The 4th Art Thessaloniki Fair will open on Friday 21 November at the Thessaloniki International Exhibition Centre, with 38 galleries from Greece and abroad being represented, internationally renowned actor and artist Billy Zane attending as Honoured Artist, and works of art by more than 500 artists being exhibited.
This year’s event will be especially vibrant with museum exhibitions, projects, and awards established especially for it.
More specifically, the museum exhibitions of the 4th Art Thessaloniki Fair include those of the works of Billy Zane and Dennis Oppenheim, the ‘Unexpected Dialogue’ – Picasso & Jankulovski, with ceramics by Pablo Picasso and paintings by Mice Jankulovski, as well as the collection on ‘Balkan Masks’ by the Yiorgos Melikis Ethnographic Centre – Mask Research Centre.
The exhibition will also host 13 separate projects, among which will be the ‘Mataroa’ award for artists up to the age of 33, which is being established in cooperation with the Cultural Association of Entrepreneurs of Northern Greece, as well as three awards for the Best Gallery, Best Curator, and Best Artist, in cooperation with World Association of Visual Arts (WAVA).
Furthermore, Art Thessaloniki will also host ARTANKARA Art Fair, with which it has been twinned.