ART FAIRS:Bienvenue 2018

Is there still room for a new Art Fair in Paris during the Fiac? Starting from the fact that the galleries spend too much money to participate in the big Fairs the organizers of Bienvenue Art Fair 2018, welcome the audience at the three levels of Cité internationale des arts Galeries.

By Dimitris Lempesis
Photo: Bienvenue exchive

Having an innovative format and scheduled to last two weeks, Bienvenue 2018 is a cross between a fair and a collective exhibition. Its founding principle is the desire to draw attention to galleries that particularly focus on the future by promoting, revealing, exploring and enriching the art scene. Purposefully limiting the number of participants to approx. 20 French and international galleries allows to offer a space that is open to experimentation for all of them, while placing each participant at the heart of a larger whole. As a platform for meetings and exchanges, Bienvenue brings together amateurs, collectors, artists and galleries in a historic and highly symbolic place. Since its creation in 2007, INOCAP GESTION has made a strong will to support emerging contemporary art by creating a collection presented within the company. It is under the leadership of its president Olivier Bourdelas that INOCAP GESTION intends to continue to participate in this contemporary art adventure by growing its collection, and also by supporting contemporary art events such as BIENVENUE, through a dynamic and committed partnership. In this context, INOCAP GESTION awarded a prize of 4000 euros to a gallery designated by a jury whose members are representative of the various actors in the field of Contemporary Art. The prize will be awarded during the opening in order to support the gallery which will have the best answer to the statement of Bienvenue for its 2018 edition.

Info: Bienvenue Art Fair, Cité internationale des arts, 18 Rue de l’Hôtel de ville, Paris, Duration: 16-27/10/18, Days & Hours: Mon (15/10) preview opening 18:00-22:00, Tue & Wed (16-17/10) 11:00-16:00, Thu (18/10) 11:00-22:00, Fri-Sun (19-21/10) : 11:00-19:00 & Mon-Sat (22-27/10/18) by appointment only, Admission: free by invitation, to download on Bienvenue Art Fair’s website, http://bienvenue.art