Beirut Art Fair 2013
dal 18/9/2013 al 21/9/2013
Segnalato da
18/9/2013
Beirut Art Fair 2013
Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center - BIEL, Beirut
A leading platform for the promotion of contemporary art & design of the ME.NA.SA countries (Middle East, North Africa, South Asia) as well as the Mediterranean region. With the collaboration of the first Beirut Art Week, monumental works will be displayed in the streets.
Building on the success of the three last editions, BEIRUT ART FAIR in Lebanon, stands out as a leading platform for the promotion of contemporary art & design of the ME.NA.SA countries (Middle East, North Africa, South Asia) as well as the Mediterranean region and beyond.
The growing participating galleries allowed collectors, international professionals & amateurs, to discover the artistic wealth of an emerging market, that hasn’t stopped growing over the last ten years.
46 galleries coming from 14 different countries are participating in this new edition of the BEIRUT ART FAIR.
BEIRUT ART FAIR has enlightened collectors' appetite to all art forms: paintings, sculptures, designs, installation art, video and photography. The many sales, during the three last editions, are but a proof, of the success! On a larger scale, artists from the diversified region have found in BEIRUT ART FAIR an important platform to express themselves beyond the usual ideological barriers, which helped enhance their visibility.
Beirut, which is the historical meeting between the East and the West regions, remains a privileged destination for cultural lovers.
Scheduled from the 19th to the 22nd of September 2013, the fourth edition promises new surprises to collectors and art lovers.
BEIRUT ART WEEK, 1st edition: From the 18th till the 24th of September
Opening Tuesday the 17th of September
at 6:00 pm in front of Hotel Le Gray
This year the BEIRUT ART FAIR, along with the SOLIDERE competition is launching an open-air tour, BEIRUT ART WEEK#1, with monumental works which will be displayed in the streets of downtown as well as in its shops. From the 18th till the 24th of September, the streets of Beirut will be a contemporary art space. BEIRUT ART WEEK is investing in new territories to conquer a different public.
From the 18th till the 24th of September, BEIRUT ART WEEK invites the artists to express freely in the urban landscape of the capital.
The tour emphasizes on the historic legacy of Beirut by investing on new territories to conquer a new public.
BEIRUT ART WEEK welcomes each and everyone.
BEIRUT ART FAIR 2013 is ORGANIZED BY CEDRALYS SARL
Image: Rifat Chadirji, The palm massacre series, 1977. Courtesy Waddah Faris Iraq
Press contact:
Marine Bougaran +33 (0)6 25205210 marine.bougaran@beirut-art-fair.com
Sylvia Beder Phone: +331 42180942 sylvia@sylviabeder.com
Thursday 19th September: from 6:00 till 10:00 p.m : Official Inauguration
Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center (BIEL)
Down Town, Beirut, Lebanon
Hours:
Friday September 20th to Sunday September 22th, 2013
From 3.30pm to 9.30pm