Art Palm Beach 2012

West Palm Beach, FL

Website: http://www.artpalmbeach.com/

In 2012, Art Palm Beach will gather 80 of the world's most prestigious galleries, representing approximately 1,200 artists from across the globe. Last year, the fair drew 29,500 collectors (up 47% from 2010) from 28 states and 13 countries, breaking all previous attendance records. Six thousand collectors attended the First View Invitational on opening night.

Art Palm Beach features a selection of world renown galleries exhibiting all forms of contemporary and emerging art including: paintings, sculpture, photography, design, fine art glass, video and installations. Art Focus Now, site specific and curated exhibitions included: "Improvising Architectures" curated by Gean Moreno; "Russian Vision, Emerging Artists" curated by Gary Krimershmoys; Victor Sydorenko's video installation/project room exhibited at the Biennale of Venice; "Animal Always" by Albert Paley, a 30 foot scale model of the sculptural commission for the St. Louis Zoo; performance installation, "Chaotic Past" by Ukrainian artist David Datuna; and, "Windows of the Soul" dramatic video/sound/light/color projection by Sonia Falcone.

Art Palm Beach offers the public extensive lecture and panel series from some of the art world's leading museum experts, collectors, artists, dealers and authors. 2011 offered a program of eight lecture and discussion series drawing over 350 attendees at each event.