ART ATHINA 2016, International Contemporary Art Fair of Athens
The 21st Art-Athina, the International Meeting of Contemporary art opens its gates at the Faliro Pavilion (Taekwondo Stadium) on Thursday 26 May and will run through Sunday 29 May. The athenian art fair which attracted almost 40.000 visitors last year, not only does it maintain its power but also broadens the interest of the contemporray art. Instituted by the Hellenic Art Galleries Association in 1993, Αrt-Athina is organised for the fourth consecutive time by EuroΜare. This year, its
international fame is established with the new Greek and International
participations. It is also worth noting the increase in the number of participants which has reached a 25% increase from 2016.
Specifically, at Art-Athina 2015 41 galleries from 12 countries had
participated. This year 50 galleries will participate from 13 different countries and 4 continents. This increase in the participation of the galleries, which constitute the core of the event, proves that Art-Athina is an important event
not to be missed by the key players of the art sector in Greece.
The Platfroms Project@Art-Athina, headed by the artist and curator Artemis Potamianou, which is presented with a great success from 2013, is one of the most important events at Art-Athina with an inrernational profile. At the Platforms Project@Art-Athina 2016, 51 platforms will be presented – artistic actions- from 17 countries and 650 artists while in 2015 45 platforms have
participated from 16 countries. The Platforms Project offers at the visitor the
artistic creation, the experience of fermentation and cooperation of artistic practice.
We will announce soon the participated institutions and the parallel program (talks, parallel exhibitions and events, education program etc..).
The participating galleries of Art-Athina 2016 are:
a.antonopoulou.art (Athens), AD GALLERY (Athens), agathi-kartalos(Athens), ALEXANDRE SKINAS GALLERY (Athens), ALMA Contemporary
Art Gallery (Athens), Alpha C.K. Art Gallery (Nicosia, Cyprus), Anna Pappas Gallery (Prahran, Australia), Art Zone 42 Gallery (Athens), ARTFORUM
GALLERY (Thessaloniki), ARTOWER AGORA (Athens), Asian Art Works,
Beijing (Beijing, China), CASK gallery (Larisa), CUBE GALLERY (Patra),
DEPO DARM Contemporary Art Space (Athens), Donopoulos International
Fine Arts (Thessaloniki), ekfrasi-yianna grammatopoulou (Athens), Eleftheria
Tseliou gallery (Athens), Elika Gallery (Athens), Enia gallery (Piraeus), EOS
ART GALLERY (Athens), EVRIPIDES ART GALLERY (Athens), Francoise
Heitsch (Munich, Germany), Galeri Binyil (Istanbul, Turkey), Galerie Laureen
Thomas (Cagnes-sur-Mer, France), Gallery Art Πρίσμα (Piraeus), GALLERY
ERSI (Athens), Gallery Tableau (Seoul, Republic of Korea), Gamrekeli Gallery
(Tbilisi, Georgia), IKASTIKOS KIKLOS (Athens), KALFAYAN GALLERIES
(Athens-Thessaloniki), Kaplanon Galleries Contemporary Art (Athens),
KAPPATOS GALLERY (Athens), MEDUSA ART GALLERY (Athens),
MELKART Gallery (Paris, France), Μirko Μayer gallery / m-projects (Cologne,
Gernany), MOOKJI ART (Shanghai, China / Korea), Mulier Mulier Gallery
(Knokke-Zoute, Belgium), New Art Projects (London, United Kingdom), Nitra
Gallery (Thessaloniki / Athens), PAPATZIKOY GALLERY (Veroia), Paul
Stolper (London, United Kingdom), PERITECHNON KARTERIS (Athens),
Rakursi Art Gallery (Sofia, Bulgaria), SKOUFA GALLERY (Athens), taubert
contemporary (Berlin, Gernany), Technohoros art gallery (Athens), The
Blender Gallery (Athens), The Public House of Art (Amsterdam, The
Netherlands), The Pulse Kolonaki (Athens), Zina Athanassiadou Gallery
(Thessaloniki).