Monday, 11 November 2013

FIAC ART FAIR - PARIS / RECEPTION AT THE NETHERLANDS AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE




FIAC ART FAIR 2013 - PARIS

RECEPTION AT THE NETHERLANDS AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE

24 OCTOBER 2013






THE DUTCH EMBASSY IN PARIS HOSTS A RECEPTION FOR ARTISTS AND GALLERISTS FROM HOLLAND PRESENTING WORKS AT FIAC AND OTHER FAIRS, COLLECTORS AND SELECTED GUESTS. THE EVENT SHOWCASES THE SUPPORT THAT THE NETHERLANDS HAVE ALWAYS DEMONSTRATED TOWARDS THEIR CULTURAL PRODUCERS.





THE EXQUISITE HOTEL D'AVARAY WAS A GRAND AND INTERESTING BACKGROUND FOR THE EVENT WHERE GUESTS WERE ABLE TO EXCHANGE THOUGHTS WHILE ALSO ADMIRING THE BEAUTIFUL WORKS OF ART AND A MOST INTERESTING PORCELAIN COLLECTION.





RACHEL WILLIAMS FROM VILMA GOLD LONDON AND DIANA STIGTER FROM STIGTER VAN DOESBURG AMSTERDAM.



























ELLEN DE BRUIJNE FROM ELLEN DE BRUIJNE PROJECTS TALKS TO A MEMBER OF THE EMBASSY STAFF.








IMAGES OF THE ROYAL FAMILY WERE DISCRETELY PLACED AMONGST OTHER PHOTOGRAPHS OF AN INTERNATIONAL AND / OR PERSONAL NATURE.





THE MOOD WAS SET BY VERY LOW LIGHTING AND ARRAYS OF LIT CANDLES GIVING THE SOIREE A ROMANTIC AMBIANCE RECALLING EARLIER TIMES.



THE GUYS FROM VILMA GOLD LONDON WITH DAVID VAN DOESBURG FROM STIGTER VAN DOESBURG AMSTERDAM. ALSO DR. BART HOFSTEDE, THE CULTURAL ATTACHE OF THE DUTCH EMBASSY IN PARIS, TALKING WITH A GUEST.








VAN RUYSDAEL.




A VERY NICE COUPLE WHO ARE COLLECTORS.




























MARTIN RASMUSSEN FROM VILMA GOLD LONDON AND NOOR MERTENS FROM MUSEUM VAN BOIJMANS BEUNINGEN ROTTERDAM, AMONGST OTHERS.








A GENTLEMAN ENTERTAINS THREE COMPLETELY MESMERISED GUESTS.