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| THE 16th MONACO ANTIQUE DEALER BIENNIAL EVENT An exceptional event held from July 30 to August 7, 2005 In the Monegasque calendar
The Antique Dealer
Biennial Event has become a major happening THE 16th MONACO ANTIQUE
DEALER BIENNIAL EVENT
By its decidedly selective nature, this exhibit demonstrates that a work of art cannot exist alone, that it requires the knowledge of a dealer, the understanding of the public and an environment that promotes its presentation. As such, the Biennial Event finds a natural home in Monaco. Inheritor of a millennial artistic tradition, the Principality remains more than ever a propitious place for the advancement of the arts and creation. Founded in 1975 thanks to an original idea of Mario Bellini, Jacques Perrin and Maurice Segoura, the Antique Dealer, Jewelry and Art Gallery Biennial Event was one of the first happenings to allow the Prinicipality to be part of the international art market circuit. The concept of the event was then clearly stated: a small number of exhibitors, rigorously chosen according to the diversity of their special fields and welcoming, at an exceptional site, collectors from the whole world. Still today, this 15th session of the Monaco Biennial Event, presided by Jacques Perrin, remains coherent with the exhibit’s founding principles: top quality exhibitors and merchandise, diversity of artistic expressions represented, sobriety regarding decors and lighting. In an intimate atmosphere, the visitor can give way to contemplation of exhibited works: paintings and drawings by French, Italian and Flemish masters, modern and contemporary paintings, furniture and decorative arts of past centuries, carpets and tapestries, sculpture, jewelry of yesteryear and contemporary creations…The only common denominator among these items remains universal beauty. Presented in the “art deco” framework of the Sporting Club, where the charm of Monegasque architectural tradition still prevails, the Biennial Event welcomes about 15 to 20 000 visitors, mainly American, French, Swiss, Italian, English, Russian or Middle Eastern. Among them are many prestigious guests, as in 2001, to cite just a few: Andy Wong, Ivana Trump, Roger Moore, Dewi Soekarno or Arielle Dombasle, who unanimously applauded the beauty of the works on display. This year, seven new exhibitors, will join the event: The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York antique dealer specialized in Asian arts, Dr Riedl, antique painting dealer from Munich, Sophie Scheidecker Fine Art, modern and Impressionist painting specialist established in New York, Pierre de Souzy, Parisian gallery owner specialized in 19th century painting and sculpture, jewellers Moussaieff and Jeremy Morris both from London, as well as Alexandra Reza, established in Paris and in Monaco, who will exhibit alongside the “customary” participants of the Biennial Event: antique dealers Maurice Segoura, Philippe Perrin, Luigi Bellini, Galerie Flore, Adriano Ribolzi, Gismondi-Pastor, Anne-Marie Monin, Galerie Sapjo, Galerie Renard & Fils, the Saint Honoré art galleries, Berko Fine Art Painting, Fabien Boulakia, Toninelli Arte Moderna, Fabrizio Moretti, Alexia Goethe Fine Art and Graff and Fred, representatives of the haute jewelry trade. Curios cabinet of many facets, an encounter with some unforgettable masterpieces, the 16th Monaco Biennial Event is one of the highlights of the Monegasque summer 2005 season and confirms, thanks to its prestige, that Monaco is a must for art lovers. 16th MONACO ANTIQUE DEALER
BIENNIAL EVENT Entrance: 8€ |
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