ART FAIRS:Paris-FIAC 2014

 

One of the oldest and respectable Art Fair FIAC, opened for its 41st edition at the Grand Palais, Paris from 23-26/10/14. A major event for artistic creation, FIAC 2014 continues its development and confirms its status as a leading international Art Fair. Remaining attentive to the evolutions and concerns of contemporary creation, questioning the transformations of the careers of gallery owners and exhibition organisers as well as artistic practices themselves, leading prospective actions, being creative and responsive while ensuring a spirit of continuity with respect to the basic philosophy of the event, these are the founding principles of this 41st edition of FIAC.

 

 

 

In this way, FIAC 2014 reaffirms the key characteristics of its identity: A rigorous selection process, which ensures the fair’s exemplary quality standards. A far-reaching vocation that provides a balanced view of modern art, contemporary art and emerging artists, openness to different creative practices, a solid base in the heart of Paris, in a harmonious relationship with public and private stakeholders in the world of art and culture. FIAC 2014 will bring together 191 galleries from 26 countries. France is represented by 48 galleries, followed by the United States with 45 galleries, Germany with 26 galleries, the United Kingdom with 14 galleries, Italy with 11 galleries, Belgium with 9 galleries, Switzerland with 5 galleries, Brazil and Mexico with 4 galleries. The countries newly represented this year are Norway, Saudi Arabia, Portugal, India, and Japan.

 

(OFF)ICIELLE the new event for FIAC will be held in Paris from 22-26/10/14 at the Docks, Cité de la Mode et du Design. Will host around 60 galleries from 13 countries working in the field of contemporary art and the emerging art scene. (OFF)ICIELLE will explore new territories by focusing on the discovery of galleries and young artists, but also the rediscovery of artists that have not or not often been showcased on the international art scene. The event will present galleries whose programming testifies to a particular aptitude for deciphering contemporary creation, and allowing talent to be discovered, whether they are from the emerging scene or not. For its first edition, the Selection Committee consisted of exhibition curators Hou Hanru (Curator-Artistic Director of the MAXXI-Rome), Anne Dressen (ARC Curator and Curator of the Musée d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris), Florence Ostende (Curator and art historian -Paris), and Olivier Antoine (Founder-Director of the Concept Art Gallery-Paris) and Josée Gensollen (Collector).

 

Although the Grand Palais remains at the heart of the exhibition, concentrating the bulk of the art-works, galleries, collectors and spectators, the Tuileries, the Jardin des Plants, the Place Vendôme and the banks of the Seine, continue to present a variety of field installations by: Julien Bastard, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Jonas Mekas, Philippe Katerine, while Paul McCarthy was attacked during the preparation of his twenty-four meter installation “Tree” from plastic canvas in Place Vendôme, depending on whom you ask with: Christmas Tree or sexual toy (?)

 

FIAC 2014, Grand Palais, Avenue Winston Churchill, Paris, Duration: 23-26/10/14, Hours:12:00-20:00, Entrance fee: 35 €, only for Grand Palais, in combination with (OFF)ICIELLE 40 €, www.fiac.com