September 1.
We just decided that our new assistant manager Vibeke Amundsen (interior designer) will take over this blog and write a summery every Friday. Still from Galleri Ramfjord - behind the scenes...
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fredag 2. desember 2016
onsdag 15. juni 2016
SCOPE Basel during Art Basel June 2016
Thursday June 9
We were thrown out of the fair around 6:00pm so we were forced to relax, if not we had probably been rearranging again until midnight😄
The booth looks great. This is just the first view, we will change the pictures after a few days.
Rearranged the booth again...
Started the day rearranging the booth again...we want all the artworks to be on display and we are taking paintings in and out of storage all day! Collectors really appriciate the paintings and we have gotten some really nice feedback!!!
A nice visit from Denmark!
Strike warning at Oslo AirPort so we decided to book new tickets for tomorrow from Gothenburg instead driving to Sweden tonight. We simply couldn't take the chance...the strike will begin tomorrow morning at 6:00am and the AirPort will close down. Anders is driving by the way...and as you can see in the picture, he is really happy😄
We arrived at the sweetest hotel in Gothenburg around 11:00pm just in time for a late snack at the hotelbar and a glass of whine.
Friday June 10
Coffee at the Roof terrasse
Woke up early just to find out that it's not going to be any strike, but here we are and the breakfast was heaven. Went to the AirPort around 11:00, no stress, a good night sleep, great coffee and a good mood.
Then we had to wait for 5(!) hours in Brussels because our flight was delayed. I don't even want to start on the strike issue...<%~#\}|<<^<?{
Arrived in Basel at 22:00 and went straight to dinner at a local restaurant. Basel has a population under 200k so a small city with nothing much going on. Except for next week during Art Basel. Then everybody escapes Basel because of all the visitors coming from all over the world to look at art!!!
Saturday June 11
We are bringing female artists to Scope Basel during Art Basel;
Ingebjørg Støyva (NO), Siri Gindesgaard (DK), Lene Kilde (NO) og Michelle Doll (US).
SCOPE BASEL CELEBRATES 10TH EDITION WITH NEW VENUE THREE BLOCKS FROM MESSEPLATZ
Woke up early and had breakfast at the hotel, everything is so clean and formal.
Was at the fair around 11:00 and our driver Øystein was early so we started unloading the car at 11:30. Everything was on scedule. A perfect day.
Got a great location at the fair right by the entrance!!!
Started hanging already at 12:00. Yay!
We have rearranged the booth like a million times, l think we are done!!!
Went to dinner at Wolkhaus restaurant near by the fair, very nice! We got back to the hotel around 23:00 and decided to go out again for a late night drink in the neighbourhood; "SMUK".
The bartender turned out to be a local artist and his girlfriend sitting in the bar, an art historian. We learn a lot about Basel and the art scene. Very interesting and it got way too late and way to much to drink. A great evening!!
Sunday June 12
Late breakfast and then back again at the fair. Following up in Oslo and Basel at the same time. The auction is going well and Iselin has control of everything in Oslo. So happy!
Anders decided to paint the podiums and l started rearranging again, the booth is a little "overloaded".
Monday June 13
Got up early, today we are moving to an appartment (AirBnb) not far from the hotel. We discovered that it was 200 meter from the hotel after we had to pay NOK 200 for a taxi one block, that's Switzerland!! Very nice small apartment, just what we needed. So much better than a hotel room😄
Got to the fair at 2:00pm and booket the electrician for turning our lights. Very excited about the auction in Oslo, had to work on follow ups there.
Anders is ironing shirts...and getting ready for tomorrow.
Good night from Basel!
Tuesday June 14
Platinium First view at 10:00...we are ready to rock!!!
Platinium first view 10-13, press and VIP 13-16 and vernissage 16-19...a busy day! Not that many visitors but we got to talk to everybody. All in all a good start!
Boring old couple going to the same restaurant every night... Why not?
Wednesday June 15
The fair is Opening for the public today...so excited!
Sending invoices, we have sold 4 paintings so far...a really good start!
søndag 29. november 2015
Scope Miami / Art Basel Week December 2015
Travel blog from Miami. We arrived late last night. Jetlaged and ate dinner at our usual place at the first floor of our Apartment building at Ocean Drive. A few blocks from where we are going to work for the next 10 days. We are going to participate at Scope art fair during Art Basel week Miami. It's our third time, but the first time we are traveling with support from OCA (office for Contemporary Art Norway). We are so greatful for this support, it also means less sleepless nights!! :-)
Day 1) November 29
Early morning. We woke up at 6:00 am and none of us were able to sleep. We are staying in the same apartment for the third year in a row.
We are now on our way to Scope at the beach, hoping that all our artworks has arrived... wish us luck!
Almost unbelivable. All the artwork has arrived. From Asbury Park, New York, London, Copenhagen and Oslo. We are missing 4 strecher bars ordered in Miami and our booth was not painted so waiting for the second layer now.
Luis Bivar brought his girlfriend from Portugal
Luis Bivar streching all the canvases.
Day 2)
Bianca and Kathrine woke up at 6:00 this morning. I was a bit luckier...got to sleep until almost 8:00.
