AXA Art is extending an invitation to members of the Canadian art, business, insurance, design and lifestyle media to visit its “Space” at the Toronto International Fine Art Fair on Friday, October 3, 2008 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 pm.
On view will be furniture and material designs by avant-garde space design studio Molo along with a group of signed 18th century French furniture with original mounts by known cabinet makers, provided by acclaimed antiques dealer, Jonnys Antiques Ltd. Profiling the history and warmth of high quality antiques with the energy and excitement of contemporary design serves to bring attention to the inherent fragile nature of cultural heirlooms and the importance of proper care and preventive maintenance to preserve them for future generations.
AXA Art recently announced its newly-formed partnership with the Toronto International Art Fair (TIAF), where the company will serve as exclusive art insurance partner of TIAF and offer complementary specialist art insurance consultation service onsite at the fair. Every year TIAF presents a diverse speakers program highlighting current issues in both private and institutional collections as well as providing context to on site projects. With the proficiency of its international art historians and relationship with renowned curators, appraisers, shippers, handlers and tax consultants around the world, AXA Art will collaborate with TIAF to profile topics in collecting and protecting art, as part of the fair’s cultural programming.
Journalists are invited to engage AXA’s senior managers led by President and CEO of AXA Art Insurance Corporation, Christiane Fischer; Vice President & Senior Fine Art Underwriter of AXA Art, Ann-Louise Seago, who will be available to answer questions about AXA’s newly-created partnership with the Toronto International Art Fair, trends in the contemporary art world and collection management. Don’t miss an opportunity to experience a guided tour of TIAF in English or French, curated by AXA Art’s in-house fine art experts.
Jonnys Antiques
For over 40 years Jonnys Antiques Ltd. has dealt in and advised on antiques and decorative arts, ranging from 1750’s Chelsea porcelain to Nakashima furniture of the 1940’s. The principle focus is signed, documentary and designed objects— that have substance. The show rooms are in the village of Shakespeare, 85 miles west of Toronto, with a small gallery in Toronto at the Four Seasons Hotel. Jonnys advice to collectors is simple: “Learn and buy the best” (that you can afford). www.jonnysantiques.ca.
Molo
Molo is dedicated to materials research and exploration of space making. The design of Molo products grows from Forsythe + MacAllen’s architectural explorations. Molo’s soft line of products have received numerous international awards, and its softwall and softseating have been acquired into the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, in New York. Molo is based in Vancouver. www.molodesign.com,
AXA Art
AXA Art is the leading global art insurance specialist. The company insures objects in every active area of serious collecting, that includes paintings, drawings and sculpture to rare stamps, antique furnishings and vintage vehicles. AXA Art serves a wide range of clients, from first-time purchasers to the world’s most respected collectors, as well as individual artists, museums, galleries, corporations and public exhibitions. For more information visit www.axa-art.com, In Canada insurance services are provided by AXA Canada.
