The French international contemporary art fair (FIAC) will open on october 23, 2008 at the Grand Palais and the Louvre Cour Carrée amidst fears of a fall of activity on the art market following the American financial crisis that had collateral effects on several European countries.
The contemporary art market has been affected by a slow-down during the past nine months resulting in an increase of unsold lots in most auction sales throughout the world.
The art market was however relatively spared by the tremors which shook financial places in the U.S, Europe and Asia but the lack of fresh money could well cause a recession before the end of 2008.
The FIAC will surely serve as a test for the market to alleviate fears of a major slow-down. Observers said it would be a miracle if this edition managed to break even with last year's results.
Modern and contemporary art galleries exhibiting at FIAC 2008:
(Index 09/12/08)
303 Gallery New York • 1900-2000Paris • A Arte Studio InvernizziMilano •Martine AboucayaParis • Aidan GalleryMoscow • Air De ParisParis • Alfonso ArtiacoNapoli • AlicedayBruxelles • Applicat-PrazanParis • Arndt & PartnerBerlin • Art Attitude Hervé BizeNancy • Art:ConceptParis • Anne Barrault Paris • Baronian- FranceyBruxelles • Catherine BastideBruxelles • BeaumontpublicLuxembourg • Bernier/EliadesAthens • Marianne BoeskyNew York • BortolamiNew York • Isabella BortolozziBerlin • Buchmann GalerieLugano/Berlin • Cardenas BellangerParis • Carlier|GebauerBerlin • Chantal CrouselParis
• Cheim & ReadNew York • Chemould Prescott RoadMumbai • Chez ValentinParis • Sadie Coles HQLondon • John Connelly PresentsNew York • Galleria ContinuaSan Gimignano/Beijing/LeMoulin • Paula CooperNew York • Raffaella CorteseMilano • Cortex AthleticoBordeaux • Lucile CortyParis • Cosmic (Bugada & Cargnel)Paris • Monica De CardenasMilano • Massimo De CarloMilano • Denise RenéParis • Guillermo De OsmaMadrid • DiMeoParis • Distrito Cu4troMadrid • Eric DupontParis • DvirTel Aviv • Frank ElbazParis • Ellen De Bruijne Projects Amsterdam • Estrany-De La MotaBarcelona • Dominique FiatParis • Fiedler ContemporaryKöln • Enrico FornelloPrato • Jonathan Viner/Fortescue AvenueLondon • Jean FournierParis • Foxy ProductionNew York • Galerie de MultiplesParis • gb agencyParis • Frédéric GirouxParis • Laurent GodinParis • Marian GoodmanParis/New York • Karsten Greve Paris/Köln/St.Moritz • M&J GuelmanMoscow • Cristina GuerraLisboa • Alain Gutharc Paris • Haas & FischerZürich • Hauser & WirthZürich/London • Erna HeceyBruxelles/Luxembourg • Henze & KettererRiehen/Basel • Eva HoberParis • Hopkins-CustotParis •Marwan Hoss Paris • Xavier HufkensBruxelles • IBID PROJECTSLondon • Grita Insam Wien • In Situ Fabienne Leclerc Paris • Rodolphe JanssenBruxelles • Jeanne-BucherParis • Jousse EntrepriseParis • Annely Juda Fine ArtLondon • Juliette JongmaAmsterdam • Iris KadelKarlsruhe • kbkMexico • Kewenig GalerieKöln • KLERKXMilano • Johann KönigBerlin • Galerie KrinzingerWien • Nicolas KruppBasel • La B.A.N.KParis • La Blanchisserie GalerieBoulogne • Layr:Wuestenhagen ContemporaryWien • Gebr. LehmannDresden/Berlin • Galerie LoevenbruckParis • Florence LoewyParis • LelongParis/New York/Zürich • Lisson GalleryLondon • Lombard Freid ProjectsNew York • Luhring AugustineNew York • Lumen TravoAmsterdam • Serge Le BorgneParis • Simon LeeLondon • Yvon LambertParis/New York • MaisonneuveParis • Gabrielle MaubrieParis • Hans MayerDüsseldorf • Greta MeertBruxelles • Kamel MennourParis • Galerie MezzaninWien • Francesca MininiMilano • Motive GalleryAmsterdam • Nachst St. Stephan Rosemarie SchwarzwälderWien • Christian NagelBerlin/ Köln • Nature Morte/Bose PaciaNew Dehli/ New York • Nelson-FreemanParis • New Galerie de FranceParis • NoguerasblanchardBarcelona • Jérôme de NoirmontParis • Nosbaum & RedingLuxembourg • Nathalie ObadiaParis • Oriol Galeria d'ArtBarcelona • Claudine PapillonParis • Françoise PaviotParis • Patrick PainterLos Angeles • Galerie PerrotinParis/Miami • Perugi ArtecontemporaneaPadova • Gregor PodnarBerlin/ Ljubljana • Peres ProjectsLos Angeles/Berlin • Praz-DelavalladeParis/Berlin • ProjecteSDBarcelona • Almine RechParis/Bruxelles • Michel ReinParis • Thaddaeus RopacParis/Salzburg • Perry RubensteinNew York • Lia RummaNapoli/Milano • SalvadorBruxelles • Esther SchipperBerlin • Schleicher+LangeParis • Thomas SchulteBerlin • Natalie SeroussiParis • Sfeir-SemlerHamburg/Beyrouth • Suzy ShammahMilano • ShanghARTShangaï • Sies + HökeDüsseldorf • Filomena SoaresLisboa • Franco SoffiantinoTorino • Sommer Contemporary ArtTel Aviv • Sommer & KohlBerlin • Pietro SpartaChagny • Sperone WestwaterNew York • Christian SteinMilano • Diana StigterAmsterdam • Micheline SzwajcerAntwerpen • T293Napoli • Suzanne TarasièveParis • Timothy TaylorLondon • Daniel TemplonParis • The ProjectNew York • Tornabuoni ArteFirenze • Tracy Williams, LtdNew York • Studio Sassa TrülzschBerlin • Tucci RussoTorre Pelice • Georges-Philippe & Nathalie ValloisParis • Van De WegheNew York • Bob Van OrsouwZürich • Van HornDüsseldorf • VedoviBruxelles • Aline VidalParis • Nadja VilenneLiège • Anne de VillepoixParis • Nicola Von SengerZürich • Waddington GalleriesLondon • Jan WentrupBerlin • White CubeLondon • Max WigramLondon • Michael WiesehoeferKöln • Jocelyn WolffParis • XL GalleryMoscow • XippasParis • Hiromi YoshiiTokyo • Donald YoungChicago • ZlotowskiParis • ZürcherParis/New York • David ZwirnerNew York
Design galleries exhibiting at FIAC 2008:
Galerie Dansk MoebelkunstCopenhagen/Paris • DewindtBrussels • Galerie DOWNTOWN françois laffanourParis • Jousse EntrepriseParis • Galerie KreoParis • Mouvements ModernesParis • Eric PhilippeParis • Patrick SeguinParis • TOOLSGALERIEParis
Other exhibitors:
Collection Lambert en Avignon • Parkett Editions • Ville de Paris – Art Contemporain
The French international contemporary art fair (FIAC) will open on october 23, 2008 at the Grand Palais and the Louvre Cour Carrée amidst fears of a fall of activity on the art market following the American financial crisis that had collateral effects on several European countries.
The contemporary art market has been affected by a slow-down during the past nine months resulting in an increase of unsold lots in most auction sales throughout the world.
The art market was however relatively spared by the tremors which shook financial places in the U.S, Europe and Asia but the lack of fresh money could well cause a recession before the end of 2008.
The FIAC will surely serve as a test for the market to alleviate fears of a major slow-down. Observers said it would be a miracle if this edition managed to break even with last year's results.
Modern and contemporary art galleries exhibiting at FIAC 2008:
(Index 09/12/08)
303 Gallery New York • 1900-2000Paris • A Arte Studio InvernizziMilano •Martine AboucayaParis • Aidan GalleryMoscow • Air De ParisParis • Alfonso ArtiacoNapoli • AlicedayBruxelles • Applicat-PrazanParis • Arndt & PartnerBerlin • Art Attitude Hervé BizeNancy • Art:ConceptParis • Anne Barrault Paris • Baronian- FranceyBruxelles • Catherine BastideBruxelles • BeaumontpublicLuxembourg • Bernier/EliadesAthens • Marianne BoeskyNew York • BortolamiNew York • Isabella BortolozziBerlin • Buchmann GalerieLugano/Berlin • Cardenas BellangerParis • Carlier|GebauerBerlin • Chantal CrouselParis
