FAIRS 100% Design London 2009 is the UK's leading architecture and design event showcasing everything for the modern building and interior. 100% Design London features world-class interiors show 100% Design, innovative and sustainable architectural products event 100% Detail, cutting-edge materials exhibition 100% Materials and emerging talent showcase 100% Futures. Great series of At Show Events / 28 inspirational features / Color, Design and Creativity Seminars / Electrolux Design Lab Finals / Molteni & C Sofa Chats with Dezeen / Designersblock / Elevator Lounge @ 100% Design London / Chris Lefteri's Materials Feature 100% Design London 2009 Earls Court - London 24 - 27 September 2009 www.100percentdesign.co.uk ART ASIA, a premier international Asian contemporary art fair is launching its second edition in the Rhine Art District in Basel, Switzerland. ART ASIA Basel will be open daily from June 8-14, 2009 from 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm with Vernissage on June 8, 2009 at 12:00 pm. ART ASIA is now accepting applications for ART ASIA Basel 09. For more information, please call + 1 212 268 6148 or email. ART ASIA Basel Tel.+1 212 268 6148> info@artasiafair.com www.artasiafair.com/Index.php/asia/application The 14th MiArt, Milan's International Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, will be opening its doors from 17 through 20 April 2009, with the invitation-only inauguration scheduled for the 16th. The program of events include exhibitions, conferences, happenings, performances and walks dedicated to contemporary art, including Miraggi (Mirages). About to the presented for the second time, Miraggi has become a key opportunity to champion modern and contemporary art in the city as an open air museum through striking works displayed in Milan's most beautiful and prestigious locations, including Piazza Scala, Piazzetta Reale, Via Dante and other historical sites. fieramilanocity, Milano, Padiglioni 3 e 4 www.miart.it Contemparabia provides a unique opportunity to experience an outstanding week of cultural activity taking place in the Gulf from 15th to 21st March 2009. For further information about the programme, travel details, press and visitor registration as well as links to all the participating websites please visit the web site. www.contemparabia.com Since its inception, artparis has become the most anticipated art fair of the early spring season. Keeping abreast of the times, it has continued to develop a more cutting-edge and international character, representative of today's art market. March 19 - 23, 2009. Grand Palais - Paris www.artparis.fr For a total of five days in April 2008 (22nd - 26th), some 180 galleries from Germany and abroad will be presenting modern classics, post-war art and contemporary art. Art Cologne will offer painting, sculpture, installations, video art, photography, works on paper, editions and multiples in a select presentation of the healthy variety of the modern and contemporary art trade in Europe and overseas. Art Cologne www.artcologne.de Macef Spring 2009 - International Home Show, the 86th in a series that began in 1964 will take place at fieramilano from 16 to 19 January, concurrently with Festivity, the Christmas and party decorations, games, toys and Carnival show (which will open its doors a day early on 15 January). As at the past three shows, goods will be subdivided into 5 sectors: Table and Kitchen (articles for the table and products for the kitchen), Furnishings and Decoration (furnishing accessories, decorations, textiles and design objects), Classic (classic style furnishing accessories, bomboniere (favours) and silver for the home), Gifts (fancy goods, gift articles and stationery) Bijoux and Gold Jewellery, Accessories (costume and gold jewellery, accessories). The strategy behind the way the five containers have been put together (and then grouped) is to demonstrate the vastness and fragmentation of Macef as more of a collection of individual “exhibition containers” rather than of products. Approximately 1,800 companies will be present at the show from 16 to 19 January on a total floor space of 120 thousand square metres net. As usual there will be a significant number of foreign exhibitors, around 20% of the total. The majority of these are from Europe – France, Spain and Germany – but there will also be no lack of exhibitors from further afield, above all from Asia. An highly anticipated event at Macef January is the Macef Massimo Martini Design Award, an on-line competition organized with the support of the specialist site www.designboom.com and reserved for young designers from all over the world (last year over 4 thousand entries were received); the subject for this year’s competition is silver, with the slogan Beyond silver. Fiera Milano - Nuovo quartiere espositivo 16 - 19 gennaio 2009 Strada Statale del Sempione, 28 - 20017 Rho, Milano www.macef.it Arte Fiera Art First 2009. The Italian fair of modern and contemporary art will be on view from January 23rd to 26th 2009 at Bologna Exhibition Center. Featuring over 200 selected Italian and international galleries, Arte Fiera Art First offers a wide outlook, relating languages and tendencies of various artistic researches, from the XX Century masterpieces to the cutting edge of the latest generations. Bologna Exhibition Center www.artefiera.bolognafiere.it With its renewed image and dynamic artistic programme, ARCOmadrid_ 2009 Panorama: India will take place in the Spanish capital between 11th and 16th February 2009. Characterised by its strong international dimension and the high stature of its participating galleries, the fair will once again make Madrid a key centre for the contemporary art market and a meeting forum for all those interested in the latest artistic developments. ARCOmadrid www.arco.ifema.es OPEN SPACE Celebrating it's 5th Appearance at the 43rd Art Cologne April, 22 - 26 2009 is facing new challenges and bright perspectives on board of its broadly renewed and streamlined spaceship. The 2009 edition of Art Cologne will accompany OPEN SPACE with a fresh and remarkable list of international galleries - and the new location in hall 11 will welcome all art lovers with the engaging experience of a set design that is concentrated, intensive and clear. Art Cologne www.openspace-cologne.com The 27th edition of Art Brussels will be held from 24 to 27 April 2009 and will feature 180 art galleries that have been carefully selected by the international selection committee. One-third of the participants are from Belgium, the rest are from Europe or the rest of the world. Brussels Expo, halls 1 and 3, Belgiëplein 1 in 1020 Brussels www.artbrussels.be Following the solid sales at ART HK 08 in May of this year, and as international galleries look to expand into new markets, applications have been flooding in for ART HK 09 Hong Kong International Art Fair. The Fair will present 120 of the world's leading galleries from around the world cementing the Fair's two core strengths of diversity and quality of art presented. On view from May 14 to 17, 2009 (Preview 13 May). Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center HKCEC, 1 Expo Drive, Wanchai, Hong Kong www.hongkongartfair.com

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