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ArtParis to return with more than 3,ooo artefacts
About 57 galleries and more than 3,300 art works by more than 700 artists will be displayed in the largest fair of modern and contemporary art to be held in the UAE next November.
- Staff Report
- Published: 00:05 July 21, 2008
- Image Credit: Gulf News Archive
- ArtParis came for the first time to Abu Dhabi last year and attracted 9,200 visitors and collectors in three days and witnessed a turnover of $16.86 million.
Abu Dhabi: About 57 galleries and more than 3,300 art works by more than 700 artists will be displayed in the largest fair of modern and contemporary art to be held in the UAE next November.
ArtParis-Abu Dhabi returns to the capital from the November 17 to the 21 this year , to present an impressive panorama of modern and contemporary art in a variety of media ranging from painting to sculpture to photography.
The fair held under the patronage of General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and supported by Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH).
Last year ArtParis installed itself for the first time in Abu Dhabi and attracted 9,200 visitors and collectors in three days with a turn over of $16.86 million(Dh61.88 million).
Organisers are expecting more than 15,000 visitors for the new fair taking place at Emirates Palace Hotel. In the new fair, eight young artists galleries emerging on the international contemporary art market are united under the banner of "Artparis-Abu Dhabi Young Talent". Each of them will be representing the works of a young artist yet to come into limelight.
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