FIAC is the largest contemporary art show of the year in Paris and is always in mid-October. For 2011 the dates are October 20 to October 23 and the major venue is the Grand Palais. This year they have also included outdoor venues, the Jardin des Plantes and the Tuileries. I went to the Tuileries to photograph the sculpture installation yesterday. Typical of the sometimes schizophrenic weather patterns in Paris, the light kept on changing, so in the course of an hour it went from sunlight to gray to dark, threatening clouds and the photos reflect that.
FIAC (International Contemporary Art Fair)
October 20-23 12PM-8PM
Grand Palais
Ave Winston Churchill, 75008
Metro: Champs Elysees-Clemenceau
Admission 32 euros
http://www.fiac.com
Wilfred Almendra-Reconstruction of a Monument II
Urs Fisher -Miss Satin
Jean Luc Moulene-Body Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Bertrand Grimont
Moataz Nasr-The Maze
Antoine Dorotte-Un Misteriosa Bola
Vincent Ganivet-Rivieres
Willem de Kooning-Standing Figure
Danh Vo-Cuivre Repoussé
Adrian Villar Rojas- Poems for Earthlings
Vincent Mauger-La Somme des Hypotheses
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