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The World’s Foremost Art Fairs of Post-Craft Masterworks SOFA CHICAGO 2007 SMASH HIT |
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CHICAGO—NOVEMBER 12. The 14th Annual International Sculpture Objects & Functional Art exposition in Chicago opened Thursday, Nov. 1, with the largest buying crowd on record. An estimated 3,200 people jammed the aisles of Navy Pier's Festival Hall during opening night's Mise en Scène and public preview, which kept the 100 participating art dealers from 20 countries busy with on-the-spot achieved sales. A record 2845 persons attended 29 Lecture Series presentations and visitors enjoyed 7 special exhibits including Israeli and Palestinian art on the theme of reconciliation, and contemporary furniture featuring cutting-edge design by icons like UK's knighted John Makepeace. The three-day show drew an estimated 34,000 visitors.
Mark Lyman, Founder/Director of SOFA CHICAGO and its sister fair SOFA NEW YORK said, "An excellent, qualified crowd. The aisles were always busy and happily, gallery sales and attendance were up, with a growing presence of younger collectors. A record number of visitors attended the Lecture Series and enjoyed new events both at the show and at Chicago's world-class art institutions. It was a great weekend." Victor Armendariz of Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago said, “Our opening night was unbelievable! Crowds were unstoppable, they poured in at 5:00 pm and ran to what they wanted to see and bought up a storm!” Top sales at Ann Nathan included the sell out of 14 of Cristina Cordova’s challenging, magically realistic figural sculpture in clay. Lewis Wexler of Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia said, “Fantastic opening! Best I’ve ever had, better than I could imagine.” Top sales included major pieces by William Morris, Dan Dailey and Dominic Labino. Read more |
SOFA CHICAGO 2007 SOFA CHICAGO 2007, the 14th annual international exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, returns to Navy Pier’s Festival Hall, Nov. 2–4 to present masterworks bridging design and fine art from nearly 100 international galleries and dealers and 19 countries. 19 exhibitors are presenting for the first time, joining galleries from the USA, France, Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, Canada, Italy, New Zealand, Israel, England, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Korea, Argentina, Ireland, Palestine, Switzerland and Turkey. SOFA CHICAGO is sponsored in part by Chubb Personal Insurance, one of the world's preeminent insurers of fine homes and possessions, and Collectify, a leader in industry-standard collections management and cataloguing software. Read more on Chubb and Collectify Plan now to join artists, collectors, curators and cognoscenti at the festive Opening Night Mise en scène, Thursday, November 1-truly a party with a view. Be among the first to enjoy and acquire top quality pieces at the Public Preview from 7-10 pm. This acclaimed art fair also features a Lecture Series of renowned artists, critics and museum curators in 29 presentations (read more |
From The Founder/Director of SOFA, Mark Lyman: ARTWORKS BY PROMINENT PALESTINIAN AND ISRAELI PAINTERS, SCULPTORS AND PHOTGRAPHERS ON THE THEME OF RECONCILIATION TO BE AUCTIONED NOV. 2, 6:15 PM AT SOFA CHICAGO 2007 I first met Robi Damelin and Ali Abu Awaad in Israel in 2006 when Anne Meszko, Director of Advertising/Educational Programming, and I were on a collectors tour organized by the Association of Israel’s Decorative Arts (AIDA). Damelin is a stunningly articulate woman who lost her son, David, to a Palestinian sniper in 2002, and who after her tragic loss joined the Parents Circle—Families Forum (PCFF), a grassroots organization of bereaved Israelis and Palestinians dedicated to reconciliation, all of whom have lost immediate loved ones in the violence of the region. Read more |
SOFA CHICAGO 2007 LECTURE SERIES: SOFA CHICAGO’s Lecture Series features internationally renowned curators, critics, scholars and artists from Australia, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Germany, Japan, Palestine, the Netherlands, New Zealand, United States and United Kingdom in 29 presentations. The SOFA Lecture Series is widely considered the largest and most distinctive forum at an art fair dedicated to exploring both the works on display and worldwide trends in today’s art scene. Free with paid admission to the exposition, the two-day series on Friday, Nov. 2 and Saturday, Nov. 3 takes place at SOFA CHICAGO. |
SPECIAL EXHIBITS & SPECIAL EVENTS Augmenting its 100 gallery presentations from 18 countries, SOFA CHICAGO 2007 features seven special exhibits and a full schedule of special events, booth talks, artist presentations and booksignings, all complimentary with admission to the fair, November 2 - 4 at Navy Pier's Festival Hall. Read more |
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