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February has been a very exciting time for Bridge Art Fair, as we finalize all plans for our inaugural New York fair at the Waterfront. In this email we are pleased to announce our exhibitor list, to report that the Village Voice has been named the official media sponsor and to offer a special discount from Tablet Hotels for Bridge's exhibitors and friends of the fair.
Exhibitor List
Bridge New York '08 will present more than 60 international exhibitors from such diverse locales as Austria, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Korea, the Philippines, Spain, Switzerland, the UK, and the United States. The selected galleries represent the best in emerging international art. "Bridge New York '08 comes at a time of massive consolidation in the contemporary art market," says Founder and Director Michael Workman. "Our independence is proudly reflected in our list of exhibitors, hand-picked for their pioneering and innovative approaches to art."
Agró/Glickman STEP(1), New York, NY, USA
Galeria Jorge Alcolea, Madrid, Spain
Asia Art Center, Beijing, China
Aye Gallery, Beijing, China
Beijing Central Art Gallery, Beijing, China
Burkhard Eikelmann Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
C5 Colección, Madrid, Spain
Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY, USA
ChinaSquare Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Galerie D'este, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
The Drawing Room, Makati City, Philippines
Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
First Gallery, Rome, Italy
Front Room Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Frost and Reed, London, UK / New York, NY, USA
Greene Contemporary, Sarasota, FL, USA
Hamburg Kennedy Photographs, New York, NY, USA
Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich, Switzerland
Hiro Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Imagine Gallery, Beijing, China
I-MYU Projects, London, UK / Seoul, Korea
iPRECIATION, Singapore
Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art, Miami, FL, USA
Galerie Jürgen Kalthoff, Essen, Germany
Eli Klein Fine Art, New York, NY, USA
Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN, USA
Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Galleria PaciArte Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy
Perihelion Arts, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Michael Petronko Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Praxis Art International, New York, Miami, USA/Buenos Aires, Argentina
Raandesk Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China
Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
Schoeni Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Galeria Sicart, Barcelona, Spain
Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA, USA
Studio HD, Coral Gables, FL, USA
Gallery Terra Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
Gallery Touchart, Paju-Si, Korea
Toulouse Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
White 8 Galerie, Vienna/ Villach, Austria
Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA, USA
YOKOI FINE ART, Tokyo, Japan
Kim Young Seob Photo Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Spotlight on Asia
Bridge New York '08 initiates the expansion of Bridge as an international showcase, premiering with a spotlight on Asian art. Invited galleries are participating from Manila, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, and elsewhere across the Pacific Rim. Many of these galleries will exhibit the work of Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, and Taiwanese artists that have never before been shown in the United States.
Village Voice Named Official Media Sponsor
Bridge Art Fair is pleased to announce a major sponsorship with the Village Voice, the nation's first and largest alternative news weekly. The recipient of three Pulitzer prizes, the National Press Foundation Award, the George Polk Award, Front Page Awards, Deadline Club Awards, and many others, the Voice has earned a reputation as the foremost expert on New York's cultural scene and has produced some of the most widely acclaimed art critics of our time. "We are thrilled to name the Village Voice as the official media sponsor of Bridge New York '08," says Communications Director Brenda Schumacher, "The Village Voice is a valued partner that shares our commitment to approaching art with a critical independent perspective."
Tablet Hotels Offer Special Rates for Bridge New York
***BOOK BEFORE FEBRUARY 29TH ! ***
Tablet Hotels, an international boutique hotel booking service, has arranged an exclusive room rate for our Bridge exhibitors and partners at the luxurious Bryant Park Hotel, located at 40 West 40th Street, in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, directly across from Bryant Park and close to all forms of public transportation. The Bryant is conveniently located and equidistant from the Bridge New York show and the Armory Show. The hotel is on the Condé Nast Gold List as one of the "World's Best Places to Stay" and consistently receives excellent consumer ratings on internet travel sites. We are excited to be able to extend an offer to you to stay in such world-class accommodations.
See this link for photos, maps, and information. (Do not book on Tablet Hotels' site or you will not receive the discounted rate. Click here for booking details).
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Yuna Park, Planarian, 2007. Oil on canvas (diptych), 102.8 x 77.2 in. Courtesy Kwanhoon Gallery
Manuel Sendón, Casas Doentes' Series, 2007. Photography on dibond, 100 x 100 cm. Courtesy c5 colección
Jeffrey Aaronson, Maybe It's You Series, 2006. Photo and sound installation, 102 x 76 cm each, edition of 5. Courtesy Galerie Kashya Hildebrand
Christian Finne, Blavatsky, 2008. Airbrush, ink & pencil on paper, 34 x 46 in. Courtesy Galleri Christoffer Egelund
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