For Immediate Release
Contact:
Denise Lamott Public Relations
Denise Lamott, 415.381.8793
[email protected] SAN FRANCISCO FOG DESIGN+ART FAIR
ANNOUNCES 2015 LINEUP FEATURING THE TOP
TALENTS AND MINDS OF DESIGN AND ART
Second annual celebration of innovative design will feature
exhibits, installations, and discussions with country’s top
gallerists, design dealers, artists, architects, and style-makers
January 14–18, 2015, at Fort Mason Center Festival Pavilion
San Francisco, CA (December 22, 2014) – Following a spectacular debut in 2014,
the second annual FOG Design+Art fair will open to the public January 15–18,
2015, at the Fort Mason Center Festival Pavilion, with a special Preview Gala on
January 14. Benefiting the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA),
FOG Design+Art is a four-day celebration and exploration of modern and
contemporary design, architecture, and art with dynamic exhibits, custom
installations, art galleries, lectures, and discussions with leaders in the art and
design worlds.
“Last year’s inaugural fair was wonderfully successful, showcasing and defining
the distinct traits that make San Francisco an epicenter of art and design,” said
Douglas Durkin, Designers Forum chair and member of the FOG Design+Art
Steering Committee, which conceived and developed the fair. “San Francisco has
a thriving creative community that reflects the region’s innovative spirit and
entrepreneurial personality. FOG Design+Art is evolving into a destination event
for collectors locally and around the world.”
Sponsored by Citi, FOG Design+Art will feature dozens of prominent 20thcentury and contemporary art and design dealers from the Bay Area and beyond,
along with the return of Stanlee Gatti’s unique installation 21POP, pop-up dining
experiences by Cotogna and Jane, and a lineup of lectures and interactive
discussions with leaders in the design and art worlds.
Current confirmed exhibitors for the 2015 event include:
Altman Siegel Gallery
Anthony Meier Fine Arts Beauvais Carpets Converso
Cristina Grajales Gallery Crown Point Press Danziger Gallery
David Zwirner Demisch Danant
Edward Cella Art+Architecture
Fraenkel Gallery Friedman Benda Gray Gallery
Haines Gallery
Hedge Hosfelt Gallery Hostler Burrows
Jessica Silverman Gallery John Berggruen Gallery Lebreton Gallery Magen H Gallery
nexxt20 Ornamentum Gallery
Pace
R & Company Ratio 3
Reform Gallery Rena Bransten Projects Salon 94 Sienna Patti Taffin
Todd Merrill Studio Contemporary Tyler Wood Gallery
Winston Wächter Fine Art Zieher Smith & Horton
A diverse array of artists, designers, and dealers will participate in the fair’s
dynamic schedule of special preview events, panel discussion and conversations,
and performances, including:
Wednesday, January 14
Preview Gala
6–10 p.m.
Platinum + Gold Circle entry 6 p.m.
Silver + Bronze Circle entry 6:30 p.m.
Supporter entry 7 p.m.
Benefiting SFMOMA, the Preview Gala offers patrons a special preview of
exhibits and an exclusive buying opportunity prior to the public opening of the
fair. Leaders in the design industry, SFMOMA patrons and supporters, VIP
guests, and top-level sponsors will enjoy an evening of entertainment, culinary
creations by McCalls, and delectable signature cocktails featuring spirits by inkind partner Campari America. Tickets start at $150 and are available at
fogfair.com. Proceeds from the FOG Preview Gala and fair will support
SFMOMA’s California-wide exhibitions and education programs providing
meaningful art experiences to more than 60,000 students, teachers, and families
each year.
Thursday, January 15
9–11:30 a.m.
ArtBites Breakfast and Panel Discussion
Elevating the Everyday:
How Design Objects Are Elevated to Art
Presented by SFMOMA’s Modern Art Council
(Registration required. Tickets are $150–$200 and can be purchased through
sfmoma.org/asi or at the door.)
Moderated by Joseph Becker, SFMOMA assistant curator of architecture and
design, with Catherine Bailey, creative director, Heath Ceramics; Yves Béhar,
founder and principal designer, fuseproject; Misako Mitsui, president and CEO,
Mitsui Fine Art Inc.; and Jonathan Olivares, industrial designer.
Presentations – FOG Theater
1 p.m.: The Chemistry Between the Artist and Industrial Manufacturing
With Michael Young, Hong Kong–based industrial designer.
Presented by Hedge.
3 p.m.: A Conversation with David Wiseman
With David Wiseman, Los Angeles–based designer, and Douglas Durkin,
Designers Forum chair and principal of Douglas Durkin Design, San Francisco.
Presented by R & Company.
6 p.m.: Emerging Voices Creating Possibility and Promoting Sustainability
Presented by California College of the Arts.
