July / August 2008

Made in Ger­many
May 25 — August 26
Han­nover, Ger­many
www.hannover.de/madeingermany/madeingermany-en

From May 25 to August 26, 2007, the Spren­gel Museum Han­nover, the kest­nerge­sellschaft, and the Kun­stverein Han­nover will be pre­sent­ing cur­rent posi­tions in con­tem­po­rary art from Ger­many in a major review exhibition.

The Afford­able Art Fair
June 14–17
New York, New York
www.aafnyc.com

AAF is the place for new and estab­lished col­lec­tors to dis­cover and buy paint­ings, draw­ings, sculp­tures, video, pho­tog­ra­phy and lim­ited edi­tion prints from dis­tin­guished gal­leries, all priced from $100 — $5000. This year the Fair will host more than 60 gal­leries with approx­i­mately a quar­ter of the exhibitors from Europe, Canada and South America.

The 9th Tehran Inter­na­tional Poster Bien­nial 2007
June 17 — July 22
Tehran, Iran
www.tehran-poster-biennial.com

In mem­ory of Morteza Momayez, the founder of Graphic Design Bien­nial in Iran and the pres­i­dent of 8th Tehran Inter­na­tional Poster Bien­nial. Fur­ther to the suc­cess­ful and spec­tac­u­lar 8th Tehran Inter­na­tional Poster Bien­nial 2004 which in addi­tion to intro­duc­ing Iran­ian graphic design to the world also saw many Iran­ian design­ers reach acclaim; the 9th Tehran Inter­na­tional Poster Bien­nial is being orga­nized by Visual Arts Affairs Office with the coop­er­a­tion of Iran­ian Graphic Design­ers Soci­ety (IGDS), the Insti­tute for Pro­mo­tion of Visual Arts and the Saba Cul­tural and Artis­tic Insti­tute. The Bien­nial is endorsed by Inter­na­tional Coun­cil of Graphic Design Asso­ci­a­tions (ICOGRADA).

The Works Art & Design Fes­ti­val
June 22 — July 4
Edmon­ton, Alberta
www.theworks.ab.ca

National Arts Fes­ti­val
June 28-July 7
Gra­ham­stown, South Africa
www.nafest.co

The National Arts Fes­ti­val is South Africa’s cul­tural cru­cible where cur­rent trends and future direc­tions in the arts can be observed. With the demise of but a hand­ful of pro­duc­tion houses the com­mis­sion­ing of new works and exhi­bi­tions by the National Arts Fes­ti­val plays a vital role towards sus­tain­ing the growth of South African arts. It offers the estab­lished artist sig­nif­i­cant pub­lic expo­sure and unknown tal­ent the oppor­tu­nity for dis­cov­ery. Many pro­duc­tions launched to acclaim in Gra­ham­stown go on to have lengthy runs in other cen­tres, and in this way the fes­ti­val plays a cru­cial role in deter­min­ing the nation’s arts diary. The National Arts Fes­ti­val has become the shop­ping mecca for national and inter­na­tional agents.

d/Art/07
July
Syd­ney, Aus­tralia
www.dlux.org.au

d/Art/07 marks the tenth annual edi­tion of Australia’s pre­mier screen and dig­i­tal media arts fes­ti­val. This year’s fes­ti­val will fea­ture new and exper­i­men­tal video and web art as well as works using mobile tech­nolo­gies pre­sented in a pro­gram of screen­ings and an exhi­bi­tion in Syd­ney in July 2007.

Les Ren­con­tres D’Arles Pho­togra­phie
July 4 — 9
Arles, France
www.rencontres-arles.com

Hav­ing run for over 36 years, Arles is the unique place to meet both pro­fes­sion­als and ama­teurs in the pho­tog­ra­phy world. More than 40 exhi­bi­tions open from July 5 till Sep­tem­ber 18 which take place in var­i­ous venues, such as ware­houses, churchs, chapels, abbeys, for­mer Van Gogh’s hos­pi­tal and more. Five Awards of 10,000 euros each are granted by Dakota Group every year dur­ing a clo­sure evening show of the first big week.Nominees are cho­sen by inter­na­tional major per­son­al­i­ties in the var­i­ous lands of pho­tog­ra­phy. Lec­tures, sym­po­siums, con­fer­ences, film screen­ings, book sig­na­tures, port­fo­lio revues and more take place every day dur­ing the first week. Twenty work­shops are organ­ised dur­ing the month of July. There are of two kinds, prac­ti­cal and the­o­ret­i­cal, which are aimed at both pho­tog­ra­phy lovers and professionals.

