Event Item: 00008

Salzburg World Fine Art Fair 2007

Fair: 28th Jul 2007 to 4th Aug 2007

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The first Salzburg World Fine art Fair, will be held in Salzburg during the Salzburg Festival from 28th July until 4th of August, 2007. The world leading Antique Traders, Jewellers and Art Galleries are invited to display their treasures in the typically baroque palace of the Residenz zu Salzburg.

For the first time, the Salzburg World Fine Art Fair (SWFAF) will be held in the baroque rooms including the famous Carabinieri Saal of the "Residenz". The SWFAF will certainly reach an outstanding and international resonance, due to the conjunction of both the exclusive exhibition venue and the perfect timing with the Salzburg Festival. The festival was launched in 1920 by Richard Strauss, Max Reinhardt and Hugo von Hoffmanstahl drawing opera and music lovers from all over the world each Summer.

The exhibitors participating in this first edition of the Salzburg World Fine Art Fair, taking place in the magnificent rooms of the Residenz zu Salzburg, will display top quality pieces of fine art and antiques, jewellery and contemporary installations.

The "Residenz", a noble town residence built under the Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau and finished under Archbishops Paris Lodron and Guidobald Graf Thun from 1595 to 1619 in the heart of the historical city of Salzburg, birthplace of Amadeus Mozart, is without doubt the perfect venue for such displays. Yves Bouvier, President of the well known art shipping company, Natural Le Coultre, founded the more recent ArtCultureStudio to launch and manage art exhibitions such as the Moscow World Fine Art Fair taking place for the fourth consecutive year in 2007. Due to the pressing demand of the finest art and antique dealers and the heart warming support of the Salzburg authorities, Yves Bouvier together with Bruce Lamarche, decided to create a second no less prestigious event i.e. the Salzburg World Fine Art Fair, during the opening week of the festival.