arteBA´16 Contemporary Art Fair

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arteBA Contemporary Art Fair, that will take place from May 19 to May 22, 2016, is the most popular cultural event in the city of Buenos Aires and the most important one of its kind in Latin America. arteBA is an art exhibition where art galleries display their best artworks, offering the general public the chance to come face to face with truly unique collectors’ pieces. It is also an opportunity for the newer art centers from all over the region to present their younger artists and reveal the very latest trends, which are simply absent from other art fairs.

43 foreign art galleries from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United States, Uruguay, together with 42 Argentine art galleries, with 400 artists, will exhibit their most outstanding works at this great cultural event, that celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.

The Fair will be divided into several sections:

• Main Section: Established galleries chosen by a renowned selection committee.
• Cabinet: A specific area within the galleries booths in the main section of the fair. In Cabinet, one or more works by a single artist are exhibited. The aim of the section is to show important, unique, or emblematic works by modern and contemporary artists.
• Dixit 25th Anniversary Edition:  an exhibition at the fair on “25 years of Argentine art.” This section will present works by outstanding Argentine artists for museums and private collections, through the artists’ galleries.
• U-TURN Project Rooms by Mercedes Benz: A curator invites galleries to present a specific project featuring up to three artists and selects each work to be exhibited.
• Solo Show Zurich: On this year’s proposal, it will explore the body as an artistic tool through multiple disciplines, such as painting, performance and video.
• Barrio Joven Chandon: Section for young Argentine and foreign galleries focused mainly on Latin American artists.
• Photobooth City: galleries present photographs by historical and contemporary artists.
• Isla de Ediciones Fundación Proa: sale of individual volumes and collections that provide theoretical support and information on contemporary art.

Dates and hours: May 19 - 22, 2016 / 2:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Admission fees:
General: AR $160