MOSCOW.- The seventh international art fair Art Moscow has opened and will be on view through April 27, 2003. Thirty-seven galleries are participate in it.
International Program ART MOSCOW is an annual forum of contemporary art, which includes international, national and regional exhibitions of contemporary art, series of special projects, including exhibition from private collections and “ART MOSCOW Workshop”, seminars, lectures and master classes. Participants: Aidan Gallery (Moscow), Aimak Gallery (Moscow-Ufa), Arka Gallery (Vladivostok), Artgentum Gallery (Moscow), Artmosphere (Vienna), Cubometr Gallery (Moscow), D-137 Gallery (St. Petersburg), DAR Gallery (Moscow), Dmitry Semenov Gallery (St. Petersburg), E.K.ArtBuro (Moscow), Elena Vrublevskaya Gallery (Moscow), Expert Gallery (Moscow), Fine Art Gallery (Moscow), First Gallery (Makhachkala), Galerie Elisabeth und Klaus Thoman (Innsbruck), Galerie Ernst Hilger (Vienna), Galerie Mezzanin (Vienna), Gallery Volker Diehl (Berlin), Guelman Gallery (Moscow), Hans Knoll Gallery (Vienna - Budapest), Heckenhauer Gallery (Berlin), Karenina Gallery (Vienna), KlausEngelhorn20 (Vienna), Kovcheg Gallery (Moscow), Krokin Gallery (Moscow), Lisa P/??? (Moscow), Moscow Studio (Moscow), One Work Gallery (Moscow), Orel Projects (Paris), paula boettcher gallery (Berlin), Red Art Gallery (Moscow), Riga Gallery (Riga), S’Art Gallery (Moscow), Sam Broock Gallery (Moscow), Skuc Gallery (Ljubljana), Vmeste Gallery (Moscow),VP Studio (Moscow), XL-gallery (Moscow),
The following non-commercial exhibitions will take place April 22 – May 7, 2003 occupying 5 200 m2 of the Central House of Artist in the frame of the International Program ART MOSCOW:
Contemporary Art in Private Collections. Curated by Nikolay Palazhchenko, P.-C. Brochet with the support of Collectors Club.
Voile(nce) d’amour. Curated by Paula Boettcher, Aleksandr Panov
The ART Judgement Show presented by B. Groys’s students (Germany). Curated by Barabara Vanderlinden
Exposition of contemporary Russian and French art “Incidence”. Co-organizers – NCCA, The French Embassy in RF. Curator – Dominique Abensur (France), co-curator – Irina Gorlova (NCCA, Moscow)
Exhibition “Draught-digest”. Contemporary art from Vienna. Curator – Verena Kaspar
“21 minutes” Estonian contemporary art. Curator – Eha Komissarov
POLSKA MARKA/ Polish Brand. Curator – Ewa Gorzadek
Exhibition of the winners of the General Satellite award
We – They. Non-commercial project presented by Guelman Gallery. Curator – E. Kikodze.
Valand School of Fine Arts
Amber Chamber. Artist – Andrey Logvin
Exhibition “First Channel Celebrities”.
Non-commercial exposition reflects the international status of the ART MOSCOW Programme and attracts the international art community attraction. Widening the context of the discussion they help artists from all over the world to exchange experience.
After the Fair May 2-7 the gallery booths will be used for the Third Exhibition “ART MOSCOW Workshop” presenting 30 best Russian artists selected by the leading art critics.
The participants will have an opportunity to realize their projects without any gallery “censorship” oriented mostly to the commercial success.
New Contemporary Art Award
ART MOSCOW Foundation under support of the International Confederation of Unions Of Artists and “EXPO-PARK Exhibition projects” have found an award in a sphere of contemporary art. The Award is to promote the contemporary Russian art. The aim of the Award is also to support young Russian artists. The Award goes for work make in 2002 in any technique. The Jury prefers wors never shown to the public.
The Fair is organized under support of Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and Moscow State Duma Cultural Committee.