Melburnians have the opportunity to fall in love with contemporary art at the 2010
Melbourne Art Fair. Anyone from the simply curious and the casual art admirer to the fine art student and serious collector are in for a series of moving, emotion-evoking visual experiences from the 4th to the 8th of August at the world heritage-listed Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton Gardens.
This is Australia's premier international visual art exhibition. It showcases thousands of contemporary artworks of various genres, ranging from paintings, sculpture and photography to installations and multimedia works. They reflect the creative works of more than 900 emerging and renowned contemporary artists, and come from more than 80
galleries from both Australia and overseas.
You can browse at your leisure and, of course, buy that particular piece that grabs your eye. The fair is the flagship event of the Melbourne Art Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting living artists and promoting contemporary art. It receives no revenue from sales, so you can rest assured your purchase will greatly benefit the artist who was inspired and dedicated enough to create it.
You might also like to take part in a free guided tour or explore the various aspects of the fair through a jam-packed
program.
The fair is the major event celebrating Melbourne Art Week. There's a bunch of other exciting stuff to see and do, including free lectures, forums and artists' talks. You can check out what else is on
here.
