Art Fair
The New and Upcoming Galleries To See at This Year’s Melbourne Art Fair
Melbourne Art Fair, one of the biggest events on Australasia’s cultural calendar, returns for four days this February showcasing contemporary art from across the region. From February 22 to February 25, over 60 galleries will exhibit in the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Visitors can see both iconic, well-known works alongside new art from both local and international artists. To support the next generation of art dealers, the Melbourne Art Foundation subsidises booths for galleries established after 2016, allowing them to shine alongside some of the country’s most esteemed names. This year 11 exciting new galleries are on the line-up. Here’s who you can look forward to.
Coma (Gadigal Country/Sydney)
Founded by Sotiris Sotiriou in 2016, Coma began as a contemporary art space showcasing international artists at all stages of their careers and began representing artists in 2022. The gallery has exhibited a diverse range of artists who have gone on to show in major museums, biennales and galleries around the world. At this year’s fair Coma presents a solo show of new works by Shan Turner-Carroll, an Australian artist of Burmese descent who works across photography, sculpture, performance and film.
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.
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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/
