ESTE ARTE 2016 REPORTS STRONG SALES AND SOLID
ATTENDANCE FOR ITS SUCCESSFUL SECOND EDITION
ESTE ARTE 2016 Installation Images: (L) Image Courtesy of Le Point Fort © Maria Inés Arrillaga
(R) Image Courtesy of Reginart Collections © Maria Inés Arrillaga
ESTE ARTE
5-8 January 2016
The second ESTE ARTE fair closes amid reports of strong sales from galleries across the board
and increased attendance from collectors, art world professionals and the general public alike,
making it the most successful edition of the international art fair to date.
ESTE ARTE took place from 5-8 January 2016 in a new location within the town of La Barra, Punta Del
Este, Uruguay, South America’s premier luxury travel destination. After a successful first edition in 2015,
the 2016 fair brought together some of the best local galleries from Uruguay and a selection of leading
galleries representing 11 countries around world. Over four days the fair attracted twice as many visitors
as ESTE ARTE 2015, including some of the most important private collectors from Uruguay, Argentina
and around the world alongside trustees, patrons, and professionals of local and international museums.
Directed by Laura Bardier, ESTE ARTE is a fair that presents a tailored selection of leading local and
international galleries, giving collectors the opportunity to experience quality on a comfortable scale.
Strong sales were reported from both Uruguayan and international galleries for the second edition of the
fair.
Attending collectors included Afshan Almassi, Nando Parrado, Martin Summers, Anibal and Marlise
Jozami, Juan Ball, Florencia Darke del Castillo, Laetitia D´Arenberg and Norah Hojman from the ESTE
AMIGOS, an essential group of local collectors and friends of the fair, as well as Daniel Levinas, Teresa
Bulgheroni, Mila Spierenburg, Richard Moatti, Eduardo Constantini, Alberto Rebaza, Noboru Fernandes
de Abreu and Patrick Fuchs, the President of the Friends of Mamco - musée d'art moderne et
contemporain (Geneva) and Carolina Campeas Talabardon from Fondation ADDAX & ORYX (Geneva).
Curators, directors and patrons from important institutions from around the world, included MALBA
(Argentina), Bienal de Montevideo (Uruguay), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Spain),
Centre Pompidou (France), MNAV - Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales (Uruguay), Espacio arte
Contemporaneo (Uruguay) and Bienal do Mercosul (Brazil).
Participating galleries commented positively about their experience at ESTE ARTE 2016:
“The fair has improved this year from its first edition, the location and the atmosphere are much better
with a great selection of people attending the fair.” – Mario Cristiani, Galeria Continua
“ESTE ARTE’s quality has increased significantly for this second edition - a testament to its potential in
South America and beyond. Boutique fairs allow for a level of conversation and interaction with collectors
which simply wouldn't possible when you have 200-plus exhibitors. They have a real role to play in the art
world's ecosystem. And let's face it, 10 days in sunny Punta del Este couldn't be a better start to the art
calendar!’’ – Jonathon Carroll, Director, Carroll/Fletcher Gallery
“For only its second year, ESTE ARTE looks like a major art fair that you would find in any other world
city. This year the fair improved from its first year and Laura Bardier and her team have done a great job.”
– Renos Xippas, Xippas Gallery
“The fair is improving very quickly to become a great art event and is benefitting this year from the new
location and strong selection of galleries. For its second year, it attracted very important collectors, and we
made some good sales and are continuing to speak with collectors about a few others. We are confident
that next year will be even better, with many more great people attending after the success of this year’s
fair.” – Martin Castillo, Director, Galeria Sur
“The quality of the collectors at this year’s fair was really amazing and we were very impressed with their
knowledge of our artists, and keen eyes.” – Alexandre Djordjevic, Reginart Collectons
“The fact that the fair takes place on a small scale has meant I have had good conversations with
collectors on the stand, so they can learn about both the work we present and get a better sense of the
programme of our gallery. I also feel ESTE ARTE presents a good level of work from not only South
America, but the rest of the world.” – Nestor Zonana, Director, Pabellón 4 Arte Contemporáneo
“In four days the art world has landed in Punta Del Este with Germans, Belgians, Swedish, Swiss and our
local South American collectors from Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Brazil and Uruguay coming to the fair.
