ART 19 BOX ONE
The aim of Art 19 through Box One is to raise money to support Amnesty International’s human rights work. The ten limited edition original signed prints in Box One are on sale from this website for € 50,000 for the complete set. Individual prints are not for sale.
The name “Art 19” is an abbreviation of Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which provides: “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression”.
Art 19 is an initiative founded by four friends with lifetimes of experience in the worlds of art and human rights – Mike Karstens (gallerist and master printer from Muenster), Burkhard Richter (retired commercial lawyer, art advisor and curator from Dusseldorf), Bill Shipsey (Art for Amnesty founder and retired barrister from Dublin) and Jochen M. Wilms (entrepreneur and art project producer from Berlin).
The initial idea grew out of the work that Shipsey and Wilms had done together in Art for Amnesty, Amnesty International’s global artist engagement programme. They then approached Karstens and Richter who brought their vast experience and contacts at the highest level in the world of contemporary art to the initiative. Karstens has worked with the leading artists in the world for decades. His editions have been acquired by major museums around the world. Among his projects are the development of the Cologne Cathedral Window and the monumental work "Strontium", both by Gerhard Richter.
ART DÜSSELDORF 2022 will take place from April 8 to 10 in the halls of Areal Böhler in Düsseldorf.
Hansaallee 321, 40549 Düsseldorf, Germany
OPENING HOURS:
2022, April, 08.
12-7 pm
2022, April, 09.-10.
11-7 pm
For more information check : www.art-dus.de
As a fair for the most significant developments in contemporary art and the latest trends in the art market, Art Düsseldorf benefits from the top-class collector community of North Rhine-Westphalia and neighboring European countries. Here, Art Düsseldorf reaches almost 90% of all European collectors.
THE DIGITAL FUTURE
In 2022, galleries both renowned and young – and regional and international – will show contemporary art in the spacious and light-flooded halls of Areal Böhler in Düsseldorf. A special focus this year lies in the digital future and the high-potential online market. In addition to the on-site show, the fair has established a range of digital services, including an online shop, a magazine, and an elaborate VIP area.
The magazine presents key background information on the art and artists; important events at the fair and store; and curates selected gallery programs and artworks. In addition, the fair offers online visitors a unique service to explore the fair via video tour. To do so, they visit the fair’s website and click on one of the ongoing tours, where Art Guides present highlights and offer themed tours.
Collectors can enjoy an exclusive VIP service: a private Art Guide brings them in direct contact with the gallery owners and the artworks they are particularly interested in.
With its new services, Art Düsseldorf is rethinking art fairs and taking them further into the age of digitization – all while strengthening the important personal contact between gallerists and collectors.
A THROWBACK TO THREE SUCCESSFUL EDITIONS
With over 40,000 visitors a year and excellent feedback from gallery owners, curators, and collectors on an open and outstanding fair experience, Art Düsseldorf has successfully established its strong profile as a fair for contemporary art. In its fourth edition, Art Düsseldorf once again provides an essential overview of the most important developments of art-historically relevant positions and artistic discourses of the 21st century.
AN EXCEPTIONAL VENUE
With Areal Böhler, a former steel factory complex in a prime location in Düsseldorf, the fair has chosen an unusual and unconventional exhibition venue ideally suited for the presentation of art. Here, the clear layout of the hall area provides in its openness a unique environment for the experience of contemporary art. As a platform for the exhibition of first-class art objects and ambitious young displays, Areal Böhler creates a unique context for experiencing current trends in the art market, which, in symbiosis with its history of regional industrial culture, challenges the perception of artistic positions and works.
HIGH-PROFILE GALLERIES
Art Düsseldorf presents modern and contemporary art from galleries in the Rhineland, Germany, and the Benelux countries, as well as other internationally important players, with a top-class program. Art Düsseldorf chooses galleries that present relevant positions and artistic representatives in their program and in their educational work, both for collectors in the region and for international collectors who are attracted by the history of the Düsseldorf art scene and who also want to get to know new positions from the Rhineland. The participating galleries are selected by an internationally renowned committee of experts.
A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE
The visit to Art Düsseldorf is a meeting place for experts and art lovers alike. With a clear focus on contemporary art, the fair provides an overview of the most important current trends, coupled with significant positions in recent art history. If you wish, you can be guided around the fair and enter into an interesting and inspiring dialogue with art.
