WOPART Lugano 2018
(20/09/2018 - 23/09/2018)
http://www.wopart.eu/
WOPART - WORK ON PAPER ART FAIR LUGANO
3rd Edition
20-23.09.2018
Centro Esposizioni Lugano
Via Campo Marzio
Lugano
Switzerland
From 20th-23rd September 2018 Lugano Exhibition Centre will be hosting the third edition of WOPART – Work on Paper Art Fair, an international fair devoted exclusively to work on paper organised by Lobo Swiss and directed by Luigi Belluzzi.
Over 90 exhibitors, including 82 galleries from 11 different countries - once again selected by a scientific committee chaired by Giandomenico Di Marzio, a journalist, critic and contemporary art curator, and Paolo Manazza, a painter and journalist specialising in cultural economics – as well as art publishers and international institutions will be presenting an extensive overview of works created exclusively on paper at WOPART 2018: from old drawings to modern prints, from artist’s books to high-quality photography, from watercolours and oriental prints to paper works by contemporary artists, the exhibition will provide a complete survey of different techniques, languages and periods in time.
There will be plenty of innovations at the third edition of WOPART: the art fair format will be enhanced by new sections, an updated visual identity designed by Mousse Agency, and an exclusive VIP Lounge created for the first time in partnership with Maison Suisse d'Horlogerie Eberhard & Co. working with the prestigious Orologeria Mersmann.
In the wake of the success of the first two editions, WOPART 2018 will be both bigger and better and have much more to offer: alongside the Main Section, which this year will host 71 international galleries, there will be a new Emergent section for the first time featuring 11 galleries that will all have their own stands devoted to up-and-coming young artists.
Another novelty at WOPART 2018 is the second edition of REAL-Rassegna di Editoria d’Arte di Lugano, a review of the art publishing industry in Lugano, curated by Artphilein Editions publishing house and the bookshop ‘Choisi’. This year’s event will be held inside Lugano Exhibition Centre’s trade fair pavilion. As well as the stands of the various galleries, REAL will provide an overview of the art publishing market with 11 stands specially allocated for international artists and publishers (selected on an open call basis), ranging from more conventional publishers that use movable type, etching and hand-binding to publishing houses specialising in photography books and contemporary artist’s books. Over the various days’ proceedings there will also be book signings and meetings to present the latest publications to the general public.
This year WOPART will have an extensive schedule of main and side events both inside and outside the trade fair pavilions to provide all kinds of means and opportunities to understand and find out about the various aspects and cutting-edge themes in the realm of works on paper.
There will be two exhibition focuses inside Lugano Exhibition Centre to provide even more for the general public to enjoy: an exhibition entitled Giampiero Bodino. Il sogno delle idee devoted to the undisputed master of Italian Haute Joaillerie and a photographic exhibition entitled Buby Durini for Joseph Beuys: Difesa della Natura in the world curated by Giorgio D’Orazio showcasing works from the Zurich Kunsthaus.
Photography will also be the main attraction of another exhibition on display in the exclusive spaces of Eberhard & Co. & Mersmann VIP Lounge.
Viaggio nel tempo. Un racconto per immagini, curated by Nicoletta Rusconi Art Project, looks at the work of ‘Fotografia italiana’, an art gallery focusing on photography that was set up by Nicoletta Rusconi at the beginning of the millennium.
The schedule of events being hosted inside Lugano Exhibition Centre also includes WOPART PUBLIC PROGRAM: a selection of conversations, projections, educational activities, interviews with artists, art critics and historians, consultants and experts in investing in art aimed at making the general public more familiar with key issues and leading players in an industry - artworks on paper and art in general - that is attracting more and more interest.
Another notable new project at WOPART 2018 is the creation of Lugano Art Week, a week of official openings and events organised in partnership with the City of Lugano and its leading associations involved in promoting and informing people about modern and contemporary art in the city. WOPART is just the main event on an extensive schedule of special new projects and openings, which, during the entire week the fair is taking place, will see the involvement of public institutes, foundations and private galleries ultimately culminating in ‘Gallery Night’ on Friday, 21st September.
WOPART - Work on Paper Art Fair
Location
Centro Esposizioni Lugano
via Campo Marzio, 6900 Lugano (Switzerland)
20th-23rd September 2018
Opening hours
Friday 21st, Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd September
From 11.00-19.00
Tickets
Day ticket 15 CHF
Concession 10 CHF
(students, over 65s, disabled people with companion, Visarte card holders)
Free entrance for under 16s accompanied by an adult
Parking
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Free parking for visitors to WOPART
via Ciani presso Sterrato Gerra
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Paid parking
c/o Centro Esposizioni Lugano
via Campo Marzio, 6900 Lugano (CH)
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