Cherry Creek Arts Fes­ti­val
July 6 — 8
Den­ver, Col­orado
www.cherryarts.org

Each year, the Cherry Creek Arts Fes­ti­val brings the works of over 200 inter­na­tional artists to Den­ver — a global art col­lec­tion right in your own back­yard. The Cherry Creek Arts Fes­ti­val is Colorado’s sig­na­ture cul­tural event. It’ s one of the nation’s most com­pet­i­tive out­door juried arts fes­ti­vals. The Arts Fes­ti­val gives Den­ver a rare oppor­tu­nity to meet and talk with inter­na­tional artists, sam­ple fine cui­sine, visit spe­cial exhibits and enter­tain their kids with cre­ative activ­i­ties. You can expe­ri­ence artist demon­stra­tions, live music and unique spe­cial exhibits and per­form­ing artists that have never before been seen in Denver.

Vila do Conde Inter­na­tional Short Film Fes­ti­val
July 7 — 15
Vila do Conde, Por­tu­gal
www.curtasmetragens.pt

The 15th Vila do Conde Shorts has kept its most promi­nent char­ac­ter­is­tic: evo­lu­tion. Instead of set­tling for a for­mula, right from the start, the Fes­ti­val chose to focus its atten­tion on trans­for­ma­tion and change while keep­ing an eye on every­thing that hap­pens in the field of cin­ema. This is why not only the pro­gram­ming phi­los­o­phy is reg­u­larly changed so that it can keep up with emerg­ing trends within the arts and the progress in cin­e­mato­graphic and video lan­guages, but there’s also been a move towards (and an impact in) visual arts from which more and more artists emerge with new work to be shown in this Fes­ti­val. The Fes­ti­val is then built around the short film Por­tuguese and Inter­na­tional Competitions.

Dig­i­tal Art Weeks Fes­ti­val
July 9 — 14
Zurich, Switzer­land
www.digitalartweeks.ethz.ch

The DIGITAL ART WEEKS pro­gram is con­cerned with the appli­ca­tion of dig­i­tal tech­nol­ogy in the arts. Con­sist­ing of sym­po­sium, work­shops and per­for­mances, the Dig­i­tal Art Weeks pro­gram offers insight into cur­rent research and inno­va­tions in art and tech­nol­ogy as well as illus­trat­ing result­ing syn­er­gies in a series of per­for­mances dur­ing the Dig­i­tal Art Weeks Fes­ti­val each year, mak­ing artists aware of impulses in tech­nol­ogy and sci­en­tists aware of the pos­si­bil­i­ties of appli­ca­tion of tech­nol­ogy in the arts.

Pescara Dance Fes­ti­val
July 9 — 15
Italy
www.pescaradancefestival.it

Gal­way Film Fleadh
July 11 — 16
Gal­way, Ire­land
www.galwayfilmfleadh.com

The Gal­way Film Fleadh, a six day inter­na­tional film event held every July, wel­comes a mad diver­sity of film­mak­ing from around the world. The Fleadh is very much a film­mak­ers’ fes­ti­val, and attracts direc­tors, actors, cin­e­matog­ra­phers and artists of all gen­er­a­tions and cul­tural back­grounds, who present their work before their peers. The Fleadh’s diverse audi­ence is made up of the gen­eral cin­ema going pub­lic, film buffs, stu­dent film­mak­ers, indus­try pro­fes­sion­als and invited guests.