This is a great starting point for something new in Punta Del Este.” – Martin Pelenur, Artist and Director,
La Pecera
“This is my first year at ESTE ARTE but I have heard from galleries who participated in the first edition
that it is a huge improvement with a better quality of collectors who stayed longer at the fair this year. It is
great to be at a fair in South America with such a strong selection of international galleries.” – Sandra
Recio, Studio Sandra Recio
“The fair has improved this year in terms of communication and the people who have attended. I am sure
the new location has also helped to make this change.” – Fabio Ianniello, Director, 1/9unosunove
“It was our first year but we will come back to the fair next year and will continue to bring the same
selection of artists which includes Sinyoung Park, Axel Gouala, Colin Guillemet and Francis Bacon. This
was the first time our gallery has shown outside of Europe and I am pleased with how it went. For us
South America is a market we want to develop and ESTE ARTE is providing a great opportunity to do
this.” Arthur Van Hoey, Art Director, Galerie Le Point Fort
“It has been a great experience and I hope to come back to the fair next year. I made some fantastic
contacts and met some interesting people with a real interest in art.” – Carolina Musalem Rosselot,
Director, Factoria de Arte Santa Rosa
“I visited the fair last year and I was impressed with the big step forward they have taken this year. The
new location is great for a fair because it has an industrial feel that is great for showing contemporary art
and also has spaces for relaxing which adds to the atmosphere of the event.” - Piero Atchugarry,
Director, Piero Atchugarry Gallery
“The fair was great this year and full of interesting contacts. I think it is the beginning of a long journey for
ESTE ARTE with Laura Bardier and her team as the key for its growing success.” - Davide Faccioli,
Director, Photology
“It has been an excellent art fair, art with quality, interesting people and people with interest in our stand”–
Maria Cristina Magalhães Pinto, Director, Mul.ti.plo Espaço Arte
ESTE ARTE 2016 | PROGRAMMES
ESTE ARTE presented a strong programme of talks and events that was well attended by fair VIPs and
the general public alike. The ESTE CHARLA talks programme considered public and private collecting, art
education methods and art funding strategies. This programme included a talk on The fiction
of architecture or the architecture of fiction with Argentinean artist Leandro Erlich and Paraguayan
architect Gloria Cabral. The ESTE CHARLA programme also included, the lively discussion Everything
You Always Wanted to Know About the Gallerist* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) an intimate conversation with
gallerists, Renos Xippas, Mario Cristiani and Jonathon Carroll.
The ESTE TERTULIA programme included a series of discussions with artists and presentations of their
work, such as Brazilian artist Cao Guimarães, Uruguayan Sculptor Pablo Atchugarry and Eduardo
Cardozo. ESTE SONIDO incorporated a programme of public sound art performances including Suite
para piano y pulso velado by Uruguayan-French musician Luciano Supervielle. ESTE GUIA, was also
presented at the fair, a series of public guided tours. ESTE ARTE also presented their ESTE BOLETIN, a
published journal at the fair, which included profiles of the exhibitors, introductory essays and critical texts
focused around the artwork exhibited at the 2016 fair. ESTE BOLETIN was published as a supplement of
the major national Uruguayan newspaper El País on 3rd January 2016.
ESTE ARTE 2016 STAND HIGHLIGHTS
Highlights of the galleries presenting work at ESTE ARTE 2016 included Carroll/Fletcher’s presentation
of works by Richard T. Walker and Eulalia Valldosera. This included Eulalia Valldosera’s work
Construction and Deconstruction (I1VII) that documents a performance during which the artist draws the
female form using cigarette ends and ash. This striking piece illustrates the reclaiming of the nude by a
female artist and appropriations of non-western artistic practices. Galleria Continua presented a group
show by world renowned artists Daniel Buren, Carlos Garaicoa, Antony Gormley, Leandro Erlich, Jorge
Macchi, Giovanni Ozzola, Cildo Meireles and Hans Op de Beeck. Le point Fort displayed a group show
by Sinyoung Park, Axel Gouala and Colin Guillemet. Le point Fort also displayed drawings by Francis
Bacon which represented the first time that Bacon’s work has been shown in Uruguay.
Factoría de Arte Santa Rosa displayed a group show by Chilean artists Ismael Frigerio, Carlos Ramos,
Robinson Mora, Carlos Fernandez and Roberto Matta. Brazilian gallery Mul.ti.plo Espaço Arte displayed
works by Daniela Antonelli, Antonio Dias, Cabelo, Waltercio Caldas, José Pedro Croft, León Ferrari,
Elizabeth Jobim, Fernanda Junqueira, Gabriela Machado, Marco Maggi, Maria-Carmen Perlingeiro,
Eduardo Sued, Antoni Tàpies, Angelo Venosa and Carlos Cruz-Díez who currently has a major
retrospective entitled Cruz-Diez Bidimensional Research 1959-2015 at Espace Expression,
Miami. Photology presented a group show by international artists including Jorgen Angel, Mario Cresci,
William Eggleston, Luigi Ghirri, Anni Leppälä, Leo Matiz, Tazio Secchiaroli and Richard Tuschman.
