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Art Basel In July: Art Basel Miami: Let the Fairs Begin!

by Art Fag City on August 25, 2008

Since it’s neither July or Art Basel, I figured I’d fill the last week of summer with 2007 posts from Miami. I will write regular posts as well — perhaps just not as many. Art Basel Miami, 2007, Photograph, AFC Let's get one thing straight: it's impossible to provide brilliant fair analysis one hour after […]

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Comic Con Versus The Art Fairs: The Results!

by Art Fag City on April 25, 2008

Art Fairs vrs Comic Con! By the end of this week Art Fag City’s Comic Con Versus The Art Fairs quiz will have either stolen or enriched roughly 40 seconds of over 12,000 people’s lives. Either way, we’re pleased! The test asks readers to identify Comic Con and Art Fair attendees; some of whom we […]

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Comic Con Versus the Art Fairs!

by Art Fag City on April 21, 2008

Comic Con 2008, photo AFC If you like automotive trade fairs, then Comic Con will be right up your alley. Though it's a different product, you'll undoubtedly experience the same level of crass commercialism; those wishing to purchase figurines, video games, or benign swords of some kind will have their pick of products. Sadly however, […]

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Art Fag City at the L Magazine: Admission Prices at Art Fairs

by Art Fag City on April 9, 2008

“I've seen seven art fairs in the space of four days, so the 'current state of the art world' is making my brain explode,” I told grad students at Rutgers recently, when asked to assess the contemporary field of fine art. Not that art fairs should necessarily affect our ability to see art, the issue […]

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Art Fairs: Location Location Location

by Art Fag City on March 21, 2008

Artlog’s handy fair map It’s been a while since we discussed the locations of the various New York fairs, so I thought it might not be a bad idea, particularly in light of a few recent moves. Pulse moves to the Piers. I liked their old location at Lexington Avenue and 26th Street too — […]

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Largest Red Dot of all the Fairs Spotted at Scope

by Art Fag City on December 11, 2007

Red dot approximately 1/2 inch in circumference.  Photograph AFC  I think it’s safe to say this work sold.

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Not Miami Fairs: Martin Bromirski’s White Columns Slide Registry

by Art Fag City on December 8, 2007

Screengrab AFC Ouch! After observing the effective shut down of White Column’s slide registry for emerging artists under the tenor of Matthew Higgs, artist Martin Bromirski decided to update his work. Presumably in response the director’s statement “I don’t sympathize with empowerment, survival, battle, frustration and struggle” and “my practice as a curator is largely […]

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Okay, Now the Fairs Really Begin: Famous Matching Bald Hermaphrodite Artists Spotted in Miami!

by Art Fag City on December 6, 2007

EVA and ADELE at Fed-Ex/Kinkos. Photo AFC OMG! OMG! I just spotted the bald hermaphrodite twins of art in a Miami Beach Fed-ex/Kinkos! As I understand it EVA and ADELE consider having their picture taken their art, but rather than give them what they already had, I figured a clandestine shot from outside the building […]

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Art Basel Miami: Let the Fairs Begin!

by Art Fag City on December 5, 2007

Art Basel Miami, 2007, Photograph, AFC Let’s get one thing straight: it’s impossible to provide brilliant fair analysis one hour after you’ve seen the thing. I can’t tell you how well Art Basel has performed — I don’t know yet — but if it means anything my instincts tell me it’s not bad. I liked […]

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The Miami Art Fairs; A Preliminary Look Based on Email Functionality

by Art Fag City on November 26, 2007

For those who don’t think they’ll be reading enough Miami Fair Coverage next week when we attend the fairs, our morning spent on filling out press credential applications has inspired at least one pre-fair prediction.  Perhaps unfairly, ArtNowFair currently holds the lowest prospects because the primary  email address listed on their site isn’t functioning.  To […]

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