SITE Santa Fe Inter­na­tional Bien­nial
July 12–15
Santa Fe, New Mex­ico
www.sitesantafe.org

Inten­sity, exper­i­men­ta­tion, and vis­ceral pres­ence are the hall­marks of the thir­teen sig­nif­i­cant one-person instal­la­tions that con­sti­tute SITE Santa Fe’s Sixth Inter­na­tional Bien­nial. Cura­tor Klaus Ottmann’s exhi­bi­tion, enti­tled Still Points of the Turn­ing World both con­cen­trates and ampli­fies these sin­gu­lar works, empow­er­ing them to speak for them­selves with­out the com­mon fil­ter of a pre­scrip­tive cura­to­r­ial theme. As Ottmann explains, ?I want this Bien­nial to be about the artists, not about the cura­tor.? The exhibition’s man­i­fest com­mit­ment to direct expe­ri­ence is designed to elicit a unique per­sonal response from each viewer.

ART Santa Fe
July 12–15
Santa Fe, New Mex­ico
www.artsantafe.net

The inter­na­tional art fair cir­cuit is the most glam­orous part of the art world today — the place where col­lec­tors and pur­vey­ors of fine con­tem­po­rary art come from around the world to meet and do busi­ness. A ris­ing star in this con­stel­la­tion of sophis­ti­cated events is ART Santa Fe, a bien­nial art fair that will be pre­sented July 12–15 at Santa Fe’s El Museo de Cul­tural. ART Santa Fe is known as a “bou­tique” fair. Big enough to be inter­est­ing, small enough to be inti­mate and digestible, the fair offers vis­i­tors a highly selec­tive overview of the con­tem­po­rary art mar­ket. Vis­i­tors to ART Santa Fe have found it to be a gem among art fairs.

Kaibakh 2007
July 13 –22
Cas­tione della Presolana (Berg­amo), Italy
www.kaibakh.org

Kaibakh 2007: ten days of art, cin­ema, pho­tog­ra­phy, music and the­atre.
The cen­tre of the event are three com­pe­ti­tions: Kaibakh Arts, Kaibakh Video and Kaibakh Photo. There are an exhi­bi­tion with works of art, movies, con­certs, the­atri­cal per­for­mances, and a space where artists and pub­lic can inter­act. Kaibakh 2007 is an oppor­tu­nity for young artists to show their own works and them­selves too. Kaibakh 2007’s arena is at the feet of Presolana moun­tain: a lit­tle town in a green area, where dur­ing sum­mer the cool weather keeps fresh your mind! Kaibakh 2007 has a theme: this year it’s Interferences.

16th Annual Chicago Tri­bune Mag­nif­i­cent Mile Art Fes­ti­val
July 13 — 15
Chicago, Illi­nois
artfestival.com/art_festival/july_2007_2.php

Voted one of the Top 100 Art Fes­ti­vals in the coun­try by Sun­shine Artist mag­a­zine, this show is one not to be missed! Scenic and ener­getic, this art fes­ti­val is set up in the heart of down­town Chicago, across from the NBC6 Build­ing and in front of the Chicago Tri­bune Tower. Only our top exhibitors present their work at this show and the atmos­phere of the bustling city makes for a spec­tac­u­lar event. Two days are not enough for this festival?it is extended to three days, leav­ing plenty of time to enjoy the sights and sounds of this city art festival.

Scope Hamp­tons
July 14–16
The Hamp­tons, New York
www.scope-art.com

Scope art fair con­tin­ues the immense suc­cess of Scope New York and last year’s Hamp­tons Fair, with Scope Hamp­tons 2006, sum­mer home to the most famous col­lec­tors in the world. Scope Hamp­tons will fea­ture 60 of the best emerg­ing and estab­lished inter­na­tional gal­leries. Open­ing night will fea­ture a cel­e­bra­tion of Par­rish Museum and Guild Hall, fol­lowed by a fish BBQ on the beach. There will be ser­vice from the Whit­ney by Hamp­ton Lux­ury Liner for Press and VIPs.

