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 Glasgow Art Fair
Apr 19-22, 2007, Glasgow, Scotland |
Glasgow Art Fair dates announced
The dates have been set for GLASGOW ART FAIR, Scotland’s National Art Fair, taking place from Thursday 19th April until Sunday 22nd April 2007.
 Now approaching its 12th Year, this hugely popular event will return to George Square in the heart of Glasgow's City Centre from 19th - 22nd April with the widest range of quality visual art to view and buy.
The Glasgow Art Fair has grown in stature since its inception in 1996 to become one of the most prestigious contemporary Art Fairs in the UK outside London. An established event in Scotland’s cultural calendar, it now attracts over 16,000 visitors and a diverse range of galleries from across the UK and Europe.
 The City’s reputation for the visual arts, together with its position as a European shopping and style capital, makes Glasgow an ideal platform to show the best of contemporary art for sale and to encourage visitors to invest in new pieces.
There is no better place to get a taste of what is going on in the art world today. 43 selected galleries will be taking part in next year’s event, each with their own distinct exhibition stands. Whatever your taste or your budget there will be a vast range of work in all media available to buy from established artists and cutting edge talent.
The Glasgow Art Fair is a Glasgow City Council initiative produced by UZ Events and supported by Scottish Enterprise Glasgow and the Scottish Arts Council.
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Glasgow Art Fair: Shorter art fair still breaks record
April 12, 2006 - Scotland's biggest art fair attracted a record number of customers this year. Organisers of Glasgow Art Fair said yesterday although last weekend's event was open for a day less than in 2005, around 16,000 people attended.
 It is expected the amount of art purchased will at least match the £1.1m worth of paintings, prints, sculptures and drawings sold last year. This year, the annual fair, held in George Square, had a series of changes, including the closure of its former contemporary art area, Extension, and the exclusion of galleries which had previously enjoyed a space inside the tent. The changes led to controversy as some Glasgow galleries believed they had been snubbed in favour of London-based operations. Pete Irvine, director of the event, said he was trying to increase the artistic "quality" of the fair.
Every morning, the fair had more than 100 potential art buyers queuing around the side of the white tented pavilion waiting for the doors to open. Buyers included customers from as far afield as Bahrain and Colorado.
 A spokeswoman for the event said: "The general feeling, from both the galleries and the public, was it was a success and we had a rise in numbers, considering we were not open for as many days this year as last.
"There was a general satisfaction with the changes made. The galleries looked better and it was thought the changes worked overall. It is too early to know the amount of art sold but we are expecting roughly the same figure as last year, if not more."
One of the biggest buys this year was a work by Colourist FCB Cadell, sold at the Duncan Miller Fine Art section for £12,000.
Some of the other major purchases included a print by Joseph Beuys, the leading modern artist, which was bought at the Richard Demarco Gallery site for £1500, while five John Lennon prints were sold at the Jonathan Poole gallery, with prices ranging from £500 to £3200. Nine works by Ronnie Wood, the Rolling Stones guitarist, were sold for up to £3700.
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