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What not to do at ART FAIR?
"I get a bee in my bonnet when people complain about how commercial art fairs have become, how they're whores to filthy lucre. It's a commercial art-fair people, not a biennale!" — Horacio Silva, group editor-in-chief, Crane.tv
New York Times
As the number of art fairs worldwide reach 377+
What should be expect?
“Surprisingly, we haven’t given up as many fairs as we thought we would,” said David Leiber, a partner at the David Zwirner Gallery, which expects to participate in 17 art fairs in 2024.
OCULA:
With assistance from Hong Kong's Mega Arts and Cultural Events Fund, Art021 is going to lunch its first appear in Hongkong.
“Some 80 galleries will be selected by invitation only for the inaugural edition of the fair. Most will come from Hong Kong and China, but there are plans to include a focus on art from the Silk Road—countries in Eurasia central to Chinese leader Xi Jinping's Belt and Road Initiative.”
Artsy:
The 2023’s edition of ART021 sees a broad scope of artworks on view, varying in medium, size, and price point.
This is also the first fair after the pedemic, with many international galleries return to the fair.
CNN:
Collectros return to Asia’s biggest art fair despite cooling market
Since an earlier, sweeping national security law was imposed by Beijing on the city in 2020, many politically engaged artists have either self-exiled abroad or stopped creating works that are overtly critical of China. As one local artist at the fair put it, they have “remained silent.”
“Artworks without a political message are welcome,” he added, requesting anonymity for fear of reprisals.
The Art Newspaper:
A 'purposely regional' Taipei Dangdai fair suggests Taiwan's art market is slowly recovering from the pandemic
While Mainland Chinese exhibitors remain sparse due to visa restrictions and political tensions, local collectors came out in force.“Taiwanese dealers and collectors are quick to emphasise that it is normal to sell slowly during the opening days of Taipei art fairs. And so it is at the fourth edition of Taipei Dangdai (until 14 May), where despite upbeat energy and thronged corridors of the Nangang Exhibition Center, most dealers reported promising exchanges, but few big initial sales.”
Let’s Gossip 😁
Irena Kim, Art Basel’s the Global Head of VIP Relations once mentioned that now art fair is all about parties, even though Art Basel never host a single party during the fair.