26 January 2019 in Brussels kicks off 64-я art fair BRAFA
ARTinvestment.RU   13 ноября 2018

At BRAFA will be presented classical European art, modernism, contemporary art, archaeology and other areas. The honorary guest of the fair this time will be the British Duo Gilbert and George (Gilbert&George)

From 26 January to 3 February 2019 the complex Tour & Taxis will be 64-я art fair BRAFA. 133 gallery of the 16 countries, including Russia, has selected the best, valuable and rare things in different areas of the arts — from archaeological finds to works of contemporary artists and masterpieces of different eras, styles and continents. In addition, the Royal Chamber of art-дилеров Belgium (ROCAD.be) will celebrate its 100-летие nonprofit project — exhibition of 30 masterpieces from private collections.

Fair BRAFA is now at the peak of popularity. The proof is the participation of the leading galleries from around the world and a record number of visitors: in 2018 it exceeded 65 thousand.

exhibitors 2019: a balance of tradition and innovation

Among 133 participants — 16 new names, including the gallery from Russia:

• David Aaron (London, UK) — ancient middle East and classical Islamic art;
• Bowman Sculpture (London, UK) — European sculpture from the XIX century to our days;
• Brame & Lorenceau (Paris, France) — impressionism, modernism and contemporary art;
• Cortesi (London, UK) — postwar art in Europe;
• Martin Doustar (Brussels, Belgium) — old and primitive art;
• heritage (Moscow, Russia) — Russian modernism and Soviet design;
• Charles-Wesley Hourdé (Paris, France) — art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas;
• l Ibis (Marrakesh. Morocco) — archaeology, Egyptian art@the semicolon
• Sandro Morelli (Florence, Italy) — the art of the middle ages;
• Morentz (Waalwijk, Netherlands) — design XX в.;
• Röbbig München (Munich, Germany) — Meissen porcelain, furniture and works of art;
• Rosenberg & Co (new-Йорк, USA) — impressionism, modernism and contemporary art;
• Simon Studer Art Associés (Geneva, Switzerland) — impressionism, modernism and contemporary art;
• Sofie Van de Velde (Antwerp, Belgium) — modernism and contemporary art;
• Von Vertes (Zurich, Switzerland) — paintings, drawings and sculpture of the XX-XXI вв.;
• Willow Gallery (London, UK) — impressionism and European paintings.

Two galleries returning to the fair:

• Maison Rapin (Paris, France) — decorative art of XX–XXI вв.;
• Pierre Segoura (Paris, France) — painting, drawing, art, antique furniture and photography.

the Quality, diversity and friendly atmosphere — that development priorities BRAFA. According to President Harold BRAFA t QUINTA de Roodenbeke, the fair develops in an evolutionary rather than a revolutionary path, gradually expanding audience, tracking newtrends art-рынка and following a clear criteria for selecting participants and papers. "16 new members — is optimal percentage. So fair will maintain continuity with previous years. We are ready for the new, but not doing a total reorganization and maintain a balance between specializations," — says the President of the BRAFA Harold t Kint de Roodenbeke.

the Exhibition reflects current trends in collecting

BRAFA — fair generalist, with over 20 different areas and directions. As in recent years, the approach to the compilation of collections has changed significantly and become increasingly popular so-called cross-collectibles, where the overlap between the works of different times and styles, BRAFA does not divide stands by sector, and experts from completely different areas are inevitably nearby. This diversity does not allow the visitor to get bored, the eye to zamylilsya, and retaining a sense of the whole.

Honorary guest of the fair 2019 — British Duo Gilbert and George

the Desire to surprise and dictated the choice of the guest of honor 2019 — world-famous Duo Gilbert and George. This pair started out in the genre of performance, but famous large-scale photo collages — colorful compositions, which are superimposed black mesh type of antique stained glass Windows. The artists create relevant, vibrant and recognizable images, which often their own portraits. And although this art draws inspiration from everyday life, work are perceived more as a metaphysical, mystical, polemical, but always couched in an ironic way and with a clear idea. The fair BRAFA Gilbert and George brought 5 large-scale works of recent years, which will be shown in different parts of the fair. In the homeland of surrealism to their own eccentric manner is sure to be a success.

the Exhibition of 30 masterpieces in honor of 100-летия the Belgian Royal chamber of Antiques and art-дилеров (ROCAD.be)

In 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the Belgian Royal chamber of Antiques and art-дилеров, which will now bear the name of the Royal Chamber of art-дилеров (ROCAD.be). This organisation have a lot in common with BRAFA, because the members of the house stood at the origins of the fair. Therefore, the choice of BRAFA to display works from private collections acquired from members of the house, is not accidental. Guests of the fair will see more than 30 works, including works of old masters, modernists, painting, decorative arts, archaeology, porcelain, primitive art, etc. To the opening of the exhibition will coincide with the release of the book about the amazing and unpredictable world of art-дилеров. Journalist Thijs Demelmeyster the present anthology, which brought together under one cover thousands of stories of professional life, in the framework of Brafa Art Talks Sunday, 27 January.

the Lecture program Brafa Art 2019 Talks: Bruegel, Peggy Guggenheim and the Soviet ar-деко

the most Important part of the fair — daily lectures Brafa Art Talks. Two lectures (in French and in Flemish) will be dedicated to the 450-летию from the date of death of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. We will focus on recent discoveries made during scientific restoration of several textbookpaintings, including "Mad Greta". Art historian Christian Strain explain what criteria must match to be considered a masterpiece. Together with the International Confederation of associations of art-дилеров (CINOA) organized a Round table on topical issues of art-рынка. Other stories stands out for the original and partial sketch of the life of the great Peggy Guggenheim collection and the fascinating story of the Soviet ar-деко from Christina Krasnyanskaya. In other words, what-то interesting for themselves will find every.

More:
BRAFA — Brussels Art Fair — 26.01.2019 — 03.02.2019
Tour & Taxis, Avenue du Port 88 — 1000 Brussels
www.brafa.art

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