FAIRS The significant furniture 2011 IX edition Working places, Furniture elements for working places  until 15 May 2012  Fondazione Aldo Morelato www.fondazionealdomorelato.ideaedi.com/index.php?page=international-competition www.fondazionealdomorelato.org April 2012 Art Cologne 2012 46. Internationaler Kunstmarkt Cologne will be held on  April 18-22, 2012 . Vernissage on Tuesday, April 17th, 5 pm. www.artcologne.com This April, the contemporary art fair Art Brussels 2012 celebrates its 30th edition. Art Brussels  19- 22 April 2012  will be a festive edition, with many new initiatives both in and around the fair. www.artbrussels.be The fourth annual Dallas Art Fair, presented by Ruinart, will return  April 12 through 15, 2012  to the Fashion Industry Gallery (f.i.g) - adjacent to the Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas' dynamic downtown Arts District. Fashion Industry Gallery (f.i.g) 1807 Ross Avenue - Dallas March 2012 The Armory Show, the leading international contemporary and modern art fair, will take place  from Thursday, March 8 to Sunday, March 11, 2012 , on Piers 92 and 94 in central Manhattan. The Armory Show - Contemporary and The Armory Show - Modern will offer visitors unparalleled access to the most important artwork of the 20th and 21st centuries in New York City. Piers 92 and 94 - Twelfth Avenue at 55th Street - New York City www.thearmoryshow.com Turin  from March 3 to 11, 2012  hosts the furniture fair EXPOCASA at Lingotto Fiere. This fair is focused on home solutions and customers. www.expocasa.it February 2012 Happy Business To You  from February 15 to 18, 2012  in Pordenone is the first furniture fair totally devoted to contract, from community to hotels, from ships to big mansions. www.happybusinesstoyou.it ARCOmadrid, art fair organized  from February 15 to 19, 2012  hosts exhibitions, activities and forums. Madrid brings together contemporary art professionals from around the world for the 1st Meeting of European and Latin American Museums. www.arco.ifema.es January 2012  From January 26 to 29, 2012  will be on view 92° Macef, International Home Show / Il Salone Internazionale della Casa at Fiera Milano - Rho Pero www.macef.it  From January 16 to 22, 2012  Germany's biggest design event will take place in Cologne. PASSAGEN, as a forum for current trends and new developments in design, living and lifestyle, will open the international design season. www.voggenreiter.com/passagen2012/?lang=en November 2011 OPERAE 2011 www.operae.biz operae@operae.biz www.twitter.com/operae (Twitter) www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Operae/113977215296409?ref=ts (Facebook) www.flickr.com/photos/operae (Flickr) From November 4-6, 2011 in Turin will be on view ARTISSIMA 18. Oval, Lingotto Fiere, Torino www.artissima.it October 2011 The range of artistic and cultural events in Paris during FIAC week is again characterised by its exceptional richness. FIAC 2011 Rendez-vous in Paris runs from October 20 to 23, 2011. info@fiac.com www.fiac.com September 2011 In Bologna will run CERSAIE from 20 to 24 september 2011. The new products presented at SAIE 2011 at Bologna from 5 to 8 october are on www.saie.bolognafiere.it SAIE 2011 - Bologna 100% Design, the UK's leading contemporary design show is taking place at Earls Court from 22nd to 25th September 2011. Earls Court - London May 2011 Back for its fourth year, ART HK 11 - Hong Kong International Art Fair will take place from 26-29 May 2011 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. ART HK 11 Hong Kong International Art Fair Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre 1 Expo Drive, Wanchai, Hong Kong www.hongkongartfair.com New York Gallery is pleased to announce its second annual event, scheduled from Friday, May 6 to Sunday, May 8, 2011. All gallery and exhibition information and programs list will be featured on the web site. www.newyorkgalleryweek.com April 2011 The 29th edition of the contemporary art fair Art Brussels takes place from Thursday 28 April to Sunday 1st May 2011. Art Brussels Brussels Expo - Halls 1 & 3 Place de Belgique, 1 - BE-1020 Brussels www.artbrussels.be The 45th edition of Art Cologne. Internationaler Kunstmarkt is scheduled for 13 to 17 April, 2011. The Fair will again be staged in Hall 11 of the Cologne Exhibition Centre. The event will host 200 leading international galleries showcasing classic modern, post-war and contemporary art. For this edition, the entire entrance hall will be dedicated to the work of Belgian Artist Panamarenko, providing a strong visual link and focus on the history of the fair and surrounding region. Art Cologne Hall 11 of the Cologne Exhibition Centre The Salone Internazionale del Mobile di Milano including Salone Ufficio, Euroluce