today opened in Paris in 1937 Fair of Contemporary Art FIAC (Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain), which will run till October 24. Venue - the Grand Palais and the square courtyard in the Louvre. First given to the art market heavyweights, the second - the younger galleries and dealers, whose company sponsored booths Galeries Lafayette.

Prestige fair FIAC markedly risen in recent years, and today it is considered one of the main world events of this kind. This year, FIAC involved 195 galleries, including such well-known as Gagosian, Victoria Miro, Hauser & Wirth, Barbara Gladstone, David Zwirner and Eva Presenhuber. From Russia came Gallery M & J Gelman.

last year at the fair had a special stand, which sold 24 sverhdorogih work, including the Mondrian for 35 million dollars, Bacon, 20, and two paintings Leger, but this time like it was decided not to make, reportedly due to the fact that buyers have found only a small part of the works. The following year, however, the organizers promise an exciting new project.

Those who arrived in Paris at the fair, there is an opportunity to visit some very interesting exhibitions in the French capital. At the Grand Palais show by Claude Monet at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris - Jean-Michel Basquiat, in Versailles - Takashi Murakami ... The big event also was the opening of a new gallery in Paris, Larry Gagosian, where you can see exhibitions of Cy Twombly (CyTwombly) and Jean Prouvé (Jean Prouvé).

Also, do not forget about "Fair-satellites, which have FIAC five. Among them - Cutlog, designed for novice art dealers. It takes place in the building of the Commodity Exchange.

Sources: ft.com , artinvestment.ru