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ART FORUM BERLIN 2003: Consolidation successfully completed

Berlin (ots)

The International fair for Contemporary Art
   Fair Dates: October 1 - 5, 2003
   Vernissage: September 30, 2003
www.art-forum-berlin.com
Consolidation successfully completed: ART FORUM BERLIN 2003 to be
presented in the classic central halls 18 to 20 at the Berlin
Fairgrounds with 94 international galleries in an ambience between
Kunsthalle and fair.
In February, 2003 an internationally composed jury of curators and
gallery owners successfully carried out the consolidated selection of
94 international galleries for participation in ART FORUM BERLIN
2003. This concentrated selection followed upon the advice of the ART
FORUM BERLIN International Galleries Advisory Board and with the
support of the Messe Berlin. The 94 chosen galleries - of which 13
were selected to compose innovative presentations in "Freestyle
Spaces" - hail from Western and Central Europe, North and South
America and from the Near East and Australia, and show exciting works
at the pulse of the moment: fresh, brave and full of quality.
The eighth edition of ART FORUM BERLIN securely maintains its
position as an international fair dedicated exclusively to
contemporary art within a seriously contested market. Opening the
autumn season 2003, a concentrated and qualitative selection of
galleries from 22 countries will be present in Berlin. 55% of the
exhibitors come from countries other than Germany, substantiating the
unbroken interest in Berlin as a significant location for
contemporary art. As in previous years, the balance of return
exhibitors (most prominent returning gallery: Thaddaeus Ropac,
Paris/Salzburg) to new participants (among them, Anna Schwartz
Gallery, Melbourne) remains steady. In 2003, 74 % of the exhibitors
will be returning after previous participation while 26% will be
participating for a first time. Also remaining continuous are the
numbers of German exhibitors. Of the total 43 German galleries 24
come from Berlin (i.e. 25% of all participants from Berlin, as in the
previous year); traditionally well represented are exhibitors form
the Nordic Coutries (12), while 13 exhibitors are from overseas.
For the first time situated in its long-desired location, the
historically protected halls 18 to 20 at the Berlin Fairgrounds, the
eighth ART FORUM BERLIN maintains its customary conceptual profile.
The alphabetical layout remains, a hallmark of ART FORUM BERLIN, as
do the 3,5 meter-high walls and the individual stand designs.
The annually changing international Admission's Committee this
year consisted of: Patricia Asbaek (Galerie Asbaek, Copenhagen),
Georg Kargl (Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna), Frank Lehmann (Galerie
Gebrüder Lehmann, Leipzig) and Thomas Schulte (Galerie Thomas
Schulte, Berlin) as well as curators Marcella Beccaria (Castello di
Rivoli, Turin) and Ulrike Groos (Director of the Kunsthalle
Düsseldorf). The meeting was chaired by Christian Nagel (Galerie
Christian Nagel, Cologne/Berlin) as representative of the
International Galleries Advisory Board of ART FORUM BERLIN.
Parallel to ART FORUM BERLIN, the central event of kunstherbst
berlin>03, the capital will also offer numerous exciting exhibitions,
among them: Berlin - Moscow/Moscow - Berlin at Martin-Gropius-Bau,
Tom Sachs: Nutsy's at the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin and
Private/Corporate II: A Dialogue of Two Contemporary Collections
Ileana Sonnabend, New York and DaimlerChrysler at Daimler/Chrysler
Contemporary. The autumn season is further supplemented by Face Up ,
an exhibition of contemporary art from Australia as well as solo
exhibitions by Ron Mueck and Dayanita Singh, Inside India, at the
Hamburger Bahnhof. Kunst-Werke e.V. completes this wide selection
with a solo show by Sue de Beer, Hans und Grete, an exhibition of
fashion photography by Terry Richardson under the title Too Much and
the exhibition The Innocents  by Taryn Simon.
Fair Dates:
   October 1st through 4th, 2003 from 12 p.m. (noon) - 8 p.m.
   October 5th, 2003 from 12 p.m. (noon) - 6 p.m.
   Professional PreviewSeptember 30, 2 - 4 p.m.
   Vernissage          September 30, 4 - 9 p.m.
   Press Conference    September 30, 11.30 a.m., hall 19, Palais am
   Funkturm
Fair Location       Berlin Exhibition Grounds/Messe Berlin, halls
   18-20, Masurenallee
Admission
   Full-day Ticket:                    EUR 13,00
   Reduced (students etc.):            EUR   9,00
   Groups (> 5 persons)                EUR   9,00
   Evening Ticket (after 5 p.m.)       EUR   9,00
   Vernissage (for 2 persons)          EUR 40,00
Guided Tours
   Daily at 2, 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. by art:berlin; Price 6 EUR, reduced
   3 EUR,
   Reservation for groups and information: art:berlin 
   Tel.: +49-30-28 09 63-90 / Fax: +49-30-28 09 63-91
   Hotline: +49-30-22 00 25 E-mail:  info@artberlin-online.de
   Catalogue
   Produced by Weltkunst-Verlag, Munich, ISBN 3-7774-9950-1
   Available two weeks in advance of the opening of the fair Price:
   EUR 18,00 at ART FORUM BERLIN 2003
ots Original Text Service: Messe Berlin
Internet: http://www.presseportal.de
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