FIAC-2015 will be held in St. Petersburg?

One of the oldest European fairs of contemporary art Fiac (Foire International D'Art Contemporain) may be held in St. Petersburg in 2015.

This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the St. Petersburg vice-governor Vasily Kicheeli.

On Wednesday, February 12, he participated in a meeting on FIAC in St. Petersburg together with the director of the Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky, director of the French Institute in St. Petersburg by Michel Granzhe and Deputy Chairman of the Culture Committee Boris Illarionov.

“The Government of St. Petersburg and cultural figures relate to the possibility of FIAC in 2015 with undisguised interest. The international project of such a high level will attract the largest collectors of the world, experts in the field of art, museum workers, tourists to our city, and will also cause the interest of Petersburgers, introduce diversity into the rich cultural life of St. Petersburg, ”says Kichevzhi.

It is reported that the idea of ​​holding was supported by the granga and Piotrovsky. The latter proposed as the project sites the main headquarters of the Hermitage and the Exchange building on Vasilyevsky Island.

The Fiac Fair, along with Frieze , is one of the largest autumn art events in Europe, as well as one of the oldest fairs of contemporary art-the first Fiac exhibition called the International Salon of Modern Art took place in 1974.