Christie's suit its Contemporary Art Fair
ARTinvestment.RU   25 июля 2010

The event, which was called Multiplied, will be held simultaneously with the prestigious Fair Frieze.

Auction house Christie's announced its intention to arrange the London Contemporary Art Fair. The event will take place from 15 to 18 October, just in time for the week of art fairs, foremost of which is the prestigious Frieze. The participants to Multiplied (so called fair), will be presented to the lottery work - prints, books, art, photos, etc. No percentage of sales of Christie's will not take.

reported that Multiplied be more than thirty exhibitors. Among them - the London publisher Paragon Press, which publishes prints by artists such as Damien Hirst (Damien Hirst), Grayson Perry (Grayson Perry) and Anish Kapoor (Anish Kapoor). "The lottery works can also be displayed at the Frieze, - explained the director of Paragon Charles Booth Klibborn (Charles Booth-Clibborn), - but they do not stand to publishers. According to him, the project could reach the auction house just in time. The head of the department of prints Christie's Richard Lloyd (Richard Lloyd) also noted that prices for stands quite competitive and free entrance for visitors.

have Christie's has experience in big international fairs. In March 2007, the company (under the name of King Street Fine Art Ltd) acted as an exhibitor at the Maastricht TEFAF. There too the last three years carting their treasures belonging to the auction house gallery Haunch of Venison. By the way, the dealer banned from participating in the Frieze, Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach.

Frieze organizers expect that their exhibition this year will visit about 60 thousand dealers and collectors. Undoubtedly, the art world do not lack attention and dedicated to the Frieze Week auctions Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips de Pury.

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova, AI

Source: bloomberg. com , artinvestment.ru