ART FAIRS:Paris Internationale 2015

Paris Internationale is a Gallery initiated contemporary art fair held in a hôtel in the center of Paris. Responding to the current climate of art fairs in regards to both its production and reception, Paris Internationale aims to develop an appropriate model for fostering new advanced initiatives in contemporary art.

By Efi Michalarou

The first Paris Internationale features 41exhibitors: 34 galleries and 7 non-profit spaces from 14 countries. Paris Internationale also hosts a live program and talk series. Considering Paris Internationale not only as a commercial event but also as an alternative artistic project, there is a Live Program of performances. The event explores the fair as a vector for memories and fantasies. What is created is a fiction and time-crystal where a fantasied Paris from the ‘70s, haunts the present of an international avant-garde. The three TALK SERIES with the following themes “The question of artistic agency and how to live/survive today”, “The collection, the archive and the institutions vs. the network in a time of digital reproduction” and “Contemporary thinking, Thinking the contemporary; historical awareness and fiction”, are presented by Spike art magazine and the Fondation d’entreprise Ricard. Info: Paris Internationale 2015, 45 avenue d’Iéna, Paris, Dates & Hours: 20/10/15 18:00-22:00, 21-24/10/15 12:00-20:00, www.parisinternationale.com