September 19-23 for the 16th time in the CHA will be showing modern and contemporary art

CHA, 19-23 September 2012
Moscow, Krimsky Val, 10

from 19 to 23 September in the Central House of Artists will take place the 16th International Contemporary Art Fair "Art Moscow". This year, visitors to "Art Moscow" will witness a turning point in the history of the fair. Since its inception, "Art Moscow" has undergone many changes: starting to master the art of post-Soviet ideology, the project moved into a new phase in the early 2000s, when modern art was a vivid symbol of the era of glamor. Today, changes in political and economic field, the country leads to an immediate reaction of the society and as a result, artistic environment. Contemporary art captures the formation of a new class of people and strengthening civil society. The processes that have occurred and are occurring in the Russian art medium will be the main topic of debate on the "Art Moscow».

• CATHERINE Belyavsky
  Feast or Famine
  Fine Art Gallery
  Source: Press Release CHA

participants and guests of the fair to discuss the development of contemporary art in Russia and the new opportunities of market relations. The themes of the discussions at the "Art Moscow" will, "Curator activity in the former Soviet Union," "How to make the art market transparent," "How to generate interest in contemporary art in an intellectual environment," "How to explain the main components of the market of contemporary art," "The Art of collecting : do not be a millionaire to become a collector, "" Philanthropy in the Arts: Presentation of funds "," Corporate involvement in the arts and culture: the Western experience and new opportunities in Russia "," Western perceptions of Russian contemporary art, "" How can contemporary art increase the attractiveness of the city, "" Platform for regional cooperation: work, politics and new curatorial structure. " Thus, the fair takes on the task not only to stimulate the circulation of art objects, but also to consolidate the relevant ideas and opinions.

SADEGH TIRAFKAN Multitude#8 Tigrun Gallery, Iran Source: Press Release CHA

exposition of the "Art Moscow" will be represented by galleries in Russia, Europe and Asia. They occupy two floors of the Central House of Artists, and show how well-known artists and new names.

In the permanent galleries participating "Art Moscow", "Triumph" (Moscow), "Fine Art "(Moscow), Galerie Iragui (Moscow)," East Gallery "(Moscow), Frolov Gallery (Moscow)," Collection "(Kiev)," The Eye "(Moscow).

With many of the foreign galleries that participate in the fair this year," Art Moscow "linked long-term relationships. Artists of Cuba, occupy a special place on the map of contemporary art show in Moscow, Havana Gallery La Acacia Gallery and Collage Habana Gallery, participating in the fair for the fourth and second year respectively. In addition, the exhibition will take its rightful place of old friends of the fair: Zvono Gallery (Belgrade), Knoll Gallery (Vienna-Budapest), Whitestone gallery (Tokyo).

Geography galleries, covers beginners several countries. For the first time in "Art Moscow" will take part: Morgen Contemporary Gallery (Berlin), Cordeiros (Lisbon), Galleria Goethe (Bolzano), gallery "11.12" (Moscow), Blast Gallery (Paris), and three galleries in Tehran - Assar Gallery, Hamayesh Gallery, Tirgun Image Works Gallery. On the art of Iranian artists in this year's exhibition fair special emphasis.

In small rooms CHA "Art Moscow" will focus on the young Russian galleries, whose activities have been developed not only in the capital, but and in the regions, "H.L.A.M." (Voronezh), "The Forest" (Moscow), Dias (Irkutsk).

In addition, the fair will be organized non-profit projects, prepared specifically for the "Art Moscow 2012».

This year's "Art Moscow" is included among the cultural activities of the Moscow Art Week /Moscow Art Week, which will be a biennially, alternating with the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art.

Participants 2012 :
Austria: Knoll Gallery Vienna;
UK : Whitespace Gallery;
Hungary : Lena & Roselli Gallery, Knoll Gallery Budapest;
Germany : Art & Space Gallery Munich, Morgen Contemporary Gallery;
Iran : Assar Gallery, Hamayesh Gallery, Tirgun Image Works Gallery;
Italy : Goethe Gallery;
Cuba : La Acacia Gallery, Collage Habana Gallery;
Portugal : Cordeiros Gallery;
Serbia : Zvono Gallery;
Ukraine : Tsekh Gallery, Collection Gallery;
France : Blast Gallery;
Switzerland : Nadja Brykina Gallery;
Estonia : Temnikova & Kasela Gallery;
Japan : Whitestone Gallery;
Russia : «11.12», AL, Photographer, «Art Agency Colony", "East Gallery," "Eye», Dias, «Dmitry Semenov Gallery», Galerie Iragui, «KultProekt», Lazarev Gallery, «Forest", "RuArts" "Triumph," "Fine Art», Frolov Gallery, «H.L.A.M.," "The Citadel».

Source: art-moscow.ru