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The 5th edition of Ch.ACO, the only Fair of Contemporary Art in Chile, will take place from September 26th to
30th at the Mapocho
Station Cultural Centre in Santiago.
Ch.ACO is a boutique art fair and the most international
platform for visual art and contemporary culture in the country. In 2012
Ch.ACO featured a selection of 30 galleries coming from Europe, the
United States and South America, 17 publishing spaces, and 100 VIP
international guests. In five days more than 400 artworks were sold and an
astounding 43.000 visitors attended the fair.
For its 2013 edition, Ch.ACO has developed and strengthened
its identity, consolidating its many programs and investing in new
initiatives.
The International Selection Committee of Ch.ACO 2013 is composed by José
Martínez Calvo and Luis Valverde Espejo, Espacio Minimo, Madrid; Alejandra Von Hartz,
Alejandra Von
Hartz Gallery, Miami, and
Christián Viveros-Fauné,
The Village Voice, New York.
The VIP Program is
an exclusive program dedicated to a selection of international guests. It
features visits to private collections, museums, artist studios and
galleries, tours on demand, and parties, cocktails and special
events.
Click
here for an overview of the 2012 program and guests
The Conversation
Program is a series of
discussions directed in 2013 by Gonzalo Pedraza, curator of Matucana 100,
the most dynamic cultural center of Santiago. The focus of the program will
be on collecting: Chilean and international guests will share their knowledge and
experience around public and private collections.
Click
here for an overview of the 2012 Conversation Program
Entre
Ch.ACO and Finland Award is a collaboration with Vodka
Finlandia aimed at supporting Chilean contemporary art. Three prizes will
be awarded by an international jury to three Chilean artists under 40, and
the first will receive the commission of a new work, an international
residency and the publication of a monographic catalog.
Project
Room is a curatorial project
that explores the relations between countries and cultures of the Pacific
coast.
Ch.ACO will
celebrate this year its fifth edition with a new look designed by the
international agency www.basedesign.com
Applications for galleries are open until
April 30th 2013: aplicacion.feriachaco.cl
Ch.ACO
Founded in 2009, Ch.ACO Art
Fair is a platform aimed at the internationalization of Chilean
contemporary art and at the development and growth of the Chilean art
market. In its four years of history, Chaco has brought people closer to
contemporary art building up knowledge, curiosity and opportunities in the
context of an ever-progressing country.
to watch a presentation of
Chaco 2012
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