La Biennale - Paris

Article paru dans le numéro du mois d’août du magazine Hongkongais The Peak 

"The Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie (FHH) is hosting an exhibition within the Biennale Des Antiquaries called The Mastery of Time, a six part journey into the evolution of horology starting at the sundial and ending with the modern complications we admire today.

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The exhibition in Paris will take visitors through the history of time technology divided up into six chapters. The first, Horology, A Child of Astronomy From The Origins To The Late 13th Century, opens with 2400 BC pieces, moves on to the 4th Century where hands and dials came into play in conjunction with astronomy. It explores the role of Julius Caesar’s empire building on inventing better methods of marking time, and ends with a look at 13th century European mechanical clocks.

Following this is the second chapter which focuses on Clocks to watches between the 14th and 16th Centuries. This predominately looks at the period when clocks were viewed more as fine artworks, putting them on a par with jewellery as collectable objet first, and reliable timepieces second. 

The third part of the exhibition looks at the growing precision within timepieces between the 16th and 18th centuries when the work of Copernicus marks a turning point in the history of thought and scientific progress. From 1500 to the late 18th century, aided by earlier discoveries, the making of timepieces reaped the benefits of fundamental inventions by such great minds as Galileo, Huygens, Hooke, and Fatio. It is during this chapter that watches gain much greater accuracy and the battle between fledgling watch companies to invent complications began.

The Industrial Revolution comes next and delves into the foundation of horology as an important industry in Europe, marked most memorably with the birth of the wristwatch, which made its first appearance in 1875. Manufacturing was dispersed across the UK France and Germany, but it was Switzerland that emerged strongest from this period.

The fifth and sixth chapters of the exhibition present more modern designs. Chapter five focuses on the growing popularity of quartz and the unprecedented precision of the atomic clock. From 2000 to the present day we have a revival of the wristwatch as a collectable and respected art form, while at the same time maintaining precise timekeeping and creating ever-more impressive complications.

Biennale Des Antiquaires has described the horological exhibition as “a journey through time in six parts, which bring to life the milestones in this constant quest to master time”.

The Biennale Des Antiquaires runs September 10-18."

Article paru dans le numéro de septembre 2016 du magazine Elle Déco

"La Biennale des Antiquaires se tiendra au Grand Palais du 10 au 18 septembre 2016 ... Comme une boule souvenir géante et à ciel ouvert, le Grand Palais révèle depuis plus de 50 ans la création, l'innovation, la culture et la mode... Pour ce nouvel opus, la Biennale des Antiquaires fédérera 125 exposants... 120 antiquaires, 4 Maisons de Haute Joaillerie du monde et des Maîtres d'Art ont répondu à ce très beau rendez-vous. Allons faire un petit tour sous la gigantesque verrière... "

Article paru dans le numéro de septembre de The Art newspaper Russie 

Article paru dans le numéro du mois de septembre du magazine Belle Demeure 

Article paru dans le numéro d'aout/septembre du magazine AD

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Always greeted by a spectacular scenography and an amazing lineup of exhibitors, the Biennale desAntiquaires event in Paris has been a must-attend event for more half a century and the quintessence of French “art de vivre. In september 2016, the Biennale des Antiquaires (GRAND PALAIS, from September 10th to September 18th) will complete a cycle to become an annual event from 2017, without abandoning what makes its exception

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For the first time, the selection of the exhibitors is made by an international committee of fifteen members, including members of the board of the SNA, curators, art historians and collectors.The “Biennial Commitee” of the 28th Biennale des Antiquaires is chaired by Henri Loyrette while the talented set designer Nathalie Crinière was tapped to create the scenography of this September edition.

After announcing in April an initial list of galleries that showcase the return of the Biennale des Antiquaires, the Biennale has confirmed a list of 124 exhibitors: 120 antique and four houses of Haute Joaillerie. In addition to French exhibitors, the 2016 Biennale participants include a selection of European and international galleries from Germany, Belgium, Canada, Spain, the U.S., Hong Kong, India, Italy, Monaco, and so on.

Comprised of two public collections – one of French prestige, the other international – and the mobilization of larger luxury watch houses via the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie, the 2016 Biennale will offer three exhibitions of distinct cultural and aesthetic experience. Collectors and visitors, in addition to discovering the masterpieces, jewelry, and selected objects on display, can also explore three unprecedented exhibitions in the history of the Biennale from Le Mobilier National in France, Russia’s State Hermitage Museum, and the Fondation de la Haute Hologerie in Switzerland.

