Art Fair
Exclusive | Hong Kong art photography fair cancelled months ahead of its 2025 debut
Photofairs organiser Creo has scrapped plans for a Hong Kong version of the contemporary art fair for photography in March 2025, citing logistical issues, the Post has learned.
The Hong Kong fair was announced in July by London-based Creo, shortly after the cancellation of Photofairs New York, and was seen as a vote of confidence in the city’s art market despite a recent slump.
As its name suggests, the art fair specialises in photography and video, and was first held in Shanghai in 2014 to capture a less developed but more accessible segment of the art market.
In a statement, Creo said: “We have received great interest and engagement in Photofairs Hong Kong from our partners, local and international galleries, and the wider arts community. However, in light of recent logistical constraints, we are unable to hold the fair next year.”
Three passionate Lancaster based freelance artists, Hannah Corbett, Lidia Ranns, and Julie Evans, are uniting their creative forces to transform the city into a vibrant hub of artistic expression with the expanded Lancaster Art Fair (LAF), running from August 19th to 23rd, 2025.
This year, LAF is evolving into a larger, city wide festival, thanks to their dedicated collaboration and partnerships with established local arts organisations.
Source: Lancashire Post
Contemporary Lynx is a proud media partner of the SPARK Art Fair, which will take place from 21 to 23 March in MARX HALLE in Vienna.
SPARK Art Fair Vienna advocates for a new art fair concept, addressing the challenges of the art market. Based on a strong trust in art and the role of the galleries in the primary art market, SPARK Art Fair Vienna is the only international art fair focusing exclusively on solo presentations.
Read More:https://contemporarylynx.co.uk/lynx-x-spark-art-fair
On the plane back from Miami, I add up expenses versus income from this year’s Untitled Art Fair. It is our third year here, and our first bust. As a small Midwestern gallery, two major art fairs a year — Untitled in Miami and the Outsider Art Fair in New York — can generate a quarter of our annual income. Even more importantly, they help us develop a national collector base for regional artists. There is no other way to survive.
It is expensive to participate in more selective and carefully curated international fairs, such as Untitled. Our three-walled, 14 x 14-foot space cost $17,400. Housing for the staff, transportation, food, and additional framing rounded out the total to about $30,000.
Read more: https://hyperallergic.com/978630/my-small-gallery-lost-money-at-an-art-fair-it-hurt/
