Artissima 2015

ABOUT THE FAIR

Since its establishment in 1994, Artissima has combined the presence of an international market with a focus on experimentation and research.

Nearly two hundred galleries from around the world participate every year. In addition to the fair, Artissima is also composed of three art sections, headed by a board of international curators and museum directors, devoted to emerging artists, performances and rediscovering the great pioneers of contemporary art.

Artissima will be held in Turin from 6 to 8 November at the Oval, a glass pavilion built for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in the industrial archaeology complex of the Lingotto.

Dates & Hours
Thursday, November 5: preview and vernissage (by invitation only)
Friday, November 6 - Sunday, November 8: 12 – 8pm

Tickets
Full: € 15,00
Three-day ticket (6-7-8 November): €30
Reduced: € 10,00 (ages 12–18 and over 65; university students presenting their university enrollment document; members of the military, in uniform.)

Buy Your Ticket*
*Tickets purchased online offer fast-track entry into the fair, without queuing or turning in vouchers at the ticket office.

Exhibitors and Programming

Main Section, New Entries, and Art Editions
The more traditional part of Artissima is divided into three sections overseen by the fair committee:

Main Section, for established galleries on the international contemporary art scene.

New Entries, devoted to galleries that have been open for less than five years and are at the fair in Turin for the first time (they are eligible for the Promos Scalo Milano New Entries Prize).

Art Editions, for galleries specializing in editions and artist’s multiples.

Present Future
Present Future is the section Artissima has devoted to emerging talents, selected by a board of young curators from around the world.

The artists are presented by the galleries that represent them, along a specially designed itinerary. The works of the invited artists include new productions as well as projects that are being displayed for the first time in Italy and Europe.

The artists chosen for this section compete in the illy Present Future Prize, which offers the winner the exceptional opportunity of a show at Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea.

Back to the Future
Back to the Future is the section Artissima has devoted to solo exhibitions of the great pioneers of contemporary art. The early editions showcased artists active in the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties, but in 2015 the focus will be narrowed to the period of 1975–1985.

The section aims to bring international artists who have played a fundamental role in contemporary art back into the limelight. For the general public, Back to the Future is a unique opportunity to get to know important works from those years in a dialogue with today’s experimentation.

An international jury will award the Sardi per l’Arte Back to the Future Prize.

Perf4m
Per4m is the Artissima section devoted exclusively to performance art. Inaugurated in 2014, it is the first show of its kind on the international art-fair scene. Its aim is to offer a stage and separate space to a modern art form that is extremely fertile but difficult to promote during an art fair.

Per4m is held on a special stage set up in the Oval and invited artists compete for the Prix K-way Per4m.