Seattle Art Fair, presented by AIG, shares exhibitor highlights, along with specific times of performances in its Projects and Talks program for its second edition, running August 4-7 at CenturyLink Field Event Center. The Seattle Art Fair 2016, co-produced by Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Inc. and Art Market Productions, will feature over 80 exhibitors. The fair will kick off with the Beneficiary Preview, proceeds benefitting the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), on Thursday, August 4 at 5:30pm, followed by the official Opening Night Preview starting at 8:30pm. The fair continues August 5-7, with a diverse schedule of projects, talks, and events happening both on and off site.

“The second edition of the Seattle Art Fair will see some of the most important artists in the world, represented by the most highly regarded galleries working today,” said Max Fishko, Seattle Art Fair director and managing partner of Art Market Productions. “We are excited to mount an exhibition as unique, diverse, and beautiful as the city itself.”

The Seattle Art Fair has established itself as a boutique fair where collectors can acquire some of the best art in the world in an intimate setting, and is an essential destination on the art world calendar. The 2016 fair will include some of the most prestigious galleries worldwide, from such cities as Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Paris, Cologne, Seoul, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, and beyond. Highlights from participating galleries are available online at http://seattleartfair.com/galleries.

Following are select examples:

David Zwirner, New York, will present drawing by R. Crumb, painting by Suzan Frecon, and sculpture by Donald Judd and Sherrie Levine, among other works.

Other Criteria, New York and London, will launch a Damien Hirst limited edition of two new hand-painted porcelain sculptures, Myth and Legend.

Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, will present sculpture by Bernar Venet and Ivan Navarro, painting by Robert Motherwell and Mark Ryden, and a maquette by Roxy Paine.

Petzel Gallery, New York, will feature sculpture by Keith Edmier, drawings by Allan McCollum and Hiroki Tsukuda, and painting by Sean Landers.

G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, will offer photography by Lee Friedlander and Julie Blackmon, work on paper by Gala Bent, and painting by Susanna Bluhm and Robert C. Jones.

Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Seattle, will present a large-scale installation by Clay Apenouvon.

SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, will bring sculpture by Mariko Mori and Tatsuo Miyajima, and painting by Daisuke Ohba, Lee Ufan, and Toru Kamiya.

Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, will offer sculpture and painting by Kishio Suga, and painting by Shintaro Miyake and Satoshi Ohno.

The Seattle Art Fair Projects will debut a new series of special activities, performances, and installations to engage the fair’s public spaces, organized by Artistic Director Laura Fried.

On-site at the fair: An ambitious lineup of solo projects by an intergenerational group of emerging and established artists will be on view at the CenturyLink Field Event Center during fair hours. For full descriptions, visit http://seattleartfair.com/projects-talks.

Projects include: • Adam McEwen, Blue Gene 1 and Blue Gene 2, 2016 • Brenna Murphy, SequenceSource_Array, 2016 • Claire Falkenstein, Never a Full Circle: Selection of Works • Dawn Kasper, Star Formation, 2016 • Glenn Kaino, Aspiration, 2016; Twice daily tours August 5-7, 2016 during fair hours • Selection of new works by Jeffry Mitchell • Kishio Suga, Correspondence, 2006 • Public Fiction, A Witness and a Weapon: Middle grays, Color Bars and the comma in between* In two venues: The Seattle Art Fair and the Henry Art Gallery • Roxy Paine, Experiment, 2015 • teamLab, Sketch Aquarium; As part of its youth program, the fair presents a kid-friendly space in collaboration with the collective teamLab Off-site in adjacent neighborhoods: Site-responsive projects in Pioneer Square and the International District/Chinatown will celebrate the many facets of performance, highlighting interdisciplinary work and a collaborative spirit. For full descriptions, visit http://seattleartfair.com/projects-talks.

Projects include: • Brendan Fowler, Seattle, 2016 | Good Arts Building (110 Cherry St, Seattle, WA 98104); On view August 4-7, 2016 during fair hours; Performances scheduled on Saturday, August 6 at 6:00 pm and Sunday, August 7 at 5:00 pm • Flora Wiegmann, Halo of Consciousness, 2016 | Union Station (401 S Jackson St, Seattle, WA 98104); Performances scheduled for Friday, August 5 at 1 pm & Sunday, August 7 at 1 pm and 3 pm • Glenn Kaino, Aspiration, 2016 | Beginning at CenturyLink Field Event Center & Hing Hay Park (423 Maynard Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104); Twice daily tours August 5-7 during 3 fair hours; Tours conducted in Martian English and led by Timothy “Speed” Levitch. Register online at seattleartfair.eventbrite.com • Wynne Greenwood, In Loving Memory, 2016 | Occidental Square (117 S Washington St, Seattle, WA 98104) • Bebe Miller + Darrell Jones, Duet with Piece Of String, 2016 | Union Station (401 S Jackson St, Seattle, WA 98104); Performance scheduled for Friday, August 5 at 4pm • luciana achugar, The Pleasure Project, 2016 | Occidental Square (117 S Washington St, Seattle, WA 98104); Performance scheduled for Friday, August 5 at 10am Learn more about the Projects online at http://seattleartfair.com/projects-talks