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If you know how to decode the language of the art market, you will notice that the usually rosy fair reports in the relevant media are unusually restrained when it comes to this year's Art Basel Hong Kong. Harrison Jacobs observes for Artnews: ‘At the blue-chip and mega-galleries, sales were swift, with many works pre-sold or already on hold by ... read more
Christiane Meixner from the Tagesspiegel newspaper sees room for improvement at the Spark Art Fair in Vienna: ‘Not everything is consistently at this level and some absences of important galleries from Austria are due to the parallel event Stage in Bregenz. [...] The new team at Spark since last year, Walter Seidl and Jan Gustav Fiedler, have made the cut, ... read more
Ursula Scheer describes in the FAZ (Paywall): ‘The aim of the new managing director Dominique Savelkoul is to maintain and expand the position that has been established over decades. As the first Belgian to hold the position, which has seen a lot of change in recent times, she comes from the Mu.ZEE in Ostend and has a few cautious innovations ... read more
Paul Ingendaay sees Arco in Madrid as being well positioned in his fair report for the FAZ. However, VAT is also an issue here: ‘The dispute over Spanish VAT on the purchase of works of art remains unresolved. López complains that the 21 per cent in Spain – compared to seven per cent in Germany and 5.5 per cent in ... read more
It's hard to grasp the Outsider Art Fair with conventional standards, so Tessa Solomon from Artnews tries a different approach: ‘The best and worst of the Outsider Art Fair, which opened to the public Thursday night, seems to come down to clutter. There's the material excess routinely spilling out of the booths, which sometimes feels captivating, like exposing the machinery ... read more
Regine Müller is impressed by the relaunch of Art Karlsruhe, as reported in the Handelsblatt: ‘The last Art Karlsruhe attracted 50,000 visitors. This year, three days before the opening, there were already twice as many registrations as last year. The concept seems to be working.’ Christiane Meixner, writing for the Tagesspiegel (possible paywall), takes a ... read more