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Grande entreé alla Biennale di Parigi per la galleria Robertaebastadi Milano che da quest’anno partecipa all’evento internazionale d’arte più prestigioso al mondo che si terrà dal 10 al 18 settembre, con il patrocinio del Presidente Fracois Hollande, al Grand Palais. 

Un altro tassello importante dopo il Brafa di Bruxelles e ilMasterpiece di Londra per la galleria milanese. «Siamo orgogliosi di essere stati selezionati alla Biennale di Parigi, lo consideriamo un traguardo importantissimo per la nostra Galleria», ha dichiaratoRoberta Tagliavini.

Operante dal 1967 nel settore dell'antiquariato, perito in occasione di manifestazioni importanti, iscritta al Sindacato Provinciale Mercanti d'Arte di Milano dal 1983 e membro del Syndicat National des Antiquaires, Roberta Tagliavini porterà alla Biennale di Parigi le opere italiane di importanza internazionale.

"展览时间：2016-09-10 - 2016-09-18
　　展览城市：法国 - 巴黎
　　展览地点：巴黎大皇宫
　　主办单位：法国立古董商工会
　　参展人员：Amedeo ModiglianiCarl Larsson
　　展览备注：预展：2016-09-09
　　展览介绍

　　由法国国立古董商工会（SNA，Syndicat National des Antiquaires）主办的第廿八届巴黎古董双年展（Biennale des Antiquaires）将于2016年9月10日至18日在巴黎大皇宫（Grand Palais）隆重举行，预展将于9月9日举行。" 

Article paru le 26 juillet 2016 dans le magazine italien Il Giornale Dell'arte

Raised in a music and art-loving Italian family living in Yorkshire, Dino Tomasso and his brother Raffaello, became passionate about art very early in their childhood. In 1993, the brothers started Tomasso Brothers Fine Art with a view to studying and dealing in European decorative arts from their home at Bardon Hall, Leeds [Yorkshire, UK], fulfilling their own passion for the field. Their first foray into the retail world came in 2008, when, strongly supported by Adam Williams in New York, they held their first major selling exhibition of sculpture. “Prior to this we’d spent two decades successfully supplying some of the world’s foremost art dealers with great objects, whilst remaining behind the scenes ourselves,” Dino explains. The gallery is participating for the first time this year in the Biennale des Antiquaires.

What will be the highlights of your booth?

Our stand will also feature a small, discreet exhibition of erotic art from antiquity to the neoclassical period that will include a recently rediscovered terracotta relief by the Swedish neoclassical master, Johan Tobias Sergel, of a satyr and a nymph crowned by Cupid.

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"Du 10 au 18 septembre prochain se tiendra l’édition 2016 de la Biennale des Antiquaires, installée comme à l’accoutumée sous la nef du Grand Palais. Rendez-vous incontournable des acteurs du marché de l’art, des passionnés et des curieux depuis plus de cinq décennies, la Biennale des Antiquaires connaît cette année un souffle de renouveau.

Alors que l’évènement était traditionnellement organisé tous les deux ans, les années paires, le rendez-vous devient annuel. Une décision historique et une « évolution nécessaire », selon Dominique Chevalier, président du Syndicat national des antiquaires, qui permettra à la Biennale de rivaliser avec le TEFAF de Maastricht et les autres foires consacrées aux antiquités et objets d’art."

Article paru dans le numéro de septembre 

Article paru dans le magazine AD Italie du mois de juillet/août 

Article paru dans le numéro de septembre de The Art newspaper Russie 

Article paru dans le numéro du mois de septembre du magazine Belle Demeure 

Article paru dans le magazine AD Italie du mois de juillet/août 

Many of the jewelry houses that participated in the 2014 Biennale des Antiquaires are not returning this year, but the Paris fair will still offer plenty of sparkle by opening its doors to new jewelers, like Cindy Chao (read story here) and Nirav Modi.

Born into a family of diamond wholesaler, Nirav Modi only established his eponymous brand in 2010, but it has quickly grown with boutiques in Delhi, Mumbai, and New York, plus three boutique in Hong Kong.

The jeweler is known for his innovate cutting technique, having created four unique diamond cuts (Jasmine, Endless, Ainra, and Mughal), as well as his Embrace collection of rings and bangles made of gold that stretch to fit any finger or wrist size.

