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SCOPE  CELEBRATES  BANNER  YEAR  WITH  LAUNCH  OF  '08  AT  NEW  YORK'S  CULTURAL  ICON  LINCOLN CENTER

NEW YORK - Building on Miami's overwhelming success, SCOPE launches its 2008 season with its flagship fair, SCOPE New York 08. SNY08, an invitation only edition of SCOPE art fairs, proudly returns to Manhattan's most famous cultural icon, Lincoln Center, with a glass facade pavilion situated in Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park, at the corner of 62nd Street and 10th Avenue. SCOPE New York is just blocks from the Armory Show and serviced daily by shuttles and pedicabs.

Featuring galleries from four continents and 20 countries, including China, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Brazil, Italy, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Germany, UK, Spain, and Canada, SCOPE New York 2008's 50 invitees will uphold its unique tradition of solo and thematic group shows presented alongside museum-quality programming, collector tours, screenings, and special events. The fair opens to press and VIP's on Wednesday, March 26, 10am-5pm. General admission is $15.

Introducing artists, curators, and cutting-edge galleries to new audiences internationally has made SCOPE the most comprehensive destination for the emerging art world available anywhere. With art fairs in Miami, Basel, New York, London, and the Hamptons, SCOPE is proud to be an influential presence in the expanding global art market.

LOCATION
SCOPE Pavilion
Lincoln Center
Damrosch Park
Corner of West 62nd Street and Amsterdam Ave
New York, NY 10023

DATES & HOURS


Wednesday March 26, 2008 3pm – 9pm
Daily

Thursday March 27, 2008 10am – 8pm

Friday March 28, 2008 10am – 8pm

Saturday March 29, 2008 10am – 8pm

Sunday March 30, 2008 10am – 6pm

Contact the gallery for more information if you are planning to attend this year's Scope New York art fair. 

Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects will be participating in the Toronto International Art Fair -Booth #1010 

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR

October 25-29, 2007

METRO TORONTO CONVENTION CENTRE

North Building, Exhibit Hall A & B

255 Front Street West

Founded in 2000, the Toronto International Art Fair is one of the most successful fairs in North America. TIAF is held annually at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Canada's top convention and trade-show facility located in the heart of downtown Toronto.

Holding the position of the third-largest English speaking theatre district in the world after New York and London, Toronto is host to an eclectic, cosmopolitan and sophisticated arts and culture community.

OPENING NIGHT PREVIEW  Thursday October 25, 2007

Special Collectors Preview

4:30-6:30pm

Tickets: $285.00

Opening Night Preview

6:30-10pm Tickets: $185.00

PUBLIC HOURS:

Friday October 26, 12-8pm

Saturday October 27, 12-8pm

Sunday October 28, 12-7pm

Monday October 29, 12-7pm

TICKETS:

Advance tickets available at all TicketKing outlets, by phone at 416-872-1212 or 1-800-461-3333, and online at www.ticketking.com. Tickets will be sold at the door until one hour before close.

General admission - $16.00

Groups, Students and Seniors - $12.00

Four-day Pass - $40.00

Children under 10 - Free

AFFAIR @ THE JUPTER HOTEL 2007 BRINGS COLLECTORS AND CURATORS TOGETHER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR

Affair @ the Jupiter Hotel a model for urban art fairs; Jupiter Hotel celebrates 3^rd anniversary

PORTLAND, Oregon (July 16, 2007)— The 4^th annual AFFAIR @ The Jupiter Hotel will be held Friday, September 14 to September 16, 2007 offering collectors and arts professionals a close-up glimpse at the country's leading contemporary art in the hip, urban setting of Portland's Jupiter Hotel. The event will also coincide with the last weekend of the TBA Festival sponsored by the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art. Organized by Stuart Horodner and Laurel Gitlen, AFFAIR @ The Jupiter Hotel 2007 draws some of the U.S. and Canada's best contemporary art galleries and non-profit art centers, as well as collectors, guest curators, publishers and artists. In sharp contrast to the mega-fairs, AFFAIR @ the Jupiter Hotel is collector-friendly, curator savvy and artist-centric. Museum groups, art consultants, educators and critics will attend the 4th annual event. For more information visit www.affair-jupiterhotel.com

"Each year the fair attracts thousands of visitors and each year more art is sold and more careers and collections are empowered," says Horodner. "This year's AFFAIR will continue to expand Portland's role as a serious city for contemporary art."

AFFAIR @ The Jupiter Hotel will transform half of the guestrooms, the dreamBOX conference room, the dreamSUITE and the outdoor courtyard into temporary art galleries and exhibition spaces for the weekend. "Art Affair @ the Jupiter has become a model for urban art fairs throughout the country," says Jupiter owner Tod Breslau. "The intimate approach to viewing art makes the fair accessible to both new and veteran collectors."

