ART-ATHINA 2011, 12 - 15 May at Faliro Pavilion (TaeKwonDo)

ART-ATHINA 2011

12 - 15 May, Faliro Pavilion (TaeKwonDo)

ART-ATHINA continues its distinctive mission of promoting art, and in particular contemporary artistic creation, making a keenly-anticipated return with its 17th edition. ART-ATHINA 2011 will take place on 12-15 May at the Faliro Pavilion (TaeKwonDo), widely regarded as the perfect venue for the event.

This year, 58 galleries and 40 cultural institutions will be participating, offering visitors the opportunity to enjoy a panorama of contemporary Greek and international art through the work of more than 300 artists, and also through the exhibits of museums, cultural institutions and art publications. The works of art showcased at the exhibition will attract any potential buyer, since their prices will start from 300 Euros and they will even include works that could form part of museum or large private collections.

According to Alexandros J. Stanas, General Director of ART-ATHINA, “art is a lever for change and progress and it can dynamically contribute to social dialogue, as well as adding colour to everyday life.” A conviction borne out by the fact that last year’s fair attracted approximately 16,000 visitors and, contrary to the prevailing pessimistic financial climate, revitalized the country’s art scene.

Among the Greek and foreign galleries, many have participated in the fair every year and others will be hosted for the first time, a fact that underlines the international profile of ART-ATHINA.

The participating galleries are:

50 πλην 1 (Limassol, Cyprus), a.antonopoulou.art (Athens, Greece), About: (Athens, Greece), A.D. (Athens, Greece), Agathi-Kartalos (Athens, Greece), AMP (Athens, Greece), Apotheke (Nicosia, Cyprus), Art Zone 42 (Athens, Greece), Artis Causa (Thessaloniki, Greece), Artower Agora (Athens, Greece), Astrolavos (Athens, Greece), Basia Embiricos (Paris, France), Bernier / Eliades (Athens, Greece), Cardi Black Box (Milan, Italy), cheapart (Athens, Greece), Diatopos (Nicosia, Cyprus), Donopoulos (Thessaloniki, Greece), ekfrasi – yianna grammatopoulou (Athens, Greece), Eleni Koroneou (Athens, Greece), Elika (Athens, Greece), Ersi’s (Athens, Greece), Fabio Tiboni – Sponda (Bologna, Italy), Federico Bianchi (Milan, Italy), fizz (Athens, Greece), Françoise Heitsch (Munich, Germany), Gallery 7 (Athens, Greece), Gentili Apri (Berlin, Germany), Heinz-Martin Weigand (Ettlingen, Germany), Helena Papadopoulos / Nice and Fit (Athens, Greece), Ikastikos Kiklos (Athens, Greece), Ileana Tounta (Athens, Greece), Isnotgallery (Nicosia, Cyprus), John Martin (London, UΚ), Kalfayan (Athens-Thessaloniki, Greece), Kaplanon 5 (Athens, Greece), Kappatos (Athens, Greece), K-art (Athens, Greece), Lola Nikolaou (Thessaloniki, Greece), Marc de Puechredon (Basel, Switzerland), Medusa (Athens, Greece), Mihalarias Art (Athens, Greece), Mulier Mulier (Knokke-Zoute, Belgium), Nroom (Tokyo, Japan), Omikron (Nicosia, Cyprus), Peritechnon (Athens, Greece), Qbox (Athens, Greece), Rebecca Camhi (Athens, Greece), Siakos.Hanappe (Athens, Greece), Skoufa (Athens, Greece), Thanassis Frissiras (Athens, Greece), The Apartment (Athens, Greece), The Breeder (Athens, Greece), The Flat – Massimo Carasi (Milan, Italy), TinT (Thessaloniki, Greece), Titanium Yiayiannos (Athens, Greece), Transit (Mechelen, Belgium), Tsatsis Projects / Artforum (Thessaloniki, Greece), Zina Athanassiadou (Thessaloniki, Greece).

The cultural institutions, publications and media participating in ART-ATHINA 2011 offer an overview of the current cultural scene in Greece:

artAZ, ARTeSHOP, art-idea, Athens Biennale, Athens House of Photography, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens Voice, Athinorama, B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music, Benaki Museum, Caid Societas Scientia & Ars, Contemporary Greek Art Institute, Cube Art Editions, Cultural Organization of The Municipality of Elefsina, Diatton & Kastaniotis Publications, eλculture, Filotheamon Publications, Flash Art, Fougaro / The Artshop, Gallery Guide, General Secretariat for Youth – 15th Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Hellenic Centre for Photography, Insider Publications, Kunsthalle Athena, LLLarts, Lo and Behold, Municipal Gallery of Athens, Municipality of Paleo Faliro, Museum of Cycladic Art, Museum of Greek Children’s Art, Museum of Photography – Thessaloniki, National Gallery, Nereus Publishers, Network of Museums and Cultural Institutions of the Athens Historical Centre, Ommu Distribution, Onassis Cultural Centre – Athens, Ozon Raw, Project Greek Island, State Museum of Contemporary Art, The Art Newspaper - Greek Edition, The Jannis and Zoe Spyropoulos Foundation, Velvet.

ART-ATHINA will be the second art fair in the world, 24 hours after Art Amsterdam, to have both a physical and an online presence. Well over 20 exhibitors will showcase the work of the artists they will be representing at ART-ATHINA through the virtual platform www.openartcollection.com, while all interested parties will be able to submit bids in order to buy works of art.

ART-ATHINA wishes to sincerely thank all its sponsors, media sponsors and supporters, without whom the fair could not have been organised and promoted.

With the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and under the auspices of the City of Athens.
Sponsors: Hellenic Tourist Properties, OPAP
Supporters: Quintessentially, Karavias & Associates, Athenaeum Intercontinental
Media Sponsors: ERT, Kathimerini, Athens Voice, Athinorama, elculture.gr, International Herald Tribune – Kathimerini, Best 92,8, Kosmos 93,6, Third Programme 90,9, NET 105,8.