He will unveil three unique pieces at the Biennale, including the “Emerald Maharani Necklace,” a three-strand necklace of graduated emerald beads (873 carats) complemented by oval and pear jasmine cut diamonds (146 carats) all of which brings to mind the splendor of the Maharajas.

The other pieces, “Ainra Waterfall Earrings” and “Fancy Colored Ainra Bracelet,” will showcase the Ainra cut where two curved diamonds are cut and set to create an all-diamond link.

Inspired by the fluidity in a waterfall, the earrings sport diamonds cascading down from a cluster of pear and marquise diamonds, while the bracelet mixes fancy champagne pink marquise diamonds and brilliant cut white diamonds.

Modi’s participation in the Biennale will help raise the jeweler’s profile amongst European collectors, and provides a timely launch for his latest boutique, the first in Europe, which is set to open on Old Bond Street in London this September.

Article paru dans le numéro de septembre 2016 du magazine Art et Décoration 

PARIS.- E & R Cyzer and Alon Zakaim Fine Art announced their inaugural collaboration, exhibiting as Cyzer & Zakaim at the 28th Biennale des Antiquaires, Paris. Their collaboration will for the first time bring to the public eye a number of fine paintings of distinguished provenance, and continues the close relationship between the two London art dealers.

A highlight to be exhibited on their joint stand will be a spectacular Wassily Kandinsky work on paper, Scharf, from 1928. This work boasts a compelling provenance, having been until recently in the important collection of Julia Wasserman, a well-known Connecticut representative and philanthropist who passed away in 2015. Mrs Wasserman was an avid collector of modern masterpieces, amassing a prominent collection with her husband in their home in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. Mrs Wasserman’s journey to public service and later to art patron was remarkable, as she escaped from Nazi Germany to New York in 1941 at the age of 14 and subsequently achieved her high rank through great determination. As a result, it is easy to see the reason for Mrs Wasserman’s attraction to the boldness and dynamism of ‘Scharf’. This work is from one of the pivotal moments of Kandinsky’s creative and intellectual career. It was conceived during the Bauhaus period, shortly after the publication of Kandinsky’s influential 1926 text Point and Line to Plane, where he further developed the theories of the Bauhaus on composition and space.

In addition, Cyzer and Zakaim will be showing a significant painting by Marc Chagall from a notable private collection. L’ane rouge, La Tour Eiffel, 1953, is infused with the passionate energy, colour, and romantic longing which defines Chagall’s work of this period. It is a wonderful example of the profound role the city played in the artist’s life.

Cyzer & Zakaim will also present an important Pissarro oil, Le Chou à Pontoise, painted in 1882. The work has outstanding provenance, having first been acquired by the director of Georges Petit galerie, and close friend of Mr Petit himself, Isidor Montaignac. The painting later passed through the hands of Paul Durand-Ruel in the 1920s. The short, swift brushstrokes in the painting pre-empt Pissarro’s Neo-Impressionistic style, and the subject of ‘Le Chou’ references the artist’s intimate dialogue with Cézanne and Gauguin during this period. Pontoise itself marked a turning point for the artist, fuelling his desire to capture a place scarcely painted by the more traditional French masters, and therefore contributing to the new vocabulary of landscape painting established by the Impressionists.

In addition seminal works by artists including Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, Henri Le Sidaner, Jean Dubuffet, Joan Miró and Raoul Dufy will be exhibited.

E & R Cyzer and Alon Zakaim Fine Art will continue to trade independently from their London galleries and look forward to expanding this partnership, showcasing a selection of their finest works as Cyzer & Zakaim.

Cyzer & Zakaim will be exhibiting on Stand N22, Biennale des Antiquaires, Grand Palais, Avenue Winston Churchill, 75008 Paris. The fair is open from Saturday 10th to Sunday 18th September. Opening hours are 11am - 8 pm (11am - 11 pm Thursday 15th).

Paru dans la Gazette de Drouot le 26/07/2016

"Grande entreé alla Biennale di Parigi per la Galleria robertaebasta di Milano che quest'anno partecipa all'evento internazionale d?arte più prestigioso  al mondo. La mostra che si terrà da sabato 10 a domenica 18 settembre 2016, con il patrocinio del Presidente Fracois Hollande, al Grand Palais, mitico monumento parigino, creato per l'esposizione universale del 1900.

La Biennale di Parigi è un appuntamento d'arte  internazionale fondata nel 1950 da André Malraux, ministro della cultura francese di allora, divenuto nel tempo un vero evento internazionale d'arte atteso da pubblico e dai collezionisti più attenti di tutto il mondo."