Art Paris 09

Upcoming on March 19th, ARTPARIS will be kicking off its eleventh edition, inviting international collectors, professionals and lovers of art from the world of art to visit the more than one hundred galleries which will be brought together under the majestic dome of the Grand Palais through March 23rd, 2009.

115 of the most dynamic galleries of modern and contemporary art currently active on the international art market they will offer a vast panorama of the art of the 20th and 21st centuries as represented through a range of media from painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, video, installation and performance.

This year the show will show more of a focus on contemporary photography with participating galleries such as: Acte 2, Camera Obscura, Philippe Chaume, Emotion, In Camera, Galerie de L’Instant, CM Art, Obsis, Paris Globe, Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery,  Françoise Paviot, Olivier Waltman, Wanted Paris and Esther Woerdehoff.

Artists Frédérique Loutz, Jorge Queiroz and Sandra Vasquez de la Horra have been nominated for the Prix de dessin contemporain de la Fondation Daniel et Florence Guerlain.  The prize will be awarded on the 18th of March, 2009, at 12pm

Avoid the queue and get your tickets online here.

Photo: William KLEIN « Gun 1 », New York 1955, painted in 1998, Galerie Laurent Strouk