Participate in Art Fair Essen:

The Aim contemporary art ruhr (C.A.R.), the innovative contemporary art fair, takes place within an excellent industrial architecture, the World Heritage Site Zollverein, located in Essen. C.A.R. consists of two annual art fairs that have been taking place in several halls at Essen’s Zollverein World Cultural Heritage Site since 2006: the media art fair in summer and the fair for contemporary art in autumn.

• The location: The World Heritage Site Zollverein, with its unique architectur, located in Essen. Formerly the world’s largest coal mine, Zollverein is also known as “the most beautiful coal mine”. designed in New Sobriety style, it is regarded as one of the most impressive monuments of the industrial age and is now a centre of the Ruhr metropolis’s creative industry. 

• The concept: With an open exhibition space art and communication will be the focus; communication barriers between participants and visitors are disappearing.

• The participants: with a choice of exhibitors that make perceptible blend of innovation and quality within their conception.

• The support: with high quality – and the option of individual and uniting all interested galleries of contemporary art, renowned art projects and institutions as well as selected young artists. 

• The Conception: In an open exhibition situation you may present your art work and make a concept concept. Every exhibition space has the same size, min. 2,20 m x 2,20 m, every participating artists gets 1 exhibition space. Every space will be determined by the management. In case of exhibiting photography or two-dimensional artworks we provide you according to availability 1 side of an exhibition wall, 2,40 m broad x 2,15 m high x 0,40 m deep, wooden, one side useable.

Criteria of C.A.R. Fair Germany:

• provable professionalism
• quality of art work
• innovative conception
• be a new talent