WopArt 2021 Returns to Lugano with Reduced Edition Focused on Works on Paper
The Centro Esposizioni in Lugano will host the WopArt – Work on Paper Fair from November 19 to 21, 2021, featuring a condensed 'extra time exhibition' format before returning to its full-scale edition next year. The fair, themed 'fluidity,' is directed by Robert Phillips, with assistance from Ami Barak, Wayne Baerwaldt, and Marco Nicolò Riccomini. Participating galleries include Swiss representatives like Buchmann Galerie and Italian ones such as Studio d’Arte Campaiola. Artwork prices vary from $50 to $350,000. Curated displays will highlight watercolors by Hermann Hesse and photographs from the Yokohama School. Additionally, the program will feature discussions on shifts in the post-pandemic art market and present new works by various artists.
Key facts
- WopArt 2021 takes place November 19-21 at Centro Esposizioni in Lugano.
- It is a reduced 'extra time exhibition' edition before resuming full format in 2022.
- Director Robert Phillips is a curator for Fondazione Salomon Guggenheim, Moma Museum of Art Atami, and High Museum of Art Atlanta.
- Scientific committee includes Ami Barak, Wayne Baerwaldrt, and Marco Nicolò Riccomini.
- Theme is 'fluidity'.
- Exhibitors include Swiss and Italian galleries plus Behnoode Foundation of Paris.
- Price range from 50 to 350,000 dollars.
- Curated exhibition of Hermann Hesse watercolors from Fondazione Hesse and private collections.
- MUSEC presents Japanese photographs from the Yokohama School.
- Talks on post-pandemic art market transformations.
Entities
Artists
- Hermann Hesse
Institutions
- WopArt – Work on Paper Fair
- Centro Esposizioni
- Fondazione Salomon Guggenheim
- Moma Museum of Art
- High Museum of Art
- Buchmann Galerie Lugano
- Kromia Art Gallery Lugano
- Pandora Old Master New York-Lugano
- Galerie Carzaniga Basilea
- Fabbrica Culturale Baviera di Giornico
- Fondazione Cis Peccia
- Gipsoteca Gianluigi Giudici Lugano
- MUSEC – Museo delle Culture di Lugano
- Studio d’Arte Campaiola Roma
- Galleria Mazzoli Modena
- Primo Marella Gallery Milano
- Spazio Thetis di Venezia
- Behnoode Foundation
- Fondazione Hesse
- Artribune
Locations
- Lugano
- Switzerland
- New York
- United States
- Atami
- Japan
- Atlanta
- Basel
- Giornico
- Peccia
- Rome
- Italy
- Modena
- Milan
- Venice
- Paris
- France