5:30–7:30 p.m.: FOG Happy Hour
Friday, January 16
12:30–2 p.m.: Innovators Lunch honoring Susie Tompkins Buell
Presentations – FOG Theater
5 p.m.: Screening
Saturday, January 17
Presentations – FOG Theater
1 p.m.: Chinati: Donald Judd's Ideal
With Jenny Moore, executive director The Chinati Foundation; Kenneth Baker,
San Francisco Chronicle, and Gary Garrels, SFMOMA Elise S. Haas Senior Curator
of Painting and Sculpture.
5 p.m.: Screening
Sunday, January 18
Cultured Magazine presents the Sunday Seminar with Special Guests
Other special FOG features include a Pop-Up Shop by Park Life; The Bookstore
by William Stout Books; Riso Prints, unique Risograph prints created by Colpa
Press who will work with designer Nathalie Du Pasquier to create prints from
Du Pasquier’s patterns, presented by SFMOMA’s Architecture + Design Forum.
This year’s theme for the popular 21POP installation is cotton.
21POP: COTTON, organized by celebrated designer Stanlee Gatti, is dedicated
to “craft by hand.” The 2015 project begins with the organic cotton seed, then
moves to the organic farm, and through the processes of growing, ginning, yarn
production, indigo dyeing, threading the loom, intricate weaving, garment
design, garment production, and finally, to the marketplace. 21POP 2015 features
artisans who grow, spin, dye, weave, sew, and design with cotton, as well as
those who make cotton rag paper. This is a celebration of cotton, the fabric of the
people!
Pop-Up Dining by Cotogna and Jane Coffee Lounge
FOG Design+Art also will showcase San Francisco’s world-famous cuisine. New
this year, award-winning chefs Michael and Lindsay Tusk, owners of Cotogna
and Quince, will create a sit-down restaurant specially conceived for the fair. In
addition, the Jane Coffee Lounge returns to FOG, featuring house-made baked
goods, organic salads and soups, and tasty sandwiches. Beverage options include
Stumptown Coffee, Red Blossom Tea, local wines, and Jane’s famous juices.
Speaking to the Tusks’ passion for the arts and support of California’s artists and
galleries, Pop-Up Dining by Cotogna will be open Thursday, January 15,
through Sunday, January 18, from 11 a.m. until closing. The full-service
restaurant will feature communal seating and a menu showcasing Chef Michael
Tusk’s rustic Italian fare, including charcuterie and antipasti, soups and salads,
sandwiches and fried chicken, and select desserts. Additionally, daily-changing
brown bag lunches will be on offer for vendors and visitors on the go, while a
full bar will serve wine, beer, and cocktails.
FOG Design+Art wishes to thank our Premier Corporate Sponsor, Citi; our
Corporate Sponsors, Christie’s and Neiman Marcus; our Spirit Sponsor,
Campari America; our Media Sponsors, ABC7, C Magazine, Cultured, Dwell,
KCRW, and San Francisco magazine; and our Online Partner, Artsy, for their
support. The FOG Design+Art exhibitor catalogue is available online exclusively
at artsy.net.
Tickets for the FOG Design+Art fair are $15 online via fogfair.com and $20 at the
door.
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SAN FRANCISCO FOG DESIGN+ART FAIR
ANNOUNCES 2015 LINEUP FEATURING THE TOP TALENTS
AND MINDS OF DESIGN AND ART
Second annual celebration of innovative design will feature exhibits,
installations, and discussions with country’s top gallerists, design dealers,
artists, architects, and style-makers
January 14–18, 2015, at Fort Mason Center Festival Pavilion
WHAT:
FOG Design+Art Fair
Featuring prominent 20th-century and contemporary design
dealers; a selection of leading modern and contemporary art
galleries; and 21POP, a special installation created by celebrated
designer Stanlee Gatti.
WHEN:
Preview Gala: January 14, 6–10 p.m.
Fair:
January 15, 11 a.m.–8 p.m.
January 16–17, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
January 18, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. WHERE:
Fort Mason Center Festival Pavilion
2 Marina Blvd., San Francisco, CA
SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, January 14, 9–11 a.m.
§ Designers Forum Preview supporting SFMOMA’s
architecture and design program
Please note: this is a private event for Designers Forum members
is not open to the public.
Wednesday, January 14, 6–10 p.m.
§ Preview Gala benefiting SFMOMA
Platinum + Gold Circle entry 6 p.m.
Silver + Bronze Circle entry 6:30 p.m.
§ Supporter entry 7 p.m.
Thursday, January 15
§ 11 a.m.–8 p.m.: Fair open to the public
§
9–11:30 a.m.: ArtBites Breakfast and Panel Discussion
Presented by SFMOMA’s Modern Art Council
9 a.m. Breakfast: Coffee and high-design delights
by Jane
10 a.m. Panel Discussion: Elevating the Everyday to Art:
How Design Objects Are Elevated to Art Moderator: Joseph Becker, SFMOMA assistant curator of
architecture and design
Catherine Bailey, creative director, Heath Ceramics
Yves Béhar, founder and principal designer, fuseproject
Misako Mitsui, president and CEO, Mitsui Fine Art Inc.
