Opened in Paris Biennale des Antiquaries

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Antiquities of all ages
 
In the Paris Grand Palais opened Europe's biggest antiques fair. This year's Biennale of Antiquaries held in 25-th time - and that the anniversary will be a success, no doubt TATIANA Markin.
Biennale of Antiquaries - one of the most significant and magnificent events in the antiques world. It organizes the French National Syndicate of Antiquaries, headed by this year rose Hereditary Parisian art dealer Herve Aaron. Not delving into the delicate relations between the French antique dealers shop, it is difficult to determine the extent to which changes nastigshie Biennale of Antiquaries, depended on the president Aaron - but that these changes even more decorated Biennale, no doubt.
The building itself Grand Palais with glass ceilings and metal girders riveted tunes on the expectation of something great. Design Fair made by architect Patrick Bazananom, which seems to be using a minimum of means: the black exterior of the wall stands, transparent canopies over the entrances to the stands, creating a purely Parisian charm, stretching up trees and bamboo mirror, where it was necessary that a close or mask. The result was one of the most successful designs for all 25 editions of the fair.
In the space under the central transparent dome stands settled the most important galleries - enough only to read their names, to understand that the Biennale is now really the most important event of the Old World antique. German gallery Bernheimer-Colnaghi, already serving 250 years, still proud of its old masters. Like the Paris De Jonckheere, which can be detected apart from the usual (for this gallery) family of artists Bruegel, Cranach and more. It is difficult, almost impossible to choose the best stand of the fair. Candidates, perhaps three. This gallery stand Didier Aaron, belonging to the president of the National Syndicate of Antiquaries Herve Aaron. Stand in Paris Kraemer simulates the Oval Office of the White House - until the type of windows, that create an illusory park. In the classic space shows furniture and other items of the XVIII century (Empire style chandelier in the shape of the sky with stars, mahogany chest of drawers, made for Catherine II) - and a small painting of Mark Rothko over the marble fireplace. And finally, the New York Ariadne, dealing in antiquities. In a white room inside the stand, tightly likeness gentle huskies, on the one hand hangs a wooden frieze with Islamic motifs from Spain, but on the contrary - fragments of Byzantine carved decoration, found in Syria. In the middle - Roman mosaic.
Greek taste in furniture of France and Britain abroad XVIII-XIX centuries - in the gallery Perrin. Light and Color in the Italian painting of the old masters to Lucio Fontana - a Tornabuoni Art. Red crumpled hood of the car (sculpture of Cesar) opposite pages in red pants (tapestry XVII century) - Gallery Gismondi. Total not count.
Another novelty at the fair - a special section for young gallerists who are ever to participate in the Biennale. While they put up on the balcony on one subject. This 23 French galleries, one Spanish and one Hungarian, which showed pictures of the XVII to XX century, chair, African mask, carpet, book, sculpture - to get something like a mini-Biennale future. Which, as the current one would clearly prefer the old art.