Art Fair gives space to the anti-market

The Artissima contemporary art fair is set apart by its orientation around appreciating the art.
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Friends , Lovers and Financiers (2014) by Tobias Kaspar, from Per4m Image: aptpdiary.com/

Performance art cannot be sold so traditionally doesn’t interest art fairs. But Artissima last week welcomed the art market’s performing antagonists. 

The Artissima contemporary art fair is without a doubt the most important art event in Italy and among the most significant in Europe. For last week’s 21st exhibition, exhibitors came from Shanghai to Rio de Janeiro, from Cape Town to Helsinki- to transform Turin into a truly international art hub for the week long show. 

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Naima Morelli
About the Author
Naima Morelli is an arts writer with a particular interest in contemporary art from the Asia Pacific region and the emerging art systems. She is a regular contributor to CoBo Social, Culture360 and Middle East Monitor, among others, and the author of a book about contemporary art in Indonesia.