ACAF (Accessible Art Fair) is now in its thirteenth year and is returning to Bozar with a new selection of under-represented artists from October 10-13. Founded by Canadian arts entrepreneur and curator, Stephanie Manasseh in 2006, her mission has always been to offer a platform to self-representing artists. Artists are selected by our jury comprised of artworld heavyweights to ensure the quality of the works presented. Stephanie Manasseh - Founder & Director

October 10 - Opening event (By invitation only) October 11 and 12 day time open to public October 12 - Special DJ night with Simon de Pury October 13 - day time open to public

Simon will DJ an evening session in presence of the artists and guests

"For me, DJing is identical to auctioneering: If you're an auctioneer you want everybody to be actively bidding, and so the one thing that gives me an equal kick is to DJ because you instantly see the results of your work. " Selection committee ACAF 2019:

Simon de Pury Former Chief Auctioneer, Collector, DJ

Stephanie Manasseh Founder, Accessible Art Fair and Art Consultant for luxury brands

Kenny Schachter Curator, Art Dealer and Author

Serge Tiroche Collector and Art Fund manager

Sylvain Levy Co-founder Dsl Collection, Collector and Art Fund manager

John Volleman Art and Design Dealer

Sophie Clauwaert Art Consultant and Director of Art Expert

Melita Skamnaki Curator and Co-Director Double Decker

Federica Beretta Art Journalist and Gallery Director

Wilhelm Finger Curator and Co-Director Double Decker Shaune Arp Sales Associate Gagosian Gallery Frédéric de Senarclens Art Dealer and Founder of ArtMarketGuru Participating artists ACAF 2019:

Beddru (), Jan Tervoort (The Netherlands), Paméla Maria Schellekens (The Netherlands), Dayron Gonzalez (Cuba), Cécile-Audrey Taurines (), Juliette Agabra (France), Oliver Pavic (France), Jacques Deneef (Belgium), Truong Hoang Huy (Vietnam), Jean René Deravet Dappoigny (France), Cora Diaz F. (Peru), Claudia Landwehr (), Victoria General (Canada), Red Moon Collective (Egypt-India-Pakistan), Christian De Wulf (Belgium), Joel Kuntz (USA), Manu De Mey (Belgium), Stefania Nazzal (Switzerland), Gilles Dusabe (Rwanda- Switzerland), Yonatan Ullman (), Jehanne Hupin (Belgium), Fahar Al-Salih (Iraq), Marcus Callum (UK), Gerrit Matthijnssens (Belgium), Edward Rojas (Colombia), Richard Giacobetti (France), Pascal Mayeur (Belgium), Olivier Pirard (Belgium), Rafael Melendez (USA), Diana Valarezo (Ecuador), Krzysztof Szczurek (Poland), BrieucC (Belgium), Laetitia De Clercq (Belgium), Ross Lewis (USA), Myriam Eygemans (Belgium), Steven Thoelen (Belgium), Marco Schmidt (Belgium), Ikal Art Collective (Mexico-Argentina), Ellen Nauwynck (Belgium), Yann Guitton (France), Antar Dayal (Germany-USA), Sven Weigle (Germany), Ron Vissenberg (The Netherlands), Fab Rideti (France), VON ALLIN (Germany), Ilija Gubic (Serbia), Androulla Michael (UK-Cyprus), Naomi Kaempfe (Israel), Liya Jacobi (Israel), Studio Pratha (Italy), Nathan French (Wales), Jana Kleine-Kalmer (Germany), Jacques Meunier (Belgium) Guest of Honour Every year, ACAF chooses one exceptional artist as guest of honor This year, young, Flemish photographer Marie Wynants is ACAF’s choice to put forward. Her image ‘Shades’ is our hero image for 2019.

Bozar, rue Ravenstein 23, 1000 Brussels

Contact ACAF [email protected] www.accessibleartfair.com

FOR PRESS INFORMATION AND HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES:

BRAINSTORMING Avenue Brugman 16 1060 Brussels Belgium

Marie Taevernier: [email protected]