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 pAn Amsterdam 2007
Nov 18-25, 2007, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
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Helvoirt, 17 Sep 2007- pAn Amsterdam, the art and antiques fair of today, is increasing its range of modern and contemporary art. This now makes up 30% of the total area of the fair. This year the fair will be welcoming a record number of 121 exhibitors. Eight are taking part for the first time, three are returning after a break. The specialists in African art, young Japanese and South Korean painting and antique mantelpieces are new.  Many of the objects at pAn have a story, such as a flag, made in 1747 in honour of the appointment of William IV as Hereditary Stadholder, a balloon flight ring from 1783 which symbolizes the first manned flight of a hot-air balloon, a rare ‘Kashmir palette’ tulip vase from around 1700 and a Louis XV commode with Japanese lacquer panels. Great painters too, such as Honthorst, Renoir, Braque and Dubuffet, and contemporary work by artists such as Pat Andrea, Klaus Baumgärtner, Ossip and Panamarenco reflect the broad outlook of pAn Amsterdam. Jeweller Fred Brom and gallery owner Mark Slegers join the Supervisory Board of pAn Amsterdam. The antique dealers Jacques Fijnaut and Gerard Wijermars are stepping down as members of this board and will join the board of the Foundation. pAn Amsterdam runs from18 to 25 November in the Parkhal of RAI Amsterdam.
The art and antiques fair of today
 The makeover launched successfully last year will be continued in 2007. It is immediately evident in the trendy look of the fair, with fresh, modern colours and materials. This year orange is the most important colour accent in the floor covering and flowers. The quality of the range of modern and contemporary art on offer is being strengthened with the arrival of six leading galleries, including Galerie Ramakers, Cokkie Snoei and Canvas International Art. pAn Amsterdam is attracting more and more thirty and forty year olds. Last year this resulted in almost 36,000 visitors, a record for the 21 year-old fair. With the even wider range and the contemporary design of the fair, pAn Amsterdam hopes to attract even more new young customers.
New exhibitors
Applied art
• African Art, Kathy van der Pas & Steven van de Raad, Rotterdam, are showing traditional African art.
• Van den Bogaert Leon, Beervelde (Belgium) are bringing antique decorative mantelpieces and fireplace accessories.
• Betty Aardewerk & Zonen, The Hague, are selling trinkets from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. For connoisseurs of antique jewellery they are offering a chance of a lifetime: an extremely rare Parisian balloon flight ring, made in 1783 in honour of the first successful manned flight in a hot-air balloon filled with hydrogen gas. The ring is set with diamonds and rubies in a silver and gold setting.
• Epoque Fine Jewels, Courtrai (Belgium) specializes in antique jewellery from the 19th and 20th centuries with the accent on nouveau and art deco. Among their pieces is an art deco pendant brooch with a concealed timepiece.
Fine art
• Canvas International Art, Amstelveen, are showing work by contemporary Chinese, South Korean and Japanese artists.
• Galerie de Rijk, The Hague, specializes in Zero artists and constructivism.
• Kunsthandel Knoester, The Hague, is presenting work by the (New) Hague School.
• Kunsthandel Meijer, Utrecht, focuses on International prints between 1960 and 1980. For example they are bringing Lulu by Tom Wesselman.
• Galerie Van der Planken, Antwerp, has Cobra and international art after 1945. The works they are showing at pAn Amsterdam include an attractive painting by Jean Dubuffet.
• Galerie Ramakers, The Hague, are showing minimalist art and contemporary surrealism, including work by Tomas Rajlich and Vittorio Roerade.
• Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam, has made its name with work by internationally renowned photographers such as Paul M. Smith, Olaf Martens and Mia Andresen.
Board changes
On Monday 27 August 2007 Fred Brom of Steltman Juweliers and Mark Slegers of Contempo Galerie joined the Supervisory Board of pAn Amsterdam. The antique dealers Jacques Fijnaut and Gerard Wijermars have been appointed members of the Foundation Board of the fair. They were previously members of the Supervisory Board of pAn Amsterdam.
Frederik W. Brom (Bussum, 1944)
Fred Brom was trained at the Vocational School for Gold and Silversmiths in Schoonhoven and is also a specialist in diamonds and coloured gemstones. After a number of years in South Africa he bought Steltman Juweliers in The Hague in 1977 and began his business career. Steltman is a specialist in the design and manufacture of jewellery and has his own workshop. In 2000 Steltman Watches became his second enterprise. Among other things Fred Brom is well known as the jewellery expert in the Dutch TV programme Tussen Kunst & Kitsch.
Mark Slegers (1959, Stiphout)
Mark Slegers combined the study of Law with Art History and in 1988 set up Contempo, a gallery for modern and contemporary art with branches in Eindhoven and Rotterdam. Mark has been closely involved in the organization of the Holland Art Fair; he was co-founder of Art Rotterdam and was also instrumental in starting Rotterdam Museum Night. Mark Slegers has taken part in pAn Amsterdam since 1991.
Special presentations
Studio 925 Zilver & Jan van Nouhuys are bringing a unique presentation of some thirty jugs, designed by twenty-five Dutch and Belgian silversmiths. Polak Works of Art is spotlighting court objects from Iran, India, Turkey and Indonesia under the title Shahs, Rajahs and Sultans.
New: pAn Academy
This autumn sees the launch of the pAn Academy, an initiative by pAn Amsterdam in collaboration with the Vrije Academie voor Kunsthistorisch Onderwijs. The pAn Academy is organizing four art meetings, a compact series of master classes, where art dealers, art historians, artists and collectors can share their knowledge and experience with lovers of art who already have a collection, or are contemplating buying art. For further information and registration go to www.pan.nl (Special activities).
Looking and learning at pAn Amsterdam
121 art experts, each with their own speciality, are at the disposal of the art-loving public for eight days. Visitors who would like to get a good impression of the diversity of the fair can take part in one of the daily conducted tours. They are given by experienced art historians and last an hour.
Southeast Asian painting is on the up and up, at pAn too. Katja v.d. Weitering, curator of the Cobra Museum, is giving a lecture on contemporary Chinese art at the fair at noon on Sunday 25 November. Preceding this, jewellery expert Fred Brom of Steltman Juweliers will be giving a talk on diamonds, commencing at 10.30 a.m. Both lectures will take place in one of the auditoriums in the Parkhal at RAI Amsterdam. This year there will again be a special evening for young art lovers on Thursday 22 November. For details, go to www.pan.nl (Special Activities).
pAn Amsterdam runs from 18 to 25 November in the Parkhal at RAI Amsterdam. The fair is open daily from 11.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m., Thursday 22 November and Sunday 25 November to 6.00 p.m.
Van Lanschot Bankiers is chief sponsor of pAn Amsterdam 2007
pAn Amsterdam
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