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art fair directors

A large red sign reading “FRIEZE NEW YORK” rises above shelves of plants illuminated by purple grow lights inside a fair setting.

How Frieze New York Is Doubling Down On Engagement and Institutional Reach

Director Christine Messineo describes a strategy centered on performance, partnerships and emerging voices.
By Elisa Carollo
Visitors gather outside the Art Central fair pavilion at Hong Kong’s Central Harbourfront with the city skyline rising behind it.

Art Central, Hong Kong’s ‘Discovery Fair,’ Is Back With a Record Lineup and an Eye on the Future

Director Corey Andrew Barr explains why the upcoming edition will be the fair's boldest, most forward-looking chapter yet.
By Elisa Carollo
Wide view of the Kyoto International Conference Center, the venue for Art Collaboration Kyoto, with its striking modernist architecture surrounded by greenery and water features.

Partnerships Are the Currency of Sustainability at Art Collaboration Kyoto

“It’s time for the art world to intercept funding from corporations, who can be today’s patrons,” explains ACK director Yukako Yamashita.
By Elisa Carollo
Luigi Fassi, director of Artissima, sits in a modern reflective setting wearing a light blue jacket and glasses.

How Artissima’s Curatorial and Institutional DNA Sets It Apart from the Mega-Fairs

By Elisa Carollo
Alt text: An unfinished industrial interior with concrete steps and exposed brick walls, featuring a bright red neon sign in a comic-style speech bubble that reads “AAAAHHH!!! PARIS INTERNATIONALE.”

Paris Internationale at 10: How the Dealer-Led Fair Anticipated Today’s Art Market

By Elisa Carollo
Clément Delépine, director of Art Basel Paris, stands in a dark suit inside the Grand Palais, framed by its glass-and-steel architecture.

Art Basel Paris’ Clément Delépine Reflects On How the Fair Tightened Its French Roots and Global Reach

By Elisa Carollo
An image of Erin Schuppert, Director of Affordable Art Fair NYC, smiling at the camera in a plaid blazer against a colorful blurred background.

Affordable Art Fair’s Erin Schuppert Explains How Next-Gen Collectors Are Transforming the Market

By Christa Terry
A man in a dark suit and patterned tie stands confidently with hands in his pockets in a contemporary art fair booth. Behind him, modern artworks with bold textures and colors hang on the white walls, and gallery signage is visible in the background.

Four Years in, Pat Lee Reflects on Frieze Seoul’s Role in Reshaping the City’s Art Ecosystem

By Elisa Carollo
Entrance to Kiaf SEOUL 2024 at COEX, lit by digital signage at night.

Kiaf’s Evolving Identity in the Shifting Korean Market

By Elisa Carollo
Wide view of Tokyo Gendai 2024 with attendees exploring numerous gallery booths showcasing contemporary artworks inside a brightly lit exhibition hall.

Director Eri Takane On Tokyo Gendai’s Expanding Footprint in Japan’s Fast-Growing Market

By Elisa Carollo
A man in a suit walks through a tall grassy field outside Art Basel’s contemporary Messeplatz venue, with a sleek, patterned metal building in the background.

Maike Cruse On Why Art Basel’s Flagship Still Sets the Bar

By Elisa Carollo
A family with a toddler explores a contemporary art fair; paintings hang on white walls and the child, dressed in pink, is holding hands with an adult who points toward the artworks.

Taipei Dangdai Director Robin Peckham Talks Art, Ambition and Taiwan’s Global Rise

By Elisa Carollo
Overhead view of EXPO Chicago art fair booths at Navy Pier, with visitors walking through brightly lit white-walled exhibition spaces featuring contemporary artwork.

EXPO CHICAGO’s Frieze-Era Shift: Tony Karman Discusses the Fair’s Expanding Local and Global Influence

By Elisa Carollo
People descending a stair.

Dallas Art Fair Director Kelly Cornell Sees ‘All Eyes On Texas’

By Elisa Carollo
Image of a fair all full of poeple and hanging flowers

TEFAF Maastricht’s Manon van den Beuken Reveals Details About the Fair’s Upcoming Edition

By Elisa Carollo
A portrait photograph of Sitor Senghor shows him wearing a white button-down shirt and round glasses, standing against a textured grayish wall, looking directly at the camera with a calm and confident expression; the image is credited to photographer Antoine Tempé.

Building the Market for African Art in France: An Interview With Sitor Senghor, Artistic Director of AKAA

By Sarah Moroz
A woman in a black dress standing in front of a geometric-patterned artwork with black, white, green, and pink elements, smiling subtly at the camera with her hands clasped in front of her, wearing a delicate gold necklace and earrings.

Pride of Place for Pan-African Art: An Interview with 1-54 Founding Director Touria El Glaoui

By Sarah Moroz
Photo of a young woman with red hair in an art fair.

On the Rise of ZONAMACO: An Interview With Fair Founder Zélika García

By Elisa Carollo
Image of a woman with glasses dressing in white during Art Basel conference.

A Nexus Between the Americas: Bridget Finn On Her First Art Basel Miami Beach

By Elisa Carollo
Nicky Dessources, executive director of the fair.

Salon Art + Design Executive Director Nicky Dessources On What’s New This Year

By Elisa Carollo
Portrait of Kyla McMillan.

The Armory Show Announces Kyla McMillan as New Director Ahead of the 2024 Fair

By Elisa Carollo
A woman with red hair poses in a white t-shirt and black pants

Zélika García Looks Back on Twenty Years of ZONAMACO

By Max McCormack

Dallas Art Fair Director Kelly Cornell Knows Her Hometown Has Great Things Ahead

By Helen Holmes

Cristina Salmastrelli of Pulse Art Fair on the Recent Rise in Emotional Collecting

By Helen Holmes
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