It is the first meeting of the year for modern and contemporary art.
ArtGenève opens the season and sets the tone in the Swiss city, the same week as Brafa, another more general trade show, in Brussels.
Between the two, collectors had to choose, with the big dinner for both events being set for Thursday evening.
Each of these regionalist fairs relies on its loyal audience.
Many French people come to the galleries in Paris in this generally very quiet month of January.
Even more so in this new school year where the social, economic and geopolitical climate encourages a wait-and-see attitude.
Despite the difficult context, dealers and collectors refuse to be discouraged.
Smelling art restores morale.
And the good level of ArtGenève is reassuring.
There are 80 participants (67 in the main section, 13 in the “solo shows” section which includes 30 over the entire fair) for this twelfth edition, which was nevertheless disrupted by a change of direction that could have been…
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