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			The UNIVERSAM is an international art fair created by artists. Russian as well as foreign artist collectives, associations, and artist-run galleries will participate. The fair was organized with the support of Supermarket art fair, Stockholm, Sweden. UNIVERSAM means to become a platform for artists to meet, communicate, and exhibit their works. The program will include lectures, roundtables, concerts, etc. Each participating group will receive an exhibition booth of no less than 15 square meters, a spread in the catalogue, and an announcement on UNIVERSAM’s website.  The UNIVERSAM art fair will take place  in the very center of Moscow on the territory of the publishing house Izvestiya, a classical constructivist building from the 1920s, located on Pushkin Square. Izvestiya’s large premises, including a conference hall, a stage, and a buffet, have all been made available to UNIVERSAM. Applications for participation in UNIVERSAM will be considered by a council of experts. Similar projects exist all over the world. The  Supermarket art fair in Stockholm, for example, takes place annually. This past year, Moscow’s ABC gallery was a participant. Examples of how it works:  UNIVERSAM’s council of experts:  The council’s members are artists and related professionals with organizational, teaching, and promotional experience. Maxim Iliukhun — artist, curator, and art manager. Iliukhun is the co-founder and manager of ABC gallery, which has been active in Moscow’s contemporary art scene since 2004. Participant in Russian and foreign exhibitions and fairs. Stas Shuripa —artist, curator, and lecturer. He teaches contemporary art at the Institute of Problems of Contemporary Art, Moscow, and at Valand School of Fine Arts (Goteborg, Sweden). Participant in Russian and foreign exhibitions and fairs. Liza Plavinskaya —Russian critic, art dealer, curator, art critic, and artist. She is the owner and the curator of the gallery "OGI Street « and «Liza P». Participant in Russian and foreign exhibitions and fairs. Anton Litvin — artist, curator, and art manager. Participant «ESCAPE program», housed in the Russian pavilion at the 2005 Venice biennial. Owner and the curator of the Moscow gallery «ru. LTVN», founded in 2006. Nominee for the Kandinsky, Innovation, and Black Square awards.  We invite artists to participate.  For further information or to contact any of the council members, please write: