MANCHESTER ART FAIR
The UK's Most Ambitious Art Fair
4 - 6 November 2022
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Manchester Art Fair delivers a curated mix of acclaimed galleries and independent artists, blurring the boundaries between traditional and contemporary, creating a friendly, unpretentious and uniquely Northern art-buying experience.
Alongside is The Manchester Contemporary, a collegiate fair for young galleries, artist-led spaces, charitable organisations and partner institutions providing a critically engaged environment for artistic exploration and development.
Manchester Art Fair makes viewing and buying quality art accessible and enjoyable. Get swept up in the creativity, passion and vibrancy of Manchester Art Fair on 4-6 November 2022 at Manchester Central.
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Sever art works, painting of the artist Darko Taleski are presented by the MASA - UK Independent art Gallery established since 2013 showcasing and selling original art in Bury, Lancashire
MASA-UK Art Gallery is a small, family-owned, independent art gallery. Specialising in showcasing original art work and inspiring customers to invest in originals and support local artists. A wide variety of contemporary visual art by carefully selected renowned and emerging local and International artists can be found at the Gallery.
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LONG NIGHT OF INTERCULTURALITY
Peace and Cultural Diversity’ Art Exhibition
12 - 18 September 2022
Gallery at the Yunus Emre Institut, Währinger Str. 6-8/14-15, 1090 Vienna
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This year’s art exhibition theme revolved around the peace and cultural diversity, inspired by ongoing conflicts around the world, including the most recent war in Ukraine.
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"Exhibition aims to explore and artistically convey ideas around achieving peace through justice, equality and honoring of differences among all people, said Ms. Palac."
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The artworks featured themes and materials as diverse as the artists who created them. A seven year old artist, living with a disability, touched the hearts of those in attendance with their piece, The Tree of Life. Bullets from Bosnian War were incorporated into a powerful piece calling for respect for cultural differences in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The birds of Colombia were brought to life through augmented reality and transported attendees to the rainforest of South America. Three NFTs, made exclusively for this exhibition by an incredible Azerbaijani artist, illustrated the sharing of traditions across cultures. Two artworks by famed El Salvadorian artist Fernando Llort Choussy shared a piece of the colorful Mayan culture. The exhibition inspired the President of Kazakhstan to send his support for the work of ICDO and the talented artists who came together to support cultural diversity.
ICDO was honored to welcome many notable guests from different international organizations, governmental institutions, academic sector, esteemed Embassies and cultural institutions in Vienna to the exhibition opening. His Excellency Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Vienna, Ozan Ceyhun helped open the exhibition and expressed his gratitude to ICDO and the Yunus Emre Institute stating:
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“Today’s event is important and meaningful in these times. Together in this room we can create a place for the artists of this world, where people can live better and more humanly without wars, without hunger.”
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Guests were welcomed into the gallery with artwork created by Yasmin Bahaa, who presented Egyptian street scenes through her art works. Special thanks to His Excellency Ambassador Mohamed Hamdy El-Molla from the Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt who was in attendance to support Bahaa and ICDO.
The powerful role of cultural diversity in peacebuilding was on full display in the works of artists Agustin Castilla Avila, Darko Taleski, Ray Vuilsen, Anita Zecic and Milko Dolinsek. Their works were brought together to amplify their message of hope in the face of conflict. Multiple symbols of peace were present including olive trees in the photography of Dolinsek, silence in Castilla Avila’s musical prints, and the simple but powerful statement “Make Art Not War” in Taleski’s digital artwork. The search for resolution is evident in Vuilsen’s digital photography that depicts the conflict in the Afar Triangle while Zecic’s use of bullets from the Bosnian War created a compelling piece of art that showcased the artist’s homeland. The theme of peacebuilding was also seen in the work of Lidia Molinski and Faust Campama Peleja. Both artists utilized a monochromatic palette with pops of red to create visually stimulating pieces.
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Sergio Mantilla + Miguel Chaparro, Pedro Ruiz, and William Caceres Garcia were inspired by the diverse and colorful rainforest of South America, more precisely Colombia and Ecuador. Guests were invited to take part in the #ICDOManifiesta campaign that raises awareness of the importance of biodiversity.
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