Fair Art Berlin in 2020 will not take place
ARTinvestment.RU   13 декабря 2019

The main reason for the cancellation in Germany, the contemporary art fair the past three years held in the former airport "Tempelhof", according to the organizers, were the lack of funding and the General unprofitability of the project

the Decision on closing of the fair, even though it seems sudden, was not altogether unexpected. From the parent company-организатора fair Koelnmesse is involved in another fair, Art Cologne, has long had questions to Berlin. More — to the venue of the fair and the public support of the project (or rather, its absence): sponsorship and own funds are not enough, and to lease the former airport each year had again, and new conditions.

After several weeks of meetings and organizational matters by Koelnmesse CEO Gerald Böse made a statement in which he noted that "in these conditions, we currently see no possibility to hold in Berlin, an event that could meet our expectations", stressing that "all the attention, more than before, from now on will focus on the fair in Cologne".

the Material was prepared by Maria Kuznetsova, AI

Source: news.artnet.com