2007 Galleries at AFFAIR @ The Jupiter Hotel

Galleries for 2007 include: Gallery 40000, (Chicago), 65Grand (Chicago), Allston Skirt (Boston), Augen Gallery (Portland), Bullseye Gallery (Portland), Duchess (Chicago), Dunn and Brown Contemporary (Dallas), Electric Works (San Francisco), Flying Horse Press (Orlando), Gallery 415 (Chicago), Garde Rail Gallery (Seattle), Get This! Gallery (Atlanta), J&L Books (Atlanta), James Harris Gallery (Seattle), Greg Kucera Gallery (Seattle), Elizabeth Leach Gallery (Portland), Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects (Toronto), Richard Levy Gallery (Albuquerque), Little Cakes (New York), Modern Culture (New York), Motel (Portland), PDX Contemporary Art (Portland), Pentimenti Gallery (Philadelphia), Platform Gallery (Seattle), Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery (Portland), Quality Pictures (Portland), Solomon Projects (Atlanta), Stewart Gallery (Boise), Swarm Gallery (Oakland), Laura Russo Gallery (Portland), Tilt (Portland), Tinlark Gallery (Los Angeles), Triple Base (San Francisco), Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery (Brooklyn), Western Exhibitions (Chicago), White Columns (New York), Mark Woolley Gallery (Portland).

Not-for-Profits and Curatorial Projects include: Devendra Banhardt sponsored by the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, screenings by Cinema Project and a special project (TBA) by the Cooley Gallery.

About the Organizers:

Stuart Horodner is the director of programs at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. His upcoming curatorial projects include exhibitions with Nubar Alexanian, Anissa Mack, Judy Linn, Jack Whitten, Dave McKenzie, and Daniel Duford. He has published art writing in journals and magazines including Bomb, Artlies, Sculpture and Surface.

Laurel Gitlen is the owner and director of Small A Projects, a contemporary art space in Portland and the former director of Savage Art Resources. Recent projects include exhibitions with Dave McKenzie, Jessica Jackson Hutchins and Josh Shaddock. Prior to opening Small A Projects, she was a curator and freelance writer, as well as an adjunct professor at Portland State University and PNCA.

About The Jupiter Hotel

The Jupiter Hotel will celebrate its 3^rd anniversary during AFFAIR@ The Jupiter Hotel. With 80 contemporary and affordable guestrooms, the 600 square-foot dreamSUITE, Wack Hair Salon; dreamBOX and Think Tank meeting rooms; iPod and MP3 platforms, and Wi Fi access, the Jupiter is a destination for travelers looking for a unique experience in urban hospitality. Co-owners Kelsey Bunker and Tod Breslau have received national recognition for the Jupiter's transformation, including Elle Décor Magazine, The New York Times, Food and Wine's "Go List' of the best restaurants and hotels in the world and Condé Nast Traveler's annual "Hot List" of the world's best new hotels. GQ chose the Jupiter as one of 4 best "new-old hotels" in the September 2005 issue. The adjacent Doug Fir Restaurant, Bar and Lounge is open daily until 2 a.m. and offers cutting edge musical acts every night in the underground nightclub. The Jupiter Hotel is located at 800 E. Burnside, Portland, OR. For further information about the Jupiter Hotel visit www.jupiterhotel.com or call 503-230-9200 or 877-800-0004.

SCOPE BASEL ART FAIR

SPECIAL EVENTS

Collector FirstView: Monday, June 11, 2007 10am-4pm Press Conference: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 1pm

Press Reception: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 10am-12pm

Daily Entry: Tuesday, June 12th- Sunday, June 17th, 2007 from 10am-8pm

Location: E-Halle, Erlenstrasse 15, CH-4058 Basel, www.e-halle.ch

Building on the success of its international art fair program, Scope is proud to announce the launch of the first SCOPE Basel Contemporary art fair, June 12-June 17, 2007, (with a FirstView for VIP on Monday, June 11 10am-4pm). Located in a 27,000 square-foot, post-industrial warehouse within walking distance of Art Basel 38, Scope Basel will present its most international fair focusing on emerging galleries from all over the world.

Alongside featured curation, screenings, and special projects, Scope Basel is an invitational fair chosen by an elected selection committee. Each committee member is a representative from a particular city or region, inviting the most significant emerging galleries, curators, and artist projects. The Scope Basel 2007 Selection Committee is: Antoinette de Stitger from art Affairs, Jorg Heikhaus from heliumcowboy artspace, Yossi Milo from Yossi Milo Gallery, Zavier Ellis from CHARLIE SMITH london, Heather Taylor and Alex de Cordoba from Taylor de Cordoba, Camilo Alvarez from Samson Projects, Sueo Mitsuma from Mizuma Gallery, and Maria Jose Lopez from Galeria El Charro Negro. Scope's sixty-five international exhibitors will uphold its unique tradition of one-person and thematic group shows, bringing visitors a real-time international survey of the emerging contemporary art world available nowhere else.