Reginart Collections presented a diverse range of artists including AD SYSTEMS, Alberto Biasi, Victor
Brauner, Pierre Buraglio, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Enrico Castellani, Larry Johnson, Turi Simeti, Pablo
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Picasso and Joana Vasconcelos who represented Portugal at the 55 Venice Biennale.
Black Gallery displayed a group show by three Uruguayan artists Julia Castagno, Pati Fernández and
María Freire and Galería Sur presented work by renowned Uruguayan artists Eduardo Cardozo, Wifredo
Diaz Valdez, Ignacio Iturria and Marcelo Legrand. Galería Sur also showcased work by Lithuanian artist
José Gurvich. Heinzer Reszler exhibited a new video work Relative I by French artist Mathieu BernardReymond alongside the work of Sophie Bouvier Ausländer, Sylvain Croci-Torti and Adrien Couvrat. This
marked the first time that French artist Adrien Couvrat’s work has been displayed in Latin America. Studio
488 presented work by Argentinean and Brazilian artists including Juan Hein, Gaby Herbstein, Maja
Lescano, Rosana Simonassi and Natali Turbenchlak. 1/9unosunove displayed a solo exhibition by
internationally renowned Italian artist Sergio Lomabrdo.
Swiss gallery Studio Sandra Recio displayed works by Benoît Billotte, Fernanda Fragateiro, Yaima
Carrazana, and one of Brazil’s strongest emerging artists Marlon de Azambuja. Xippas Galleries
presented a site-specific installation by internationally renowned Uruguayan artist Ricardo Lanazarini. La
Pecera presented a group show by Martin Pelenur and Santiago Aldabalde at ESTE ARTE 2016.
For further information on the all the programmes at ESTE ARTE 2016, please click here.
The 2016 fair has been supported by the committee of the ESTE AMIGOS, an essential group of local
collectors and friends of the fair and local institutions including the Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Tourism
and Ministry of External Relations in Uruguay.
Listings Information
ESTE ARTE
Dates: 5 - 8 JANUARY 2016
Location: Camino del Cerro Eguzquiza, La Barra
Punta del Este, Uruguay
Opening Times: 5:00pm – 11:00pm
Website: www.estearte.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ESTEarteFeria/
Instagram: @esteartefair
Twitter: @EsteArteUy
Notes to Editors
About ESTE ARTE
ESTE ARTE is an international contemporary art fair that took place from 5-8 January 2016 in Punta Del
Este, Uruguay. After a successful first edition in 2015, this year’s brought together a range of the best
local galleries from Uruguay, alongside a selection of leading galleries from around the world. The fair
brings together an artistic offering that ranges from historical avant-gardes to emerging and contemporary
art. ESTE ARTE represents an important moment in the international art world calendar when the South
American art system meets, exchanges ideas and thrives.
About Laura Bardier, Director ESTE ARTE
Laura Bardier is the Director of ESTE ARTE and is based in Geneva (Switzerland). Since 2009, she has
worked with the Estrellita B. Brodsky private art collection as manager and curator. In 2002, Laura Bardier
collaborated with the Municipality of Naples to develop their first civic center for contemporary art, PAN |
Palazzo delle Arti Napoli. Laura has also curated many shows including Richard Garet: non-Euclidean
spaces at the EAC – Espacio Arte Contemporáneo, Uruguay and a group show Los Impolíticos at PAN |
Palazzo delle Arti Napoli.
Gallery List for ESTE ARTE 2016
Black Gallery (Garzón)
Carroll/Fletcher (London)
Factoría de Arte Santa Rosa (Santiago de Chile)
Galería SUR (Punta del Este)
Galleria Continua (San Gimignano, Beijing, Les Moulins, Havana)
Heinzer Reszler (Lausanne)
La Pecera (Punta del Este)
Le Point Fort (Strasbourg)
Marte (Montevideo)
Mul.ti.plo Espaço Arte (Rio de Janeiro)
Pabellon 4 (Buenos Aires)
Photology (Bologna, Noto, Garzón)
Piero Atchugarry Gallery (Garzón)
Reginart Collections (Paris, Geneva)
Studio 488 (Buenos Aires)
Studio Sandra Recio (Geneva)
Unosunove (Rome)
Xippas (Paris, Geneva, Montevideo, Punta del Este)
Ministra de Educación y Cultura (Montevideo)
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