Russian art of the Belgian fair BRAFA 2018
ARTinvestment.RU   17 января 2018

From 27 January to 4 February 2018 will be held in Brussels art fair BRAFA. Gallery owners bring the classics to European, modernism, decorative, modern arts, including objects with Russian provenance or created by Russian authors

Information about specific works, which will be at BRAFA until much. Gallery owners do not like to talk in advance — is better to hold intrigue. However the press have got information about some interesting Russian items.

several European participants will present selected works by Marc Chagall. Gallery Boulakia (Paris, London) will be exhibiting a huge (130 cm tall) on canvas by Marc Chagall included in the ranking the most expensive Russian and international artists. The work is accompanied by a mandatory for these paintings with a certificate of authenticity issued by the Chagall Committee in Paris.

London Omer Tiroche gallery brought the painting "a Basket of fruit and the lovers" 1979 — canvas comfortable for collectors size, very good in the story. Stern Pissarro gallery will delight buyers large gouache Chagall valuable period — 1969, is also accompanied by the certificate Committee. And finally, the early work from all — "Rider" in 1953, also on paper, — will be proposed by the Tamenaga gallery.

in addition to Chagall, BRAFA is usually a widely presented and other artists of the Russian Diaspora in the first place "Russian Parisians". So it will be this time: Zadkine, Poles and others. Abstractions of Serge Polyakov will show at least the Brussels and Lancz gallery Harold T'kint de Roodenbeke. The first @large mdas, feet, oil, 1960. Thing published, participate in exhibitions, included in the consolidated catalog of known works (the directory-резоне). In turn, Harold T'kint de Roodenbeke is gouache — smaller and brighter, with a certificate of confirmation from the heir of the artist Alexei Polyakov.

Iconium segment at BRAFA in the last few years in charge of the Munich gallery, Brenske. Exact prices, she doesn't call, but approximate guidelines are. The most expensive icon — "King David" is estimated at around 50 000 euros. For Palekh icon of the account goes to several thousand euros.

In "Russian" provenance to the mantel clock, exposed to the Paris gallery La Pendulerie, reported literally the following: "there is no doubt that this work belonged to the Russian Imperial collection." In the bibliography @book mdas "Bronze for furniture and French furniture acquired by Paul I for the Mikhailovsky Castle in Saint-Петербурге in 1798-99 years" (young snakes). Dial authorship of Robert Roban (Robert Robin, 1741-1799), hour Affairs the master of King Louis XVI, known for its exceptional contribution to the development of technologies for time measurement. Case attributed to Pierre-Филиппу the Thomire (1757-1853), the most famous bronze craftsmen of his time, collaborated with the Royal sèvres Manufactory. The gallery will ask for the watch roughly 85 000 euros.

In General, in the section of DPI will sell quite a lot of items associated with the Royal family. For example, a silver ice bucket — gift of Tsar Nicholas I to his daughter Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna (1825-1844) on the occasion of the marriage of Grand Duke Friedrich of Hesse-Кассельским (1820-1884). For a heavy (almost 4 kg) silver bucket engraved with the Russian Imperial eagle, indicating the time and place of manufacture (Saint-Петербург, 1843) and the mark of the jeweler Karl-Йохана of Tegelen (Carl-Johan Tegelsten) will ask for around 35 000 euros.

the avant-garde was, the icon was. What else is famous for Russia in the West? Ballet. And space. At art fairs, the theme of Soviet space exploration are presented rarely. But this time it will be at least one memorable profile collectibles — real Soviet spacesuit. Model "Sokol KV-2", produced by NPP "Zvezda" in about 1987, was used by cosmonaut Valery Strekalov during the expedition "Soyuz TM 10", which lasted from 1 August to 10 December 1990. Previously, the suit was in the collection of Forbes. Price guide for the collectible — 130 000 euros (gallery Theatrum Mundi that represents this exhibit continues the theme of "Cabinet of curiosities" in the XXI century).

this time In the first calendar international fair will be attended by 134 galleries from 16 countries. In 2018, the BRAFA will be 15 new sign participants:

• ArtAncient (London, archaeology, numismatics);
• Bernat Gallery (Madrid/Barcelona, art of the middle Ages and Renaissance);
• the Gallery Chastel-Maréchal (Paris, decorative-прикладное art of the twentieth century);
• Philippe David Gallery (Zurich, modern and modernist art);
• Gladstone Gallery (Brussels, contemporary art);
• the Gallery Maeght (Paris, painting and sculpture of the XX century);
• the Gallery Guilhem Montagut (Barcelona, non-European art);
• Renaud Montméat (Paris, Asian art);
• Osborne Samuel Gallery (London, the British modernist sculpture and painting);
• Galerie de la Présidence (Paris, masters of the XX century and figurative painting 1950-х years);
• the Gallery Ratton (Paris, non-European art);
• Repetto Gallery (London, post-war Italian art, Arte Povera, land-арт);
• the Gallery Schifferli (Geneva, paintings and drawings of the twentieth century);
• Theatrum Mundi (Arezzo, Cabinet of rarities);
• Tornabuoni Arte (Florence, modern and contemporary art).

Back gallery Chamarande (Brussels, antique ornaments), Christian Deydier (Paris, Art Asia), Dario Ghio (Monaco, silverware, vintage jewelry, collectibles), Tanakaya (Paris, original prints and Japanese art XVI–XX centuries) and Thomas Salis (Salzburg, art and design).

the growing number of participants — a result of the significant growth of attendance of the fair. In 2017 BRAFA was visited by more than 60,000 people. As noted by the President of the BRAFA Harold t Kint de Roodenbeke, "we never were ready so soon: list of participants was already practically formed in June. It is a sure sign of the attractiveness of BRAFA, we are talking about this recognition by our colleagues. And we really can't wait to open the doors to our guests!"

the Russian visitors, who are preparing for BRAFA, it is necessary to consider the opportunity to attend a special lecture of the Tretyakov gallery. Thursday 1 February at 16:00 on the territory of the fair will host a lecture by expert Svetlana Usacheva on the topic "Paradoxes of Museum studies or the secrets of old paintings". We will focus on the mysteries of the paintings of Russian artists of the XIX century, the classical era of the national school of painting, which is very slightly familiar to a Western audience. Lecturer Svetlana Usacheva, PhD, chief specialist, researcher at the Department of painting XVIII — the first half of the nineteenth century is the author and curator of numerous exhibition projects of the Tretyakov gallery, including the exhibition "Mysteries of old paintings". The lecture is part of the daily program BRAFA Art Talks (schedule: brafa.art/arttalks-ru).

BRAFA Art Fair (27 Jan — February 4, 2018), www.brafa.art.

Contact in Russia: Catherine de Rochambeau-Лимонад / 7 916 145 89 60 / [email protected].

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