Gal­way Arts Fes­ti­val
July 16–29
Gal­way, Ire­land
www.galwayartsfestival.com

Founded in 1978, the Fes­ti­val col­lab­o­rates with artists and com­pa­nies through­out the world to pro­duce and present an inter­na­tional pro­gramme of the­atre, spec­ta­cle, dance, visual arts, music, lit­er­a­ture & com­edy involv­ing hun­dreds of artists and per­form­ers. Gal­way Arts Fes­ti­val is at the heart of all aspects of life in Gal­way City con­tribut­ing immea­sur­ably to the eco­nomic, social and cul­tural life of the west of Ire­land. Over its 29-year his­tory the Fes­ti­val has become a vital show­case for Irish arts inter­na­tion­ally and inter­na­tional arts in Ire­land and is now firmly estab­lished as Ireland’s lead­ing arts festival.

Ann Arbor Street Art Fair
July 18–21
Ann Arbor, Michi­gan
www.artfair.org

Estab­lished in 1960, the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair is the Orig­i­nal of the now four award win­ning art fairs attract­ing over 500,000 atten­dees from across the nation and was recently named the Num­ber One art fair in the coun­try by Amer­i­canStyle mag­a­zine read­ers sur­vey (Octo­ber 2004).
The annual event is set among the Uni­ver­sity of Michigan’s most ele­gant archi­tec­ture and beau­ti­fully land­scaped pedes­trian walk­ways, includ­ing the land­mark, Bur­ton Car­il­lon Tower. ART Santa Fe is known as a “bou­tique” fair. Big enough to be inter­est­ing, small enough to be inti­mate and digestible, the fair offers vis­i­tors a highly selec­tive overview of the con­tem­po­rary art mar­ket. Vis­i­tors to the 2003 edi­tion of ART Santa Fe found it to be a gem among art fairs.

Embrace 2007
July 19–22
Atlanta, Geor­gia
www.embraceatl.com

In 2007, Embrace is build­ing upon last year’s foun­da­tion to bring you a truly world-class fine art expe­ri­ence in the heart of Atlanta. Embrace 2007 is proud to be able to present over 40 of the finest gal­leries in the coun­try and from around the world, all fea­tur­ing orig­i­nal fine art of the African Dias­pora.
Not only has Embrace grown to almost dou­ble the num­ber of out­stand­ing gal­leries that will be dis­play­ing work, but the pro­gram and event line-up for 2007 is truly spec­tac­u­lar. Evening gala events on Fri­day, Sat­ur­day, and Sun­day bring big crowds and big energy to the venue, while panel dis­cus­sions, lec­tures, and spe­cial exhi­bi­tions sched­uled through­out the week­end deliver com­pelling con­tent to the pub­lic, col­lec­tors, and curators.

National Black Arts Fes­ti­val
July 20–29
Atlanta, Geor­gia
www.nbaf.org

The National Black Arts Fes­ti­val (NBAF), a non-profit cul­tural insti­tu­tion based in Atlanta, Geor­gia, cel­e­brates the con­tri­bu­tions of peo­ple of African descent and their impact on world cul­tures. The mis­sion of NBAF is to engage, cul­ti­vate and edu­cate diverse audi­ences about the arts and cul­ture of the African Dias­pora and pro­vide oppor­tu­ni­ties for artis­tic and cre­ative expression.

ANGLIAN Con­tem­po­rary Art Fair
July 20–22
Essex, UK
www.penman-fairs.com

We have been watch­ing & cov­et­ing this venue for some 7 or 8 years, and now feel the time and place are right for a Con­tem­po­rary Art Fair. South Essex is flour­ish­ing, with young peo­ple set­tling into smart hous­ing locally, and appar­ently earn­ing excel­lent salaries. There are suc­cess­ful Craft, Gar­den and Antiques Fairs at the Barns, so the venue is well known.
Con­tem­po­rary art con­trasts dra­mat­i­cally with the 800-year-old tim­bers to bring out the best of both!

Photo San Fran­cisco
July 20–23
San Fran­cisco, Cal­i­for­nia
www.photola.com

An inter­na­tional art fair gath­er­ing exhibitors and artist instal­la­tions rang­ing from mas­ters of 19th & 20th Cen­tury to the newest in con­tem­po­rary art includ­ing video, dig­i­tal and mixed media. This is the 7th year of the fair and there are lec­tures, sem­i­nars and panels.

