Art14 London: May News - absolutearts.com

Art14 London takes place at Olympia Grand Hall from 28 February to 2 March 2014. It follows the inaugural edition, Art13 London, that was attended by 24,735 visitors, including 4,503 VIPs.

Citi Private Bank Reconfirms its Support of Art14 London as its Lead Sponsor

Following the success of Art13 London, we are proud to announce that Citi Private Bank will continue their partnership as Lead Sponsor of the Fair for a second year running. Luigi Pigorini, Europe, Middle East and Africa CEO of Citi Private Bank, said, "Citi Private Bank is thrilled to continue its sponsorship of Art14 London in the year ahead. Feedback from clients around the world who attended Art13 London was extremely positive, and we look forward to bringing them a fair of even greater scale and scope next year at Art14 London. Citi was a pioneer in launching its Art Advisory and Finance business over 30 years ago, and we look forward to continuing our dialogue with clients and key figures in the art world through our association with Art14 London."

Art14 London Appoints 'Emerge' Curatorial Advisor

Art14 London announces Emerge, a new section for the Fair. Advised by curator Lisa Le Feuvre, Emerge takes its cue from the range of meanings of 'emerge'. It will include emerging artists and emerging art scenes. It will be open to galleries seven years or younger; this tightly focused section will feature site-specific one or two person presentations. Lisa Le Feuvre is Head of Sculpture Studies at the Henry Moore Institute and has recently edited 'Failure' published by the Whitechapel Gallery/MIT Press. She co-curated British Art Show 7.

El Anatsui, In the World but Don't Know the World (2009) aluminium and copper wire, October Gallery

This year's Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 10 June-18 August, will feature a monumental installation by El Anatsui which will cover the facade of the Royal Academy. The artist presented 'In the World But Don't Know the World' as part of Art13 Projects (see illustration to the left).

The Dairy Art Centre founded by Art13 London advisory board member Frank Cohen and Nicolai Frahm, is a new not-for-profit art space situated in a former Express Dairies milk depot located in Bloomsbury, London. The opening exhibition 'Quicksand' is a solo exhibition of the Swiss artist, John M Armleder.

Ramin Salsali, of the Salsali Private Museum in Dubai (SPM), has been appointed by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the UAE, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai as Patron of the Arts of Dubai, 2013 for the fourth consecutive year. Don't miss the current show of work by Reza Derakshani at the SPM.

Ramin Salsali speaking at Art13 Talk 'The Global Rise of the Private Museum'

Art13 Performance: Bedwyr Williams, Expedit

Speakers Don and Mera Rubell at Art13 Talk 'The Global Rise of the Private Museum'

Bedwyr Williams will represent Wales at the 55th Venice Biennale. Williams, whose work featured in Art13 London and was part of Art13 Performances, will be showing a new body of work which is a homage to amateur astronomers. The show is called 'The Starry Messenger' and is at the Ludoteca Santa Maria Ausiliatrice from 1 June to 24 November.

Art13 London hosted a number of high-profile panel discussions that considered the role of collecting and the rise of private museums in a globalised art world. You can now listen to Art13 Talks on the website.

The long awaited documentation of Jean-Hubert Martin's seminal exhibition has arrived: Lucy Steeds Making Art Global (Part 2): 'Magiciens de la Terre' 1989. This book analyses and documents the first global art exhibition, which radically challenged the entrenched Western art system.

Simon Hantai was one of the major 're-discoveries' of Art13 London. The Hungarian-born modern artist who passed away in 2008 has a major retrospective of his work at the Pompidou Centre, Paris, from 22 May to 9 September.

Art14 London Dates:
28 February to 2 March 2014

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