Category: art fairs
-
This past June, Art Assembly, a company known for running major art fairs across Asia-Pacific, announced ambitious plans to launch a whole new international fair in Japan. Known as Tokyo Gendai, it is set to kick off in July 2023 with 80 to 100 international art galleries. Tokyo Gendai is hardly the only new art fair to…
-
Just last month, amidst the allure of being back at a real-life major art fair and seeing people buy art with their endless wealth, a few Frieze London exhibitors including Parisian gallery Mor Charpentier reportedly faced issues such as their art being held up in transport blockages. This was due to changing customs rules caused…
-
Art fairs, which faced the economic brunt of the pandemic, seem hell-bent on returning full force for their physical editions in the second half of this year but make no mistake, traditional art fairs are in crisis. After all, corporate or PR spin can only work for so long. This seems to be the case…
-
This year is not looking very good for global art fairs as they muddle through the impact of COVID-19 on travel and physical events. TEFAF Maastricht has been pushed twice from March to June and now to September, Frieze L.A. from February to July at a new venue. Art Basel, usually slated for June, has been postponed to September, with…
-
There have been a slew of announcements of late, with art fairs such as Art Basel, Switzerland, and TEFAF Maastricht, Netherlands, slated for the first half of 2021, being shunted to the second half of the year. Some observers are skeptical if the postponed fairs will even take place then. With no end in sight to travel…
Art Industry Insights With Reena Devi 