Masterpiece London, 8th Edition sponsored by the Royal Bank of Canada, runs from 29th June -5th July 2017 at the Royal Hospital Chelsea.Bringing together150 galleries and specialists, collecting.
This year Masterpiece London launches MASTERPIECE PRESENTS, a new specially created exhibition space that will transform the Fair’s entrance. For the 2017 edition, Masterpiece London will showcase a large – scale site – specific installation by artist Iván Navarro.
Masterpiece has always offered collectors the opportunity to view and buy masterworks from antiquity to the present day, and this year the fair is stretching boundaries, with our most contemporary work for sale being a brand new immersive installation by renowned Chilean artist Iván Navarro.
Navarro is known internationally for his socio-politically charged sculptures of neon, fluorescent and incandescent light. He represented Chile at the 53rd Venice Biennale and his work is held in major public and private collections around the world.
Navarro’s installation has been commissioned for the Fair by Paul Kasmin Gallery who will be exhibiting for the first time this year.
The Cape Reimagined, an exhibition by Burberry
The official Preview Day partner of Masterpiece Art Fair, Burberry, will bring a selection of handmade couture capes to this summer’s fair.
Referencing the spirit of the Burberry archive, each cape is designed in their London atelier and crafted using unique constructions. Introduced on the runway, these collector’s pieces are inspired by the scale and form of Henry Moore’s sculptures, and represent the very essence of the British brand.
GALLERIES
Pre-eminent international galleries will bring to market works that span the great spectrum of art and design in an environment uniquely suited to collecting.
New exhibitors Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, Stoppenbach & Delestre, Vertes and Paul Kasmin Gallery enhance the fair’s strong representation of 19th to 21st century art available at Dickinson, Offer Waterman, Thomas Gibson, Blain|Southern and Robilant + Voena.
Robin Katz Fine Art, Osborne Samuel, Piano Nobile and Christopher Kingzett will contribute to the fair’s world-class showing of Modern British Art, including works by Henry Moore, Howard Hodgkin, Bridget Riley, and Barbara Hepworth. Italian masters Burri, Scheggi, Pistoletto and Fontana will be offered by Mazzoleni Art, M & L Fine Art, Tornabuoni Art, Cortesi Gallery, and Repetto Gallery.
Exceptional Impressionist, Surrealist and Expressionist works will be offered at Mayoral, Bailly Gallery, Ludorff and Trinity House Paintings. The old master and British paintings selection is built upon this year by De Jonckheere, Galerie Sarti, and Derek Johns who join Masterpiece regulars Richard Green, The Fine Art Society, Alessandra di Castro, Philip Mould and Agnew’s. Collectors can also purchase works on paper by big name artists – including Picasso, Hockney, Lichtenstein and Warhol – at Sims Reed Gallery, Lyndsey Ingram, Long-Sharp Gallery, William Weston Gallery and Offer Waterman & Co.
Reflecting Masterpiece’s cross-collecting ethos, Safani and Geoffrey Diner will share a large stand this year, presenting a mix of ancient Egyptian, Roman and Greek antiquities alongside iconic 20th century and contemporary design; Galerie Mathivet will show contemporary Aboriginal art in an art deco interior; Repetto and Donati Galleries will present Roman pieces alongside post war Italian works; John Berwald and MD Flacks will offer Modern British beside rare Chinese antiques.
Librairie Camille Sourget develops the fair’s expertise on rare books and illuminated manuscripts, as championed by Peter Harrington and Les Enluminures; photography will be presented by Bernheimer Fine Art, Peter Fetterman and Sundaram Tagore; exceptional ceramics of all periods will be presented by EH Manners, John Whitehead, Adrian Sassoon and Michele Beiny; rare silver will be shown at Koopman and N&I Franklin; antique and ancient Asian works can be acquired from Gregg Baker, Amir Mohtashemi and David Aaron – who will also show a selection from classical antiquity.
Masterpiece’s world-class contingent of ancient art dealers will include Axel Vervoordt, Ariadne Galleries, David Ghezelbash, Rupert Wace, Valerio Turchi and Galerie Chenel.
Fine furniture and decorative arts from the 17th century to the present day can be acquired at the fair from Galerie Perrin, Steinitz, Edward Hurst, Robert Young Antiques, Apter-Fredericks, H. Blairman & Sons, Thomas Coulborn & Sons and Ronald Phillips, whilst modern and contemporary design will be available from Based Upon, Modernity Stockholm, Jean David Botella, Dutko Gallery, Rose Uniacke, 88-Gallery, Linley and David Gill Gallery who are joined by new exhibitors Oscar Graf and Chastel-Maréchal.
Masterpiece continues to be a top destination for collectors of the world’s leading contemporary jewellers including Wallace Chan, Van Cleef & Arpels, Boghossian and Hemmerle. An unparalleled selection of antique jewellery with pieces by Cartier, Boucheron, JAR and Fabergé that can be admired at Wartski, Symbolic & Chase, Verdura, Hancocks and S.J. Phillips.
In 2017 Masterpiece London is delighted to welcome back the Royal Bank of Canada for its fourth year as the Principal Sponsor of the Fair.
Located on the South Grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Masterpiece is an unmissable event at the height of the capital’s summer arts season.
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