2007 Annual Salem Art Fair & Fes­ti­val
July 20 — 22
Salem, Port­land
salemart.org/fair

This eagerly antic­i­pated event is free and open to the pub­lic. Set among his­toric oak trees, the Art Fair’s Artist Mar­ket­place fea­tures over 200 of the top fine artists and crafts­peo­ple from around the coun­try. Artists will offer work in a wide vari­ety of medi­ums includ­ing paint­ing, ceram­ics, glass, jew­elry, wood, pho­tog­ra­phy and fiber. In addi­tion to the Mar­ket­place, 50 free per­for­mances by regional and national acts will be pre­sented on the Main Stage and Fam­ily Stage. Other attrac­tions include Liv­ing His­tory pre­sen­ta­tions and tours of the Bush House Museum; art exhibits at the Bush Barn Art Cen­ter; fun art activ­i­ties and per­for­mances for chil­dren in the Cohen Kids’ Court; art and cul­tural demon­stra­tions in the Arti­san Vil­lage; a wide vari­ety of food faire and gourmet good­ies in two Food Courts; and north­west wines and micro­brew beers in two Wine and Beer Gardens.

Edin­burgh Art Fes­ti­val
July 26 — Sep­tem­ber 2
Edin­burgh, Scot­land
www.edinburghartfestival.org

Amid the cul­tural feed­ing frenzy in Scotland’s cap­i­tal dur­ing August the Edin­burgh Art Fes­ti­val in the­ory pro­vides a rel­a­tive safe haven. The art won’t shout at you, it won’t make obscene jokes and expect a witty response, it won’t make a fool of you for the amuse­ment of oth­ers. It will just be there, hang­ing qui­etly on a wall or sit­ting in a gallery, await­ing your con­sid­er­a­tion. How­ever, don’t expect too much peace of mind from the inno­v­a­tive, chal­leng­ing and some­times down­right har­row­ing work in this third-year pro­gramme. –Rachel Mil­lard Scot­land On Sunday

ART Bodensee
July 26–29
Dorn­birn, Aus­tria
www.artbodensee.info

Fifty well known gal­leries will be com­ing to the 7th ?art bodensee? art fair in the west Aus­trian town of Dorn­birn this sum­mer. The pro­gramme for the gal­leries, which rep­re­sent around 300 artists, is already tak­ing shape. For exam­ple, items by Peter Vogel (inter­ac­tive objects) will be on dis­play and for sale, as will the work of young inter­na­tional artists. Guar­an­teed starters among the gal­leries will be Erhard Witzel and Galerie Rother from Wies­baden, Galerie Sechzig or Galerie am Lin­den­platz (Vaduz) and Fis­cher­platz Galerie from Ulm, Galerie Angerer (Schwaz/Tirol), Galerie Depel­mann or Galerie Flo­rian Tram­pler. Return­ing to Dorn­birn again will be Galerie Vay­hinger from Radolfzell and Galerie Maisen­bacher, which will be bring­ing the ?mul­ti­ples? of Ottmar H�rl, the ?model paint­ing king? to Vorarl­berg. In addi­tion there will again be pro­mo­tional stands with new, up-and-coming gallery owners.

Art Noc­turne Knocke
August 4–15
Knokke-Heist, Bel­gium
www.artnocturneknocke.be

Art Noc­turne Knocke is a mar­velous gar­den of delights for the eye and the heart. It has become an event in which qual­ity and diver­sity are foils for each other. More than 50 stands offer a wide range of artis­tic and other collector’s items, from a dis­tant past, more recent time and of our own times.

Edin­burgh Fringe Fes­ti­val
August 5–27
Edin­burgh, Scot­land
www.edfringe.com

The Edin­burgh Fes­ti­val Fringe 2006 offered over 28,000 per­for­mances in 261 venues through­out the his­toric city of Edin­burgh. With over 1,800 dif­fer­ent shows to choose from (36% of which were World Pre­mieres) includ­ing com­edy, the­atre, dance, children’s shows, music fes­ti­val T on the Fringe and so much more, there’s plenty for every­one — no mat­ter what tick­les your fancy! This year there was even 177 free shows. Get think­ing and plan­ning for Fringe 2007 — it’ll be here before you know it.

