All set for the 2014 Ch.ACO Art Fair!

Already established as the most important art landmark in Chile, the Ch.ACO Art Fair celebrates its sixth edition with extensive national and international cultural events, which in total combine more than 800 works exhibited by 30 national and international galleries, including for the first time, a special section within the stand of eight galleries belonging to the Association of Contemporary Art Galleries (CAAC), which will be devoted to the masters of modern Chilean art, with works by Roberto Matta, Cecilia Vicuña, Afredo Jaar and many more. It will also include 12 Chilean art projects, featured for their creativity and management models, giving life to the second version of the Pop_Up Spaces program, promoted in conjunction with the Swiss company Swatch.

New this year, will be two exclusive days dedicated to professionals - on October 1 and 2 - closed to the general public and aimed at a specialized audience, where the fair will focus on providing a more personalized content, with guided tours and invitations to lectures on the art market, among others.

Then, from October 3 to 5, the doors will be open from 12.00 to 21.00, for the public to have the opportunity not only to see and purchase from galleries from around the globe, but also to take part in activities subject to various programs, which together with the presence of publishers, restaurants, live music in the evenings, children's programs and art workshops with various international guests, will make up our yearly welcoming and dynamic environment.

EXHIBITORS

+ 30 galleries. From Europe, USA, Latin America and Chile, exhibiting and selling works of art from the following galleries: Adhoc (Spain), Adora Calvo (Spain), AFA (Chile), Alba Cabrera (Spain), Aldo de Sousa (Argentina), Angeles Baños (Spain), Artespacio (Chile), Aural (Spain), Caballo Verde (Chile), Cecilia Brunson Project (England), Co Galería (Chile), Die Ecke (Chile), El Mirador (Argentina), Gachi Prieto (Argentina), Henrique Farías (USA), Isabel Aninat (Chile), Isabel Croxatto (Chile), LA SALA (Chile), Metales Pesados (Chile), Patricia Ready (Chile), Prima (Chile), Proyecto Ultravioleta (Guatemala), Ro Galería (Argentina), SOA (Uruguay), VALA (Chile), Vermelho (Brazil), XS (Chile), Y Gallery (USA), Yael Rosenblut (Chile).

+ 12 Pop_Up Spaces. 12 Chilean artistic projects, which despite being outside commercial channels, have been highlighted for its creativity and management models. Participating spaces this year are: A y C Arte Contemporáneo, arMO, BACO, Caja de Cartón, Departamento44, Espacio Hache, Espacio Opening, Espai Colona, Guerrilla, Museo de América, Mutt and Oficina Barroca.

+ 19 publishers. The best magazines and books on art, architecture and design, will be exhibited at the fair, selling their publications. Publishers are: About Santiago, Ambientes, ARQ, Arte Al Día, Arte Al Límite, Artishock, ArtNexus, Capital, Diario Financiero, Diseña, ED, Joia Magazine, Look Lateral, Placeres, Rojizo, Small Medium Large (SML), TRACE, Viernes and Visioner.

+ Three collections on display. Through the realization of three public competitions carried out ​​each year. Ch.ACO Art Fair drives three important art collections in Chile, which this year will be together for the first time on display:

· Finlandia Vodka Collection. Promoted along with Finlandia Vodka together, this stock has been thriving since 2010 through the Competition Between Ch.ACO & Finlandia, whose purpose is to identify and recognize those Chilean artists, under 40, who have maintained a constant in their visual research, and that from this year looks especially on authors working under the notion of reality, contingency and the Chilean social body.

· National Collection. Promoted by the Live Art Competition conducted by Ch.ACO in association with Libreria Nacional. This is a historical event that this year celebrates its 25th version, whose purpose is to generate a great showcase and instance of interaction between citizens and young artists, who for a few days work in the form of a residence, in direct contact with the public in a particular place of Santiago. This collection was created by rescuing some key pieces from the previous editions of the competition, which as of this year and through the competition will give life to a collection of works by young Chilean artists, choosing three winners for each version.

· TransparentArte Collection. Driven by the TransparentArte Competition, which is carried out since 2013 by the Associated Visual Arts Foundation (FAVA) – body that promotes Ch.ACO – in conjunction with the Council for Transparency. Its aim is to invite every Chilean visual artist to propose from their area a reflection on the meaning and value of transparency in the society.

PROGRAMS

+ Conversation Program. Edited by Irene Abujatum, founding director of the fair, and Claudio Iglesias, theoretical Argentine writer, this year’s series of talks will focus on the art market with emphasis on the New York scene, in order to familiarize the local public with the semantics and language of contemporary art. The program is split into three main areas: Commercial Market, Market Institutions and Content Market. Among the guests this year are key figures in the international art as Vivian Pfeiffer, vice president of Christies Americas New York; Bridget Brown, art consultant in UK; Katya Tilevich, Elephant magazine editor, Los Angeles; Manuel Cirauqui, curator at Dia Foundation in New York; Marina Dacci, director of Collezione Maramotti (Max Mara), Italy; Emilie Villiez, director at Kadist Foundation in Paris, France; and Pablo Leon de la Barra, curator of the Guggenheim UBS MAP, New York.

+ VIP Program. As a way to create links to the city, this program goes every year beyond the limits of the event, featuring a group of leading national and international collectors and guests, exclusive tours of galleries, museums, cultural centers, workshops and public and private collections in Santiago, forming a panoramic of the local modern and contemporary art scene.

+ Children's Program. In partnership with the Artequin Museum, the Ch.ACO Art Fair has organized various activities that promote family and community learning in relation to visual arts.

+ After Ch.ACO. Every day, during the afternoon, there will be live music on a stage set in the offices of Centro Cultural Estación Mapocho.

COORDINATES

This year Ch.ACO opens its doors to the public on Friday, October 3 at the Mapocho Station Cultural Center, from 12.00 to 21.00, with free guided tours every day between 16.00 and 18.00, upon registration at the fair. The value of general admission will be $ 6,000; students and seniors get a 50% discount, while children under 10 years have free access. In addition, throughout September there will be presale ticket box offices at the Costanera Center and the Libreria Nacional.

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