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Bruno Timmermans - "Winehouse +" 2011 - Photographie sous Diasec. (Booth F9) Courtesy Mazel Galerie - Bruxelles

From 12 to 15 April 2012 – Lille Grand Palais
With over 15,000 visitors in 2011, Lille Art Fair has become an essential contemporary art event held in the heart of the Paris-Brussels-London triangle.
Variety of methods of expression, diversity of galleries and artists and sheer artistic wealth of the event are the main ingredients making Lille Art Fair an essential cultural event.

Lille Art Fair attracts visitors looking to buy and keen to make the most of the event made up of collectors, knowledgeable art lovers and newcomers to the world of art are all looking forward to the 5th Lille Art Fair taking place from 12 to 15 April 2012 that promises to be a great experience for all concerned!

Buoyed by its success, the 5th Lille Art Fair will bring together 100 galleries and publishers from many different countries in an 8,000 m² showcase.
Paintings, drawings, sculpture, video, engravings, ceramics, photos, etc., -all forms of art will be represented even more than ever before.

Julianne Rose “FLESH & PLASTIC N°2”, 2006, PHOTOGRAPHIE C-PRINT CONTRE COLLÉ SUR ALUMINIUM, SOUS DIASEC, DIPTYQUE, 80 X 120 CM

-The Print Art Fair features the representatives of art printing techniques: lithography, engraving, screen printing, digigraphics, artist’s books, and more…
- The Video Art Fair, is a new addition to the 2011 fair, highlighting a contemporary form of expression so as to discover new talents and specialised galleries.
- La Nuit de l’Art (“The Art Night”), will be an exceptional evening where each exhibitor invites their artists to come and meet the public for a performance, signing session, or other activities and happenings.

The region’s artistic and cultural organisation complete the offering from galleries and publishers. Totally new works by French and European artists will thus be presented to visitors.

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4 colored zincographs with burin engraving by Pablo Picasso, from: Georges Hugnet, »Non Vouloir«, 1942 1961, double page spread with drypoint from celluloid by Pablo Picasso, © Succession Picasso / VG-Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2010

From the 25th of  November 2010 to the 6th of March 2011 – Museum Brandhorst
Since its inauguration in May 2009, the Museum Brandhorst has enjoyed extremely high numbers of visitors. Opening at the end of November 2010 a superb show on Picasso¿s artist’s books will be the first special exhibition of works from the holdings of the Brandhorst Collection.
Picasso was not only one of the most prolific painters but also book artists of the 20th century. Between 1905 and 1973 he made designs for more than 150 books, the most important of which are to be seen in this exceptional exhibition. The focus is on Picasso’s joy in experimenting with various techniques and the possibilities of expression in this fascinating medium, as well as on his close cooperation with authors and publishers.
Picasso’s graphic works for these artist’s books are not being displayed on their own, but with a look at page spreads and the relationship of the images to the texts, complemented by luxurious covers and exquisite slip cases. The universal artist scored, etched, cut, engraved or drew illustrations and moreover authored poems, dedications and political texts. He made use of almost all printing techniques known at that time and pushed new techniques to their limits. Picasso’s first illustrations were made at the request of his friend, the author Max Jacob. In the course of the next few decades, projects with Paul Eluard, Tristan Tzara, Pierre Reverdy and others followed. In addition, Picasso also took up the invitation to work together with leading French publishers (Pierre André Benoit, Iliazd, Albert Skira et al.), gallery owners (including Ambroise Vollard and Daniel Henry Kahnweiler) and printers (such as the Crommelyncks, Lacourièr). In this way, some of the most beautiful artist’s books of the 20th century came into being.

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