Art-o-rama's 20th Edition: Low Fees, Young Galleries, and Marseille's Rise
Art-o-rama, the Marseille art fair, will take place at Friche la Belle de Mai from August 28 to 30, celebrating its 20th anniversary. However, festivities are postponed until next year due to the cancellation of the 2020 edition caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The event has grown significantly, featuring 38 exhibitors compared to just five galleries previously, with 19 newcomers. Director Jérôme Pantalacci emphasizes a commitment to showcasing emerging galleries and artists, supported by affordable stand fees that encourage innovative work. Approximately half of the exhibitors are participating for the first time, including representatives from Lima and Tokyo. Notably, around 70% of the exhibitors are usually from abroad, enriching the art landscape in Marseille. A standout feature will be Berlin gallery Dittrich & Schlechtriem's display of Lukas Städler's latest photographic series.
Key facts
- Art-o-rama returns to Friche la Belle de Mai, a former tobacco factory, from August 28 to 30.
- The fair marks 20 years since its founding, but celebrations are postponed to next year due to the 2020 suspension.
- The fair has grown from 5 to 38 exhibitors this year.
- 19 of the 38 exhibitors are participating for the first time.
- New exhibitors include Mueve Galería from Lima and two Tokyo galleries: Tatsuro Kishimoto and Gallery Hayashi + Art Bridge.
- Around 70% of exhibitors typically come from outside France.
- Low stand fees allow dealers to present unconventional work.
- Berlin gallery Dittrich & Schlechtriem will show a new photographic series by Lukas Städler, produced in Marseille.
- Marseille has transformed from a gritty port city to a magnet for artists, accelerated by the pandemic.
Entities
Artists
- Lukas Städler
- Jérôme Pantalacci
- Roger Pailhas
- Sara Castillo
- Masha Silchenko
- Laura Sebastianes
- Élise Poitevin
- Anne Vimeux
- Joshua Merchan Rodriguez
- Walter Russell
- Zineb Sedira
- Chloé Bonnie More
- Florian Leu
- Mona Benyamin
- Abdessamad El Montassir
- Carolee Schneemann
- Willa Wasserman
- David Maranha
- Olga Hohmann
- Magdalena Mitterhofer
- Agnès Varda
- Piero della Francesca
- Michelangelo
- Jean de Loisy
- Juliette Guerin
- Mathieu Pernot
- Daniel Arsham
- Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
- André Derain
- Charles Camoin
- Emile Othon Friesz
- Alfred Lombard
- Raoul Dufy
- Albert Gleizes
- Amédée Ozenfant
- Fernand Léger
- Le Corbusier
- Laure Garcin
- Jacques Villon
- Angela Detanico
- Rafael Lain
- Raphaël Bories
- Frédéric Mougenot
- Guillemette Andreu-Lanoë
- Rudy Ricciotti
- Claudia Giraud
- Ali Cherri
- Laure Prouvost
- Alberto Giacometti
- Madison Bycroft
- Éléonore False
- Denis Martinez
- Thomas Mailaender
- Agustina Fioretti
- Michalis Papamichael
- Olga Stein
- Sofia Liz Elton
- Amandine Guruceaga
- Julia Gault
- Hamish Fulton
- Martha Wilson
- Chiara Parisi
- Gérard Traquandi
- Davide Bertocchi
- Olivier Millagou
Institutions
- Art-o-rama
- Friche la Belle de Mai
- Mueve Galería
- Tatsuro Kishimoto
- Gallery Hayashi + Art Bridge
- Dittrich & Schlechtriem
- Art Dealers
- Dilalica
- Sissi Club
- Triangle-Astérides
- Systema
- Palais Carli
- Conservatoire Pierre Barbizet
- Giselle's Books
- SPF50
- Madmax
- Juliet
- Lunar Embassy
- Art Barcelona
- Liste Art Fair Basel
- Paréidolie
- Fræme
- La Friche la Belle de Mai
- Castiglioni
- Doris Ghetta
- Shazar Gallery
- Château de Servières
- PAC/Provence Art Contemporain
- Ateliers Jeanne Barret
- Mucem (Musée des civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée)
- MAMO (centre d'art de la Cité Radieuse)
- Centre de la Vieille Charité
- Musée Cantini
- FRAC Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur
- FRAC Picardie
- Printemps du Dessin
- Artribune
- Fraeme
- Galerie Vieux Port
- Chateau de Servieres
- Giselle’s Books
- Gufo
- Voiture 14
- PAC / Provence Art Contemporain
- Vieille Charité
- Musée d’Art Contemporain (MAC)
- MUCEM
- Fondation Giacometti
- Villa Medici
- Frac Sud
- Cité de l’art contemporain Frac Sud
- Alegria
- Good Weather
- Sisi Club
- Sophie Tappeiner
- Laila
- Hayashi
- Mueve
- Double V
- Galerie Maubert
- In Situ Fabienne Leclerc
- 22,48 m²
- Pony
- Clara Darrason
- Velychko
- Connaissance des Arts
- Pareidolie
- Frac Sud – Cité de l’art contemporain
- Mucem
- MAC – Musée d’Art Contemporain
- Alessandro Albanese
- eastcontemporary
- L.U.P.O. Lorenzelli Projects
- Gian Marco Casini Gallery
- Bibeau Krueger
- Someday
- Beaux-arts de Paris
- FRAC Picardie Hauts de France
- Musei di Marsiglia
- Art-O-Rama
- Friche Belle de Mai
- Cartonnerie
- Gavin Brown's enterprise
- Galerie Antoine Levi
- Galerie François Ghebaly
- ICA London
- Steirischer Herbst
- DRAF (David Roberts Art Foundation)
- Fondation d'entreprise Ricard
- #Marseillegalleryopening
Locations
- Marseille
- France
- Lima
- Tokyo
- Mont Rose beach
- Barcelona
- Spain
- Berlin
- Germany
- Cologne
- Paris
- Venice
- Italy
- Algeria
- Lisbon
- Portugal
- Calanques
- Provence
- La Friche la Belle de Mai
- Cartonnerie
- Château de Servières
- 4th arrondissement of Marseille
- Port Vieux
- Crottes
- Mucem
- MAMO
- Cité Radieuse
- Centre de la Vieille Charité
- Musée Cantini
- Amiens
- Mosul
- Aleppo
- Lesbos
- Calais
- Milan
- Ortisei
- Naples
- Friche la Belle de Mai
- 41 Rue Jobin, Marseille
- Chateau de Servieres
- 19 Bd Boisson 11, Marseille
- Palais Carli
- 1 Place Auguste and François Carli, Marseille
- Vieille Charité
- Musée d’Art Contemporain (MAC)
- MUCEM
- Fort Saint Jean
- Triangle-Astérides
- Frac Sud
- Rome
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- Latvia
- Netherlands
- South Korea
- Vietnam
- Belgium
- London
- USA
- Chicago
- United States
- Vienna
- Austria
- Australia
- Japan
- Peru
- Cyprus
- Ukraine
- Monaco
- Montpellier
- Arles
- Hyères
- Nice
- New York
- Milano
- Livorno
- Fort Saint-Jean
- Los Angeles
- Sanary-Sur-Mer
- Graz