Moscow Art Fairs Seek to Lure Collectors With Contemporary Art
Published May 16th, 2006
More than $1 billion in art will soon be on offer to collectors in Russia. The International Art Moscow Fair opens Wednesday, while the Moscow World Fine Art Fair starts on May 22.
The 10th annual Art Moscow fair will gather 67 contemporary art galleries, mostly from the Russian capital. About two dozen foreign galleries are also expected, including the Albert Benamou Gallery from Paris, B&D Studio from Milan, Charim Gallery from Vienna, DNA Gallery from Berlin and the Xin Dong Cheng Gallery from Beijing.
Art Moscow’s organizers say the fair is not only about sales, but also aims to educate fledgling Russian collectors. This year, the highlight is on video art.
“A new generation of Russian collectors is emerging,'’ said Natalia Kolodzei, director of Kolodzei Art Foundation, a U.S.-based collection of post-1950s Russian art, with 7,000 works. “Classical Russian art is too expensive; the avant-garde is too difficult to authenticate; and they realize contemporary art will one day be worth something and is a good investment.'’
Most of the art on display will be Russian, including works by the AES group, Andrey Monastyrskiy, Olga Chernysheva, Oleg Kulik, Dmitriy Gutov and the Radek group, Vladislav Mamyshev- Monro, David Ter-Oganyan, Tatyana Dober and Vadim Zakharov.
10th International Art Moscow Fair at the Central House of Artists, May 17 to 21. 10 Krymskiy Val St., Moscow. Tel. (7-495) 238-0946.
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