BRIDGEHAMPTON, NY .- Art Southampton opened in a prominent new location on the grounds of Nova's Ark Project for its fourth edition, Art Southampton has cemented its status as the premier contemporary and modern art fair in the Hamptons, offering the highest quality works of art from the 20th and 21st centuries. The 2015 edition also incorporates design and the decorative arts. Art Southampton opened Thursday, July 9th, with a two-tier elegant VIP Preview benefiting the Parrish Art Museum and Southampton Hospital, sponsored by Christie's International Real Estate, GRAFF Diamonds, and Ruinart Champagne. The VIP Platinum Preview provides prominent collectors, curators, art advisors, architects, designers and decorators the First View and opportunity to acquire the finest blue chip modern & contemporary works of art from the emerging, mid-career cutting edge, Post War and Pop eras, with a focus on design and functional art. The fair also highlights some of the East End's most prolific past and present artists.
LUXE Interiors + Design joins Art Southampton as the fair's Design & Media Sponsor, ensuring the strongest participation from the design community with the creation of LUXECANVAS Design Ambassador Program, spearheaded by LUXE Editor In Chief, Pam Jaccarino.
Christie’s International Real Estate will host an on-site booth, presenting international luxury residential real state offerings throughout the duration of the fair.
A robust event schedule will be available for the enjoyment all VIPs, including on-site cocktail receptions with artists and book signings, as well as daily scheduled private tours of some of East End's leading artists’ studios and collector homes.
The internationally acclaimed New York Academy of Art, of which Andy Warhol was among the original founders, returns for the fourth year with an exclusive relationship with Art Southampton. Renowned artist April Gornik will be the guest of honor as she curates an exceptional exhibition of alumni works.
Award winning LaGuardia Design will design the Art Southampton Sculpture Garden and main entrance of the pavilion. LaGuardia Design actively pursues an interest in how elements of the native landscape, existing topography, and neighboring influences help define the character of each site, and look to unify the landscape into a cohesive bond by firmly connecting architecture and site.
Art Southampton has become the favorite Hamptons destination for numerous museum and young-collectors groups, including Whitney Contemporaries, Museum of Modern Art Junior Associates, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Columbia Alumni Arts Patrons, Guggenheim Museum's Young Collectors Council and members of the Museum of Art and Design, The Contemporaries, New Museum of Contemporary Art, National Academy of Design, Brooklyn Museum, Jewish Museum, Whitney Museum of AmericanArt, The Parrish Museum, Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, East End Arts Council, Miami Art Museum, National Academy of Design, Peconic Land Trust, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Norton Museum of Art, Yale University of Art, Princeton University Art Museum, Islip Art Museum and ArtTable, among many others. Art Southampton will once again organize scheduled events and complimentary charter bus service for museum and collector groups out of New York City.
Last year's Art Southampton fair set a new standard in luxury presentation and attracted top collectors, cultural leaders and philanthropists of the East End. During the course of the five-day fair, a record 21,000 collectors, art enthusiasts, curators and influential attendees visited the luminous 100,000 square-foot pavilion.
Art Southampton 2015 Participating Galleries:
AI BO GALLERY Greenwich | Anna Zorina Gallery New York | Arcature Fine Art Palm Beach | ARCHEUS/POST-MODERN London | ARDT Gallery Southampton | Arteria Quebec | Ascaso Gallery Miami | Aureus Contemporary Wakefield, RI | Axiom Contemporary Santa Monica | Beetles + Huxley London | Berry Campbell Gallery New York | Birnam Wood Galleries East Hampton | Bridgette Mayer Gallery Philadelphia | Casterline|Goodman Gallery Aspen | Catinca Tabacaru Gallery New York | Contessa Gallery Cleveland | CROSS MACKENZIE GALLERY Washington DC | Cynthia Corbett Gallery London | David Findlay Jr Gallery New York | Dean Project Miami Beach | Dillon Gallery New York | Dranoff Fine Art New York | Elizabeth Clement Fine Art New York | Emmanuel Fremin Gallery New York | FLOWERS New York | FP Contemporary Culver City | Frederic Got Gallery Paris | Galeria Casa Cuadrada Bogota | Galerie d’Orsay Boston | Galerie Terminus Munich | Galerie von Braunbehrens Stuttgart | GALLERIA CA’ D’ORO New York | Gallery Mark Seoul | Gallery Now Seoul | Gallery Tableau Seoul | Gallery Valentine East Hampton | GAMO Gallery Seoul | Gladwell & Patterson London | Habatat Galleries Royal Oak, MI | HackelBury Fine Art London | Heller Gallery New York | Hexton | modern and contemporary Northbrook | Hollis Taggart Galleries New York | Hirschl & Adler Modern New York | Hubert Gallery New York | Industry Gallery Los Angeles | Jackson Fine Art Atlanta | JanKossen Contemporary Basel | Jean Albano Gallery Chicago | Jerald Melberg Gallery Charlotte | Keszler Gallery Southampton | Kim Jae Sun Gallery South Korea | K+Y Gallery Paris | Lawrence Cantor Fine Art Venice Beach | Lawrence Fine Art East Hampton | Leonard Tourné Gallery New York | Long-Sharp Gallery Indianapolis | M Contemporary Annapolis | Mark Borghi Fine Art Palm Beach | MARK HACHEM Paris | Masterworks Fine Art Gallery Oakland | McNeill Art Group Southampton | Nikola Rukaj Gallery Ontario | Peter Blake Gallery Laguna Beach | Peter Marcelle Project Southampton | Praxis New York | Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design Heusden aan de Maas | Pushkin Gallery Santa Fe | RJD Gallery Sag Harbor | Rosenbaum Contemporary Boca Raton | SCAA-Sergott Contemporary Art Alliance Santa Fe | Shine Artists London | Sponder Gallery Miami | Taglialatella Galleries New York | The McLoughlin Gallery San Francisco | The Public House of Art Amsterdam | Thomas Monahan Fine Art Chicago | UNIX Gallery New York | Villa del Arte Barcelona | Vogelsang Gallery Brussels | Wynwood Art Group Miami | 55Bellechasse Paris