Jonathan Olivares, industrial designer
Registration required. Tickets can be purchased through
sfmoma.org/asi or at the door.
Presentations – FOG Theater
1 p.m.: The Chemistry Between the Artist and Industrial
Manufacturing
Michael Young, Hong Kong–based industrial designer
Presented by Hedge.
3 p.m.: A Conversation with David Wiseman
David Wiseman, Los Angeles–based designer
Douglas Durkin, Designers Forum chair and principal of
Douglas Durkin Design, San Francisco
Presented by R & Company.
6 p.m.: Emerging Voices Creating Possibility and Promoting
Sustainability
Presented by California College of the Arts.
5:30–7:30 p.m.: FOG Happy Hour
Friday, January 16
§ 11 a.m.–7 p.m.: Fair open to the public
§ 12:30–2 p.m.: Innovators Lunch honoring Susie Tompkins
Buell
Presentations – FOG Theater
5 p.m.: Screening
Saturday, January 17
§ 11 a.m.–7 p.m.: Fair open to the public
Presentations – FOG Theater
1 p.m.: Chinati: Donald Judd's Ideal
Jenny Moore, The Chinati Foundation
Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle
Gary Garrels, SFMOMA Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of
Painting and Sculpture
5 p.m. Screening
Sunday, January 18
§ 11 a.m.–5 p.m.: Fair open to the public
§
TICKETS:
Sunday Seminar with Special Guests
Presented by Cultured Magazine. General admission: $15 at fogfair.com or $20 at the door
SPONSORS: FOG Design+Art wishes to thank our Premier Corporate Sponsor,
Citi; our Corporate Sponsors, Christie’s and Neiman Marcus; our Spirit
Sponsor, Campari America; our media sponsors, ABC7, C Magazine, Cultured,
Dwell, KCRW, and San Francisco magazine; and our Online Partner, Artsy, for
their support. The FOG Design+Art exhibitor catalogue is available online
exclusively at artsy.net.
The FOG Design+Art Honorary Co-Chairs are Roselyne Chroman Swig and
Susan Swig. The Steering Committee includes Douglas Durkin, Stanlee Gatti,
Katie Paige, Allison Speer, and Cathy Topham. FOG Design+Art is produced
by White Rain Productions, a San Francisco–based event company with over 30
years of experience producing large-scale events and fairs.
The FOG Design+Art Dealers Committee includes Roth Martin, chair, Hedge,
San Francisco; Jeffrey Fraenkel, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco; Kim Hostler,
Hostler Burrows, New York; Anthony Meier, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San
Francisco; Zesty Meyers and Evan Snyderman, R & Company, New York; Gerard
O’Brien, Reform Gallery, Los Angeles; and Jessica Silverman, Jessica Silverman
Gallery, San Francisco.
The FOG Design+Art Honorary Committee includes Lily and Tom Beischer,
Gay-Lynn and Robert Blanding, Victoire and Owsley Brown, Sabrina Buell and
Yves Béhar, Carolyn and Preston Butcher, Heidi Castelein, Penny and Jim
Coulter, Chris and Lara Deam, Roberta and Steven Denning, Jean and James E.
Douglas Jr., Carla Emil and Rich Silverstein, Randi and Bob Fisher, Jonathan
Gans and Abigail Turin, Mimi Haas, Janet Lamkin, Christine and Pierre Lamond,
Eileen and Peter Michael, Diana Nelson and John Atwater, Gina and Stuart
Peterson, Helen Hilton Raiser, Chara Schreyer and Gordon Freund, Helen and
Chuck Schwab, Norah and Norman Stone, Barbara and Stephan Vermut, Diane
Wilsey, and Annie Robinson Woods and Montgomery Woods.
The FOG Design+Art Innovators Committee includes Catherine Bailey and
Robin Petravic, Yves Béhar, Susie Tompkins Buell, Jennifer Morla, Mark and
Alison Pincus, Hosain Rahman, and Jeremy Stoppelman.
21POP is generously presented by Bob and Randi Fisher, Stanlee Gatti, Lisa
and John Pritzker, Courtney Roberts, and Cathy and Ned Topham.
About SFMOMA
Founded in 1935 as the first West Coast museum devoted to modern and
contemporary art, SFMOMA is currently undergoing a major expansion
project to open in 2016 that will significantly enhance gallery, education, and
public spaces, enabling the museum to better showcase more of its expanded
permanent collection. While the museum is temporarily closed for construction,
SFMOMA is “on the go” with an extensive array of off-site programming across
the Bay Area, including collaborative and traveling museum exhibitions, major
outdoor projects and commissioned installations, and new education initiatives.
For more information about SFMOMA and its expansion project, visit
sfmoma.org.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Please visit fogfair.com or call
415.551.5190.
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