Juan A. Gaitán (curator of the Berlin
Biennial 2014), Jens Maier-Rothe (co-founder and director
of Beirut, Cairo), Ricardo Nicolau (Deputy to the
Director of the Serralves Museum), Filipa Ramos (art
critic based in London and Milan), Alya Sebti (Artistic
Director of the 5th Marrakech Biennale), Marieke van Hal
(Founding Director of Biennial Foundation), Kaelen
Wilson-Goldie (writer and critic based in Beirut), and
Adnan Yildiz (Artistic Director of Künstlerhaus
Stuttgart).
The two main thematic strands of the symposia
will be the notions of contemporary "biennials" as a paradigm of the
mega show which happens sporadically under a steady pace, as well as the
notion of the contemporary "institution" (museum, art center, meeting
place, production agency) as a paradigm of building permanency within the
era of ever-changing parallel lives.
Artemis Potamianou
organizes the Platforms project @ Art-Athina and curates the
Art-Athina Contemporaries exhibition. The objective of the
Platforms @ Art Athina project is to map artistic action as it is
produced in the context of collective initiatives by artists who decide to
join forces in seeking answers to artistic questions. The artist-run
platforms group is given the opportunity to present an art project at a
specific site—booth—and thus provide a picture of the
independent art scene. Platform Project will present 46
platforms—artists' initiatives from 17 countries with more than 500
artists. The platforms come from Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Switzerland, UK,
Germany, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sweden, Netherlands, Canada, New
Zealand, Finland, France, Russia and Serbia.
Art-Athina
Contemporaries is an action-exhibition that aims to showcase the
contemporary artistic activity as it is produced and presented today. The
artists in the exhibition come from the participating galleries in the core
programme of Art-Athina. The show will establish and promote a constructive
dialogue among the artists, their art and their works which will reflect
the current state of affairs, the practitioners' preoccupations and the
variety of expressive media—a dialogue which could not take place
through the separate booths of each gallery.
VIP programme
The VIP programme is open to international art collectors and dealers
offering the opportunity to network and meet with the key international and
Greek art galleries during Art-Athina. This year, the programme will also
include visits to local collectors and participation in the parallel events
and panels alongside Art-Athina. Art-Athina's VIP programme is held in
collaboration with local and regional institutions and will take place
mainly on Thursday 16 May to Saturday 18 May 2013.
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