and Salone Satellite will be on view from April 12 to 17, 2011. Salone Internazionale del Mobile di Milano Nuovo Quartiere Fiera Milano, Rho 12 - 17 aprile 2009 dalle 9.30 alle 18.30 The sixteenth edition of MiArt 2011, International Modern and Contemporary Art Fair to be held in Milan from 8th to 11th April at Fieramilanocity, presents top international artists through one hundred galleries of prestige: a collection of all that's best in art from the early 20th century up to most recent experiments. A hundred galleries. Art from the early 20th century until today, MiArt 2011 will be concentrated in one single hall (Hall 3, fieramilanocity, viale Scarampo, Porta Teodorico, Milan). MiArt 2011 Fieramilanocity, Milan, Hall 3 www.miart.it March 2011 ArtParis. A project-based fair, the Paris springtime event for the modern and contemporary art market, is returning to the Grand Palais from 31 March to 3 April 2011. Grand Palais Paris www.artparis.fr VOLTA NY will be on view from March 3-March 6, 2011. VOLTA NY 7W - 7 West 34th Street 11th floor - New York, NY 10001 www.voltashow.com The 2011 edition of PULSE New York makes its debut in its new home at Metropolitan Pavilion from March 3-6, 2011. The Metropolitan Pavilion 125 West 18th Street | New York, NY 10011 www.pulse-art.com This year The Armory Show will feature 274 blue-chip contemporary and modern art galleries from 31 countries. With The Armory Show and The Armory Show - Modern, visitors will now have unparalleled access to the most important artwork of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Armory Show will run from March 2-6, 2011. The Independent at 548 West 22nd Street will run from March 3-6, 2011. Piers 92 and 94 Twelfth Avenue at 55th Street - New York City www.thearmoryshow.com Art Dubai has announced that its fifth edition, held from 16 to 19 March 2011, will feature displays by more than 75 renowned and upcoming galleries. Art Dubai www.artdubai.ae February 2011 Celebrating its 30th anniversary from 16th to 20th February 2011, ARCOmadrid is putting on a show with works of art from 190 galleries. ARCOmadrid www.arco.ifema.es The 12th edition of Art Rotterdam presents the latest developments in contemporary art from February from 10 to 13, 2011. Simultaneously with Art Rotterdam, in the (opposite) building Las Palmas, Object Rotterdam will take place. Art Rotterdam Cruise Terminal Wilhelminakade 699 - 3072 AP Rotterdam The Netherlands www.artrotterdam.com Object Rotterdam Las Palmas, LP II Wilhelminakade 326 - 3072 AR Rotterdam The Netherlands www.objectrotterdam.com 2010 This year Artissima is moving to the Oval, a pavilion built for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin: the large hall of 20,000 square metres will host both the participating galleries and the curatorial programme with its events that will be held at the House of Contamination, a temporary project by the architectural collective raumlaborberlin. This large structure will contain spaces dedicated to the various areas of art explored: dance, cinema, literature, design and education. A 'project within a project', the House of Contamination will act as a study for a future museum or cultural centre - a practical prototype that will be experimented with during the fair. ARTISSIMA 17, 5-7 November 2010, Vernissage: 4 November 2010. Artissima 17 Oval, Lingotto Fiere Torino www.artissima.it Fairgrounds Berlin 7-10 October 2010. From among more than 300 applications, the international Selection Committee has chosen over 100 leading galleries from 18 countries which will present art since 1960 in Berlin. Fairgrounds Berlin Phone +49 30 3038 2076 Fax +49 30 3038 2060 art@messe-berlin.de www.art-forum-berlin.de The fourteenth International Sculpture Biennale of Carrara, titled Postmonument, continues with a big success, and will be enriched at the end of summer by an important section dedicated to workshops and performances. To challenge the theme of the exhibition - that process of de-monumentalization which has freed sculpture from any celebratory, encomiastic functions - have been called four artists: Vanessa Beecroft, Nevin Aladag, Grzegorz Kowalski and Zorka Wollny. The aim: to show how, having abandoned its pedestal, the monument has become environment, experienced space and gesture, obtaining a more expanded and extemporary dimension of sculpture, in which the third dimension turns the place into experience and ephemeral time boldly modifies any presumptions of eternity. Until 31 October 2010 XIV International Sculpture Biennale of Carrara Teatro degli Animosi - Piazza Cesare Battisti, 54033 Carrara - Italy T/F: +39 0585 641548 biennaledicarrara.info@gmail.com www.labiennaledicarrara.it The home, emotion, Italian-ness and internationality: for 