The list is out! Over 70 leading galleries from all over the globe will participate in 6th edition of Art Dubai 2012 that will take place in March 21-24, 2012, at Madinat Jumeirah, UAE. Featuring selected roster of art galleries and dynamic young spaces from 31 countries across the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas and Australia.

New participants in 2012 include Arndt (Berlin), Rodolphe Janssen (Brussels), Lombard Freid Projects (New York), Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke (Mumbai), The Pace Gallery (New York, London, Beijing), Galerie Perrotin (Paris), and Platform China (Beijing).

Galleries returning from 2011 include Athr Gallery (Jeddah), Chantal Crousel (Paris), Experimenter (Kolkata), Goodman (Johannesburg, Capetown), Grey Noise (Lahore), Marianne Boesky Gallery (New York), Sfeir-Semler (Hamburg, Beirut) and The Third Line (Dubai).

Galleries planning artist focus shows include Mumbai’s Chemould Prescott Road, with new works by Shezad Dawood; Argentinian galleries GC Estudio de Arte and Galeria Teresa Anchorena with a stand featuring kinetic sculpture; and Impronte Contemporary Art (Milan), which specializes in contemporary video and photography from Central Asia.

(Marker) the curated section of ‘concept stands’ launched in 2011, this year turns its focus to the Indonesian arts scene. Commissioned by Art Dubai, the renowned, Yogyakarta-born curator Alia Swastika has invited five Indonesian galleries – Ark Galerie, Biasa Artspace, Galerie Canna, D’Gallerie, and Jogja Contemporary – to participate; they are now working with artists to produce new work for the fair in March 2012.

Here is the list of participating galleries in Art Dubai 2012:

Aaran Art Gallery, Tehran
Agial Art Gallery, Beirut
Aicon Gallery, New York/London
Aidan Gallery, Moscow
Alexander Gray Associates, New York
Ark Galerie, Jakarta*
Arndt, Berlin
Artside Gallery, Beijing/Seoul
Artspace, Dubai
Assar Art Gallery, Tehran
Atassi Gallery, Damascus
L’Atelier 21, Casablanca
Athr Gallery, Jeddah
Ayyam Gallery, Beirut/ Damascus/Dubai
Biasa Artspace, Bali*
Bischoff/Weiss, London
Bolsa de Arte, Porto Alegre
Galeri Canna, Jakarta*
Carbon 12, Dubai
Cardi Black Box, Milan
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai
Connoisseur Contemporary, Hong Kong
Galleria Continua, San Gimignano/Beijing/Le Moulin
CRG Gallery, New York
Galerie El Marsa, Tunis
Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon
D’Gallerie, Jakarta*
Experimenter, Kolkata
Frey Norris Contemporary & Modern, San Francisco
GC Estudio de Arte, Buenos Aires
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg/Cape Town
Green Art Gallery, Dubai
Green Cardamom, London
Grey Noise, Lahore
Grosvenor Vadehra, London
Hosfelt Gallery, New York/San Francisco
Hunar Gallery, Dubai
Galerie Hussenot, Paris
Impronte Contemporary Art, Milan
In Situ/Fabienne Leclerc, Paris/New York
Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai
Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut
Jogja Contemporary, Yogyakarta*
Kalfayan Galleries, Athens/Thessaloniki
Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich
Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
Leila Heller Gallery, New York
Lombard Freid Projects, New York
Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Brussels/Paris
Nettie Horn, London
October Gallery, London
The Pace Gallery, New York/London/Beijing
Paradise Row, London
Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York
Pi Artworks, Istanbul
Galerie Perrotin, Paris
Piece Unique, Paris
Pilar Corrias, London
Platform China, Beijing
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
Rose Issa Projects, London
The Running Horse, Beirut
Selma Feriani Gallery, London
Seven Art Limited, New Delhi
Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg/Beirut
Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
Galerie Tanit, Munich
Tashkeel, Dubai
Galeria Teresa Anchorena, Buenos Aires
The Third Line, Dubai
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FYI: In 2011, Art Dubai welcomed over 20,000 visitors, including 60 international museum groups!

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