ART FAIR PHILIPPINES 2016 has an expanded and exciting lineup for its fourth edition as it recognizes its role as the world’s window to one of Asia’s fastest growing contemporary art scenes.
This year, the art fair features some of the best in Philippine contemporary art, with even more participants and a wider audience as it spreads out to another floor of The Link, the car park facility in Ayala Center, Makati City, in between Landmark Department Store and the Makati Shangri-La Hotel. It is ongoing until Feb. 21.
Founded in 2013, the fair has showcased the vibrant Filipino art scene in a transformed parking garage that for four days features selections from Metro Manila’s leading galleries. A wider roster of galleries from Southeast Asia, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan will join them.
Aside from the gallery shows, there will be lectures and tours of nearby museums and galleries. Among the lectures scheduled are: “Curating Corporate Collections” with speakers Barbara Staubli, Curator, JB Art Collection, Jaime Laya (BSP) on Feb. 19, 2-3:45 p.m., among several others.
To complement the gallery offerings, a curated section of solo presentations by critically and commercially successful artists have been installed throughout the two levels of the main fair. A third level of the fair is devoted to its educational component, ArtFairPh/Talks, housing a lecture theater for daily talks on art history, the art market, and current practices in contemporary art. Art Fair Philippines teams up with the Ateneo Art Gallery to bring these conversations to fair visitors.
Alfredo + Isabel Aquilizan, the Brisbane-based Filipino husband and wife tandem with an impressive profile of participating in critically lauded art events around the globe, headline the fair’s Special Exhibits. Also included in the lineup are Mark Justiniani, Martha Atienza, Nona Garcia, At Maculangan, Raffy Napay, Mac Valdezco, and Pamela Yan Santos.
Over 41 galleries are participating. They are: 1335Mabini, Altro Mondo Arte Contemporanea, Archivo 1984 Gallery, Arndt, Art Cube, Artesan Gallery + Studio, ArtInformal, Art Verite Gallery, Avellana Art Gallery, Blanc, Boston Art Gallery, CANVAS, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Equator Art Projects, Finale Art File, Gajah Gallery, Galeria Cayon, Galleria Duemila, Galerie Michael Janssen, Galerie Stephanie, Galerie Anna, Gallery Kogure, Gallery Orange, J Studio, MO_Space, Nunu Fine Art, PABLO, Paseo Art Gallery, Pinto Art Gallery, Salcedo Private View, Secret Fresh, Silverlens, TAKSU Gallery, The Crucible, The Drawing Room, Tin-Aw Art Gallery, Vinyl on Vinyl, West Gallery, Yavuz Gallery, YOD Gallery.
The art fair will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., with an entrance fee of P150, and discounts for students.
For more information on Art Fair Philippines 2016, visit: www.artfairphilippines.com; www.facebook.com/artfairph; or, @artfairph on Instagram and Twitter.