46 years these have been the key points of Macef Autumn, the Home Accessories and Décor Show which is already looking forward to its September 2010 edition (from 9 to 12 September at fieramilano), when the renewal project in progress for this historic show will be complete. To reach new markets, Macef will open up to original product sectors that have become new consumer opportunities, such as gardening, the outdoors and pets, because the home is everywhere we feel at ease, in the company of those we love. Valuable opportunities will come from the mingling of different cultures brought by the melting pot that, in Italy too, is being enriched with the traditions of many different countries; a mix of styles waiting to be discovered, of which the show aims to be in the vanguard, a forerunner. Macef confirms its role as a platform for business, at the service of small enterprises looking for a privileged channel to launch themselves, for medium enterprises searching for new markets and for big brands that can find in Macef a great observatory on their sector. Macef is Italian experience and international creativity: Macef, the Italian Experience MACEF 2010 Nuovo quartiere espositivo - Fiera Milano Strada Statale del Sempione, 28 - 20017 Rho, Milano 9-12 september 2010 www.macef.it Abitare il Tempo turns 25, a major achievement. In May 1986, Verona hosted the first Abitare il Tempo fair, welcomed by the industry as a surprisingly new furniture fairs. A real breathe of fresh air with its innovative formula developed by Acropoli, which aimed at boosting research and experimentation, combining the best expressions of classic and contemporary décor in a consistent, elegant venue, home to prestigious exhibitions, meetings and events that were evidence of the quality of its companies and designers, illustrating styles and trends, suggesting unusual, unique combinations, exploring themes that are strategic to the development of the market, and arousing emotions. Twenty-five years down the line, and we can certainly say these goals have been achieved and beyond: Abitare il Tempo has become a global leader, with its accurate selection of exhibitors and a full-blown range of products, encompassing all aspects of decoration and living. Wide space has been given to the creativity of Italian architects and designers, whose projects, ranging from homes to contract designs, are a spectacular attractions as well as being a unique opportunity to showcase the state of the art, with increasing success. An exclusive mix of tradition and innovation, design and decoration, crafts and industry, culture and market, capable of providing opportunities, stimuli and suggestions that help people understand the present and project themselves into the future: this is Abitare il Tempo, “ahead of its time for twenty-five years”. ABITARE IL TEMPO 2010 Verona Fair District Viale del Lavoro 8, 37135 Verona 16-20 settembre 2010 www.abitareiltempo.com ART ASIA, a premier international Asian contemporary art fair is launching its second edition in the Rhine Art District in Basel, Switzerland. ART ASIA Basel will be open daily from June 8-14, 2009 from 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm with Vernissage on June 8, 2009 at 12:00 pm. ART ASIA is now accepting applications for ART ASIA Basel 09. For more information, please call + 1 212 268 6148 or email. ART ASIA Basel Tel.+1 212 268 6148> info@artasiafair.com www.artasiafair.com/Index.php/asia/application The 14th MiArt, Milan's International Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, will be opening its doors from 17 through 20 April 2009, with the invitation-only inauguration scheduled for the 16th. The program of events include exhibitions, conferences, happenings, performances and walks dedicated to contemporary art, including Miraggi (Mirages). About to the presented for the second time, Miraggi has become a key opportunity to champion modern and contemporary art in the city as an open air museum through striking works displayed in Milan's most beautiful and prestigious locations, including Piazza Scala, Piazzetta Reale, Via Dante and other historical sites. fieramilanocity, Milano, Padiglioni 3 e 4 www.miart.it Contemparabia provides a unique opportunity to experience an outstanding week of cultural activity taking place in the Gulf from 15th to 21st March 2009. For further information about the programme, travel details, press and visitor registration as well as links to all the participating websites please visit the web site. www.contemparabia.com Since its inception, artparis has become the most anticipated art fair of the early spring season. Keeping abreast of the times, it has continued to develop a more cutting-edge and international