Asian art fair Asia Now returns to Paris! The fair will be held at the Monnaie de Paris from October 17 to 20, 2024, to celebrate its 10th anniversary, with a packed program.
Contemporary art fairs and shows are legion in Paris and the Île-de-France region. Few, however, focus exclusively on artists and galleries from Asia. The Asia Now - Paris Asian Art Fair has decided to fill this gap, and highlight the many talents from the Asian continent.
Thisautumn event returns to Paris from October 17 to 20, 2024. Asia Now takes up residence at the Monnaie de Paris, for four days of discoveries, encounters, performances, installations... This year's edition, 2024, is even more special, as the fair celebrates its 10th anniversary!
Historic and emerging artists, traditional art, new practices, cultural encounters between East, West and South Asia... This fair offers an interesting vision of the Asian art scene. Countries, cultures and traditions meet, dialogue and mingle in the course of the stands, allowing visitors to travel without leaving Paris.
This edition brings together 71 galleries from 28 territories on the Asian continent. The NOW ON section features young galleries and up-and-coming artists. Exhibitions and installations are organized throughout the Monnaie de Paris, alongside the program of events scheduled over the coming days.
The Asia Now 2024 program:
Performance :
Thursday, October 17
- 10:15 am: Charwei Tsai, Ancient desires - One Taste
- 12h00: Sumayya Vally, Water in one hand and Fire in the other
- 1:00 pm: Yao Qingmei, The Rising Sun
- 3:30 pm: Isaac Chong Wai, Die Mütter
- 6:00 pm: Sumayya Vally, Water in one hand and Fire in the other
- 7 p.m.: Hamid Shams, Mehregan: Maybe a love story
Friday, October 18
- 12:00 pm: Sumayya Vally, Water in one hand and Fire in the other
- 1 pm: Eisa Jocson & Venuri Perera, Magic Maids: Sweeping sisters
- 2pm: Yao Qingmei, The Rising Sun
- 2:45pm: Nikhil Chopra x Uriel Barthélémi, Fire X Fire Combustion
- 6 p.m.: Sumayya Vally, Water in one hand and Fire in the other
Saturday, October 19th
- 12h00: Sumayya Vally, Water in one hand and Fire in the other
- 1 pm: Darius Dolatyari-Dolatdoust, Flags Parade
- 2pm: Eisa Jocson & Venuri Perera, Magic Maids: Sweeping sisters
- 6:00 pm: Sumayya Vally, Water in one hand and Fire in the other
Sunday, October 20
- 12:00 pm: Sumayya Vally, Water in one hand and Fire in the other
- 3pm: Eisa Jocson & Venuri Perera, Magic Maids: Sweeping sisters
- 5pm: Hamid Shams, Mehregan: Maybe a love story
- 6:00 pm: Sumayya Vally, Water in one hand and Fire in the other
Conversations :
Thursday, October 17
- 12:30: Sharjah Biennale 16: Porter and a new configuration of transnational and global history
Speakers: Nawar Al Qassimi, Vice-President, Sharjah Art Foundation, Rossella Biscotti, Artist, mor chapentier
- 1:30 pm: Discussion: Nikhil Chopra and Fi Churchman
Speakers: Nikhil Chopra, Artist, Galleria Continua, Fi Churchman, Editor, ArtReview & ArtReview Asia
- 2:30 pm: Rethinking contemporary Asian practices in the context of museums and alternatives
Speakers: Alia Swastika, Director, Biennale Jogja Foundation, Indonesia and Co-curator, Sharjah Biennale 16, Venus Lau, Director, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Nusantara (MACAN Museum), Nge Lay, Artist, A2Z Art Gallery
- 3:00 pm: Conversation around Sumayya Vally's installation-performance: "Water in one hand and Fire in the other": Art, Sufism and the Living
Speakers: Sumayya Vally, Architect and Director of Counterspace, Honorary Professor of Practice, Nadia Samdani, Co-founder, Dhaka Art Summit, Samdani Art Foundation, Eve Lemesle, Production Manager, Asia NOW, Dhaka Art Summit, Alexandra Baudelot, Director, Museum of Sufi Art and Culture MTO, Kathy Alliou, Curator of Sumayya Vally's installation, Asia NOW
