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52 modern painters october 2017 Blouinartinfo.com blouinartinfo.com october 2017 Modern Painters 53 Come October19, collectors and art lovers from around the world will once again convene in Paris for the latest in contemporary art, thanks to FIAC, the annual International Contemporary Art Fair. “The Lafayette sector this year is particularly exciting, with 10 galleries from eight countries including Kosovo, Eygpt and India,” said Jennifer Flay, who has been the director of the festival since 2003. Flay, a native of New Zealand, has a long Chistory in the field. Born in 1959 in Auckland, she began her art history studies in New Zealand and pursued her education in France from 1980 thanks to a scholarship from the French government. From 1982 to 1987, she worked in several contemporary art galleries (Galerie Catherine Issert, Daniel Templon et Ghislaine Hussenot) and took an active part in the participation of these galleries in international fairs in Paris, Clockwise from bottom, Basel, Chicago, Madrid, Los Angeles and What are some interesting artworks we far left: Jennifer Flay, the director of FIAC; Amsterdam. During this period, Flay can look forward to at FIAC 2017? , collaborated, notably, with Carl André, There are many things that I am particularly the venue Flay recom- mends for all those with a Jean-Michel Basquiat, Christian Boltanski, looking forward to, for example Henry classical taste in music. Keith Haring, Richard Serra, Lawrence Taylor’s solo exhibition at Blum and Poe. His The Jean Nouvel-de- Weiner and Franz West. paintings, for which the subject matter signed building is a work of art in itself; she also In 1990, Flay founded her own gallery in consists of social and political issues recommends Sainte Paris. La Galerie Jennifer Flay (1990-2003) affecting African Americans today, have Chapelle as a must-visit destination in Paris for the

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