The list of exhibitors in first edition of Art Düsseldorf is out, with around 80 established and young galleries from 20 countries signing onto its roster. Taking place from November 17-19, the fair marks the second of MCH Group’s new initiative of worldwide expansion into regional fairs, and is the first to take place in Germany. The Basel-based group and company behind Art Basel took a minority stake in Art Düsseldorf earlier this year, following the announcement of their majority stake in the India Art Fair in fall 2016.
The upcoming fair will show both modern and contemporary art from 1945-2017, as well as individual masterpieces and groups of works dating before 1945. The exhibitor list includes several international galleries from countries like Japan, Taiwan, Israel, and the US, with 60 percent of the participating galleries hailing from Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
In reply to artnet News’ inquiry whether the fair can maintain a regional appeal with nearly 40 percent international exhibitors, the fair’s co-founder Walter Gehlen explained that “It is essential for a strong regional art fair to have a substantial international outreach…. Art Düsseldorf is regional, but not provincial.”
Gehlen added that the fair’s manageable size was part of the concept. “We consider being of a modest size as one of our success factors. With our international outreach we will also attract international collectors, who can, together with those from the region, focus on a compact program of high quality.”
As for the considerations that went into finding the right date for the new fair on an overcrowded schedule, he explained that “[a] lot of collectors in the region are entrepreneurs who usually make their budget decisions at the end of the business year.”
Here is the full list of participating galleries:
313 Art Project – Seoul
Piero Atchugarry Gallery – Maldonado
Baginski Galeria / Projectos – Lisbon
Albert Baronian – Brussels
Bartha Contemporary – London
Galerie Bastian – Berlin
Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art – Düsseldorf
Galleri Bo Bjerggaard – Copenhagen
Galerie Boisserée – Cologne
Canada – New York
carlier gebauer – Berlin
Century Pictures – Brooklyn
Chert Lüdde – Berlin
Cortesi Gallery – Lugano
Cosar HMT- Düsseldorf
Croy Nielsen – Vienna
Die Galerie – Frankfurt/ Main
Dittrich & Schlechtriem – Berlin
Drei – Cologne
Dvir Gallery – Tel Aviv
Daniel Faria Gallery – Toronto
Galeria Francisco Fino – Lisbon
Green On Red Gallery – Dublin
Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art – Lisbon
Haas Zürich – Zurich
Jack Hanley Gallery – New York
Galerie Heinz Holtmann – Cologne
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen – Brussels
Karma – New York
Galerie Peter Kilchmann – Zurich
Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen – Mainz, Venice
Koenig & Clinton – New York
König Galerie – Berlin
KOW – Berlin
Galerie Krinzinger – Vienna
Tim Van Laere Gallery – Antwerp
Galerie Christian Lethert – Cologne
alexander levy – Berlin
Levy Galerie – Hamburg
Liang Gallery – Taipei City
Galerie Löhrl – Mönchengladbach
Linn Lühn – Düsseldorf
Markus Lüttgen – Cologne
Edouard Malingue Gallery – Hong Kong
MAM Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Vienna – Vienna
Ron Mandos – Amsterdam
Marlborough Contemporary – New York
Galerie Hans Mayer – Düsseldorf
Galerie Max Mayer – Düsseldorf
Meessen De Clercq – Brussels
Misako & Rosen – Tokyo
Montrasio Arte – Monza
Galerie Neu – Berlin
Carolina Nitsch – New York
OV Project – Brussels
Galerie Priska Pasquer – Cologne
Polansky Gallery – Prague
PSM Gallery – Berlin
Thomas Rehbein Galerie – Cologne
Petra Rinck Galerie – Düsseldorf
Galerie Brigitte Schenk – Cologne
Galerie Anke Schmidt – Cologne
Schönewald Fine Arts – Düsseldorf
Sies + Höke Galerie – Düsseldorf
Sperling – Munich
Galerie Gregor Staiger – Zurich
Galerie Bene Taschen – Cologne
Galerie Daniel Templon – Paris
Galerie Utermann – Dortmund
Van Doren Waxter – New York
Van Horn – Düsseldorf
Sofie Van de Velde – Antwerp
Axel Vervoordt Gallery – Antwerp
Michael Werner Kunsthandel – Cologne
Suzanne Tarasieve – Paris
Galerie Thomas Zander – Cologne
Zilberman Gallery – Istanbul
David Zwirner – New York