The most visited art fair in the world was the International Art Fair in Guangzhou
The Chinese event, which last year visited 200,000 people, surpassed in popularity of such "old-timers" of the art market, like FIAC, and ArtBazel
most visited art fair in the world is taking place every year in December, the International Art Fair in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. Such data are Italian researcher Stefano Baia Curio (Stefano Baia Curioni) in his article contained in the publication "Contemporary Art and the Art Market", prepared by the curator Maria Lind (Maria Lind) and sociologist Olav Veltheysom (Olav Velthuis). In 2011, a five-day fair was attended by 200,000 people.
In general, the five most visited art fairs in the world looks like this:
- International Art Fair in Guangzhou - 200,000 visitors;
- ARCO Madrid, Madrid - 160,000 visitors;
- India Art Fair, New Delhi - 128 000 visitors;
- arteBA, Buenos Aires - 120,000 visitors;
- FIAC, Paris - 85 000 visitors.
Interestingly, the top five were not included such prestigious events as the Swiss, "Art Basel", Frieze British and Dutch TEFAF. "Art Basel" was only the 7th line of the list: the oldest art fair shared this position from the start tomorrow in New York, the American Armory Show.
material was prepared by Mary Estrova, AI
Source : artinvestment.ru
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