The fair's new Avant-Premi猫re preview for the most important VIPs generated seven- and eight-figure sales of blue-chip art, but things were quieter upstairs in the emerging gallery sector.
The mood was decidedly upbeat at Art Basel Paris鈥檚 debut of Avant Premi猫re, a new ultra-exclusive invitation-only preview for select clients that opened Tuesday afternoon.
Small is a theme this year. Meike Brunkhorst has just reviewed Echo Soho 鈥 a beautifully formed, small art fair new to London 鈥 and I found myself drawn to some equally refined small artworks at Frieze London, *and one at Frieze Masters.
Here, the Thomas Dane booth felt like a microcosm of the fair itself 鈥 expansive in ambition, generous in range, yet threaded by a consistent curatorial temperament.
New York鈥檚 Independent art fair has named the 82 galleries that will take part in its upcoming 16th edition, scheduled to take place May 8鈥11 at Spring Studios in Tribeca.
The exhibition takes as its starting point the figure of the devil, presenting reinterpretations of it in a largescale sculpture, alongside a new series of drawings and glass sculptures.