YOU CAN”T MISS IT!!!! We will be here every day from 9pm to 6pm!

Aubaine (at La Cave Downstairs)

Tuesday to Friday (9am-6pm), 31 Dover Street (downstairs at Aubaine)!

This year’s fair will include more than 90 galleries from around the world, representing more than 900 artists in over 10,000 square meters of exhibition space.

The New Proposals Section will host galleries with less than 5 years of experience, presenting emerging artists in booths measuring 20 square meters. This section is commisioned by Pablo León de la Barra a great mexican curator based in London!

These isntitutions are worth visiting if you are ever passing by Singapore.

First of all the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM), http://www.acm.org.sg/home/home.asp, which is the first museum in the region to present a broad yet integrated perspective of pan-Asian cultures and civilisations. At the same time they have temporary exhibiitions and this month you can visit, Patterns of Trade: Indian Textiles for Export, 1400–1900.

 These textiles decorated with striking patterns and inventive motifs reveal the creativity of Indian textile artists. These textiles, which date from the 15th through the 19th centuries, trace the history of trade and cultural exchange at the time when India might be said to have clothed the world. Really outstanding!

In addition to the Civilisation Museum another gem is SAM – Singapore Art Museum http://www.singaporeartmuseum.sg/, where rotating exhibitions take place regularly.

A very interesting exhibition “People And Places” in the Learning Gallery showcases twenty Southeast Asian contemporary art works from the Singapore Art Museum’s permanent collection that looks at the people, places and spaces around us. Revolving around ideas of identity, urbanisation, globalisation and the environment, these works present the artists’ visions and interpretations of pertinent issues about urban living in the modern cityscape. Many intersting artists, Justin Lee, Jason Wee, Safaruddin Dyn, Tromorama presented various work, using various media.

Safaruddin Dyn’s works Maxwell Road (right) reference the idea of memory and absence, using images from old photographs to serve as visual diaries of specific landmarks in order to trigger feelings of nostalgia and longing in the viewer.

Artist Justin Lee  (left) in East & West playfully blends traditional Eastern iconography with modern-day symbols of our global capitalist culture.

Last but not least, the Red Dot Design Museum, sister to the one in Germany. http://www.red-dot.sg/museum/

The beautiful red painted colonial building of the ’20. former police headquarters, collects and presents the world’s best design works. Dedicated to works that have been awarded a red dot, and with a total of 1,400 square metres of exhibition space, the museum holds the largest collection of international contemporary design in Asia.

Presenting the best in product and communication design from more than 60 countries. It serves as a reliable benchmark of good design and market trends. A very nice little shops sells many funny gadgets! Worth the visit!

This week the art world will gather in Madrid for another year of ARCO.

The show will take place between 15 and 19 February, will bring together the works of 150 galleries from over 30 countries in the General Programme, to which can be added those of the participants in the Curated Programmes, from over 30 countries.

In addition to the changes introduced for the last edition by its fantastic director Carlos Urroz, ARCO has adopted some new initiatives that will reinforce its character as a platform for discovering and investigation about artists. The two new projects are: Highlighted Artist which aims to highlight one artist per booth and for which a new catalogue will be published, and SOLO OBJECTS, a section located at various areas of the fair with works selected by the curators collaborating with ARCOmadrid.

The presence of The Netherlands as the Guest of Honour at ARCO, in FOCUS: THE NETHERLANDS, will be another big attraction. In collaboration with the Mondrian Foundation and the Dutch Embassy in Spain, ARCO is going to present 14 Dutch galleries selected by the curator Xander Karskens, who is responsible for the international contemporary art collection and programme at Museum De Hallen Haarlem. The Dutch presence in Madrid will be reinforced by exhibitions in several museums and institutions.

So all seems very exited no? And as always is Valentine’s week, so HAPPY VALENTINE to everyone!!!!

Until the end of February a breathtaking exhibition of brazilian artist Ernesto Neto can be viewed and experienced by the lucky visitors. The installation is an amazing maze hanging from the ceiling. Everyone can walk trhought the installation which is floating in the air, Superbe!

For more informations please visit: http://www.faenaartscenter.org/

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It is with great pleasure to attach the invitation for PINTA NY , this coming 10th of November. Just print it and come to the opening!

All the best,