Kilkenny Arts Fes­ti­val
August 10 — 19
Kilkenny, Ire­land
www.kilkennyarts.ie

Kilkenny Arts Fes­ti­val is one of Ireland’s old­est and largest inter­na­tional arts fes­ti­vals which takes place annu­ally in August against the beau­ti­ful medieval back­drop of Kilkenny Ire­land. Founded in 1974 by a group of clas­si­cal music enthu­si­asts the fes­ti­val now presents a rich pro­gramme of clas­si­cal, jazz, world and tra­di­tional music, the­atre, dance, visual art, lit­er­a­ture, film, young people’s events and an exten­sive street programme.

Edin­burgh Inter­na­tional Film Fes­ti­val
August 14–27
Edin­burgh, Scot­land
www.edfilmfest.org.uk

Started in 1947, the EIFF is one of the true homes of inno­v­a­tive and excit­ing cin­ema. For over half-a-century, the Fes­ti­val has pre­sented some of cinema’s most impor­tant and excit­ing moments and played host to the world’s great­est film­mak­ers. The longest con­tin­u­ally run­ning film fes­ti­val in the world, it has come a long way from its begin­nings as a documentary-based fes­ti­val estab­lished in the wake of World War II. Its spirit was and is bold and its focus inter­na­tional: in the early years, it pre­miered such time­less clas­sics as Robert Flaherty’s Louisiana Story, Roberto Rossellini’s Ger­many Year Zero and Kenji Mizoguchi’s Ugetsu Monogatari.

DigiFes­ti­val
August 15-September 15
The Web and Flo­rence, Italy
www.digifestival.net

DigiFes­ti­val is a mul­ti­me­dia fes­ti­val of all art dis­ci­plines in stream­ing video, spon­sored by the Tus­can Gov­ern­ment of Italy, Regione Toscana, and real­ized in coop­er­a­tion with TRA ART, the Tus­can Regional Net­work for Con­tem­po­rary Art.

Helsinki Fes­ti­val
August 17 — Sep­tem­ber 2
Helsinki, Fin­land
www.helsinginjuhlaviikot.fi

The Helsinki Fes­ti­val is the most diverse event in the Finnish cul­tural cal­en­dar. The Festival’s pre­de­ces­sor was “Sibelius Weeks” (1951–1965) — fes­ti­val, which con­cen­trated in Sibelius’ music. The Helsinki Fes­ti­val was founded in 1968, and it aims to dis­play Finnish and inter­na­tional per­form­ing and cre­ative arts, while fea­tur­ing artists, ensem­bles and exhi­bi­tions of the high­est level.

Mon­treal World Film Fes­ti­val
August 23-September 3
Mon­treal, Canada
www.ffm-montreal.org

The goal of the Mon­treal World Film Fes­ti­val (Mon­treal Inter­na­tional Film Fes­ti­val) is to encour­age cul­tural diver­sity and under­stand­ing between nations, to fos­ter the cin­ema of all con­ti­nents by stim­u­lat­ing the devel­op­ment of qual­ity cin­ema, to pro­mote film­mak­ers and inno­v­a­tive works, to dis­cover and encour­age new tal­ents, and to pro­mote meet­ings between cin­ema pro­fes­sion­als from around the world.

ANTI — Con­tem­po­rary Art Fes­ti­val
August 31 — Sep­tem­ber 30
Kuo­pio, Fin­land

ANTI — Con­tem­po­rary Art Fes­ti­val presents con­tem­po­rary art of all fields from sculp­ture and envi­ron­men­tal art to dance, live art and per­for­mance within Kuo­pio city spaces. Site-specific time based works take place in pre­s­e­lected loca­tions around the city cen­tre. The con­cept of ANTI is unique in the Finnish art scene. It is the only inter­na­tional fes­ti­val that presents some of the lat­est devel­op­ment in per­form­ing arts and artists that tra­verse the bor­ders of con­ven­tional sub­di­vi­sions in art within a city envi­ron­ment. ANTI offers an oppor­tu­nity for both Finnish and inter­na­tional artists to work out­side the so-called tra­di­tional art context.