• Cheim & ReadNew York • Chemould Prescott RoadMumbai • Chez ValentinParis • Sadie Coles HQLondon • John Connelly PresentsNew York • Galleria ContinuaSan Gimignano/Beijing/LeMoulin • Paula CooperNew York • Raffaella CorteseMilano • Cortex AthleticoBordeaux • Lucile CortyParis • Cosmic (Bugada & Cargnel)Paris • Monica De CardenasMilano • Massimo De CarloMilano • Denise RenéParis • Guillermo De OsmaMadrid • DiMeoParis • Distrito Cu4troMadrid • Eric DupontParis • DvirTel Aviv • Frank ElbazParis • Ellen De Bruijne Projects Amsterdam • Estrany-De La MotaBarcelona • Dominique FiatParis • Fiedler ContemporaryKöln • Enrico FornelloPrato • Jonathan Viner/Fortescue AvenueLondon • Jean FournierParis • Foxy ProductionNew York • Galerie de MultiplesParis • gb agencyParis • Frédéric GirouxParis • Laurent GodinParis • Marian GoodmanParis/New York • Karsten Greve Paris/Köln/St.Moritz • M&J GuelmanMoscow • Cristina GuerraLisboa • Alain Gutharc Paris • Haas & FischerZürich • Hauser & WirthZürich/London • Erna HeceyBruxelles/Luxembourg • Henze & KettererRiehen/Basel • Eva HoberParis • Hopkins-CustotParis •Marwan Hoss Paris • Xavier HufkensBruxelles • IBID PROJECTSLondon • Grita Insam Wien • In Situ Fabienne Leclerc Paris • Rodolphe JanssenBruxelles • Jeanne-BucherParis • Jousse EntrepriseParis • Annely Juda Fine ArtLondon • Juliette JongmaAmsterdam • Iris KadelKarlsruhe • kbkMexico • Kewenig GalerieKöln • KLERKXMilano • Johann KönigBerlin • Galerie KrinzingerWien • Nicolas KruppBasel • La B.A.N.KParis • La Blanchisserie GalerieBoulogne • Layr:Wuestenhagen ContemporaryWien • Gebr. LehmannDresden/Berlin • Galerie LoevenbruckParis • Florence LoewyParis • LelongParis/New York/Zürich • Lisson GalleryLondon • Lombard Freid ProjectsNew York • Luhring AugustineNew York • Lumen TravoAmsterdam • Serge Le BorgneParis • Simon LeeLondon • Yvon LambertParis/New York • MaisonneuveParis • Gabrielle MaubrieParis • Hans MayerDüsseldorf • Greta MeertBruxelles • Kamel MennourParis • Galerie MezzaninWien • Francesca MininiMilano • Motive GalleryAmsterdam • Nachst St. Stephan Rosemarie SchwarzwälderWien • Christian NagelBerlin/ Köln • Nature Morte/Bose PaciaNew Dehli/ New York • Nelson-FreemanParis • New Galerie de FranceParis • NoguerasblanchardBarcelona • Jérôme de NoirmontParis • Nosbaum & RedingLuxembourg • Nathalie ObadiaParis • Oriol Galeria d'ArtBarcelona • Claudine PapillonParis • Françoise PaviotParis • Patrick PainterLos Angeles • Galerie PerrotinParis/Miami • Perugi ArtecontemporaneaPadova • Gregor PodnarBerlin/ Ljubljana • Peres ProjectsLos Angeles/Berlin • Praz-DelavalladeParis/Berlin • ProjecteSDBarcelona • Almine RechParis/Bruxelles • Michel ReinParis • Thaddaeus RopacParis/Salzburg • Perry RubensteinNew York • Lia RummaNapoli/Milano • SalvadorBruxelles • Esther SchipperBerlin • Schleicher+LangeParis • Thomas SchulteBerlin • Natalie SeroussiParis • Sfeir-SemlerHamburg/Beyrouth • Suzy ShammahMilano • ShanghARTShangaï • Sies + HökeDüsseldorf • Filomena SoaresLisboa • Franco SoffiantinoTorino • Sommer Contemporary ArtTel Aviv • Sommer & KohlBerlin • Pietro SpartaChagny • Sperone WestwaterNew York • Christian SteinMilano • Diana StigterAmsterdam • Micheline SzwajcerAntwerpen • T293Napoli • Suzanne TarasièveParis • Timothy TaylorLondon • Daniel TemplonParis • The ProjectNew York • Tornabuoni ArteFirenze • Tracy Williams, LtdNew York • Studio Sassa TrülzschBerlin • Tucci RussoTorre Pelice • Georges-Philippe & Nathalie ValloisParis • Van De WegheNew York • Bob Van OrsouwZürich • Van HornDüsseldorf • VedoviBruxelles • Aline VidalParis • Nadja VilenneLiège • Anne de VillepoixParis • Nicola Von SengerZürich • Waddington GalleriesLondon • Jan WentrupBerlin • White CubeLondon • Max WigramLondon • Michael WiesehoeferKöln • Jocelyn WolffParis • XL GalleryMoscow • XippasParis • Hiromi YoshiiTokyo • Donald YoungChicago • ZlotowskiParis • ZürcherParis/New York • David ZwirnerNew York
Design galleries exhibiting at FIAC 2008:
Galerie Dansk MoebelkunstCopenhagen/Paris • DewindtBrussels • Galerie DOWNTOWN françois laffanourParis • Jousse EntrepriseParis • Galerie KreoParis • Mouvements ModernesParis • Eric PhilippeParis • Patrick SeguinParis • TOOLSGALERIEParis
Other exhibitors:
Collection Lambert en Avignon • Parkett Editions • Ville de Paris – Art Contemporain