- 4:30 pm: Yasufumi Nakamori in conversation with Alexandra Fain on Asia Society and its global reach
Speakers: Yasufumi Nakamori, Vice-President, Global Art Programs and Director of Asia Society Museum, Alexandra Fain, Founder of Asia NOW
- 6:30 pm: China: a new generation of artists
Speakers: Philippe Bettinelli, Curateur du patrimoine - Service des Nouveaux Médias, Centre Pompidou, Paul Frèches, Directeur général, Centre Pompidou x West Bund Museum project, Yao QingMei, Artist, Alice Chen, Artist, Miao Ying, Artist
Friday, October 18: Salle Guénégaud
- 09h00: Socially engaged practices: rhizomes of cultural workers
Speakers: Abi Tariq, Afield, Jennifer Ellis, Apsara Studio
- 10:00 am: Children's workshop - Collaborative and educational workshop with artist Frédéric Dialynas Sanchez, organized by Thanks for Nothing
- 11:15am: Spirituality, civilization and contemporaneity: understanding the Biennial of Islamic Arts
Speakers: Arwa Al Ali, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Culture & Diriyah Biennale Foundation, Dr. Amin Jaffer, Artistic Director, Biennale of Islamic Arts 2025, Director of the Al Thani Collection, Muhannad Shono, Curator of Contemporary Art, Biennale of Islamic Arts 2025
- 12:30 pm: Creation of worlds and speculation: Diving into the works of Orbis Tertius
Speakers: Arnaud Morand, Head of Arts at AFALULA, Ittah Yoda, Duo of artists formed by Virgile Ittah and Kai Yoda, Louis-Cyprien Rials, Artist, Sabine Mirlesse, Artist, Anhar Salem, Artist
- 1:30 pm: The gestures of work: an interview with Ali Kazma by Anlam Arslanoğlu, organized by Thanks for Nothing
Speakers: Ali Kazma, Multimedia artist, Anlam de Coster, Curator, Founder of Fairplay
- 3:30 pm: Shanghai, Penang, Singapore: Chinese theater in motion
Speakers: X Zhu-Nowell, Artistic Director, Rockbund Art Museum, Ming Wong, Transdisciplinary artist, Kwong Yee Leong, Collector, Founder of Blank Canvas, Isaac Chong Wai, Artist, Zilberman Gallery
- 5:30 pm: Linking Cultures: Past, Present and Future of the Consortium Museum
Speakers: Seungduk Kim, Co-Director, Consortium Museum, Franck Gautherot, Co-Founder & Co-Director, Consortium Museum
Saturday, October 19: Salle Guénégaud
- 12:15pm: Shaping the future through artistic heritage: From the Middle East to South Asia, how art schools, foundations, artists, collectors and creative factories combine heritage and innovation.
Speakers: Orhan Gorbon, CEO Gorbon Tiles Ceramics, Istanbul, Vamsi Dukkipati, Collector, India-USA, RM Naeem, Artist, Professor, National College of Arts Lahore, Yasmin Sharabi, Director, Rak Art Foundation, Bahrain, Tamara K.E, Artist, Georgia
- 1.15pm: The Art of Happiness: Appreciating the process of collecting - Lecture and book launch
Speakers: Mrs. Ning Chong, Art Collector, Curator, and Co-founder of The Culture Story, Singapore, Chong Zhou, Private Collector, Shanghai
- 2:30pm: A Thousand Gardens: From Hazaribagh to Buriganga...: intertwined stories of the natural world and human intervention in Dhaka, Bangladesh, through the eyes of an art trust, foundation and artist.
Speakers: Mahbubur Rahman, Artist, Britto Arts Trust, Tayeba Begum Lipi, Artist, Britto Arts Trust, Bishwajit Goswami, Artist and Professor, University of Dhaka, Nusrat Mahmud, Co-founder, Brihatta Foundation
- 3.45pm: Discussion: Eisa Jocson & Venuri Perera on MAGIC MAIDS: SWEEPING SISTERS with Marcella Lista
Speakers: Marcella Lista, Chief Curator of New Media and Asia-Pacific, Centre Pompidou, Eisa Jocson, Artist, The Columns Gallery
Sunday, October 20: Salle Guénégaud
- 11:00 am: Constructing a body: a conversation between art critic Nadine Khalil and artist Mirna Bamieh on her work "Sour Things"
Speakers: Mirna Bamieh, Artist, NIKA Art Space, Nadine Khalil, Dubai-based independent art critic, consultant and curator
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