Haughton International Fairs to announce the opening of the second edition of Art Antiques Design

International art and antiques dealers will participate in the 2009 fair, organised by London-based fair organisers, Haughton International Fairs, under the patronage of His Excellency Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Owais, UAE Minister of Culture, Youth & Community Development and with the support and cooperation of the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing.

Haughton International Fairs have been art fair organisers for close to 30 years, today putting together no fewer than four major events annually in New York City and one in London.

In February 2008 they launched the Dubai fair, the first top flight art and antiques event to take place in the region, offering a wide range of works of art from historic to contemporary and including items of Western, Middle Eastern and Far Eastern origin, among them furniture, silver and jewellery, paintings, drawings and prints, carpets and textiles, porcelain and pottery, maps, books, manuscripts and photographs.

Building on that success, the 2009 fair acknowledges the exciting growth in interest in "design" in the region, by presenting two "room settings" at the fair, showcasing respectively furnishing styles and taste pre-1900 and post-1900. These will be created from furnishings provided by a group of exhibitors and all items on view will be for sale.


Exhibitors returning in 2009: Ayyam Gallery (Damascus) with modern and contemporary art; GAM - Galerie d'Art (Monaco) with a selection of modern and contemporary art paintings, prints and sculpture; Galerie Dumonteil (Paris) offering 20th century and contemporary sculpture; Galleria dei Coronari SRL (Rome) will be showing Italian furniture, paintings and works of art; Cristina Grajales (New York) one of the most highly regarded dealers in the fields of 20th century and contemporary design; Brian Haughton Gallery (London) who specialises in only the finest 18th and 19th century English and Continental ceramics; Lesley Kehoe Galleries (Melbourne) with Japanese and Australian works of art; Koopman Rare Art (London) with antique silver and works of art; Maison Gerard (New York) with French Art Deco from the 1920s-40s; Mathaf Gallery (London) with 19th century and contemporary Orientalist paintings; Ronald Phillips Ltd (London) one of the world's most prestigious dealers in the finest 18th and 19th century English furnishings; Potterton Books (Thirsk, North Yorkshire, UK) with a wide selection of new and unusual out of print books on art, antiques, architecture and design; Samina Inc. (London) with Indian jewellery; Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books (London) with antiquarian books, maps and photographs; Whitford Fine Art (London) with 20th century British and European paintings and sculpture, including Post Cubist, Modernist and Post-war and Pop art.

Joining the fair this year: Marvin Alexander Inc. (New York) with chandeliers, antiques and decorative accessories; Derrick Beard (Dubai & USA) with the remarkable manuscript written by Omar ibn Said, a Muslim slave in North America in the mid-1800s, which tells the story of his life, how he came to be captured in Africa, transported to America and sold into slavery; Darnley Fine Art (London) presenting a selection of Orientalist paintings together with topographical prints by the highly soughtafter Scottish artist David Roberts, based on drawings made while on his travels in the Middle East in the mid 19th century; Donzella 20th Century Gallery (New York) with examples of rare and important 20th century and contemporary American and Italian design; Sam Fogg (London) with Oriental and Islamic manuscripts, miniatures and works of art, rare printed books; Bernd Goeckler Antiques, Inc. (New York) with European furniture, lighting, objects and fine art 1920-1970; Jane Kahan Gallery (New York) who specialises in works of art such as paintings, sculpture, tapestries and ceramics by Modern Masters such as Picasso, Joan Miró, Fernand Leger and Marc Chagall; Brian Kish (New York) with examples of design by 20th century Italian architects; Fred Moheban Gallery (New York) with antique Oriental carpets and 19th century rugs, 16th-19th century antique tapestries; Nobility Art Society (Shanghai); Grant Macdonald (Dubai) with exquisite tablewares and silverware, including swords and precious objects; Ana Tzarev Gallery (New York) with a selection of contemporary paintings by the Croatian-born artist Ana Tzarev.

Among these exhibitors, those contributing to the room settings at the fair: Donzella 20th Century Gallery (New York); Bernd Goeckler Antiques, Inc. (New York); Cristina Grajales Inc. (New York); Brian Kish (New York).

Haughton International Fairs was established in 1982, and now organises six major international art fairs, in the US, UK, and now the Middle East, bringing together in total several hundred of the world's top art dealers and attracting thousands of visitors.