Founded in 1999 Art Paris Art Fair showcases 140 galleries from 21 nationalities in the prestigious surroundings of the Grand Palais.
While French galleries are represented in force, exhibitors coming from the Middle East and Russia as guest of honour bring some exciting new talents.
View the entire set of pics from the fair here
Art Paris Art Fair
Grand Palais
Paris
27 March – 1 April 2013
For Easter, French graffiti writer Alexone has teamed up with chocolatier extraordinaire Christophe Roussel to create two limited chocolate creations: Chocotigre and Chococaniche.
Some great eye candy, but also delicious creations with exotic tastes of passion/coco for Chocotigre, and raspberry for Chococaniche. Alexone was celebrating the launch and signing copies at Citadium Beaubourg.
Chocotigre & Chococaniche
Citadium Beaubourg (while stocks last)
Prolific Parisian graffiti writer Horfee is having a pop up solo exhibition titled “Horfee’s Imaginarium” at Topsafe, London. For his largest exhibition to date, Horfee is featuring various stages of his colourful and creative mind, from drawings on paper, works canvas, video animations, sculptures and bespoke installations.
View pics from the opening here
Horfee Imaginarium
Until 23 March 2013
4 Wilkes St, London E1 6QF
For his London solo exhibition “Les Bons Sauvages” at Stolenspace, Dutch painter Joram Roukes brings together human/animal morphing figures in a fragmented yet cohesive collage way. Through large scale colourful oil paintings, figures are shown in various situations, from celebrating in folklore costumes to relaxing within a dreamy landscape.
View pics from the opening here
‘Les Bons Sauvages’
By Joram Roukes
Until 31 March 2013
Stolenspace.com
ART13, created by the owners of ART HK, is London’s new art fair for modern and contemporary art. Taking place at Olympia Grand Hall, it features 129 galleries from 30 different countries with thousands of artworks, including painting, sculpture, photography, prints and editions or multimedia.
Lazarides’ squat featuring Banksy, JR, Conor Harrington and Vhils amongst others attracted many onlookers. Artists like Polly Morgan, Patricia Piccinini unveiled their latest sculptures, while ART13 was also the opportunity for Katrins Fridiks to present her new solo show with Circle Culture Gallery.
From Asia to Europe and Middle East, the selection of artworks was certainly impressive and a breath of fresh air.
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