Consistently redefining what an art fair is, Scope Art will introduce the Urban Nomad Project, an underground, grassroots film festival. Founded in Taipei in 2002, the festival will concentrate on films or about North Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Myanmar, and Indonesia, and will include artists such as Chen Chieh-ren, Eko Nugroho, and Wholphin featuring alternative digital, DVcam, Flash and web-based films,The UN Project is fueled by a desire to create a community-oriented film event for alternative views, The Urban Nomad Project aims to break down the isolationist 'black box' theater mentality and spur awareness and debate.

Alexis Hubshman, President and Founder of Scope, is currently heading discussions with Verinigung interessierter Personen (V.i.P), a Basel-based non-profit for a joint project-launch. In an effort to connect neighborhoods to the planned city district of Erlenmatt, V.i.P organizes and oversees social and cultural activities, such as Sunday Markets and children's programming, in the planned Erlenmatt District.

Scope's continued dedication to support the local artistic communities in which it visits is unprecedented: Scope Basel 2007 will work with local Swiss artists who will create large-scale installation that initiate viewers into the fair. In 2008, in continued partnership with V.i.P, The Scope Foundation will introduce the 2008 Emerging Architect Grant. A committee will choose nine to twelve international emerging architects to create an eco-friendly village on a 25000 sqf outdoor plot of land adjacent to Scope Basel; an alternative habitat in which Scope artists will live and work during the duration of the 2008 fair.

Scope's continued mission is to turn viewers into users. Since 2002, Scope presents at its International Art Fairs up-and-coming dealers, curators, and artists, alongside museum quality programming at locations in New York, London, Miami, Basel and the Hamptons. Scope is dedicated to not only supporting the international emerging artistic community, but local artistic and not-for profit institutions.

Katharine Mulherin Contemporary will be participating in the Affordable Art Fair, New York

AAF Announces its Sixth Annual Affordable Art Fair

Featuring Contemporary Art in all Media for Under $10,000

Manhattan's Metropolitan Pavilion and Altman Building from June 14 -17, 2007

Manhattan's fun, relaxed Affordable Art Fair (AAF NYC '07) will be held at The Metropolitan Pavilion and the adjoining Altman Building, 125 West 18th Street, from June 14th through 17th, 2007. Helen Allen, the Executive Director, says, "The art market has been growing exponentially in recent years with an increasing number of people not only visiting museums but starting to collect art themselves. According to the Alliance of the Arts over 25 million people visited cultural events in New York City in 2005 more than twice that of Broadway shows or live sports events. We remain committed to featuring art that is truly affordable with all exhibited works priced from $100 - $10,000."

This year, more than one-third of the galleries exhibiting at AAF are from Australia, Canada, France, Mexico and the United Kingdom, making it a truly international fair. "We have an increasingly loyal visitor base and AAF has become a mainstay in the New York art market;" Allen continues, "What sets us apart is that we offer artworks for all levels of collectors." 75% of the artwork featured in each gallery's booth must be priced below $5,000, in keeping with the affordable spirit of the fair.

The Opening Night Event on Wednesday, June 13th from 6pm-9pm, will benefit the AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA) and will include a silent auction of contemporary artworks, by artists such as Donald Sultan and Claes Oldenburg. The proceeds of the benefit will go to ACRIA and assist in their mission to improve the healthcare of people living with HIV/AIDS and contribute to reducing new HIV infections. ACRIA's reputation for selling incredible art at below market prices parallels AAF's commitment to making art collecting accessible.

Past lectures and educational events have proven to be very popular with the thousands of Fair attendees and AAF will again feature free public programming, including an educational lecture series hosted by The School of Visual Arts (SVA) that will include "First Steps: Beginning and Developing Your Collection" and "The Paper Chase: Collecting, Owning and Preserving Works on Paper." Young visitors will enjoy "Paper Flowers" and "Puppet Making," Children's Art Workshops organized in conjunction with the Children's Museum of the Arts (CMA). Sculpture and rubber mold making demonstrations with the Modern Art Foundry and printmaking demonstrations courtesy of the Lower East Side Printshop will also be available to visitors.

Last year, AAF had approximately 7,000 visitors and sales of more than $2 million. AAF continues to be the smart way to buy art and offers new collectors, designers, architects, young urban professionals and families the opportunity to discover the wonder of buying art.

The Affordable Art Fair launched in London in 1999 with great success and has since expanded to Sydney, Melbourne, Bristol and New York

booth #36

Lincoln Center
Damrosch Park,
Corner of 62 Street and 10th Avenue
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