artnet® and abc art berlin contemporary Announce Three Year Collaboration Beginning with This Year’s Exhibition September 5-7

artnet and abc art berlin contemporary are pleased to announce a three-year joint collaboration beginning with this year’s art berlin contemporary exhibition September 5-7, 2008.

New York, NY and Berlin, Germany (PRWEB) September 2, 2008 -- artnet and abc art berlin contemporary (www.artnet.de/abc) are pleased to announce a three-year joint collaboration beginning with this year's art berlin contemporary exhibition September 5-7, 2008.

artnet is the leading online resource for the international art market. abc is a new contemporary art exhibition which features the works of 74 artists from over 40 Berlin galleries, including Thomas Hirschhorn, Daniel Richter, and Rirkrit Tiravanija. This year's exhibition, curated by the renowned art historian and independent curator Ariane Beyn, will focus on sculpture, installation and the projected image.

In conjunction with the exhibition, artnet and abc have jointly published an official art berlin contemporary Guide covering all 74 participating artists with text in English and German written by artnet's editorial staff.

This newspaper format publication will be offered in limited edition beginning September 4, 2008 for %u20AC 3.00. artnet will also provide an online version of the guide, offering the complete text of the printed version as well as additional market information on each artist at www.artnet.de/abc.

"We are delighted to see Berlin's galleries create such an exciting exhibition, and pleased to support the development of Berlin as a vital part of the international art market," said Thomas Eller, Executive Manager of artnet, Germany.

View the Official Guide to art berlin contemporary at www.artnet.de/abc

About art contemporary berlin:

•abc Exhibition at Postbahnhof Gleisdreieck

•Opening: September 4th, 2008, 6-10pm

•Exhibition: September 5-7, 2008

Luckenwalderstrasse 4-6, 10963 Berlin

•Opening hours: 10am – 8pm

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