“We would love to be able to have you as one of our exhibiting artists” zo staat te lezen in de e-mail met een open uitnodiging voor de Clio Art Fair in New York die in maart 2018 wordt gehouden.
“Dear Tjeerd,
My name is Ylenia Mino, I’m the assistant project Manager at Clio Art Fair.
I’m glad to inform you that we are currently accepting applications for our upcoming New York 2018 Fair and we would love to be able to have you as one of our exhibiting artists.
March 8-11, 2018
New York City, NY
Clio Art Fair is a curated fair created with the idea of discovering independent artists and showcasing the careers and achievements of already affirmed creative minds.
By specifically targeting artists without any exclusive NYC gallery representation, Clio Art Fair focuses attention on the kinds of contemporary art and interventions that are being created by independent artists the world over.
Clio Art Fair 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 hosted the works of independent artists including:
Vito Acconci
Whitney Biennial 1977, 1981, 1991
Venice Biennial 1976, 1978, 2003
Nina Berman
Whitney Biennial 2010
Carla Accardi
Venice Biennial 1964, 1976, 1980
Zana Briski
Academy Award for Documentary Winner, 2004
Maurizio Cattelan
Guggenheim Museum, 2011
Whitney Biennial, 2004.
The applicants selected by our curatorial board will be offered ten exhibiting options ranging in size and price:
The fee includes the following services:
– Art Handling
– Presence of our dealers throughout the Fair
– Online presence in the web-catalog for the show at ClioArtFair.com
– 10 VIP Pass for the VIP Preview for invited guests on March 8th, 2018.
And for all the artists that they don’t have their studio in NYC, we can offer:
– Free storage in NYC from March 1st until March 12th.
– Free transportation in NYC
Please note: Artist is responsible for the transportation from and to NYC.
For each sale completed through Clio Art Fair, there is a 20% service fee.
Some link about the press coverage of the past years:
NY-ArtNews
BlouinArtInfo (Interview to the founder Alessandro Berni)
Artefuse (Interview to the founder Alessandro Berni)
For more information, visit our website.
If you need more information, please don’t hesitate to contact me,
Sincerely,
Ylenia Mino”
Het is zeker een heel wervende e-mail die de interesse wekt. Er wordt echter met geen woord gerept over de kosten die gepaard gaan met het exposeren op de kunstbeurs, dus dat zal als eerste achterhaald moeten worden.
Krijgt wellicht nog een vervolg.
N.B. dit blogbericht is in verband met operaties en het herstel ervan geschreven op een later moment (1 januari 2018).