Events

ArtRio 2015

ise 09-09-2015

ArtRio 2015, to be held between September 09th and 13th at Pier Mauá, Rio de Janeiro, will gather the most important galleries of Brazil and the world. Reaching its 5th edition, the fair has among its goals to be one of the main global business events in the art segment. The event will bring collectors, gallery owners and artists of the current scene to the city.

ArtRio 2015 will be attended by representatives of 11 countries besides Brazil: Argentina, Spain, USA, France, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Portugal, UK, Switzerland and Uruguay.

In addition to the presence of really relevant names of the market, ArtRio also focuses on presenting emerging galleries with young artists who are already recognized by curators as future market bets.

Since its first edition, ArtRio features unprecedented curatorial programs and two new curators will debut in PRISMA program in 2015. One of them is Carolyn H. Drake, Dutch independent curator and director of A Tale of a Tub, non-profit organization for debates on contemporary art based in Rotterdam. Drake is also an advisor of Young Stedelijk at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. The other newcomer is Bernardo José de Souza, from Brazil, who was assistant curator of the Mercosul Biennial and is a member of the boards of curators at Contemporary Art Museum of Rio Grande do Sul and Vera Chaves Barcellos Foundation.

ArtRio is part of the official events calendar of the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Held by the partners Brenda Valansi, Elisangela Valadares, Luiz Calainho and Alexandre Accioly, ArtRio can be considered a great art platform that includes, beyond the international fair, differentiated and diversified initiatives focused on spreading the concept of art in the country, solidifying the market and encouraging and facilitating the growth of a new public by offering access to culture.

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