#miart2024 – Emergent section

Now internationally recognised for its focus on experimental practices and promotion of the contemporary scene, miart’s renowned Emergent?section returns for its 7th?run at the 28thedition of miart - the international modern and contemporary art fair, organised by Fiera Milano SpA and set to run from 12 to 14 April 2024, with a VIP preview on 11 April.

Curated by Attilia Fattori Franchini ,?Emergent?is dedicated to newer talents, and the relevance it offers to up-and-coming artists and galleries makes it ever more of a?research laboratory?year after year.

This year’s section will present?23 galleries across 22 booths,?strategically positioned at the fair’s entrance,?at the beginning?of the exhibition route to give?more prominence to?the coming generation. Continuing the trend of the past two years,?Emergent?features many cases of international participation, with?15 of 23 galleries?coming from abroad.?There are 12 new entries?but no shortage of returning exhibitors and a selection of names that will move on to the?Established?section.

Aware of the fundamental role that fairs play in launching new talents,?Attilia Fattori Franchini?asked galleries to present either?solo, two artists in dialogue or research projects, in a bid to offer the viewer a more ambitious section with projects designed specifically for miart.

?There is great support for more demanding practices like installation, video and performance this year, alongside photography and sculpture, with a robust return of figurative and abstract painting, in keeping with contemporary international trends.?

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Some the most interesting galleries this edition are?Sweetwater?(Berlin), focusing on smaller formats and presenting a dialogue between the photography by Megan Plunkett and the sculpture by Bill Walton (1935-2010) – both using the language of minimalism and assemblage to represent the inner world;?Arcadia Missa (London) presents a booth dedicated to sculpture with Turner Prize winner Jesse Darling, Jan Vorisek and Nnena Kalu, an artist who developed her practice through?ActionSpace, a studio for artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities;?Lovay?(Geneva) presents an exhibit of specially created folded paper works by Marie Gyger;?ZAZA'?(Milan) presents a solo exhibit by the young figurative painter Giorgia Garzilli (Naples 1992) that explores the impact of visual narratives in the construction of reality. Making a return are the?Bel Ami (Los Angeles) and?Sans Titre?(Paris) galleries, focusing respectively on figurative painting with the dreamlike work of British artist Alexis Soul-Gray, and Robert Brambora’s cityscapes inspired by the sci-fi cinema of?Blade Runner?and?Tarkovsky.

diez?(Amsterdam) puts the clay reliefs of Anna Bella Papp and the pictorial illusions of the American Peter Brock in dialogue while?Gathering?(London) explores the sculptural possibilities of textiles with Soojin Kang’s solo exhibit.?Roland Ross?(Margate) puts Nicola Gunnarsson’s fashion-inspired textile canvases in dialogue with Lawrence Leaman’s sculptures.?City Galerie?(Vienna) presents an?all-female?exhibition with sculptures by Julia Znoj, Stefania Batoeva and the works of Karoline Br?gger, while?Matta?(Milan) dedicates its participation to the expressionist paintings of Maximilian Arnold.?Baleno?(Rome) proposes a dialogue between Dario Guccio’s figurative work and Bogdan Ablozhnyy’s sculptural juxtapositions,?Caravan?(Oslo) puts Stefano Faoro’s works in dialogue with Runhild Hundeide’s abstract canvases, while?Triangolo Art Gallery?(Cremona) proposes an imposing sculptural installation by Francesco de Bernardi.?Eastcontemporary?(Milan) and?Eugster?(Belgrade), the only galleries in the section that are sharing a booth this year, will present a sculptural dialogue with works created especially for the fair by Giulia Cretulescu and Julia Zaharijevi?.

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ADZ, Lisbon |?Arcadia Missa, London |?ArtNoble gallery, Milan |?ASHES/ASHES, New York |?Baleno International, Rome |?Bel Ami, Los Angeles |?Sébastien Bertrand, Geneva |?CARAVAN, Oslo |?Gian Marco Casini Gallery, Livorno |?City Galerie Wien, Vienna |?diez, Amsterdam |?DS GALERIE, Paris |?eastcontemporary, Milan |?Eugster || Belgrade, Belgrade |?Gathering, London |?Lovay Fine Arts, Geneva |?MATTA, Milan |?Roland Ross, Margate |?Sans titre, Paris |?Sweetwater, Berlin |?Triangolo Art Gallery, Cremona |?Federico Vavassori Gallery, Milan |?zaza',?Milan - Naples.