DRAWING NOW Art Fair

(28.03.2019 - 31.03.2019)

https://www.drawingnowparis.com/

DRAWING NOW Art Fair
Le Carreau du Temple
4 rue Eugène Spuller
75003
Paris
Frankreich

DRAWING SOCIETY

Committed to promoting contemporary drawing around the year, Christine Phal and Carine Tissot created the Drawing Society to fulfill their wish to unite connoisseurs, art professionals, and like-minded individuals in their support of contemporary creation.

After creating the DRAWING NOW Art Fair in 2007, they diversified their contributions to drawing with the Drawing Hotel and Drawing Lab in 2017


DRAWING NOW Art Fair


The DRAWING NOW Art Fair is the leading contemporary art fair in Europe dedicated to drawing, and the first to have dedicated an entire fair to the contemporary medium. Christine Phal, the President and Founder, created the fair in 2007.

Every year in March, the international benchmark event hosts more than 70 international galleries that are selected by an independent committee of art professionals. Exhibitors present over 400 artists and nearly 2,000 artworks that show ​the diversity of drawing from the past 50 years up through today. Both collectors and art enthusiasts are invited to discover works by emerging and more established artists.

The Fair’s team, headed by the director Carine Tissot and accompanied by the artistic director Joana P.R. Neves, prepare year-round a rich and varied program for springtime, so they can share their passion as widely as possible.


DRAWING LAB


The Drawing Lab is a private art center dedicated to contemporary drawing that Christine Phal, a patron of contemporary drawing and founder of the DRAWING NOW Art Fair, launched in 2017.

The nonprofit organization’s program is determined by an art committee, including

  • Daria de Beauvais, curator at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris

  • Agnès Callu, researcher at the Institute for Aesthetic of Arts and Technologies (Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne/CNRS)

  • Sandra Hegedüs, founder of SAM Art Projects and collector

  • Elsy Lahner, curator at the Albertina Museum in Vienna

  • Philippe Piguet, art critic and independent curator


Christine Phal’s personal dedication, with the support of the Drawing Society, allows to

  • organize diverse events for all audiences

  • produce four exhibitions a year

  • publish catalogues

  • provide free entry to everyone


The venue’s mission is to disseminate contemporary drawing to many audiences.


DRAWING HOTEL


The Drawing Hotel is a four-star boutique hotel with 48 rooms near Palais Royal in the center of Paris. It was created in 2017 by Carine Tissot, entrepreneur, art collector, and director of the DRAWING NOW Art Fair. Passionate about contemporary drawing, she gave 6 artists carte blanche to turn every floor’s corridor into a permanent work of art. This warm and welcoming location, is open to the city and its inhabitants via its bar and courtyard patio. It also houses the Drawing Lab and its gift shop.


The Drawing Hotel is a unique destination and invitation to explore the art of contemporary drawing.


DRAWING SOCIETY


Each DRAWING SOCIETY subscription helps the realization of exhibitions and events.

DRAWING SOCIETY members benefit from advantages of all three entities devoted to the promotion of contemporary drawing in the art scene in France.


The DRAWING NOW Art Fair, the Drawing Lab, and the Drawing Hotel make Paris vibrate to the rhythm of contemporary drawing all year round!