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FIAC

A wide view of a historic glass-roofed exhibition hall filled with art fair booths and crowds circulating across multiple levels.

Art Fairs at a Turning Point: Why Galleries Can’t Afford to Go—but Can’t Afford to Stop

After decades of unchecked expansion, economic realities are forcing fairs to become more selective, more regional and more accountable.
By Elisa Carollo
Kamel Mennour stands outside his Paris gallery, leaning against a stone wall with arched blue-framed windows featuring bold yellow and magenta panes.

Kamel Mennour On 25 Years of Building a Parisian Powerhouse

“I had no competition. There was nothing in front of me,” the dealer tells Observer. “I had this vision that I wanted to make it in Paris. Paris was my city.”
By Elisa Carollo
Visitors at Frieze London 2023

Mastering the Fall 2024 Art Fair Circuit: A Collector’s Guide

Amid market shifts and economic volatility, both new and seasoned collectors can seize unique opportunities from the fall 2024 art fairs lineup through clarity and precision.
By Megan Fox Kelly

Kamel Mennour Reflects on Transforming France’s Art Scene

By Juliet Helmke
Donald Trump, clearly already as master of romancing the microphone.

Donald Trump’s Handwriting Is Now a Free Font, Taylor Swift Museum Show Heads to NY

By Alanna Martinez
Art Basel Miami Beach.

6 Art Fairs Across the Globe to Kick Start Fall

By Alanna Martinez
Jeff Koons, detail of Gazing Ball (Turner Ancient Rome), 2015.

Balls for Hillary (A Fundraiser), FIAC Fears Compound … And More

By Guelda Voien
Super Mega dealer, David Zwirner.

Armenia Tries to Seduce Art Tourists, Sotheby’s Is ‘Not ISIS’ … And More

By Guelda Voien
Damien Hirst, 'For the Love of God, ' 2007. (Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd./Getty Images)

Frieze Schedule Rattles Art World, Damien Hirst Plots an Art Basement, and More

By Guelda Voien
Allan Kaprow, Sweet Wall, (1970). (Photo: Dick Higgins)

Help Artist Rashid Johnson Build a ‘Shea Wall’ in Paris

By Alanna Martinez
FIAC 2012. (Photo courtesy Getting Images)

Inaugural French Art Fair in L.A. ‘Postponed’ to Early 2016

By Alanna Martinez
Chocolate Factory, Paul McCarthy at Monnaie de Paris (Photo by Marc Domage, courtesy de l’artiste et Galerie Hauser & Wirth)

Paul McCarthy’s Butt Plug Returns in Chocolate Form: A First-Hand Account From Paris

By Janelle Zara
Sir Nicholas Serota. (Courtesy Patrick McMullan)

Art World Abstracts: The Most Powerful Person in the Art World Revealed, And More!

By Nate Freeman
Tree, by Paul McCarthy (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)

Why Are Parisians So Afraid of a Paul McCarthy Butt Plug Sculpture?

By Nate Freeman
Walter De Maria's The Lightning Field (Courtesy Dia Art Foundation)

Art World Abstracts: Gagosian Lands Walter De Maria Estate, And More!

By Nate Freeman
Frieze London. (Courtesy Frieze London)

Art World Abstracts: A Frenzy for Frieze and FIAC, and More!

By Nate Freeman
FIAC 2012. (Getty Images)

FIAC Expands to Los Angeles in 2015, and Maybe St. Petersburg

By Gallerist
FIAC. (Getty Images)

French Consider Art VAT Increase, Dealers Balk

By Andrew Russeth
The Miro that sold. (Courtesy Helly Nahmad)

Healthy Sales at FIAC

By Dan Duray
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