How do you define a good fair? A commercial event dedicated to art, which offers such diversity and quality in a single setting (hopefully a pleasant one) that it allows the collector to avoid having to do the rounds of the other next fairs. For its 2017 edition, the...
In 2016, according to the Artprice database, Great Britain was in third place in the contemporary art market behind the United States and China. But Artprice bases these analyses solely on auction results. In fact, the London art market’s major annual event is the...
Old habits die hard in the art market. Tradition dictates that the beginning of the month of September in Paris is a time when antique dealers and auction houses put on special events seeking to display their most beautiful wares. They wish to profit from the...
On 25 and 26 May, the fifteenth edition of Loop took place in Barcelona. A one-of-a-kind fair devoted solely to video art, it takes an original formula for a genre that which is still finding its bearings. In a hotel in the city centre, 44 galleries each had a room...
Paris-Photo, the biggest fair dedicated to photography is held in the French capital for two decades now, and this year back again under the Grand Palais’ glass roof. The true benefit of this mega commercial show is that it attracts the very best specialists in the...
The setting is sensational: FIAC, which takes place from 20 to 23 October, is swelled with 186 galleries from 26 different countries and this year stretches beyond the Grand Palais into the Petit Palais (where 4o works are shown inside and out at the front). The main...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28PyEKAgxmo “You’ll see how we’re going to reboot the Biennale! My job it to put it back to the level where it should be. After all, we’re in the City of Light. This isn’t taking place in Maastricht. This event needs to...
When you travel around the world attending contemporary art fairs as I often do, you come to the realisation that these commercial events multiplying across the world are not unlike hotels. If luxury travellers are drawn to those grand, imposing palaces fitted out to...
'Basel is the Wimbledon of art. It’s the fair where you find the highest quality  in the world and where the most sophisticated collectors make an appearance. Even those further down players (galleries) in the rankings are happy to be included in the credits.’ Chris...
It’s a well-known fact, something that heralds a true revolution in the art market: contemporary art is nowadays in the ascendancy while modern and impressionist art, dealing with times gone by, is experiencing softer demand. It’s worth bearing in mind, though, that...
When it comes to art, there’s a strange microclimate in Brussels. The European capital is home to a surprising number of seasoned collectors with particular interests in those rather challenging art forms people tend to term avant-garde. One of the best illustrations...
‘There was a lot of expectation and nervousness when the fair opened its doors. Sales figures at Chinese auctions have been underwhelming but the contemporary art market is establishing itself strongly in Asia.’ Its through these nuanced arguments that Marc Spiegler,...