Started the day at our local restaurant (with the most expensive, but best coffee we have tasted so far) when the rain started pouring down!
Its very convenient to be on the beach when the sculpture requires sand.
Sculpture by May Von Krogh,
Henrik Uldalen's strecher bars did not arrive on time so we sent Ole Marius to pick up some new ones in a taxi half way through Miami. So thankful, Luis Bivar streched them all and everything was ready in time.
Starting to look good...
All the lighting is done and we are ready for the opening tomorrow! It's been a long day.
Day 3)
The Scope Platinium first view and Press opening
It's over midnight and l just got home from a VIP dinner at MANA Miami. It has been an incredible day. Both collectors and press was amazed by our artists and both. There was two journalists from Praque who took a lot of pictures and said we had the best booth at Scope this year. They were writing for international magazines. So we will see...
We got a request from an entrepreneur if Gabriel Schmitz could do a big mural on a building in Miami in 2017. I will definitely follow up on that. And we sold a painting by Olav Mathisen to a collector from Basel.
The highlight of the day was that l was asked by a gallery in Chicago to curate a show with Norwegian artists in 2017!! That's a great opportunity both for my artist and the gallery.
I had to leave the fair around 6:00 to go to a VIP dinner and reception at Mana Miami in Wynwood. There was so much traffic that l was almost late...so nervous. I was invited by Eileen Kaminsky, the founder of ESKFF at MANA Contemporary and an important collector. (For you who doesn't know, l have collaborated with them for a year now and was offered a chair at their board this summer).
I was there at 7:00 and was velcomed by these guys. So classy. All the important collectors and buyers were there and l got to hand out some business cards. The ones with the USB sticks in them that everyone is so impressed with. (I even got a lawyers phone number earlier today because someone thought that l should get a patent on it:-) Then it was the dinner, speeches, the Miami Symphony orchestra played and everything was beautifully organized. So proud to be a part of it.
Eileen Kaminsky and me inside MANA..
After dinner we got a preview on the shows at Mana...
Tomorrow l will check with Bianca and Kathrine how the collectors mingling at Scope tonight went. I was not able to be there because of the dinner. They are both at sleep now. Can't wait to hear how it went.
So tired and jet lagged...good night from Miami!!
Day 4)
Second day at Scope, yesterday it was VIP and press. Today the fair opend for the public.
May Von Krogh's sculpture is getting a lot of attention. Everybody loves it, the beautiful meeting the grotesque...
A lot of people pointed out today that they like our booth, some even said that they think it's the nicest one at Scope. Yay!
It's been a good day and a lot of positive attention...looking forward to rest.
We think that the fair is really good this year. Very high quality of the works.
Some highlights at SCOPE:
Our favorite girls at Parlor Gallery, we just love them. Too bad that they are not our neighbors this year!
More to come, l have not seen the whole fair yet...its to busy and too much.
We were invited to a VIP opening at AQUA tonight and we all went. Got to say hello to Patrick at Vertical Gallery. We met him at scope last year and he got two of Olav Mathisen's paintings back with him to exhibit in Chicago.
Highlight of Aqua Artfair.
Good night from Miami!
Day 5) Sleep is overrated...just saying.
Got up early to join Eileen Kaminsky to a fabulous breakfast at a collectors house. Mingling and drinking Champagne at 9:30...not something l do everyday.
After breakfast Eileen and Gina (the director of ESKFF) went back to Scope with me. Eileen bought a painting of Luis Bivar and that was the first sale of the day.
Scope was crowded with people all day! We sold six pieces of Olav Mathisen and one of Peter Ravn in addition to the one by Luis Bivar. 8 all together. We are now half way through the fair and so happy with the result so far!
The installation by May von Krogh is getting a lot of attention. I really hope it stays in the US!
Day 6) after a rainy rainy night...
We had breakfast with a collector from New York at DIRT on 5th and Washington. Great new place which serves ecological food.
Crowded with people at Scope today despite of the bad weather!!
One cocktail at the fair before we left...they are serving free coctails all evening!
After the fair we were Invited to the Edvard Munch Art Award announcement by OCA and the Norwegian Embassy. Congratulations to award winner Camille Henrot! We met some fellow artists and gallerists at the reception. Great event and honored to be invited!
After the event we went to the VH1 Scope Party at Nikki Beach!
God night from Miami...it's been a really long day!!!
And then we told OCA and the Norwegian Consulate that Norwegian artist Olav Mathisen have been offered a recidency in Istambul and about Ole Marius' representation in NYC. All because of our presence at Scope!
Today has been a really busy day at the fair. It's been raining all day and we were so nervous that it was going to stop people from coming to the beach, but it was crowded all day. They promised us 45.000 people and l don't think that's an overstatement!!
Tap Tap, an Haitian restaurant with a live band...really cool place!
Our feet are swollen, our throats hurt and way to little sleep. But if you look away from all that, we are doing great!!!
Good night from Miami Beach.
Day 8) last day at Scope
It's 4:00am at Miami Beach and we are just finished wrapping up our booth. Now some wine and dinner in the middle of the night...yay!!! #SCOPEMiamiBeach #galleriramfjord #finito
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