randian | 燃点

“Not too exciting,” remarked one New York gallerist, and indeed, the atmosphere was not frenzied. Though a complete consensus is near impossible to reach for these events, the impression this week was of a slow fair, with fewer sales than last year and not as many collectors seeking out works, even on opening day.

A preview of Frieze Art Fair in New York, opening this week.

Brussels has become one of the key centers of the European art scene, for both artists and galleries (Belgium has the most collectors per population of any country—also convenient). Some talk of it usurping Berlin…

Art Basel is a show, not a fair. The distinction, albeit self-assumed, is critical. The third year of Art Basel Hong Kong was a success— as predicted, as organized, as executed, as reported…
 
 

It’s that time of the year again: Art Basel lands in Hong Kong this week—bringing along with it a flutter of art openings, dinners, parties and talks, with collectors and scenesters flocking in…

The Armory Show, New York’s long-running annual “local” art fair, reliably draws the city’s collectors to its Contemporary and (smaller) Modern sections on Pier’s 94 and 92, conveniently close to the affluent Upper West Side..

Art Basel Miami beach is traditionally seen as the glitzy, snowbird relative of Basel proper, with attendees in significant part accounted for by East-Coasters flying South for the winter, their leisure time and money conspicuous under the glare of the Miami sun. Signs of change are in the air, however, for Miami’s reputation…

Randian looks ahead to Art Basel Miami Beach 2014.