Art-O-Rama, 25 — 27 August
The inimitable art fair is back for its 11th edition. After a sleepy summer, 26 gallerists from across Europe (and LA) will flock to Provence, easing us back into the art fair circuit. Housed in a former cigarette factory turned contemporary art center, this art fair plays host to some of the most exciting young galleries including Madragoa, Lisbon; Joseph Tang, Paris and Sabot, Cluj-Napoca. Alongside the art fair, a series of talks have been organised by critic Cédric Aurelle discussing the place of the art market in debates on feminism and postcolonialism and the sense of place and specificity that is crucial to such conversations.
Art-o-rama 2015 ; galerie Laurence Bernard — Caroline Corbasson, Koka Ramishvili, Bertrand Planes
Inauguration of Chevalier Roze art space
On August 26, Marseilles will bolster its cultural offering with the inauguration of a new 800 m2 artistic space. Chevalier Roze will host Parisian gallery Crèvecoeur’s second space, as well as a new space for Belgian gallerist Catherine Bastide. The galleries will be flanked by artist Wilfrid Almendra’s studio; the screenprinting studio Tchikebe; the offices of independent curators Charlotte Cosson and Emmanuelle Luciani; the Marseillais collector group Lumière and Sessions, a space dedicated to moving image work.
The seven independent spaces will all open their doors on Saturday night with various exhibitions and events featuring artists Erica Baum, Isabelle Cornaro, Moira Davey and Ilse and Pierre Garnier at Crèvecoeur; Madison Bycroft at Adelaide — Wilfrid Almendra’s new space and Sébastien Reuzé at Catherine Bastide’s Port Roze.
Atlantis art space, an exhibtion of Martin Soto Climent. © malikamokademphoto
Rentrée de l’art contemporain at the Friche de Bel de Mai
France dutifully marks ‘la rentrée’ at the end of each August, and at the Friche de Belle de Mai in Marseille a series of exhibitions has been organised, taking place over the 2,400m2 of exhibition space. The five shows will all open on August 25 including a solo show by artist Vincent Lamouroux entitled “new runway”, rethinking space through sculpture; a solo show by LA-based artist Claire Tabouret “Cash For Gold Like Smoke For Mirrors And Land For Sea”, revisiting the works created during her 2011 residency in Marseille and the group show “Inventeurs d’Aventures”, curated by Gael Charbau, is to present a varied body of work by young graduate artists from local art schools.
Claire Tabouret, view of the artist studio