character, representative of today's art market. March 19 - 23, 2009. Grand Palais - Paris www.artparis.fr For a total of five days in April 2008 (22nd - 26th), some 180 galleries from Germany and abroad will be presenting modern classics, post-war art and contemporary art. Art Cologne will offer painting, sculpture, installations, video art, photography, works on paper, editions and multiples in a select presentation of the healthy variety of the modern and contemporary art trade in Europe and overseas. Art Cologne www.artcologne.de Macef Spring 2009 - International Home Show, the 86th in a series that began in 1964 will take place at fieramilano from 16 to 19 January, concurrently with Festivity, the Christmas and party decorations, games, toys and Carnival show (which will open its doors a day early on 15 January). As at the past three shows, goods will be subdivided into 5 sectors: Table and Kitchen (articles for the table and products for the kitchen), Furnishings and Decoration (furnishing accessories, decorations, textiles and design objects), Classic (classic style furnishing accessories, bomboniere (favours) and silver for the home), Gifts (fancy goods, gift articles and stationery) Bijoux and Gold Jewellery, Accessories (costume and gold jewellery, accessories). The strategy behind the way the five containers have been put together (and then grouped) is to demonstrate the vastness and fragmentation of Macef as more of a collection of individual “exhibition containers” rather than of products. Approximately 1,800 companies will be present at the show from 16 to 19 January on a total floor space of 120 thousand square metres net. As usual there will be a significant number of foreign exhibitors, around 20% of the total. The majority of these are from Europe – France, Spain and Germany – but there will also be no lack of exhibitors from further afield, above all from Asia. An highly anticipated event at Macef January is the Macef Massimo Martini Design Award, an on-line competition organized with the support of the specialist site www.designboom.com and reserved for young designers from all over the world (last year over 4 thousand entries were received); the subject for this year’s competition is silver, with the slogan Beyond silver. Fiera Milano - Nuovo quartiere espositivo 16 - 19 gennaio 2009 Strada Statale del Sempione, 28 - 20017 Rho, Milano www.macef.it Arte Fiera Art First 2009. The Italian fair of modern and contemporary art will be on view from January 23rd to 26th 2009 at Bologna Exhibition Center. Featuring over 200 selected Italian and international galleries, Arte Fiera Art First offers a wide outlook, relating languages and tendencies of various artistic researches, from the XX Century masterpieces to the cutting edge of the latest generations. Bologna Exhibition Center www.artefiera.bolognafiere.it With its renewed image and dynamic artistic programme, ARCOmadrid_ 2009 Panorama: India will take place in the Spanish capital between 11th and 16th February 2009. Characterised by its strong international dimension and the high stature of its participating galleries, the fair will once again make Madrid a key centre for the contemporary art market and a meeting forum for all those interested in the latest artistic developments. ARCOmadrid www.arco.ifema.es OPEN SPACE Celebrating it's 5th Appearance at the 43rd Art Cologne April, 22 - 26 2009 is facing new challenges and bright perspectives on board of its broadly renewed and streamlined spaceship. The 2009 edition of Art Cologne will accompany OPEN SPACE with a fresh and remarkable list of international galleries - and the new location in hall 11 will welcome all art lovers with the engaging experience of a set design that is concentrated, intensive and clear. Art Cologne www.openspace-cologne.com The 27th edition of Art Brussels will be held from 24 to 27 April 2009 and will feature 180 art galleries that have been carefully selected by the international selection committee. One-third of the participants are from Belgium, the rest are from Europe or the rest of the world. Brussels Expo, halls 1 and 3, Belgiëplein 1 in 1020 Brussels www.artbrussels.be Following the solid sales at ART HK 08 in May of this year, and as international galleries look to expand into new markets, applications have been flooding in for ART HK 09 Hong Kong International Art Fair. The Fair will present 120 of the world's leading galleries from around the world cementing the Fair's two core strengths of diversity and quality of art presented. On view from May 14 to 17, 2009 (Preview 13 May). Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center HKCEC, 1 Expo Drive, Wanchai, Hong Kong www.hongkongartfair.com

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