Art Fairs

The Art Show, the annual art fair (and one of the originals), hosted by the Art Dealers Association, threw open its doors at the Park Avenue Armory last night to welcome the usual crowds of veteran collectors and connoisseurs,…

It was the day before the VIP preview of the IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair when I cold called art advisor and collector Ralph DeLuca, best known for his collection of 5,000 vintage posters, and asked him if I could shadow him around…

In a tectonic shift for the industry, Art Basel’s global director Marc Spiegler has decided to depart the Swiss company after more than a decade at the helm. To replace him, the art fair’s prodigal son Noah Horowitz will return…

Dealers at Paris+ brought plenty of high-caliber art to the Grand Palais Éphémère. But not all of it was expensive. In fact, works were on offer for prices as low as €54 ($53). The launch of Paris+ par Art Basel inspired an…

The Asia Now art fair opened on Friday, October 21, in a glamorous new location at La Monnaie de Paris, a Neoclassical building that once housed the Paris Mint. With 88 participating galleries, presenting artists from some 40…

Paris+, like all art fairs, is highly competitive, with gallery stands vigorously promoting artworks and vying for the attention of collectors and curators. There is also intense competition when it comes to representing artists.…

A brand new art fair is like a first date.  There are buzzing nerves and a lot of questions. What’s the vibe going to be? Will you feel mutual attraction? What are you going to say when your friends ask you what you thought? This…

The Paris Internationale art fair opened its doors to the public today, October 19, with one of its decidedly “most ambitious editions to date,” according to show director Silvia Ammon. It also opened in what is now a very…

Curators and other representatives of art institutions from around the world—especially private museums—made a strong showing at the first edition of Paris+, according to exhibitors and information from fair organizers.  “There…

“Renaissance” was a common buzzword on the lips of the international art set in the French capital this week, for the debut of Paris+ by Art Basel. The term was being applied to the revival of Paris’s art market status, with the…